Cozumel

Brody and I were lucky enough to spend Thanksgiving week in Cozumel, Mexico with my family. It was a wonderful, warm, and relaxing vacation.

XPLOR - cave swimming, ATVing, and ZIP LINES

SNORKELING

Having a little Marilyn Monroe skirt moment...

Our resort had FLAMINGOS!

and IGUANAS (didn't know they climbed trees...)

It was such a fun week! And it is SOOOO cold in Logan!

Friends Quote:
Phoebe: I think David would probably wanna hear a few lectures.
Ross: Oh, right, because he's a scientist!
Phoebe: No, no, because, you know, he's been in Minsk for 8 years and if he gets too much direct sunlight, he'll die.

Workin' on My Fitness

So my job only has one perk...discounts on fitness equipment. And I finally caved and bought some stuff!

This is my beautiful Incline Trainer! You may recognize it from this commercial.

And this Brody walking at a 29% incline - it goes up to 40%!!

And here's my shiny spinner bike! I'm so excited to not have to drive to the gym in the cold snowiness this winter!

Friends Quote:

Chandler: What’s wrong with you?
Joey: Nothing! Well, I-I got this blinding pain in my stomach when I was lifting weights before, then I uh passed out and uh, haven’t been able to stand up since. But um, I don’t think it’s anything serious.
Chandler: This sounds like a hernia. You have to—you-you go to the doctor!
Joey: No way! ‘Kay look, if I have to go to the doctor for anything it’s gonna be for this thing sticking out of my stomach! (Rolls over and shows Chandler.)
Chandler: That’s a hernia.
Joey: Why did I have to start working out again? (Looks at the weights he was using.) Dang you 15s!

Crafty Part 2

I made me a case for my Kindle...

Crafty Time

Here are pictures from the latest craft project:


My sister-in-law found this tutorial on this blog and we each started making our own set about a YEAR ago (not really, but it was many, many months). Brody, my wonderful, wonderful husband, cut out all the shapes - which took quite some time - did I mention that he's wonderful? He also helped me staple the fabric to the back and hang them on the wall. As we stood back to admire our work, Brody asked me "So which part of this project did YOU actually do?" He has a solid point. He is a large part of my crafty skills :)

Friends Quote:
Monica: Hey, how did it go with Mike, is he gonna let you keep the painting?
Phoebe: No, he really hates it. But he's gonna let me keep my box of human hair! So you got to pick your battles. But the good news is, Gladys is yours!
Monica: Wow, what's the bad news!
Rachel: Who's Gladys?
Phoebe: Oh, she's that work of art I made, you know, with the woman coming out of the frame.
Rachel: (sarcastic) Oh, and Monica gets to keep her? In her house? I am so jealous!

Autter

So I was watching Ellen today and she was discussing how it is not yet Autumn, but not quite Summer either...so she invented Autter! And since everything Ellen says is completely legit, I also think it is Autter. She also thinks "Autter" sounds like a small cute season you could cuddle with. Somehow the Summer seems to have flown by and Autter has taken me by surprise. And of course I didn't post about anything we did this summer (I'm not a good blogger), so here we go: Summer 2010.

4th of July BBQ w/ Brody's Family

It was HOT! I'm pretty sure you can see the sweat on my face in this picture...

We always play a really INTENSE game of volleyball. Brody's fam is pretty competitive, but then again so am I (thanks to my brother), so the hair came up and the shoes came off. And since I don't think anyone who played the game reads this blog, I played AMAZING, scored all the points, and obviously my team won.

Brianhead - Traci's family Reunion

This is the only picture I have from our weekend in Brianhead because I don't take pictures (my daddy took this one) - aren't the red-rocks and the red-head so pretty??

Bear Lake - Brody's Family Reunion

AND this is the only picture I have from Bear Lake. Many grueling volleyball games also took place during this weekend. And again, my team always won.

Mt. Naomi Hike

My family is WAY into hiking and convinced Brody and I to go with them to the top of Mt. Naomi (up Logan Canyon by Tony Grove). I do not love hiking, but my mom and I kept talking about how many calories we were burning and that helped :) And when we got to the top it was pretty awesome - I felt super accomplished looking at how far up we had climbed! And I had a few blisters to show for it too (note to self - do not wear hiking shoes that have not been worn in 5+ years without properly re-breaking them in).

Friends Quote:
Joey: But, okay my towels for instance. I come in to the bathroom here and my towel is not on the floor where keep it. It’s up here on some hook..and…smells different.
Janine: It’s clean.
Joey: Yeah, well, it feels different.
Janine: It’s dry.
Joey: Alright, I can make my peace with the clean dry towels…Also what is with these chips you bought?
Janine: No no no no, it’s potpourri. You’re supposed to smell it. (Joey takes a big whiff of the potpourri.)
Joey: (Voice cracking) Well that’s like summer in a bowl.

8 Layer Cheesecake

And here it is...
That's right, 8 layers...including: original cheesecake, fudge cake, caramel with peanuts, peanut butter cheesecake, and chunks of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups spread throughout. Yes it was yummy. And after we ate that, we went here...

You can't see it in this picture, but Brody is wearing a BYU hat (I'm so proud!) And Steve Young and Jim McMahon were hanging out by our portal...
And my boyfriend Ty Detmer is down there somewhere too...

NE!

So we've finally purchased and planted some shruberies. Landscaping is not really my forte, I'm much more partial to the interior...anywho, here they are!


Ah, such cute little shruberies.

Friends Quote:
Joey: What’s the game?! What’s the game?!
Phoebe: Oh, well, it doesn’t have a name—oh, okay, Phoebeball! No, it doesn’t have a name. Umm, okay, Monica, what is your favourite thing about trees?
Monica: They’re green?
Phoebe: Good! Good! Five points!
(They both rejoice; Chandler is totally confused.)
Phoebe: All right, Joey, same question.
(He looks to Chandler, who doesn’t have a clue.)
Joey: Uhh, they’re tall.
Phoebe: Ooh, three points. Both fine answers, but we were looking for leafy, leafy.
(Joey turns and is angry that Chandler didn’t come up with the answer.)
Monica: That’s not even a game!
Rachel: What? Shut up! We’re winning!