Wyoming

This past weekend we took some friends of ours to Wyoming to visit my family with us. My home town has changed so much over the years. I have only been gone for 5 years and it seems as though Cody is a whole different world. Maybe it is just that I am so used to being in Utah that Cody is foreign to me.

Saturday morning we took out some of my dads "toys" (Polaris RZR and Joiner) to Red Lake and went off "roadin". As we were driving down the road we passed a bar and saw a few people sitting out side smoking cigarettes. I turned to my brother and said, "only in Cody will you see people sitting out side of the bar at 10:00 in the morning." That I do not miss.

We spent a few days in Cody and then came home through Yellowstone on Monday. I forgot how long it actually takes to get home. It was fun but we did not make it home until 2:00am. We did all the tourist stuff in the Park because our friends have never been there. We went and saw the hot pots and Old Faithful (not so faithful). We wanted to see wild life but there was very few animals. The dang wolf population has decimated all the herds. We saw one herd of bison, 3 elk and a ton of crows. It was disappointing.

We decided to stop in Jackson Hole for a bite to eat before we headed all the way home. We agreed on Thai food so, we looked up the Thai places and headed to our first one. It was called Thai Me Up and it was sad because how can you have a Thai restaurant without any Thai people? The cooks were not even Thai. There was no way we would pay those kind of prices for a place with no real Thai influence. The next place we went was called Bon Appe Thai. All the cooks were Thai and even some of the waiters. It turned out well.

The worst part of the trip was from Jackson to Provo because it was 9:30p.m. when we left and still five hours to go.

We all made it safe and sound and we did not kill each other. I call that success.

I am only 26!

I read an article about this list today and thought I should share. I am only 26 and it makes me feel old. 

This is from Beloit College

"Each August since 1998, Beloit College has released the Beloit College Mindset List, providing a look at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college this fall. The creation of Beloit’s former Public Affairs Director Ron Nief and Keefer Professor of the Humanities Tom McBride, it was originally created as a reminder to faculty to be aware of dated references, and quickly became a catalog of the rapidly changing worldview of each new generation. Mindset List websites at Beloit College and at mindsetmoment.com, the media site webcast and their Facebook page receive more than a million hits annually."

The Mindset List for the Class of 2015

Andre the Giant, River Phoenix, Frank Zappa, Arthur Ashe and the Commodore 64 have always been dead.
Their classmates could include Taylor Momsen, Angus Jones, Howard Stern's daughter Ashley, and the Dilley Sextuplets.

