Sundance Film Festival

Saturday night we ventured up to Park City for the Sundance Film Festival. We didn't plan on getting tickets for any of the shows, we just wanted to enjoy the fun atmosphere. For years Chelsey and I said we were going to go and never did. So we decided it was long overdue. It was sooo snowy and well, being "Park" City and all, it was of course nearly impossible to find a parking spot, but after lots of trying we finally found one. The snow was gorgeous and there was LOTS of it! The atmosphere was great and so was our dinner at Main Street Pizza and Noodle. It was Tyler's first time eating there and he liked it so guess we will be going back. The only negative part of the night was how wet it was. Both Chelsey and I wore our Uggs, because well, why wouldn't we? I hadn't worn them earlier in the day because it was soo rainy in Utah County and the care instructions specifically say not to wear them when its really wet, but snow is okay. I figured since it was Park City, it would be fine. Little did I know that everything would be covered in snow...including the sidewalks and with all the people there for the festival that snow would turn into really really wet messy slush...and massive puddles. The cool thing about it was, the first few puddles I stepped in...and well, slipped into I didn't get wet at all. The water instantly wicked away, unfortunately it didn't stay that way. A few times my feet and boots got soaked, but they dried out really fast which I thought was cool. What I didn't find cool is the salt lines all over them after the fact :( I have been trying and trying to get it off...so much for that protectant I sprayed on them right? I'm going to buy the official cleaning kit for them and will cross my fingers they aren't ruined for good! Next year I will be sporting actual snow boots...its about time I use them anyway...its probably been 4+ years since I put them on!

LONG WEEKEND

This weekend was pretty fun and enjoyable...here are some iphone pics to show what I did.

1. A "Just Because" picture

2. Cafe Rio Salad

3. Nathan and McKay at the bowling alley

4. Me & Nattie at the bowling alley

5. Me & Nattie's bowling ball "babies"

6. Natalie enjoying her cookie zookie

7. Me & Mama Schaef at Wingers.

Not pictured: fun dinner at Goodwood with the Ballantyne's, Bullocks, and Bodily's, school (but that wouldn't have been worth posting anyway) Primary PJ party, Tyler working on his car, and a Sunday cuddled up on the couch.

Thank you Martin Luther King for the long weekend...much appreciated.

Cougs vs. Aggies

BYU earned themselves a W on Friday night and we were sure happy!

A BYU WIN=FANTASTIC WEEKEND.

P.S. Tyler would also like to mention that we DID NOT rush the field! Because a win over Utah State is by no means a miracle, no matter how crazy the last 2 minutes of the game were.

Weekend Getaway.

Thursday evening my family (with the exception of Nat) all headed down to St. George. Tyler and I both had class Thursday night and could have left later, but decided it wasn't worth the expense of the hotel since we'd be getting in so late. We decided to go down to Tyler's parent's house in Santaquin and stay that night and knock off 45 min. off the drive. Friday morning we hit the road a little after 7 and after only a few minutes we got pulled over. Tyler has horrible luck when it comes to cops.
He wasn't speeding (for once), instead was pulled for the tint on our car. It's not legal, although it really doesn't look dark at all during the day...but since the sun wasn't yet up it looked darker than it was. Thankfully we got off with just a warning. This doesn't happen often for Tyler either so we thought we were pretty lucky.

Friday we spent the day shopping and that night we saw the Little Mermaid at Tuacahn.

Saturday consisted of more shopping & laying out at the pool.  Tyler spent the majority of the day watching football...I of course joined him for the BYU game.

Sunday we visited the temple and took a few pics before heading home!

Conference Weekend.

Every Conference weekend Tyler's mom has us all come down to their house for Girls Night while the boys head off to Priesthood Session...it's always fun to spend time with the Hunsaker girls! They are lots of fun to be around!

 (Height-wise I think I would have blended better in the Men's picture)

Lately.

What have we been up to lately you ask?

