THE THOMSENS: Birthday Celebrations and Pioneer Day Fun

Monday, July 28, 2008

Birthday Celebrations and Pioneer Day Fun

So we had quite the busy week with it being Pioneer Day and my Birthday all in one week. We celebrated with a couple of visits to the Spanish Fork Fiesta Days Rodeo, camping, a demolition derby, and eating lots of crap. That’s what birthdays are for, right? I took the liberty of eating crap the whole week. What a good week.

Jeff and I went camping in the Uintahs over the weekend. It was amazing we actally even made it there. We had to go back to our house twice after we had tried to hit the road. It wasnt until half way up Provo Canyon that I decided to ask Jeff if he had gotten our sleeping bags. With panic on his face, we turned the car around and went back home to get the most essential item for a camping trip. We finally made it up there. On our little overnight excursion, we managed to catch over thirty fish. With a fly and a bubble we were knocking them dead. We had yummy tinfoil dinners and marshmallows of course. Half the campsite was closed of due to a bear siting the night before. That made for an exciting night.

Jeff managed to catch the biggest fish while we were up there.

He also managed to catch the smallest.

This is one of my many fish. I made Jeff get all my fish off the hooks for me. I am slowly building up the courage to do it. I did, however, rig my own pole up. I was very proud of myself. If i wanted to change my fly, I did it myself. No more waiting around for Jeff to do it, just had to wait around for him to grab those gooey slimy fish and plop them back in the water. We had such a good time on our camping trip. We had so much fun, that we are planning on going back up there this saturday.

Jeff took me to my favorite mexican restaurant (The Blue Iguana) in Salt Lake for my birthday. He also took me shopping and had suprised me with a bunch of clothes that he picked all by himself for me. I had a great birthday.

Kerri, London, and Laurie took me out for sushi for my birthday. We had a really good time, and the Japanese lady sang happy birthday to me with a gong.

Jeff and I at the Rodeo night #1

The most handsome cowboys at the Spanish Fork Rodeo.

Our cute niece Haley and her friend Garret. Isnt she a hottie!!

Jeff and I at the Rodeo night #2

Dana Brian and Cari at the Rodeo

4 comments:

Mrs.Mayne said...: You are so silly. Look at your hair while camping. Give me a break, I don't even do my hair like that for church let alone to go get stinky in the woods. You kill me Kel.

Did you know we had a high school reunion this past weekend? I missed out on that, whoopsy!; July 28, 2008 at 11:07 PM
Jessica said...: Looks so fun!; July 29, 2008 at 7:05 AM
the LAWRENCE family said...: you are so cute! where did you go for sushi??? it looks like a place me and trev have been - can't wait for the next derby!!!; July 29, 2008 at 9:35 PM
Cass said...: What a fun week! That's pretty funny about the sleeping bags :) I'm proud of you for doing your own pole! You're the camping girl I dream of being (except I truly can't curl my hair like that, but it's really cute)!; July 31, 2008 at 11:17 PM

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Bryce Canyon

Jeff took me to Bryce Canyon for the first time in May. I loved it there. This was actally the second stop in the destination. We first were in Zions, where we hiked Angels Landing. Jeff had done it before, but I hadn't. Its two and a half miles up. The first two are just normal switchbacks and hiking, but the last half mile scared the pants right off me. You basically hold on to a chain and its cliff drop offs on both sides. I still can't believe I did it, but would do it again in a heartbeat. It was so much fun. We camped over night in Zions, and ate at this place called Blondie's. If you are ever there, you have to stop. She cooks it right out of her house. Literal home cooking, but it was awesome. Then next day we headed to Bryce. This picure is of us on the Navajo trail. It was one of the most amazing places I have ever seen, and Jeff and i picked up a new favorite quote there. "it's a hell of a place to lose a cow" It was a good little weekend getaway, and now we are National Park season pass holders, so we are planning to go a few more times this summer.

Engagement Pics

Jeff and I were engaged September 9, 2007. His family had rented out my uncles cabins in Wayne County. We were headed down for the weekend, and I had no clue that Jeff was planning on proposing that weekend. He had been there with me and my family before, and we had scoped out some pretty sweet places. One of our favorite spots is called pride rock, because it looks like the rock on the Lion King. The second day we were there, Jeff randomly grabbed me to go for a four wheeler ride. He seemed kind of nervous, and before I knew it, we were flying up the dirt road. He was driving super fast, the kind of fast where your cheecks are flapping in the wind. He was acting nervous and was fast with his words. We ended up at Pride Rock that has a 360 overlook, its got a really amazing view. He was showing me this geo cache box that he and his brother had found earlier that day. As I was reading what his brother wrote in the little notebook from the geo cache box, when he asked me to give him the notebook. I continued to rummage through all the crap in the geo cache box. He then handed the notebook back and told me to read what he wrote. In scrambled handwriting it read, "Will you Marry Me". I turned around and he was on his knees, yes both knees, shaking with a ring in his hand. I was completely shocked. He then proceeded with shaking hands and voice to ask me if i would marry him. So I said yes, he gave me a dozen roses that his family had strategically placed up there, and that was it. Two months later exactly to the date, we were married.

Our Wedding

Jeff and I were married on November 9th. It was a perfect 65 degrees on our wedding day. Everything turned out perfect. We were married in the Salt Lake Temple at 9:40 in the morning. We then headed to a lunchean in Saratoga Springs, and also a reception that night. It was a long and tiring day, but everything turned out absolutly perfect. The line was a million miles long at our wedding, but ended perfectly at 8:30just as we had hoped. As we headed out from the reception, Jeff realized he forgot shoes besides the ones that he wore with his tux. So before we headed up to midway to stay at the Zermatt, we found one of the few places open (Target), and picked him up a new pair of boots. We referred to them as his "moon boots". It was quite the adventure, and something we still laugh about.