1. There has always been an Internet ramp onto the information highway.
2. Ferris Bueller and Sloane Peterson could be their parents.
3. States and Velcro parents have always been requiring that they wear their bike helmets.
4. The only significant labor disputes in their lifetimes have been in major league sports.
5. There have nearly always been at least two women on the Supreme Court, and women have always commanded U.S. Navy ships.
6. They “swipe” cards, not merchandise.
7. As they’ve grown up on websites and cell phones, adult experts have constantly fretted about their alleged deficits of empathy and concentration.
8. Their school’s “blackboards” have always been getting smarter.
9. “Don’t touch that dial!”….what dial?
10. American tax forms have always been available in Spanish.
11. More Americans have always traveled to Latin America than to Europe.
12. Amazon has never been just a river in South America.
13. Refer to LBJ, and they might assume you're talking about LeBron James.
14. All their lives, Whitney Houston has always been declaring “I Will Always Love You.”
15. O.J. Simpson has always been looking for the killers of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
16. Women have never been too old to have children.
17. Japan has always been importing rice.
18. Jim Carrey has always been bigger than a pet detective.
19. We have never asked, and they have never had to tell.
20. Life has always been like a box of chocolates.
21. They’ve always gone to school with Mohammed and Jesus.
22. John Wayne Bobbitt has always slept with one eye open.
23. The Communist Party has never been the official political party in Russia.
24. “Yadda, yadda, yadda” has always come in handy to make long stories short.
25. Video games have always had ratings.
26. Chicken soup has always been soul food.
27. The Rocky Horror Picture Show has always been available on TV.
28. Jimmy Carter has always been a smiling elderly man who shows up on TV to promote fair elections and disaster relief.
29. Arnold Palmer has always been a drink.
30. Dial-up is soooooooooo last century!
31. Women have always been kissing women on television.
32. Their older siblings have told them about the days when Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera were Mouseketeers.
33. Faux Christmas trees have always outsold real ones.
34. They’ve always been able to dismiss boring old ideas with “been there, done that, gotten the T-shirt.”
35. The bloody conflict between the government and a religious cult has always made Waco sound a little whacko.
36. Unlike their older siblings, they spent bedtime on their backs until they learned to roll over.
37. Music has always been available via free downloads.
38. Grown-ups have always been arguing about health care policy.
39. Moderate amounts of red wine and baby aspirin have always been thought good for the heart.
40. Sears has never sold anything out of a Big Book that could also serve as a doorstop.
41. The United States has always been shedding fur.
42. Electric cars have always been humming in relative silence on the road.
43. No longer known for just gambling and quickie divorces, Nevada has always been one of the fastest growing states in the Union.
44. They’re the first generation to grow up hearing about the dangerous overuse of antibiotics.
45. They pressured their parents to take them to Taco Bell or Burger King to get free pogs.
46. Russian courts have always had juries.
47. No state has ever failed to observe Martin Luther King Day.
48. While they’ve been playing outside, their parents have always worried about nasty new bugs borne by birds and mosquitoes.
49. Public schools have always made space available for advertising.
50. Some of them have been inspired to actually cook by watching the Food Channel.
51. Fidel Castro’s daughter and granddaughter have always lived in the United States.
52. Their parents have always been able to create a will and other legal documents online.
53. Charter schools have always been an alternative.
54. They’ve grown up with George Stephanopoulos as the Dick Clark of political analysts.
55. New Kids have always been known as NKOTB.
56. They’ve always wanted to be like Shaq or Kobe: Michael Who?
57. They’ve often broken up with their significant others via texting, Facebook, or MySpace.
58. Their parents sort of remember Woolworths as this store that used to be downtown. 
59. Kim Jong-il has always been bluffing, but the West has always had to take him seriously.
60. Frasier, Sam, Woody and Rebecca have never Cheerfully frequented a bar in Boston during primetime.
61. Major League Baseball has never had fewer than three divisions and never lacked a wild card entry in the playoffs.
62. Nurses have always been in short supply.
63. They won’t go near a retailer that lacks a website.
64. Altar girls have never been a big deal.
65. When they were 3, their parents may have battled other parents in toy stores to buy them a Tickle Me Elmo while they lasted.
66. It seems the United States has always been looking for an acceptable means of capital execution.
67. Folks in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have always been able to energize with Pepsi Cola.
68. Andy Warhol is a museum in Pittsburgh.
69. They’ve grown up hearing about suspiciously vanishing frogs.
70. They’ve always had the privilege of talking with a chatterbot.
71. Refugees and prisoners have always been housed by the U.S. government at Guantanamo.
72. Women have always been Venusians; men, Martians.
73. McDonalds coffee has always been just a little too hot to handle.
74. “PC” has come to mean Personal Computer, not Political Correctness.
75. The New York Times and the Boston Globe have never been rival newspapers.

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Utah in a Nut Shell

I saw this video the other day and laughed so hard. I wanted to share it with you.

Another Anniversary Come and Gone.

Matt and I just celebrated our three year anniversary on August 16. This year we decided to go back to Midway and stay at The Homestead Resort and scuba dive at the crater. It was a nice get away. We only took one night off but but it was wonderful. Matt was so cute and took me to dinner at the place we ate at on our honeymoon. He was even going to try and get the same table but someone was already sitting there. After dinner we just watched movies and relaxed in the room.

People always say the first few years are the hardest but it has been great. Luckily I am married to a man who avoids confrontation at all cost and still treats me like a queen. Matt is still the man I married three years ago. I am so grateful to have found such a great man. He really is the only man that could put up with all the crap I put out.

Love you honey.

Bill Maher is an Idiot.

Wow! The title really says it all. I know some people do not think we (Mormons) are Christians but that fact that he thinks we worship Joseph Smith is so off base. I do not pray to Joseph Smith and do not think Joseph Smith atoned for my sins.He was a prophet of God. He was a mortal man that we see as restoring truth back to the earth through the hand of God. Jesus, on the other hand, is not just a prophet but the Son of God and our Savior.

Watch the clip below: (This is another reason why I do not watch MSNBC)

Dominican Republic

I am so excited to go back to the Dominican Republic. I went when I was 19 or so and have always wished to go back. My parents are taking the whole family to Punta Cana this December for Christmas vacation. I am so excited to show Matt the beautiful country my sister in-law comes from. Thailand will always be my number one country to visit but the DR and the people that live there are so fun. Matt is excited to go and eat crazy food but I think he will be disappointed. Not that the food is bad but it will not be weird enough for him. I do not think they can top eating bugs and lizards. 

We are planning on staying at a resort for 5 days and then go stay with Rosy's family for a few days. Matt and I want to experience the true Dominican experience. We just hope the language barrier will not deter us.This will be the first time Little Matt will leave the country. I am just sad he will never remember it. I guess we will just have to go back when he is older.

Here is a taste of Dominican music. I do not know Spanish so if there is any bad language sorry.