Another mini-vacation in KC

We just got back from spending the weekend in Missouri with my family. On Friday night my youngest brother Owen had his Eagle Scout Court of Honor. It was really cool to see him reach that goal, and be able to celebrate with him. Saturday brought perfect fall weather so we played tennis with my brothers in the morning, and then went to the Royals/Yankees game in the evening with my whole family. It was fun to hang out with everyone, but I'm exhausted and not quite ready to start another work week tomorrow! Anyway, I thought I'd share a few pictures from the festivities.

Red: the color of love

So...on Monday, Doug and I were off work for Labor Day too. To celebrate - we painted. Well, really, I started the project and then he stepped in and saved me hours of labor. What do you think of the new color? I love it!

P.S. I started a blog for Doug and I - http://www.dougandlizzy.blogspot.com/ .

Actually, I wanted to start a blog that I could use to test out some new stuff with the HTML before I messed up something on this blog or our family blog that I couldn't fix. (This last week I've been trying to play with them to add some new features) Anyway, I'm not sure how often we'll post on it, but you can check it out if you'd like. I think it'll be more fun to keep once we have kids and stuff :)

Guess what?!? Ry and I actually got to go on a mini vacation and do you know where and what we did?!? Any guesses? Yep! That's right! We went to Fish Lake to go FISHING...shocker, I know! I think when ever we get a day off, we go fishing! I should probably start putting pictures of other things i do...like work or go to the bathroom?!? Nah, I'll stick with fishing. Okay, so here are some pictures of our latest adventures. We took our camper trailer up, his sister's family brought their camper trailer, and his parents brought the boat and we all had a big camp out. It was AWESOME. I really needed to get away from St. George and work. There is a picture of the valley. A picture of Fremont river that we fly fished in. A picture of Ryan actually fly fishing. In one of our mini side adventures we went into a forest that had initials all over the trees so we added to it. And the last picture is of a sunset sitting on Fish Lake, I caught aHUGE makinaw (AKA: Lake Trout) in there too, sadly it got off of the hook right when it got to the boat, and that is why I am telling everyone it was HUGE. In all it was a great vacation! Until our next fishing adventure...over and out!!!

Ask Red

Ok so here's a few of the older editions for your reading enjoyment. Don't worry I have plenty more...

Dear Red,
A guy called me up for a date and my phone cut out on me right after he asked me, and he thinks I hung up on him and keeps avoiding me now. I would’ve said yes, now what do I do?
Signed,
Confused

Dear Confused,
He’s not avoiding you because he thinks you hung up on him; he’s avoiding you because you have an inadequate phone service provider. I would recommend upgrading your service or switching networks and then you can “reconnect.”
Over and out,
Red


Dear Red,
Relief Society is so great that I can’t stand to leave on Sunday. How can I add more sisterness to my week?
Signed,
Sisterly Love

Paul,
How many times do we have to tell you?Stay out of Relief Society! Please go to Elders’ Quorum.
Thanks,
Red


Dear Red,
If I sit with a guy during Sacrament Meeting, does that mean we’re a couple?
~Inquiring Mind

Dear Inquiring,
Well, that really depends on which side of you he is sitting. If he is sitting to your right, then you’ll surely be engaged in no time. If he’s sitting on your left, proceed with caution as this could be strictly friendship.
Hope he ‘chooses the right’,
Red

Go back to August 10

Please note I posted a blog entry that was in draft form. It is from August 10. Cute little boy pics included.

An expensive trip to Walmart...

Well, as Lizzy has already heard, our tv decided to die. I guess it didn't completely give out, it just decided that everything on the screen should have a blue shadow to go with it! Well that got annoying fast, and with Utah football playing their season opener tomorrow night Brett had to take action ASAP. We found a great deal at the local Walmart, and now we'll be able to watch college football to our hearts' content (read sarcastically) on our new LCD flat panel. The screen is smaller, down to 37 inches from the monstrous 53 we were used to, but man is it a nice picture! Anyway, that's all the interesting news from here so I thought I would share. And if you know anyone who wants a used big screen tv that will cost about $400 to fix, let us know!

Let's Hear it for Miss Teen USA!!

The least I can do I guess is post her recovery -- The question is, though... did she really recover? Her new answer still doesn't actually answer the question... But, the interview DID make me feel bad for her. Poor pageant girls.