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It's official! I am a licensed hunter!

Yeah, I never thought I'd say those words either. :)

But it is exciting! While I don't see myself ever actually shooting anything, I am beyond excited to share this with my husband and to go out hunting with him!

My friend, Randi, and I went to the class today (which took way longer than I thought it would) and took the shooting test. I am pretty pleased with my shooting scores and the fact that I handled the gun safely all by myself. :)

After we passed our shooting test, we celebrated with lunch at Vernal Brewing Company and a trip to Hibbards and Wal-Mart.

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Flight Delays, Schedule Changes, More Shopping, One of My Favorite Restaurants, My Hubby Back, and Home Sweet Home!

Well..... Ryan was supposed to fly back today around 1:00 PM and then we were heading home. Thanks to wintery weather in Montana and trying to figure out the best route back, it ended up being much later than that. Thankfully, he could catch his company's charter to Denver and then change his flight into Salt Lake from there instead of Billings. Then that flight was delayed by about 45 minutes. Gotta love air travel. Am I right? B and I picked him up around 8:00 PM and we all headed home through the snowy weather. Although it was late to drive with questionable weather, once we were home, it was great to be back in our own space and all together.

The bright side to all of this is that B and I were blessed with more time with family and in the city! Yippee!

I made a solo trip to Wal-Mart. Had to grab some totes to put all the stuff in that I've bought while here to keep it dry in the back of the truck in case it rains/snows on the way home. :) Then my momma and I made a trip to JoAnn's to look at (and buy) crafty stuff. Sweet!

Texas Road House! Need I say more? One of my favorite restaurants that serves my favorite prime rib and we ate there for dinner! So, while I was bummed Ryan was getting in late, I have to admit I was glad to eat at TRH. :

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Newborn Baby, Friends, Cheeseburgers, and Family!

Today we met sweet baby Adeline! This sweet little bundle of joy is one day shy of 4 weeks old and oh so precious! My beautiful friend Missy is this baby's momma and I am so thankful that B and I were able to visit with her, her boy Zeke and new baby!

B and Zeke have so much fun together, which means they played and I got to hold Adeline so Missy could have a little break from newborn momma-hood. Remember those days...those days where baby constantly wants to be held and nursed and sometimes you just want a moment to breathe it seems like? Yep, that. So, I was more than happy to hold her and Missy was more than happy to let me for as long as I wanted. :)

B's latest food obsession is cheeseburgers. For real! Yep, she is mine for sure. Ha ha! Anyway, she asks for one at least once a day. Well, today was her lucky day because she is staying with Grandpa and Grandma. All it took was to ask her grandpa and he was off to grab her the cheeseburger she wanted. :)

And to end our last full day in Salt Lake, my brother, sister-in-law, and nephew came over for dinner and just to hang out. Have I ever mentioned how much I love my family?! I only wish that Ryan was here with us, too. That would have made it perfect!

I am bummed at how bad I have been at taking pictures this week. Sigh. So, I just decided to steal a pic from Facebook of this cute baby. :)

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Happy Wednesday!

Hanging out, shopping at the party store all by myself :), shopping at an amazing grocery store with my parents and B, and dinner with my dadda are the highlights of today.

I just have to say that I really, REALLY want a Sprouts grocery store nearby! That would be like a dream come true to be able to hop on in somewhere and find healthy, organic, etc. type of food. Hear me on this, I WILL petition anyone and everyone I have to in order to make this a reality! :) Also, they carry a brand of organic grass-fed cows milk that I bought and discovered is amazing! I will also be petitioning our two local grocery stores to start carrying this stuff.

Rounded out the day with a special dinner date with my incredible dadda. It has been way too long since I've had a chance to just spend some time with him. Thank you, Dadda, for taking me to dinner!

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What a wonderful day! Warm weather, time with an amazing friend, and entertainment at the car dealership!

I went to Dana's today and spent a good portion of the day with her and her sweet boy. This time I left B with Grandpa and Grandma. Although, momentarily, she was sad that I was going to Dana's without her. :( However, she had a great time with my mom and dad, so all is well.

We ended up taking a trip to Ikea. Woohoo! I thoroughly enjoy wandering around that place and daydreaming. Ended up buying a few things, but kept it under $75 so that's a good deal there. Ha!

After I left Dana's I met my dad at the car dealership because I was driving my mom's car and it needed some repairs. While he was in getting that taken care of a salesman headed my way when he saw that I was looking at the new CRVs. Really, I was just curious what they looked like inside and how much they cost. I was in no way interested in buying one.

