DIY Fall Wreath

WREATH: pinterest 

My sisters and I have always talked about how one day when we grow up,we are all going to live on the same cul de sac together.  That seemed to be wishful thinking since we all are at different stages in our lives and even different states.  Well about a week ago my oldest sister Whitney and her family moved to Utah from California and now lives just 5 minutes away from me, same city, same offramp. My other sister Alyssa just lives a quick 10 minute drive up the freeway also.  This is the closest we have all lived together since we were all living under one roof.  I'm so excited to have them close to do fun Sunday crafts together like we did today to decorate our houses.  Now that we are getting close to the fall season, what better way to start it off then making a wreath1?  We hit up Hobby Lobby yesterday with different ideas we liked from pinterst and attempted making our own today! This was my first wreath I've made and had so much fun doing it so here's some pictures of what we came up with! Happy DIYing!

Labor Day in Bear Lake

Bear lake is by far one of the most gorgeous lakes I've ever been too.  Its unbelievable how blue and clear the water is.  Tyson and I have decided that every month we are going to go on a vacation together, even if its just camping for a night in the canyon (which never gets old). This month worked out perfect with having an extra day off of work and school for Labor day.  We went with Tyson's whole family and my sister Alyssa to Bear Lake for the weekend and stayed right on the lake.  Even though the weather was very disappointing this weekend, we spent lots of time eating raspberry shakes, warming up in the jacuzzi and snuggling in the condo which was so much fun.  But in our couple attempts to the water, we had no other option but to drag out the condo's comforters and pillows from the beds, and curl up on the sand next to the water. Tyson on the other hand, didn't let the weather stop him and skim boarded for hours in the frigid air.  He did get me to slowly drag my feet out into the water followed by a tackle and a dunk to get me under. Good thing I love him!  

If you haven't seen Tyson's latest video he made of us at the Color Run...Here it is!

  

Pretending to be healthy

Choped parsley and red onion

Combine together with garlic powder salt and pepper 

Form into patties (yes i'm wearing medical gloves..they're the BEST to cook with especially when using raw meats or onions)

Add whatever toppings you want

    
I decided this past week that I would feel better about myself by making things that are more healthy.  When I was at the grocery store, I bought wheat bread, wheat noodles, wheat buns, and wheat tortillas (we'll leave out the cap'n crunch, chocolate milk, chips  a'hoy and other necessities ...) One of the recipes I first made were turkey burgers on the wheat buns using a Pinterest recipe that you can find here. I loved the way these turned out and can't wait to make them again!

Hello Moose

Tyson and I used to do weekly hikes last year where every single week we would get ourselves outdoors and find a new place to hike too. For some reason, not that we are married, we just can't find the time to do them every single week with how busy our schedules our. This past week though, a lot of our family and cousins were able to get together and go on this amazing hike (can't remember the name of it) up above silver lake in American Fork Canyon.  It was so much fun as we hiked for almost two hours up to this hidden lake, in a trail of twelve people (that's including my niece Braya on David's back), full of laughs and conversations. 

On our way back down, Tyson was in the front of the trail and stopped suddenly while backing up. As we all looked up, there was a huge moose grazing away about 15 feet away from the skinny little trail we needed to take.  We had all joked before the hike that we needed to see a moose and our wishes came true! I think we were all a little nervous about what we  were going to do for the next 10 minutes as the moose was staring at us. Well we got lucky and decided to cut right down the side of the mountain where we were standing which eventually took us right back on to the trail. Hallelujah! Here are some pictures Tyson and I took of that day...Warning..LOTS of pictures I mean

P.S.  In case you haven't seen our latest wedding video...here it is!