FAIR!

September is one of my favorite months, a big reason is because it is time for the Idaho State Fair! I wanted to hit up some of my favorite spots, The Bread Barn, Funnel Cakes, Foot long corn dog, do I need to go on, I love the food! Plus it brings backs lots of memories when my grandpa would show his Clydesdales! I love it!! My roommates and good friend Nancey came down to scope it out, we had a blast, and ate lots of food:)

When I was driving home from Idaho I noticed a sign in Utah saying that there was a Utah Fair. Well of course I had to hit that one up as well! It was great, but doesn't compare to my good ol Idaho Fair. We did get to go to the rodeo and well, that was a blast!

White Water Rafting!

I was able to go on an extreme white water trip down the cataract canyon this summer! it was such a blast! the other kindergarten teacher Vicki's brother owns tag-a-long expeditions and she invited me to join her and her family:) I was so excited, but at first it was only going to be me going, then someone dropped out and my dad decided to come with me:) I am so glad I have a dad who will do random and weird things with me! I love him so much and am grateful for the standards and lifestyles that we live!
We were on the Colorado River for 4 days and went over 29 rapids! I almost fell off, the very first rapid and well was a bit nervous for the 30 foot drop:) No worries we are all still alive and happy!
It was the most beautiful trip ever, I was in awe the entire time, we were able to stop at Indian ruins and take a hike up "Mt. We Did It" which well we named:) Dad was such a trooper and came up the mountain with me! I had such a great time and I would do it again in a heart beat! here are some of the pictures:) good times Vicki was so wonderful to let me and my dad join her family on their adventure!

Miscellaneous Summer 09

I spent a lot of time in Idaho this summer, and these are some of the events I haven't posted yet:)

JUNE:
Nicole Baxter's Farwell, sad day, I shouldn't say that but I miss her like crazy! I can't believe she's been out since JUNE!


JULY:
Operation, MTC raid! Haha, funny but slightly true, we were in Provo for the 4th of July and did a drive by the MTC. Well as we were driving by we see a pack of missionaries walking to the MTC, and all of a sudden my sister Tara says, "Oh my heck, that's KYLE!!" We all were flipping out! Tara is laying on the horn, missionaries are looking at us like we are crazy, and Kyle is waving! Here is the drive by picture! See if you can spot him!


Every summer the grandkids all spend a week at grandma's, so I got to hang out with all 7 of my nieces and nephews, I sure love them! We hit up the zoo, went to a Chuckars baseball game, and made our annual hike up R mountain!



August:
Coming Soon, I went to Cataract Canyon in Moab, I am just waiting for the rest of the pictures:)

The Nield Reunion

I love my family, in fact I love them so much that when my mom told me we'd be riding to the Nield family reunion in Clayton, Idaho, in an RV I was willing to go, until of course I saw the thing, then I asked if I could ride up with Eric and Kacey:)
No it was the funniest thing ever when we went to pick up our borrowed RV... it belonged to a little old lady and her and her dog traveled around the country in this "thing" We decided to name this family vacation, The Nield (Griswold) Family Reunion. if you don't know who the Griswold's are then, well this isn't very funny... here are some sweet pictures of the RV:) haha good times

Court and I didn't think that mom and dad could fit on the itty bed in the back so we brought a tent. We set it up next to the RV and our neighbors (Hunter and Ridge) came over to check the place out. It was fun, but cold, really cold, so the next night Courtney and I slept in the camper, much warmer:)

This is a picture of my grandma and grandpa Nield! I sure love them! They are two extraordinary people, who have been married 60 years!!! Also my Grandpa Nield is turning 80 this year~ how time flies. I have always thought my dad and kyle were twins, well my grandpa is their triplet:)

Saturday was full of fun things for us to do, thanks to Eric and Kacey. We went fishing in the morning, Court caught her first fish, then we went up to the Salmon Hatchery.. It was so cool! There were millions of fish, all raised there! And they come back to the same place, incredible. We also discovered a cool place in Stanley Idaho, Redfish Lake! It was beautiful! Oh and the last thing we did was become rich... yes we went to an old mining town and panned for gold! I found a speck.. I am in the money now! haha Thanks to Eric and Kacey for letting me and Court tag along!

