Halloween Carnival

The Friday before Halloween the elementary schools around Rexburg had their carnivals. They needed volunteers from BYUI and we thought it sounded like fun. Kassi, Brittany, and I were in charge of this monster operation "booth". The kids had to feel the hands(jello filled gloves), toes(green olives), Intestines(spaghetti), heart(frozen tomato), Brains( water beads. They couldn't see any of it except for the toes and hands. Some of those kids were so funny and WOULD NOT touch any of it! Others were a little smart alec-y and would say, "that's spaghetti!" It was really fun, but after two hours, we were so tired! It was only 7:30 when we were done, but it felt more like 10:00! There was a guy who was volunteering for a class that Stephanie got put with. At first we thought he was single. Brittany was like yeah Steph! I'm pretty good at scouting out the married guys, so I had to break it to them that he was married. Bummer for us!

Football!

I love, love, LOVE football games! Fall=football games. I just love sitting there all bundled up on the bleachers! The team playing was the Bruins. They're pretty much the only ones we care to watch because they're the BEST! BYU-I is kinda lame(only reason- oh wait, and the fact that the ratio of guys to girls is 1:3) because they did away with our football team, but they have their reasons. It started snowing randomly and if you haven't experienced the wind of Rexburg, it's merciless. The wind was blowing the snow directly into our faces, so for a while we couldn't watch the game. It only added to the experience!

BONFIRE

Some of our old FHE bros asked us if we wanted to have a bonfire and go fourwheelin' and NATURALLY, we said HECK YES! We roasted some mallows and starbursts. If you've never experienced a toasted starburst, you HAVE to. I recommend the tropical flavors. We had fun and got a little crazy.

Everyone was just having a jolly good time.

Kassi and I got stuck, but not to worry! I got off and pushed. Thanks for the ADVENTURE Kas!

Like I said, JOLLY good time.

Jordan is so fun to ride with!

Homer Simpson

I despise him, but have since come to appreciate him SOMEWHAT for the icebreaker that he is.(I will never understand why guys get such a kick out of him.)

Just push the button and he dances, sings, and says phrases like, " England, who needs that? I'm never going to England." and my favorite, "Feeling stupid? I know I am!" Yes, Homer is an idiot and I get to listen to him say about seven different phrases and dance to two songs every time a new person comes over to our apartment. At one point two of my roommates and I put him in the closet because we were so tired of hearing his voice. This did not last long however, because the roommate he belongs to brought him back out. Oh well, we have to pick and choose our battles around here. Oh and he was about 100 big ones. I know EXACTLY what you're thinking...

Buckets and Tap Shoes

This show was crazy! There were four guys who, in the beginning of the show, came down the aisle beating on drums. Two of the guys tap danced and the other two played the drums and the other the guitar. They were awesome. There were crazy lights and it was really loud! There were a few old couples who left at intermission. haha A big group of us went and this is just a picture of a few of us- Jared, Stephanie, Kassi, Me, Thomas. At the end of the show Thomas and Jared ran up on stage after they invited whoever wanted to to come up. They were up there banging away at some drums. It was so great!

Dad's Visit!

Dad was able to come home for two weeks then headed back to Afghanistan for 6 MORE months. It was so fun to have him home. We went to Denali for a few days and brought the good ol' trailer- who sleeps in tents these days? We saw some awesome animals-caribou, brown bears, red foxes, moose, dall sheep, and apparently there was a pack of wolves(I couldn't see anything, but everyone kept telling me they were there). The scenery here is truly breathtaking and the mountains are so majestic. As for the weather... this has been the worst Alaskan summer-EVER. We were fortunate enough to take the bus ride up to Denali on a sunny day. I'm sorry to say it's probably the last we've seen of the precious sun. We didn't see the famous mountain- McKinley, but we got a picture of the clouds covering it. That counts, right? While dad was here we also rafted the Eagle River. Katherine and Daniel came along for the ride too. We brought a cooler along and enjoyed the nice slow waters. Alaska is beautiful- there's no denying it! (The pictures go from bottom to top- in order).

Poor mom's life jacket didn't fit.



Faithful steerers

Ranger Joe or Dan. I can't remember. Epitome of Park Rangers.

Mt. McKinley is directly behind us. (Behind the clouds)

Waiting for the bus to take us up the mountain to Mt. Eilsen. (You can up farther, but we didn't)

The Campground we stayed at.

WHOS in Rexburg?

Cup wrapped up in hair + taped-up noses = Four crazy WHOS! Unfortunately, Steph's nose would not cooperate 100%, but we got some good ones of her nevertheless! Suzanne(the one in green) had the greatest nose for this! Great stuff.