Tuesday, December 11, 2012

The many adventures of Kurt........

The day before Thanksgiving Kurt was able to go elk hunting and he was successful; the only problem was he went hunting alone and was not able to get the 1000 lb animal out alone. He called me around 3:30 and asked me to call some friends for help. I was able to get my brother-in-law who has a 4 wheeler to help. Another problem arose....there were only 2 people that knew where Kurt's location was. Desperately I called one of those friends and he was getting ready to leave for Thanksgiving, but took time away from his family to help us. We finally arrived to help Kurt around 5:30. We drove the 4-wheelers in about 5 miles and hiked down a mountain another 50 feet (in the 10" of snow and pitch black) until we finally found Kurt. We spent another hour getting the elk up to the 4-wheelers. It was freezing cold, muddy, pitch black and crazy. On the drive home we almost hit 3 or 4 deer that ran in front of our truck.
What an adventure!!!! There is certainly never a dull moment with Kurt. He always keeps me on my toes!!
We were very grateful for our friends that day that always come to our assistance when we need it.

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Mother's Day!!!!

Although Mother's Day is kind of a rough day for me, I try to reflect on the fact that I have 3 wonderful mother figures to celebrate all the wonderful things that they do for us. Some day I will have my opportunity to celebrate being a mother.
This year we had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend. Because Kurt's mom lives in Southern Utah, we don't always get to spend holidays with her; especially Mother's Day. This year they came to visit and it happened to be on this special weekend. We had a wonderful time. We took them on the Frontrunner train to Salt Lake to see the new beautiful City Creek shopping center, walked through Temple Square and ate many yummy meals. It was really great weekend.

Choo Choo!!

Choo Choo!!
Kurt and his stepdad Dave on the Frontrunner

City Creek

City Creek
City Creek shopping center is so pretty! The guy who was taking the picture made me laugh so I had a funny look on my face, but other than that I really like this picture.

Yummy Dinner!

Yummy Dinner!

Horse rides

The neighborhood kids LOVE when they see Kurt out riding Woodrow on the streets. They get so excited and can't believe that there is a "real cowboy" that lives by them. When we got a phone call from one of our neighbors asking if their daughter could ride Woodrow, we agreed. Her mom told her that being able to ride Woodrow was part of her birthday present. She had just turned 8. When she came over to our house, she was beyond excited! It was a lot of fun to see how excited she was. Her mom took some great pictures of the adventure. Kurt made her day! It was so cute.



Disneyland trip

Yes, we love Disneyland! People think that we're funny to go to Disneyland without children, but we have such a good time. This last trip we went with some very good friends of ours (they have 3 kids so it was fun watching those girls get so excited over the Princesses). Kurt and our friend Brittany both turned 30 within a week or so of each other so we celebrated in California. It was such a fun trip! I made t-shirts for Kurt and Brittany to wear so they would get a lot of attention...it was so fun! We also went to the beach, Universal Studios and Sea World. It was such a great trip....and fun to go with friends!

One of our favorite rides-Tower of Terror! So fun.

DISNEYLAND

DISNEYLAND

Birthday dinner

Birthday dinner
Kurt's favorite ride at Disneyland is Pirates of the Caribbean so we decided to splurge and eat at the restaurant Blue Bayou that is inside the ride. It was very tasty! And our waiter brough him a birthday dessert. What a great way to turn 30!

Jodi's favorite Disneyland food....their pickles! YUMMMMMM!