Nicole and Jeremy made it up on Saturday afternoon and when we got back from panning gold the kids went up and down and up and down the water slide, it was hilarious! We missed Tara and her family, and the missionary Kyle, they just didn't want to be seen in the Motor home:)

French Braid

Yes after a long 23 years without knowing how to do my hair, I have now discovered how to french braid. People have tried to teach me, but I just didn't get it. I really couldn't put my head around using 4 pieces of hair... So I just sat back and saw the amazing wonders of french braids, wishing one day I would know how! We'll that day is today! haha or I guess the other day:)
We were sitting at the house, my sister in law and I and I say, "Man one day I want to learn how to french braid," and she says "I know how, I will teach you, it's easy, all you do is start braiding your hair and just add hair to the piece you are going to cross over." This may make no sense to anyone, but to me it was like thepuzzle piece finally fit, I got it and was able to french braid my own hair!
Well if you know me, I can't just stop their, thanks to some guinea pigs, my sister court, my mom, my nieces taylor and cala, and of course myself, I am a french braiding queen. I wish i had a picture of my mom's french braid, ya i did pig tails, it was so cute... she tells everyone to run or i will french braid their hair, man or woman... which is true sad day:)
Here are some pictures of the success... I only had one of tayor's braid, but I got some of cala, so I guess you get the idea:) I also did a itty bitty one on my little niece sadie, she wasn't impressed...

Jonas July (Part 2)

Back in March I bought some tickets for the Stadium of Fire, featuring the JONAS BROTHERS! That was 5 months ago and I am happy to report that Court and I went to the JONAS BROTHER CONCERT! It was so awesome! We were seated on the field right next to the stage! There were thousands of people surrounding us, and I am happy to report I was not the oldest person there:)
Court and I started off our week by coming down to Utah on July 1. We vowed that the only music we'd listen was the Jonas Brothers, so we knew all the words to the songs:)
We found supper cute outfits and even got some neon hair extensions for the show! We looked good! We of course bought some Jonas Brother t-shirts and wear them proudly!



Our seats for Stadium of Fire were right on the field so we were super close to the stage! Glenn Beck started us off with some jokes and the national anthem. SheDaisy then came out and sang 4 songs. People were just sitting in there seats not really singing during their performance so Court and I sat as well..
After they were done the Jonas Brothers came out! A bunch of girls were running to the stage, so Court and I followed suit and got so close we almost touched the brothers! Court is taking picture after picture and I am pushing our way to the front:)

Here are some sweet pictures of Joe Jonas, ya he was right up by us! I had to hold back my urge to grab him! haha No it was really cool he came right up to our side of the stage and we totally made eye contact like 5 times! haha he probably was thinking "what in the world is that girl doing?" haha oh well but you can see in the pictures a couple were he is looking right at me!



The other Jonas brother that Court couldn't stop taking pictures of was Nick, he is the youngest brother and 16 just like little one:) He didn't come up as often as Joe but she still got some pretty good shots. Pretty sure I had to restrain her from grabbing him!



The three brother Kevin, Nick and Joe all came right up to the tip of the stage and sang a song from "Camp Rock" it was really cool! Court and I were screaming but I am pretty sure they couldn't hear us over the other thousand screaming girls! haha



We had so much fun and I would so it all over again in a heart beat!! JONAS JULY!!!

I almost forgot... so kyle was super bumbed that he had to miss our Jonas concert, k he wasn't really and he gave court and I so much crap! anyways he said that he needed more PDay shirts and we said we'd get him a jonas tshirt. Well we weren't really going to get him a shirt, for one he'd never wear it, and second i don't think they make XLT Jonas T's. haha So as a joke Court and I made Kyle his very own personal tshirt... I used my sweet photoshop skills (thank you BYU-Idaho) and created a awesome shirt. here is the pic that we put on it, and it said "Nick, Kevin, Joe, and Kyle JONAS haha

Playmill 09

It was the summer between my junior and senior year of high school when my good friend nicole said, hey lets go boating in island park! I had never been before so we, Nicole's family, and 5 hott young girls, Me, Ash, Chels, Sarah, and Nicole set off for Island Park. Boating was so much fun and we had such a great time! Nicole's fam had gotten tickets to the playmill in west yellowstone, and they graciously took the five of us! It was such a fun trip and we loved it, little did we know that 6 years later we'd still be keeping up with tradition! Every year the five of us have made it up to the Playmill for some great laughs!

We had to hit up the Playmill early this year, Nicole is leaving for her mission on the 17 of June. It was awesome, they really do a good job! The show we went to is a personal favorite, Guys and Dolls!
Highlights
1. Being with 4 of the coolest girls alive! Even though we are living different lives we all can hang out and still laugh and have fun
2. Taking scandalous old time photos! good times
3. Going to my personal favorite shows "Guys and Dolls"
4. Nicole filling her canteen before the mission! Ok so it was her birthday and she had two of the Playmill guys kissing her hand and cheek, ya she is full for 18 months hahaha
5. Ashley getting to dance with a random stranger!
6. Eating at our favorite dinner
7. meeting at broulims:)
8. Rain, all the way up and all the way back!
9. little boy who was scared of chelsea, he covered his eyes just at the sight of her
10. Sarah getting really excited for the sing along, she is totally not lame:)