BYU-I Bowling for Family Night

Today, we thought it would be fun to go bowling on campus. It is much cheaper than any of the other alleys in the area. It's like $1.75 for each game and the shoes are $.50 per person, so it is a heck of a deal. 

When we first got there, I became nervous because there was a large group of people there. I admit that that is one of the reasons I'd rather bowl on the Wii: because you don't have a huge audience of random people. 

But, like the guy on the screen we were determined.

Unfortunately, our first frame started out... well... a little.. umm... shaky.... horrible... um.. completely untalented? 

Thankfully, the game slowly improved as it went along. I used the lightest ball they had ( 10 pounds), which was still to heavy for my chicken arms. Spencer was more macho using the 13 pounder. We still ended up with a lot of open frames. Interestingly enough, we both had 10 gutter balls...We are awesome like that. 

Because of the sad frames, we saw a lot of these.... I felt humiliated that the pins were laughing at me.... so mean.....

It didn't help to see the people's scores that were next to us. They got bored in like the 8th frame and they were still beating us by a long shot.... at least some of them, anyway. 

We really are that good. I love how they flash "Open" in huge neon letters so that everyone in the alley can see it. 

So out of the two games, we each won one of them. The first went to Brittany  and the second went to Spencer. 

Brittany's Win

Spencer's win. 

See, at least we improved a little bit in the second game. And that is with Brittany's arm feeling like it was going to fall off after throwing a 10 pound ball like 40 times. 

So when we got home we decided to try our hand at Wii bowling to make ourselves feel a little bit better. 

We saw significant progress at the end of the game. Brittany won the first game! 

And the second game...

So, it was a fun evening. We both agree that we have learned something today: Bowling is not our calling in life. Oh well. :-) 

Coloring Fun

On this wonderful Sunday evening, we decided to make some self-portraits of each other. Then, we colored pages from our coloring books we got in our stockings for Christmas. We had fun with the pictures of each other. I am a horrible at drawing so Spencer's looks nothing like him. And Spencer claims that I am wearing glasses but it looks like I have super hero mask on instead. We had a good laugh at them. 

Spencer's depiction of me:

I guess I am a super hero with a massive neck. Ha! 

My Depiction of Spencer:

I don't know what's up with his nose. When Spencer saw it, he said, " Why do I have a butt for a nose?" Haha! 

Then we colored from our Peanuts coloring books. While doing so, we got a nice break by talking to some awesome friends, Terance and Trevor! We are glad they stopped by to say hi! 

Spencer's Pictures:

My Pictures:

It was a nice relaxing activity for Sunday all the while listening to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Piano Guys. 

Cooking Experiment

Today, Spencer and I decided to start a little challenge. Because of my insulin resistance, we are always on the look out for new, low carb recipes. It's not an easy task. There are quite a few recipes out there that aren't... well..... the most delicious. We have been beating the few we have found to death lately. It seems like we just rotate through the same 20 or so recipes. 

So, this week we decided we would try new recipes all week. Then, as we were shopping, I guess I got a little excited and said we should try a new recipe every day for a month! I think it will be a fun challenge, that will help us find delicious food while spending quality time together in the kitchen. 

So, each day from August 20, 2012 to September 20th, 2012, we will be looking for new recipes that are under 30 carbs (since that is my limit for blood sugar reasons)

If you happen to stumble on any good recipes, feel free to share it with us! 30 carbs is the limit, so it makes for fun searching. We love to try new things! We will post each recipe with it's original source, so if you are feeling adventurous, you can try them too! 

Let the cooking begin! 

Collage Fun

Here is what we did for Family Home Evening tonight. We went through our pictures and made a collage. We hope to print them out soon and hang them in our living room. 

Click picture to see a bigger version of it. 

Also, we have discovered that we really don't have that many pictures of us. Do you have any ideas for fun pictures?

The Cabin Capers

This weekend we took another trip to escape the monotony of Rexburg, Idaho.  Freedom Wyoming, which has 214 people (and like 10000 cows) could be our weekend haven. The drive lasted about an hour and a half and this is what we saw.

It was a beautiful drive! 

Lisa, my mother-in-law, takes awesome pictures of flowers, so I thought I would take a crack at it. Here is what I came up with. 

After grabbing the key from Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Reed, we entered our new home for two days. It felt like we went back in time through many different eras. The bright orange carpet and the furniture reminded us of the 70's. The logs, old pictures and the outhouse brought us back even further. We enjoyed exploring the timeless treasures that were found all over the place. For example, we found a record player. It took us about 10 minutes, working together, to get it working. They also had an 8-track player and about 20 different cartridges.

Old Telephone

BB Gun 

Another old telephone

8 Track Cartridge 

That night, we decided to go for a little walk up the road. As we were walking by a pasture, a herd of cows took a particular interest in us. They must not have seen people that often because they all came running up to stare at us as we passed by. It was kind of creepy and funny at the same time. A horse in a nearby pasture did the same thing. Apparently, we look like we are from out of town.

Saturday, Bonnie and Reed took us on a drive around the vast town of farms. It was a pretty sight to see. There were plenty of beautiful cabins and farmland that stretched for miles, all the while seeing the mountains in the background. It was really cool! 

While on the drive, we even found a street with our name on it! It was named after one of Spencer's relatives.  His family has a lot of history here.

Later that afternoon, we took a walk around what I guess you would call "downtown Freedom." The Main street has just a few buildings on it, only one of which seemed in use: The Post office. Everyone has to go and pick up their mail everyday since it is so small and there are not mailmen to delivery it. It was built in the early 1900's.

These are the few buildings we saw. 

This must have been a hardware store. 

 Street Corner with the Church, a very old Gas station and The General Store

The Church building was built in 1889. Spencer's great great Grandpa was the first bishop of this ward. 

The Gas station had these really cool, old gas pumps. It even still had a price on it: 42 and 9/10ths of a cent for a gallon. I wish gas would be that cheap today! Think of the money we would save! Yeah, in our dreams. 

This road is called the State-Line road, so we have one foot in Idaho and one foot in Wyoming. Like in the movie, "Walk to Remember", we were in two different places at once! 

Some other cool things we found around the house, are these little signs with cute sayings! I would use some of those even today! I should make them for craft time one day.

This was on the bathroom door: "If you have to go, Don't stand and yell, just cross your legs and ring this bell." 

You make due with what you have!

Haha, this one is just funny!

This would be good if you have a few kids, especially teenagers.
"Don't Rush me! Take a number"

So true!

I could see myself saying this in the kitchen. 

"Do something. Lead, Follow, or Get out of the way."

This cabin is so cool, it even has an outhouse! I remember my dad saying he had to use one until he was 5, so I took these pictures just for him! The funny thing is, the outhouse has two seats, one for boys and one for girls! Or... two could go at once! lol.... 

Overall, we had a great weekend away from home! It is always fun to go back in time!