Crazy Eights!

8 TV Shows I Love to Watch:
1. Biggest Loser
2. What Not to Wear
3. Trading Spaces
4. Take Home Chef
5. Criminal Minds
6. CSI: NY
7. Law and Order: SVU
8. Bachelor


8 Favorite Places I Love To Eat:
1. Zupas
2. Cafe Rio
3. Sizzler
4. Wendy's
5. The Old Spaghetti Factory
6. Magleby's Fresh
7. Applebee's
8. Chili's


8 Things That Happened Yesterday:
1. Watched the Debates
2. Watched Biggest Loser
3. Read
4. Ate free Pizza at work
5. Went to Pump Class
6. Talked on the phone
7. Went to work
8. Market dropped


8 Things I Look Forward To:
1. Getting Married
2. Having Children
3. Never working again
4. Christmas
5. My Birthday
6. Talking to Dan on the phone
7. Watching the Biggest Loser
8. Curtains on my Sliding Door


8 Things I Love About Fall:
1. Sweaters
2. Fall Leaves
3. Haunted Houses
4. General Conference Weekend
5. Thanksgiving
6. Cool Weather
7. Drives in the Mountains
8. Warm Blankets


8 Things On My Wish List:
1. Trip to Australia
2. Sleeping next to a man
3. Full hours at work
4. Financial Independance
5. Learning photography better
6. Trip to Boston
7. Trip to Europe
8. Kids


8 People I Tag:
1. Becky
2. Katie
3. Kate
4. Marlyse
5. Gina
6. Heather
7. Cindy
8. Camille

Happy Trails...To You!!!

Dan invited me to go Horseback riding up Sundance. It was so much fun. It was the PERFECT day to do Horseback riding. It was warm, but not hot. The leaves were changing colors, so it was really pretty up there too.

So we get there and the guy tells us to come on in the "pen" (i guess that's what you call it), he just had to go out and grab the "stray" horse that wandered out of the pen. (Notice the horse in this picture).



Then they gave us some simple instructions and started assigning horses. Dan got Hank. Hank is a good horse, but doesn't like other horses right on it's butt, so they put us in the back, with Dan bringing up the rear.
Here is Dan and Hank.



Then they asked who wanted to ride Willy. Dan spoke up and said "Oh, Val would love to ride Willy". The guys both stopped and said...What is your name? And I said Valerie. And they said...Oh...You have to ride Valerie. haha They had a horse named Valerie. The one guys said. Here, let me go get her (again). She was the "stray" horse that kept wandering outside the pen (sounds about right. I don't want to be penned up either). They asked me if I was as stubborn as this horse. :) No comment. Then when we got back they tied up the horses inside the pen, but they said "We can't tie up Valerie or she'll tear the fence down". haha Don't try to pin us down. Let us run free and do what we want! haha

This is me and Valerie! :)

Me and Dan in front of Stewart Falls...

Me during the ride...



This is me trying to stop her from eating. I'm trying to teach her that eating is boring and there are so much more exciting things to do. Ok...Just kidding. We were stopped for a minute, so I let her eat some grass. Now it's time to go. Do I look like I know what I'm doing? :)

All in all, it was a very fun ride. It was beautiful up there. I just wish we could have gotten a little closer to Stewart Falls. (And I wish my saddle didn't slide so much). But other than that it was a blast. Again...Everyone should do it! haha

Park City and Sundance

A few weeks ago I got invited to go up to Park City to ride the zip line. I've always wanted to do one, so I was really excited. Of course the pictures didn't really work of me going down, cuz Dan (taking the pictures) was also going down. :)

It was dark, so I'm not sure if that makes it MORE scary or LESS scary. Anyway, it was a lot of fun to do. Everyone should do it!

Here I am waiting for them. You put your feet straight out in front of you and then they release the door your feet are on and you start falling (zipping).


Here I am going...

Here I am getting out. The guy helping me out was laughing at me cuz I tried to jump out of the swing because I didn't think it was going to stop. I thought he said "stop" and it freaked me out cuz I didn't know how. But it stops itself. He said "I said hold on, not jump out." We all laughed.

Heber Valley Retreat!

I just remembered I went on a Retreat and didn't write about that. It was a LOT of fun. It was a Hollywood theme, so they had the Red Carpet with people interviewing the ladies as they walked down the red carpet. Complete with the top poparatzzi (sp?) we could get to come for the price we could afford to pay them!

Then before dinner we had a special guest speaker. He told us how great women were and we should love ourselves. Or something like that! :)

We had some gentlemen friends come and cook dinner, Serve dinner, do valet services, and check the ladies luggage. They did a wonderful job.

We had a wonderful dinner and then a talent show that was awesome! We had some very good acts. Here are a few ... Very funny!

We also had a movie premier, presenting US!! We had the ladies submit 4 pictures: 1) Baby Picture 2) Childhood picture 3) Highschool Picture 4) Post-Highschool Picture and then we took current pictures as well. Then it was put into a movie. It was a lot of fun trying to figure out who each of the "stars" were.

Then we went to bed so we could get up for an early morning hike. It was pretty. The leaves were just starting to change. We even saw a group of deer.

After the hike we had a class on Self-Defense. That was interesting to learn about and also now makes me more nervous. They said someone dropped a friend off and was waiting for her to get safely into her house when a preditor got into her car! Sorry whoever rides with me in the future. I will no longer be waiting for you to get safely into your house. I will however, say a quick prayer for you as I'm speeding off for my own safty!

(This is her mother...Good thing, or that could have potentially been VERY awkward!)

And last, but definitely not least, we had a great Testimony meeting. It's always fun to sit around a fire (well the fire pit in our case...no fire) and share your testimony (or listen to others share in my case). It was a very fun weekend. Just want to give a shout out to those who put SO MUCH time and effort into making it great! (You know who you are!) Well done!

Teaser!

I know! I need to update, but I like to blog when I have pictures and they are coming. I will be getting some pictures of a few things I've done lately...

Horseback riding and the Zip Line at Park City. They were both very fun. As soon as I get the pictures I'll post.

I did go hike Bridal Veil Falls the other day. That was fun.

Stay tuned for me on Horseback and on the Zip Line. (hope the pictures turned out! haha)