*Summer Happenings*

During Cody's 7 week break from school we managed to find a lot to keep us busy. We vacationed with both my family, and Cody's. Cody was a groomsman for one of his best friends from childhood while I did his beautiful brides hair and makeup. Cody shot an elk that will keep us happy with meat for at least a year. And we still had time to do our normal hikes, camping trips and swimming with friends. This is a picture of Shane and India, they are so adorable together. Shane and Cody have been best friends since the 4th grade, so this was a really great day for us to be a part of. Another picture of the beautiful couple.

This is Cody with his elk, last year while hunting Cody shot at a elk and it got away so he was determined not to let that happen again. He worked his tail off practicing shooting with his bow from different distances. If anyone deserved to get a great elk like this it is definitely him. We are so blessed that he was able to get this elk so we will not have to worry about buying meat. fun fact: Did you know that elk meat is actually more lean and has less fat then chicken? Crazy eh....

At the end of September my mom and I went to San Francisco where we did all of the fun touristy things. We went and hung out at Pier 39, took a tour of Alcatraz, we had a city tour and we also drove to Napa Valley to see all of the vineyards. We had a great time and it was really nice to spend some girl time with my mom.

This is me in one of the cells at Alcatraz...

Cody me and our friend all made a trip out to this place called Monkey Rock, it is outside of rexburg. Way pretty but kind of boring. haha...

Earlier in the summer we decided to go camping at Cliff and Wade lake outside to Island Park.
This is a picture of Dan (Cody's cousin) Cody and Jones waiting to go on the rope swing.

Ok this is seriously the funnest thing in the world to do when you go boating!!! Surfing!!! If you haven't tried it yet I highly recommend it! We had a blast and cant wait to do it again. Cody couldn't find his swim trunks so he borrowed a super old pair of his dads, they were a little bit shorter and it drove Cody crazy so to be funny he decided to roll them up even shorter to show off his white legs haha...

So much funnnn...

You know how much Cody and I enjoy hiking and summer just wouldn't be summer without a few good hikes, so this hike we went on with Dan, Maurie and Leonard (Dan's dad) outside of West Yellowstone. The views were amazing and we hiked all day! : ) LOVED it!

So that wraps up our seven week summer vacation! <3 yall!

Cody's NASTY leg! : (

Last Wednesday Cody's intramural softball team played a game and were given new rules, one of the new rules was that you had to slide into home if it was going to be close. So Cody gets up to bat and launches the ball way into the out field and took off running around the bases, as he headed toward home plate he had to slide because it was going to be a close call. Cody had his favorite pair of basketball shorts on that night and all that went through his head as he started to slide was "I don't want to ruin my shorts" so instead of sliding into home like a normal person would he tucked his leg under his but to insure that he didn't ruin his shorts and this was the outcome.... Now Cody being the tough guy that he is decided not to go into the doctor right away to make sure that it wasn't infected. instead he wanted to wait it out to see if it would heal on it's own. BAD IDEA!!! He got a REALLY bad infection and by Saturday his whole leg was swollen from his knee down and his leg hurt so bad that he could hardly stand to walk. So Monday afternoon Cody finally went into the doctor and they gave him some antibiotic shots and a prescription to take some pills for the next ten days. He went into the doctors for his second shot today and his doctor told him that if he would have left his infection for another week it could have spread into his bone, and he could have had to go to the ER for surgery....SCARY!! Needless to say I am SO happy that we took him in and hopefully it will get better soon!!

This whole thing happend in the first five minutes of his game and he ended up finishing playing the rest of the game with a sick nasty leg. The bad part is that they freakin lost their game! So he slid for nothing, poor Cody... : (

*Weekend in Pocatello*

This weekend Cody and me had the opportunity to go to Pocatello with our friends the Jones's. The Jones family had planned a surprise birthday party for their dads 60th birthday, we had a nice bbq in the park and got to chat with everyone and hangout with the kids. It was a really great weekend and we had a lot of fun seeing everyone!
This picture is of Cody and me at the park waiting for the birthday boy! : ) Cody, "goose" and Clair

We love out friends!

This little boy had the most BEAUTIFUL blue eyes!!

The Jone's Gang : ) Such a beautiful happy family : )

Rexburg!!

I have finally been reunited with my cute husband Cody!(about 2 weeks ago) It is so GREAT!! I have missed him like crazy and am so happy that we can be together again. Cody is always insanely busy with homework while I have been busy looking for a job. Even though we are super busy we still find time to hang out with friends and go for hikes. Rexburg is beautiful, and I have loved being here...so far... haha This picture below is of Cody and me and our friends Shane and India, we went and watched Cody's cousin sing in a school competition. We have found out that Ruger is quite the out door nut and LOVES to go on hikes with us! We Hike about 5 for 6 miles every weekend and love it!

THis picture was taken about 5 seconds before the weather turned on us and it started raining cats and dogs and we had to sprint about 1/2 mile to the car haha...

Cody being cool lol... I sure love this man! : )

We went to the Civil Defense Caves with our good friends Clair and Derrik Jones, we had an awesome time and hope we can do it again sometime soon! : )

*Life Lately*

This past weekend was my cousin Jessica's wedding down in Utah. After my phlebotomy class was done last Wednesday I drove over to Rexburg to spend so time with my husband and have him drive to Utah with me for the wedding. We were able to have some of our friends over for dinner on Sunday, it was SO nice to be with everyone and I cant wait until I move over there permanently!!
Clair and Jones at our house hanging out listening to dan sing after dinner. : )

Our baby!

Dan the man singing for us all!

Shane and India, such a cute couple!

Two of the funniest guys I have EVER met!

Cody and me at the wedding

and again....

I just love her so much!

So cute!

She is such a sweetie

My cute prego sister and claira

at Tepenyaki for dinner, claira loved it!

A little Late...

On December 30th 2009 Sterling went into the MTC to prepare for his mission. He was called to the Guatemala Guatemala north mission. I was able to barrow the mortensens memory card to post these pictures on here today. Sterling is going to be the most amazing missionary.

Daylie Brooke Fried

Chelise and Justin welcomed their second daughter Daylie Brooke Fried into the world at 6:05 this morning. She came exactly one week after her due date and weighed 8lbs 11ounces and was 21 inches long. We all love her and are so excited for her to grow into a beautiful young women. Here is mom looking beautiful for just having a baby (completely natural)! gorgeous!

Here are dad Justin and big sis Aysha...

Cody holding his new niece.

Aysha hanging out with everyone.

Proud grandma holding baby Daylie.

Daylie we are so happy that you are here! We love you!