Nonetheless, I could not convince him that I wasn't going to buy one. He kept insisting that I could trade in our truck for a CRV. Once I told him that we needed the truck to pull our camper, he said that we should go look at the Pilots then because we could haul our camper with that. Um, I don't think so. He was pretty insistent and I just laughed, especially when he asked if anyone wearing a vest had ever lied to me before (he was wearing a suit vest). I laughed and said, "well, not until now." Pretty sure he didn't think that was funny. :) This was great entertainment while I waited for my dad.

The day ended at my parents, playing with Jensen and B.

Oh and this was the temp today. :)

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A drive out to the city!

Once again, Ryan has to go out of town for a few days, which means B and I get some quality time with family and friends in Salt Lake! Boo for Ryan leaving, but yeah for time with other loved ones!

After we dropped him off at the airport, we headed to my mom and dad's house which will be our headquarters for the week. Both B and I love staying with them!

In the evening we joined them at a Bible study at church. B enjoyed playing with all the kids while I really enjoyed the Bible study. I'm glad that my mom and dad asked us to join them!

B got a hold of Grandpa's old reading glasses and had a blast with them! Too funny!

 

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Today was a beautiful, albeit, windy day outside! Ryan and B played in the back yard for a bit and then took the dogs out the back gate to run around on the golf course. From my vantage point looking out the kitchen windows, it looked like they had a blast with both the dogs and B enjoying all the wide open space.

During B's nap, uncle Josh stopped by and hung out for quite a while. Catching up with him was great as we don't see him as often as some of the others.

Once B woke up it was time to take her for her first ride in our "new" 1994 Jeep. :) We bought it for fun trips up to the mountains. She loved being able to see so well out of the windows as they are down much lower than the ones in the truck.

All in all a wonderful, relaxed Sunday!

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Shooting some guns is how we started off our day today. Ryan, B and I met my friend Randi up on a friend of hers property that is set up as a shooting range.

My hunter's education shooting test is next Saturday and I hadn't shot a gun for almost 5 years. Definitely needed to make sure I could still hit a target before being tested on it. :)

Thankfully, the test is done using a .22 and I can handle that. I'll have to be able to shoot 3 rounds of 10 shots - 10 standing, 10 sitting, and 10 lying down. All in all, I think I did pretty well. I shot 40 shots with only 1 stray bullet from the standing position and even that shot hit on the paper. So, none went out into the wilderness. Woohoo!

After those practice shots, Randi got out her rifle, which is a 7mm. Man, do rifles have a good kick and this is about as small of a rifle as you can get. The video below is me shooting the 7mm. Can't really see it in the video, but it kicked me pretty good. But it was fun. :)

After that, Ryan, B and I went for a little drive and ended up having lunch at the Grill.

A great way to spend a Saturday!

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I finally did it.

I cleared all the clothes out of my closet and in my dresser that do not currently fit. Well, that part was done a while ago, but the clothes remained folded on my closet floor. That is until today when I filled two...yes, TWO...totes full of those clothes. I am going to label those bins and take them to the basement with the expiration date of August 21, 2014. Six months from today. Whatever still does not fit at that time is going bye bye. To the consignment store. Maybe this is the motivation I need to get them to fit once again. And maybe they'll just end up earning me a little bit of money. Time will tell.

Truthfully, it feels good to have them out of my closet. Now I can see what I really have to wear and don't have those clothes taunting me any longer. Ha ha! I had always thought they'd be motivation, but almost two years after Briella's birth that hasn't worked. So, maybe this plan will work.

Anyway, on to other things.

B went over to one of her auntie's houses and played with cousins all afternoon and I had some "down" time, whatever that is. Ha! As much as I love my sweet girl, I enjoy when I have some time to myself. And she LOVES going over there!

I went to pick her up later in the afternoon and actually just ended up hanging out for a while with Ryan's mom and a couple of sisters. So long, in fact, that Ryan just headed there after work and joined in the party. What a great time with all of them in some unplanned hang out time.

Then this led to an impromptu date! Yippee!

We were about to head out to grab something to eat and B was contentedly playing and snacking at her auntie's house. Sweet Crystal, who had been watching her half of the day already, offered to let her stay so Ryan and I could go out! What a pleasant surprise! Even just the amount of time to have a dinner together alone is wonderful!

Today turned out to be filled with some unexpected and refreshing blessings! And it's just the beginning of the weekend. :)

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Smoothie Face!



Every morning we start our day off with a "green" smoothie. I know, this doesn't look like a green smoothie, but if you add a bunch of blueberries, it's a pretty purple color. :)

 

More cousin fun happened today. Yippee for fun, older cousins who like to come play with my baby girl! I didn't get any pictures playing with cousins this time, but rest assured a lot of fun was had by B and Brayden and Ambrie.