Thanks Papa Holt!

Justin's dad got me a sweet binocular case! My first hunting gear ever! Since then I have also acquired a gun, and a camo shirt, and Justin's old binoculars. Awesome

Check out my gun!

My handsome husband

Shooting my new gun for the first time

The people in that white vehicle behind me were also crazy and instead of turning to shoot their clay pigeons towards the hill once we pulled up, they stayed turned towards us...good one guys.

My amazing parents got me a .22 rifle for my birthday! Best present ever! So we went and shot it one weekend.  It's awesome and I love it and I love my parents and I'm so happy! My very first gun and now I can be a true Holt. We had to leave early from our adventures though, because there were some crazy people shooting at us. Well they were on the other side of the hill, but we could hear their ricochet coming over the top of the hill and buzz by our heads.

Vacation and Family

I've decided to start writing more in my blog and treating it like a journal. Here it goes.

This last week and a half, Justin and I were able to get work off and go to Utah to spend time with family. It was a much needed vacation. Here are some of the highlights from the trip:

- I got to be with my awesome family (minus the Pagano's and Elder Goodson - missed them).
- I had time to just relax and rest and spend time with Justin and family
- We went to Lagoon and I rode all of the rides with Matty Mat (turns out I still love roller coaster rides!!!) My favorite was one called Samuri and the free fall one. but I loved all of them. I also loved riding some of them with my mom (she's awesome). Dad was a trooper and walked around the whole time with Taylor so we could all have fun. My hero. Justin wasn't feeling so good, so he just rested on a bench and the grass :( poor guy
- We all got very sick. I witnessed my Dad throwing up for the first time ever and helped him clean that up - good bonding time. Matt turned green.
- Ashley and Jake moved to Lehi and we helped them move
- We got Matt all ready for college, walked around campus, helped him move into his dorm. He is all grown up and going to college.
- we hiked up to Timpanogos caves. We were all still recovering from our sickness, so that made it more difficult. I couldn't breathe, but we made it. It was beautiful and coming down the mountain was painful on the legs. Matt was a trooper and carried Cameron on his back all the way down. Mom carried Taylor basically the whole time...I'm pretty sure she is in better shape than all of us combined. Dad was so brave and faced two of his fears (heights and claustrophobia- good work Dad)
- My awesome parents bought me a .22 rifle for my birthday that is coming up!!! I'm so excited and can't wait to go shoot it. My very first gun ever. Now I can fit in with the Holts. It took 3 visits to get it, and it almost didn't happen. The first time I forgot my license, then it was too late (apparently if you are out of state you can't buy a gun after 7pm), and the third time the guy who helped us couldn't find it for a while. But it happened and I'm so excited!
- we got to play lots of wii super mario
- we played lots of games (settlers of catan...aka whiners of contention, sorry, rummikub, and many more)
- Justin and I also went to the dentist. It was a much needed visit. My teeth were starting to hurt when I ate certain things. I had 4 cavities and he had one and had to get a crown.  Needless to say, after 3 trips to the dentist and no insurance coverage, we hope we don't have to go again for a while.
- We also carried on a tradition and went to dinner with Uncle Pat.

I just enjoyed being with family and sleeping in and just relaxing. What an awesome vacation and what an amazing family. I love them all so much.

My first demolition derby!

On July 7th we went to a demolition derby. It was my first demolition derby ever! I had no idea what to expect, but it was awesome!

We're so excited!

This drive shaft on this car broke off and the wheel was barley on on the other side.

They put money in noodles out on the field and kids of different ages raced to get them.  My favorite was one group of the older kids all started running out, but there wasn't even any noodles in the field yet. hahaha they all had to do the walk of shame back to the starting line. The announcer guy said, "our future leaders" haha awesome.

What a fun date night! I would happily go to another one. Here is a video...not the best.

4th of July

I was able to get off from work on the 4th of July! Hooray for my awesome boss.  So Justin and I went to the Rexburg parade. We were so worried we were going to miss it because we missed the Caliente, NV parade when we were down there for Memorial Day(It was only 5 minutes long and it started early).  So we ran to Main street...and we were early...and then it lasted for 2 hours. Definitely didn't miss it.  But I loved it! I haven't been to very many parades in my life, so I get so excited. I like when they throw candy out.  We meet up with one of my dear old roommates and great friend, Katie Anderson and her husband. They are awesome. She took the picture you see above for us. She also took our engagement pictures. Fun fact.

Then we went canoeing down the River with some other great friends of ours, Karen and Ty.  It was so  fun and nice to be able to just hang out and do fun things together all day with my awesome husband.

We are so excited! 

Karen and Ty

After our 4 our adventure

So I meant to put sunblock on my legs about 15 minutes in the trip...but I forgot and then two hours later I noticed some blotches on my knees. So I quickly applied some sunblock, but it was too late. The damage had already been done.

It was really painful wearing jeans and socks and boots the next couple days at work. Good times.  We did go buy an aloe plant and rubbed that on for a few days. 

But it was such a great day and we were going to watch some fireworks, but we were both so tired, we just went to bed. We also meant to set off some fireworks of our own, but forgot. A great day and I am so grateful for this country I live in. I am grateful for the freedoms we have and the wonderful opportunities. Hooray for America! Hooray!

Bill Cosby and Father's Day

Excited faces.

 We went to a Bill Cosby concert the other night for a date night. We laughed pretty hard.

This is our scared faces.

Happy

Happy Husband Day...aka Father's Day. I made Justin a ghetto candy bouquet. haha I had to use newspaper as the stems because I couldn't find the dowel things. Good times.

Such a handsome husband I have

      

On a side note. I have the greatest Dad in the whole world. I am so lucky to have him as my father. He can always make me laugh and has such a great sense of humor. He has always been such a great example to me and a rock that I can always lean on. He is an amazing musician and knows everything about all kinds of music. He also knows everything about everything. Probably the smartest man in the world...just sayin. What an amazing dad! I love you dad!

Some Recent Adventures

Justin loves his horse-training class that he is taking right now. His horse is a little crazy, but it's a good challenge for him.  The other day he got kicked in the leg. Ouch. He has also been bucked off a few times, but his horse is doing much better now. My husband is a horse trainer.

This was after a particularly hard day of work. It was VERY windy and dusty.  After breeding and sorting cows, I had to move them to different pastures.  I rode behind them on a four-wheeler in a cloud of dust.  It was exciting. I had to just stop sometimes because I couldn't see and I was afraid I would run into a cow. I love my job. Tiring and hard work, but fun.

My sweatshirt looks cleaner than my face and head because I had my coat on. I should have taken some pictures before I took my coat off...

This is one of Justin's inventions. He is awesome. It gets hot in our apartment, especially with a computer on your lap. So he got the one fan really close and put the other one basically in his lap. haha so silly.  He is working on homework, which is what consumes his life these days.