A little cookin...YES! I CAN cook. Tyler liked to tell EVERYONE before we got married that I couldn't. Not sure why he said this, because I CAN cook and have for him before, but because he gave me such a hard time before I had to rise to the challenge. He will tell you, he was IMPRESSED. I'll admit, its been more of a challenge than I thought it would be. Not because I can't cook...but because I simply haven't had the time to cook. Most nights I have a meal plan, but Tyler has already fed himself before I even get home from work & I can't blame him for not waiting, because after a 10 hour day working construction, I would be starving too!

A little ONE TREE HILL...I own most the seasons and LOVE it. I have been begging Tyler to give it a chance, and this past week he finally agreed to it. And I got him hooked on both the show & Sophia Bush! Ok, maybe not hooked on Sophia Bush, because duh...he's hooked on me ;) but I'm pretty sure he has developed a small crush on her, whether he admit it or not, he's definitely a fan of her character, Brooke, on the show. He always sides with Brooke when there is drama on the show. And he doesn't mind the way she looks either.

A little LOT of Shopping...Thankfully for our bank account, we haven't been doing a whole lot of buying! But that has also been frustrating, at least for me, I feel very unorganized, because I still don't feel at all settled in our apartment. We need a dresser and have yet to find one, we've made a few small yet successful purchases that have helped us settle, but are still working on some big ones! I am crossing my fingers and prayin' we'll have some good luck this weekend!

...AND Lots of Working...I recently got a new job and so I have been working BOTH jobs basically since we got married, feels like all I do is work. I will be happy next week when I am just working one of them! Tyler has put in lots of hours too. Last week he worked around 50 hours (which is normal for him) and this week, he was lucky and got to have a little time off, which was a nice break for him.

What do we look forward to most you ask?

OUR WEEKENDS! We love getting to sleep in on Saturdays, we love not having to go into work, and most of all we love having time to spend together! ...TGIF

CornBelly's

 Friday Night we went to CornBelly's at Thanksgiving Point with Tyler's sister's family. My sister & sister-in-law both work there & we were lucky enough to land some free passes off of them. We had lots of fun & were so glad we invited little kids around, they made everything way more fun! There was lots of fun activities for the kids & we all enjoyed trying to get through the corn maze! We eventually gave up & decided to come back out the exit once we ran back into it. I guess that is what we get for not grabbing a map on the way in! It was a perfect way to start October...although it felt a little strange to be at a Corn Maze & not be the slightest bit cold. It was nice & warm out & I sure didn't mind. I was also really glad to get away from the awful BYU game...& I think Tyler wastoo. We saw the first part of it before leaving and it was enough disappoint us & be ready to get out for the night!

Me & My Mustached Date! 

Something about fall always makes Tyler want to grow him some facial hair.

 

 Lydia & all her cute kids with us. 

(Sadly, we don't have a picture with Dustin. He was kind enough to take the picture for us.)

  Chaston loved this ride. He kept waving and giving us a thumbs up!

 I think Tyler & Dustin had as much fun on the tricycles as McCall did, if not more!

 Tyler was very eager to hop up on this tractor.

Brinley loved going down the slides, she could have stayed there all night.

McCall was such a cute big sister to take her down with her.

McCall, Chaston, and Brinley on the fire truck.

Colorado Adventure.

Friday morning we decided to go to the BYU vs. Air Force Game on Saturday in Colorado Springs. It was really last minute, but was very fun and very worth it. Tyler served his mission in Colorado Springs and so did our friend Jeff so they had connections for a place to stay. It was a great, cheap trip! We took lots of pictures so be prepared for some serious picture overload.

Seeing a game at Air Force was really cool especially because it was September 11. They made it nice and patriotic. They flew in kids who were in the Pentagon day care that day and shared their story as well as 2 firefighters, one who lost 2 brothers (also firefighters). Both died when the towers collapsed. One in each tower. 

BYU played horribly & got smoked by Air Force, but we still had a good time.

This is on the drive back to Utah. The boys got burned really bad at the game, so they both had VERY red & shiny faces. It was really funny.

Colorado is absolutely beautiful & especially beautiful this time of year so we took a break and took these pics...

 

We had just got back in the car from our first stop and Tyler thought we should take this one particular exit...I protested, but thankfully Jeff listened to him and not me. We got off the exit and saw one of the prettiest places I think I have ever seen...gorgeous trees...beautiful lake...bridges...etc. So we took these fabulous pics! and then some...haha.

