Posting for Carrie

Such a good sister I am, I know :D

Abby's 4th Birthday

Mesa Temple lights

The problem with these pictures were when Sawyer wasn't looking drunk-Abby was -_-'

The Neus Family

Bowling (insert all the Jim Gaffigan jokes here ___)
So we were going to go around 6:30-7 but it wasn't open to the public, so we saw the temple lights and then went bowling later thanks to Carrie and Brendon being kind parents instead of wise ones-ha ha no Sawyer had gotten her hopes up to go and there free thing was about to expire. So what if we were up bowling past 10:30 on a school night.

I bowled two strikes in a row that night-other than that I did amazingly crappy :(

The Puzzel Obsession

So Tia (the girl I do respit with) is all about puzzles and so when ever a holiday or a need pops up what do I do but go out, and buy her a puzzle. In doing so, that had brought to my attention 'The Saturday Evening Post' puzzles and I just had to collect them all like an obsessed little child. The excursions were many because Wal-Mart was not always fully stocked with the ones I needed but the story is happy and I collected them all. So one lonely Sunday night I started one puzzle put on church movies (John Tanner Story, Legacy, and Charly) and put that little puzzle together and found out how addicting puzzles and the BYU channel is for me, so much fun and so much love-yes I am a different breed.

The Best Thing About Thanksgiving Turkey

So I'm not going to lie, I am not the biggest fan of Turkey, will I eat it, and be fine with it-yes-but I much prefer the cow-mmm yummy. Don't get me wrong I love Thanksgiving, but it's what happens after Thanksgiving that I anticipate and that would be-

TURKEY FLAUTA NIGHT!!

The mamsey really out did herself this year, she spiced up her usual recipe and it turned out amazing-plus you have Reddin's homemade salsa to go along with it, and then you can understand why Trevor ended up having 10 of them.

Just check the Liam love out-he can't even contain his excitement.

Out With the Old in With the New!

And I'm really not talking about the year-definitely don't want that to end because it really just started (you know you're getting old when.....). Now I know you're all thinking WOW because as you can see there isn't a 6 month gap between this post and my most recent one, I know I'm amazed too. Well one of my excuses is no longer one-

I have a brand spanken new camera-ain't she a beaut? She was definitely worth a pretty penny. Now I just need to figure her out. I don't know how she became a she.... -_-'

So sianara to the old Casio, thanks for serving me well, I do love the size of it though, it's the size of my Razor (yes I still have a Razor). It was a nice step up at the time I got it and now it's being replaced.




After dealing with these pieces for quite a while, I finally broke down and got insurance and bought me a new pair of glasses-which is kind of a sad story because the pair I fell in love with were discontinued so these are my second choice, I like them all right, but I still saddened/bitter over not having the pair I fell in love with.

So wahoo for things that are new!

Buffalo, Palmyra, & Niagara Falls

I decided I needed a change of venue, so I called up Travis and set a time to go out to pay him and the family a visit. I had it in my mind to go see the fall colors, but it didn't work for me to go out at that time so I ended up going to the Northeast at probably not the smartest time of year. It actually wasn't that bad, still pretty mild, and I a thin blooded Arizonan was able to bear it. Actually the timing worked out pretty well, a friend of Trav and Steph passed away when I was there so I was able to really help them out and I was grateful for that.

I loved it though, to get away from the rut of daily life, seeing new sights, seeing family, eating Stephanie's cooking, experiencing Buffalo culture and many other things.




I did babysit a lot but who wouldn't want to watch this adorable little one?

He better enjoy this attention while it lasts-wahoo for February!



and he chooses the football over his parents (that's cold Collin)




Good times at the park/school





So precious.


I absolutely love this next picture, so Collin's friend Gavin had this Easter duck thing that would sing and the singing freaks poor little Gavin out, but Collin heard it, picked it up got this huge grin on his face and bear hugged it.

Therefore Collin inherited it. I don't know if Travis and Stephanie are tired of it yet.



So I noticed I took a lot of pictures of Collin eating -_-'

Then there was this day. We planned on going to Palmyra on Saturday, but the temple was closed >.> So on Tuesday Travis 'cough cough' skipped out on his afternoon classes and we were off to Palmyra. This was a special day. First off to be able to spend time with Travis was great, him being only two years older and us being in school at the same time I've always looked up to him and in a sort of way worshipped him I would do anything for him-I don't think that's changed. He was that cooler older brother to me. Then with such a deep passion, I love church history. Love it, I can't explain it, everything about those places makes me so overjoyed so I definitely loved every minute of that trip.

The Sacred Grove :D It's amazing the spirit that's there, it was nice to be able to be there all alone, even though it wasn't like how I'm use to seeing it.



I found some fall colors there






I love this temple for what it signifies. Just thinking of Joseph ever so desperately searching for the truth. Finding it and then being mocked and hated for saying he had done so. Now a temple of the Lord faces that place where he went out and said a humble prayer and received an answer. So grateful for the Restoration, love the gospel and it's history.






I really wanted to do a session-but-I'll be back to visit the new baby and then maybe I can.

Yay for the Hill Cumorah-I need to see that pageant one of these days.

Then to where the Book of Mormon was published, we had our own personal tour and I learned a lot of neat things-it was awesome.

On the last Sunday I was there we took a trek to Niagara-the weather was a little discouraging because it was raining when we left but it stopped and didn't start again on us. I found more fall colors there too-it was great.

Thank you Trav and Steph for your hospitality!

I kept picking the good days for sight seeing, I swear those were the only overcast days while I was there-ha ha-life. It's nice though it's a lot more things are free during the off season and it's not so crowded.
So all in all it was a great, grand, and wonderful trip. Again thank you Travis and Stephanie for letting me stay. Can't wait to see you all again.

I miss drawing, but it's my own dang fault

Hi there, it's been a while, sorry. Well I was looking through pictures I had once collected and found my drawings, and so now you get to see some, because I'm feeling all nostalgic.

Yeah, I need to draw and paint more.......

You don't even want to know

I need a new camera, I lost my most recent pictures, I have sitting down at the computer issues-are those good enough excuses?? Well whatever they are I know they stink, and hey look at me I'm posting again after 6 months...wow that bad. Wait I just remembered another one-reading can I blame it on that?

Historical Fiction anyone?

Sadly the to do list is on the right, so no I guess I can't count reading as an excuse.

Well so far this summer I've been to California for like a day, we walked on the beach at night and went to the Singles Ward there, that's like all I did so I definitely need a do over. It was nice to get out of the heat and travel though.

San Clemente, it was soooo pretty there.

Oh and I've been home from the mission for a whole year-WOW-scary crazy how fast that goes by.