General Relief Society Broadcast

I absolutely love this time of year! The leaves turning, the mornings getting chillier, the smells of fall in the air! With this time of year comes the General Relief Society Broadcast and General Conference.
Again this year we were able to get tickets from Aunt Marsha to go to the Relief Society Broadcast. I wish I could adequately describe my feelings when women of the church get together, especially the women in my family. It always brings me so much joy to be around my mother, sisters, aunts, cousins, and friends (It was so great that Tiffany was able to go with us this year, it was great to be together. It was also great to see Keitra and her mom, and Renae and the hispanic women in their ward) When we get together I am surrounded by love, the love of my family and of the Savior. We are women who are trying to do our best, who want to be taught, trying to understand how to be better and do better.

So as we walk the streets around and on temple square, I see all of these women with the exact same goal and purpose. I see these women from all over the world and I feel a connection and love for each one of them even though I may not know them. I pray that I can keep that feeling and expand that to the sisters in my ward.
Everything that was said in that conference was amazing! They talked on the book that was distributed to the women about the history of Relief Society. I have read a little bit of that book and it was amazing. I feel so weak compared to the sisters back then. They were incredible, their faith and sacrifices were incredible. I definintely have a lot to work on. :) The talk that got to me the most and probably to most of the women there was President Uchtdorf's. I loved the five points or "petals" of the Forget Me Not. I seriously want to put these on a board or something decorative to put on my wall in my home. I am going to share them now from my notes. They are not word for word :)
1- Forget Not to Be patient with yourself
2- Forget Not the difference between a good sacrifice and not as good sacrifice
3- Forget Not to be happy NOW
4- Forget Not the "why" of the gospel
5- Forget Not that the Lord loves YOU

Anyway, these are my thoughts, I wish I could do better and explaining. Oh well hope you enjoy! :)

Beautiful Women!

Sure love these girls!

I love my sister!

Labor Day Weekend

We had made no plans for labor day weekend since we didn't know what Stetson's schedule would be like. He came home on Friday and said that he had until Tuesday off, unless he heard something. So we took off to Provo Friday for a little date. We went to see his Dad and Carol for a little bit. They were both doing well. It is always great seeing them.

For our date we went and ate at Pizza Pie Cafe for free and then hit up the cheap theater. We watched Pirates 4 since we hadn't seen it.

We got back late, but it was nice to get away for the day, and it was fun and cheap.

Saturday we wanted to go out and do something, see something. Since Flaming Gorge is pretty close we decided to pack a lunch and head down there for the day. I had never been to Flaming Gorge, I had only ever saw the signs for it, but always wanted to go. We got there just in time for a tour of the place.

From the top looking down

Inside

From the bottom looking up

It was such a nice day!

Randomness

So we have been wanting to try a juice diet after we watched a show called Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. It was very interesting to see how juicing worked for these people. So we went to Wal-Mart, got us a juicer, and tried it out. We didn't get very far, but it is a work in progress. Instead of juicing three or four meals a day we decided to take it one step at a time, by doing it at least one or two meals.

Our first juicing experiance - it was pretty delicious. Oh and this was on our trip to Grand Junction. It was a little more difficult to do it in a hotel. Thank goodness Stetson had his pocket knife.

 And of course I had to add something not as healthy to this post. These are yummy chicken roll-ups. I had to take a picture because they turned out so nice. Haha I know pathetic, but oh well.

Family Reunion - Morning Run

The reunion has come and gone. It was such a fun time. This was the first time we were altogether since...well I am not sure, but it has been a long time. And a special thanks to Renae and Scott and Tiffany and Justin for putting it together! You guys did great!

So I only have pictures of the morning run on friday. Totally forgot I even had these until I put other picutres onto my computer. Thanks mom for taking the pictures! And I love the fact that at one time or another, everyone was walking or running. It was great to see the kids get into it, chasing eachother and just enjoying running with the adults. We love and miss you all!

And the run begins



Bo enjoyin the ride



Saydee and Elli ridin in the wagon

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Scott run/pushin Kira - Way to go Scott!

Go Tommy Go!

A peace keepin Tiff and Justin :)

Allie and Dad - She kept up with him for at least two laps

Woohooo! Go Miss Taya!

Shylee-ann runnin her heart out

Stetson, Scott, Renae, and I

Miss Saydee joinin the crowd

Michael man still smiling

Ellie - man those little legs can go faster than I thought and she was very determined to catch grandpa

Way to go Tyson!

catchin dad....oh wait he already lapped us

comin round the corner into the last stretch

Miss Kira Tree

Go Mom Go!

Muddy Buddies & Chocolate Chip Macaroons

We now know what we are taking to the reunion......Muddy Buddies!

Made our first batch and they didn't make it past the second day. As for the macaroons, I loved them, but stetson was not as big of a fan. They tasted just like almond joys without the nuts.

Both were delightful!





Baric's Visit Roosevelt

 A week or so ago, my sister and her kids were able to come visit us for the day. They survived the drive despite the wonderful construction going on everywhere. And we are glad that they returned mostly safe despite a blow out on there van about a mile from the house.

Anywho, we were able to enjoy one another's company playing at the park and making individual pizza's for dinner.

It was great having them here and hope to see them back soon! Love you Baric's!!!!




Starting out - Stetson the Chef divvying out the dough



Personalizing their own pizza

Tommy's Finished product

Taya's finished product

Bo's finished product

Dig In!
I think it was much more fun making then eating :)

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Sorry random picture I know. I totally forgot about this picture and it made me happy when I came acrossed it, so I am posting it

This is what happens when pringles are in the car





One Year Ago

A year ago yesterday me and stetson decided we wanted to date exclusively. 

I wanted to take a little trip down memory lane so I put pictures in chronological order from when we started dating til now.

About a month after we started dating, he got to meet the whole fam!
He still stuck around.....what a trooper :)

Weekend date before I had to go back to Idaho for my last semester at BYU-I

He came to visit!

I went and visited him

He popped the question!

Best day of my life! I got to marry my best friend!

We will be married for 3 months tomorrow

It has been one amazing year! Thank you love for all you have done and still do. I sure can't wait for the rest of eternity!

Caught red-handed!

He is a way better chef then he ever let on to be!

I really liked this recipe from my Aunt Kim. This is what she had for my bridal shower.