So Tyler decided he wanted to throw the leaves--not very like him. It was really funny cuz he wanted a picture of it, but since it was a yellow tree behind him and yellow leaves you can't see all the leaves flying in the air which made the picture pretty funny I thought.

 

The place was seriously beautiful, I don't think the pictures even do it justice.

Don't ask why we're standing like this, I set the timer and ran and the boys told me what to do. I didn't have time to think about it. lol.

Jeff had a little too much fun with the road signs.

This video I will warn you is a little dumb, it was way funnier at the time. One of those you had to be there moments. Tyler thought I was taking pictures not filming & he was pretty into his jumps.

 

Overall I loved Colorado, it was so fun to go and see where Tyler was for 2 years. It was also great to get away...although it was way too short. Yesterday we went over to Tyler's brother Russ's. He asked me if I liked it enough to live there...and there is very few places I could say that about outside of Utah, but Colorado Springs definitely could be one of them! It was so much fun & such a great place. 

A Winning Weekend

BYU won on Saturday which means it was automatically a great weekend in Tyler's opinion. That is all that is important! The game was VERY fun even though the first half was extremely hot--it was worth it, it feels great to be back in the stadium cheering on our favorite team again!!!

We saw this on the way to the game...I thought it was pretty funny!

  

Labor Day was really fun too. We had hopes of going boating, but since it was in like the 60's we decided it was not such a great idea. Instead we went up to the outlets in Park City. We both found some great buys, so it was a very successful shopping day, but the holiday couldn't end there--there had to be more football of course!!! We had a fun little party at Misty & Russ's and watched the Boise State vs. Virginia Tech Game.

Boating

I went boating Saturday, and by boating I mean, I sat on the boat and watched other people get wet, because I had just got out of the shower and was doing my hair when I got the call to go, it takes me forever to wash and dry my hair, so I didn't care to get it wet again before the day was over & it was still a perfect evening on the lake, even if I did stay dry. The sun was shining, but wasn't too hot out & there was a perfect breeze.

I loved every minute of it, I'm so glad Nate invited us along...I'm sad that summer is going to be ending soon, I will miss going out on the lake!!!

faces.

Last year on the 4th I was...Pulling Faces! I had BRACES on my teeth and was NOT happy about it. And didn't want them to be documented in photos, so I refused to smile for pictures. If you know the Clyde Family...you KNOW there is no way to avoid cameras and not smiling doesn't really fly. Pretty soon Tyler started to make fun of me and pulling some faces of his own, Chelsey & Brett decide to follow.

This 4th I will be...Smilin!!! I'm so glad I'm not a brace face anymore. I will also be singin' some Carrie Underwood (at the Stadium of Fire of course), I will be going to BBQ's & watching an outdoor movie, attending cute little Jack's baby blessing, and much much more...I can't wait for the weekend to be started!

The faces of this 4th of July are going to Rock!

Happy 4th of July!!!

It's Almost Here

On Saturday I will be LOVIN' Life...listening to Carrie Underwood and then followed by some seriously amazing fireworks! I can't wait...Tyler is SUPER excited too...not because he likes Carrie Underwood's music though...he just has the hots for her. He will be one of many drooling men on Saturday Night!

Manti Miracle Pageant

Last week I got this great idea, that it would be so fun to go to the Manti Pageant.

It's something we've never done and its FREE! and we're poor, so FREE is always good!

Well as they SAY nothing is ever free...and boy, is it true! Sure there is the gas money, but that was expected and not too big of a deal.

Care to know how much my FUN idea costed Tyler?

$120.

Why?

It's called a speeding ticket.

Neither of us think he should have gotten it.

It was kind of a joke, but luckily it didn't ruin our night.

We still had lots of fun walking around Manti. We ate dinner there and later got a yummy Gelati (not to be confused with Gelato) to share.

We tried to buy allergy medicine for Tyler because his allergies started to get bad, but do you think the Manti grocery store stays open past 8?

The Pageant was really great. A lot less cheesy than I remember it being & we had a good time.
And took cute pictures while we were at it.