A post for our friends...

This is us just giving a SHOUT OUT

To some of our very favorite people...
From Girls nights to Guys nights to Thursday night Dinner/Office Parties, to Weddings, to Receptions, to Camping, to Sporting Events and Vacations, this summer has been awesome...These are our friends and we love them!!

In no particular order...



Me and Linds

James and Nick

A few of my favorite cousins at my wedding reception luncheon
Kallie, Jaime, me, Rebecca, Lindsey, and Sue

James and Jon (this one scares me a little bit)

Jessica, Linds, Sue and Me

Dave, Teresa, James, Me, Sue, Lindsey, Jessica

Lance, Bekah, Me, James, Ross, Hailey

Me, James, Dave, Teresa, Lindsey, Rebecca

Nick and Kelli

Dave, Teresa, James, Me

James, me, Dave, Teresa, lindsey, Rebecca, Thomas, and Sue

Me, Sue, and Teresa

Me, Sue, and Lindsey

Sue and James

James, Dave, and Teresa (Pre or Post Dave's smooch on James, I don't know)

James and I with the future Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton

James, Sue, Dave, Teresa, and Ryan

Thanks for all the GOOD TIMES!!!!

So long Summer

Our summer in review...



Our Wedding
Family PICTURES
Camping Barbeques
Good Food HAWAII
Roasting Marshmallows
Chocolate Coldstone
Real Soccer
Nieces and Nephews
Hot Dogs Baseball

We only wish it could last a bit longer...

Maybe the weather will still be nice enough to be able to sleep out on the trampoline under the stars like I have wanted to ALL SUMMER LONG!







Or maybe just one more end of the summer barbeques with hamburgers, hot dogs, my mom's baked beans, my grandma's macaroni salad, Sue's potato Salad, watermelon, homemade root beer, homemade ice cream, brownies, and chocolate chip cookies. Is that too much to ask???





Either way though...Summer, you have been awesome, but Autumn just happens to be a personal favorite of mine. We have lots and lots of awesome plans for Autumn!!

I can't wait for the leaves to change and fall off, pumpkins, Halloween, Fall colors, Jacket weather, pumpkin recipes, and of course our trip to Europe in October! Yup, this fall will be completely awesome as well!!!



It just sucks when this happens...









Enjoy your last days of summer!!!

Small Town Fun...with Friends

Ever since I was little I have always LOVED Oakley, Idaho. Many people probably wonder why so let me just take about 2 seconds to outline this town for you;
Oakley, Idaho

Population: About 600 or so
One little grocery store
One gas station (closed on Sunday)
One small library
Two little cafe's (sometimes just one)
One swimming pool
One Church
One Fire Station
not a whole lot else.

But lucky for me I am a hopeless lover of small towns and to top it all off, Oakley is in the middle of a beautiful valley with the Sawtooth National Forest one one side and hills and farmground surrounding. And for one whole summer I had a crush on a young rancher from Oakley just because he was a rancher from Oakley. Now-a-days, I am just happy I married a guy who has family ties to my favorite town...and an aunt with a cabin.

Here is our weekend in pictures...and in no particular order... ( I only say that because I didn't load them right and they are all out of order)

Oh and I was too lazy to take pictures this weekend, so these pictures are courtesy of one of my very best buds, my cousin Sue. :)

The Cabin

Cleaning the cabin before we left to go home. See I told you they were out of order.

Cute girls! I love this picture!

That there is Nick, shootin a spud off the fence. I love small towns.

Night Shooting. We shot shot guns, pistols, and a Nick's Potato Gun. Awesome.

Lovely Sue!

Me and my honey giving the camera the "What-Up?"
I title this picture the "waiting" picture. We were waiting for the boys (James and Dave) to get back from chasing down a vehicle that had escaped with our truck hitch. Don't ask.

Again...It's best not to ask questions.

And again. Sorry.

The boys showing off their Muscles after "fixing" the 4-Wheeler with my awesome idea that it might be something with the fuse...(just thought I would throw that in.)

Dave and Teresa getting cozy in the dark

Me and James, getting cozy in the daylight. Let me just tell you that 4-Wheeling in the mountains can be a hot little ride.

Nick and Kelly taking their turn.

Me, James, James #2, Teresa, Dave, and Sue

Until next time...

Just for Fun

Cause I am bored at work today...

ABC Tag

A: Addiction ~Cinnamon Life Cereal & James
B: Breakfast (what you eat) ~ Cheese Stick and Kashi Granola Bar
C: Chocolate or Chips ~ Chocolate
D: Dessert or Appetizers ~ Dessert
E: Essential Items ~ Car and House Keys
F: Favorite Color ~ Red
G: Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms ~ Gummy Bears
H: Hometown ~ Rupert, Idaho
I: Indulgence ~ Ice Cream and S'mores (lately)
J: January or July ~ July - It's my birthday month!
K: Kids ~ Not for a while, but definitely someday!
L: Life isn't complete without ~ James, family, and the Gospel
M: Most exciting memory ~ Lots to choose from, but lately I have ben thinking alot about the first couple months when James and I met and started dating. Awesome!
N: Number of Brothers and Sisters ~ 2 Brothers and 1 Sister
O: Oranges or Apples ~ Both, depending on my mood...
P: Phobias or Fears ~ Not being in control and death of family
Q: Quote ~ I will get back to you on this one, I have a ton that I love, but my mind is blank right now. (that was not a quote)
R: Reading ~ Nothing at the moment, any suggestions??
S: Summer or Spring ~ Spring
T: Tag 6 people ~ Teresa, Sue,(Cause the 3 of us used to do these kinds of things all day when we would email each other during work...) haha and Liz, Wendy, Rachel, Kim, Mea, Carrie, Tracy, and whoever else wants to...
U: Unknown Fact About Me ~ I have never been on a Jet Ski or Snowmobile. I have let Idaho down on this one...
V: Vacation I want to go on ~ James and I are going to Europe in October!!!
W: Walking or Running ~ Running for a purpose (exercise) but I LOVE taking walks!
X: X-Ray or Ultrasound ~ Ultrasound (A good reason to be at the hospital and much more exciting!)
Y: Your favorite food ~ Any homemade goodness
Z: Zoo or Bowling ~ Do the words Bradshaw Bowling Champion mean anything to you?????

A Few of my Favorite Things...

That's right Folks...


Those are our legs and that is the Salt Lake Bee's Dugout!!! We decided to go the Bee's game on Monday night and we were waiting in line for tickets when these ladies came up and asked us if we wanted two of their tickets because they had too many. We said sure, we were just going to sit in the grass area out by the fields, so we figured any seat was better than that. They turned out to be the best seats in the house.

The awesome seats went straight to our heads!

To celebrate our free tickets we went on to share the most gigantic hot dog I have ever seen.

Besides getting free and awesome tickets to a baseball game...

Another one of my favorite things is waking up in a tent and sleeping bag out in the middle of nowhere with my husband!

Sadly, this is the only picture I had of the weekend in White Trash Paradise Lava Hot Springs. But it was awesome!

A quick, non picturesque run down of our weekend...

Grandpa's 91st Birthday CAMPING Hot Springs

S'mores Country Diner

Flying Tent

Campfire Snuggling Nasty Breakfast Buffet

Swimming Pool Slides

FAMILY

Hey James, That was fun! Let's do it again real SOON!