Hardware/Snowshoeing/Baby Shower

The last two weekends Brittany had a baby shower, she had one for our ward and family up in Logan, and one in SLC for her side of the family. I want to thank everyone that put the time and energy into putting the baby showers together for her, she really appreciated all that was done. Also I want to thank everyone that gave her a gift, that means less money that we have to spend, and as most people know it is not cheap to have a baby. It was funny, our bishop was at the chapel cleaning and his wife was at the baby shower, so when he was done cleaning he walked into the shower and stayed a while. His name is Dennis and he went by Denise while he was in there, we have the best Bishop ever, he is a lot of fun.
So my two brother in laws and I thought that it would be a good idea to take advantage and have some guy time and go snowshoeing. Dan had three pair of snow shoes so we did not even have to worry about going and renting them.
This was my first time doing this and it was a really cold weekend so I thought that I needed to dress a little warmer. Well since you are hiking and getting your body temperature up quite a bit, even when it is 10 degrees outside you really do not need that many layers. So I had to take off a layer of my jacket, and most of the time I took off my beanie and my gloves. Dan's dog Aspen was also able to go, she really enjoyed it she just ran circles around us the whole time and she still had enough energy to play all day the rest of the day. They claim that she is a Golden Retriever but we think that she looks more like an Irish Setter, anyway she is a pretty fun dog to have around.

After the baby shower and snowshoeing the family all went to hardware ranch to see the elk that are there. I would have taken my rifle but that would be way too easy, I like a challenge when it comes to hunting.
So all in all I it was a pretty fun day.

New Years in Leeds

We were able to go down to Leeds for New Years and get some warm weather! The entire Whitmer family was there, Stacey and I were the only ones that had to travel, and thankfully the roads were really good this year (we do not want an episode of what happened last year). Since the whole family was there my mom thought that it would be a good idea to get family pictures since she would not know the next time that would happen. We were not told what colors until we were already on our way down there, so we made an emergency stop and the only thing good that I could find was this really preppy looking sweater, this is not what I would normally wear! We just went down to the farm and found a couple of cool spots.
Here are some of the pictures.. I would have more but I got a blank CD sent to me, guess I will have to teach my family how to be a little more computer smart.

I would put more pictures on but they are really big files and taking a while to load. So for New Years my mom made pretty much every kind of treat that you could think of, she is an extremely good cook! We had some of our family friends over there, Roger, Susan and Daniel. We just kind of hung out and played different games like shrades (I have no idea how to spell it), and it was really hilarious with my little nephew Trey playing the game. He is five years old and likes Bakugan so he would do that every single time. Brittany would get really embarrassed and not want to play the game but she did do it a couple of times.
While we were there my dad thought that it would be a good idea to have us help him tie his camper shell to the ceiling in the garage, so here is a picture of us holding it up.
I think that it should work pretty good, guess we will find out if it falls on the top of my dads truck.
Also my dad got a really nice four wheeler a couple of months ago, it is a Kawasaki Brute Force 700, so I rode that quite a bit around the farm.It has a lot of power, maybe he will buy me one for my birthday this year:) Brittany did not think that it would be a good idea if she went four wheeling since she was more than 7 months pregnant, and I would not of let her anyway. We also went shooting, that is always a fun thing to do while we are down there.

My grandpa always said that my parents have a million dollar view from there house, and I think that they do too. I love the contrast, and on the other side of the house is a view of the farm and in the distant Zions National Park.
So all in all I think that it was a very fun trip. I always enjoy it when we get to go down there. One of these days we will have to take advantage and go to Zions and Bryce Canyon National Parks while we are down there.