A house divided...

The annual Luck War came and passed. Alabama blocked Tennessee's field goal attempt that would win the game. Another victory for good ol' Crimson tide!





ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!



Here's hoping to 364 days of mutual agreements :)

Randy started the fire (at church)

So today Randy had an incident, that to me was so hilarious I had to post about it. Randy is the Young Men's President for our ward. He is in charge of making sure a family in the ward brings bread for the Sacrament. In case the family forgets to bring the bread, he keeps a spare loaf of bread in the freezer at the church. Today about 5 minutes before church started, the bread had not shown up. Randy decided he would go get the bread out of the freezer to use instead. He went to the freezer and put the loaf of bread in the microwave to thaw it out. Unfortunately, he forgot that bread (still in its package) has a METAL twisty tie. So after popping the bread into the microwave, Randy realized that the bread inside the microwave had caught on fire because metal and microwaves do not mix. Frantically Randy opened the microwave and blew out the fire he had created. (For those of you unaware, this is in the church. He was is in the church's kitchen.) So five minutes before church today, Randy set the Sacrament bread on fire in the microwave. LOL....Thank goodness the family assigned to bring the bread showed up, and Randy's burnt mess was not needed. I was unaware of any of this happening. I was sitting in the Chapel waiting for Randy to show up. It was noon and church would be starting. He finally showed up and told me the whole story. I could hardly contain myself. All I could think of was The Office episode where Ryan leaves his pita in the toaster oven, and catches the office on fire. Then Dwight goes around singing "Ryan started the fire." So sitting in the chapel during Sacrament meeting today all I could think about was singing "Randy started the fire" in my head. I love church.

Moral of the story...Bread should not be thawed out in the microwave if it is still in the plastic packing, because yes, twisty ties DO catch on fire. When our mothers taught us never to put metal in the microwave...they knew what they were talking about. :)

Meet my new nephew!!!!!

RYLAN JAMES VEST
6 Ibs 11 oz
19 inches
August 17, 2009
8:58 AM


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SURPRISE!!!!!!

July has been crazy month for Randy and I. We haven't been home for a single weekend in Laramie! It started with the 4th when we were down in Utah. Where we went to Stadium of Fire with my family. The Jonas Brothers were eh...fun. The fireworks were AMAZING! Check them out!



Next we went to Green River to witness Randy's cousin Sara get married to Jason. We love these guys and couldn't be more happy for them! Here is a picture from the wedding.

Then this past weekend I was finally able to let Randy in on "the surprise." For the past month and a half I had planned a surprise cabin trip for Randy for his birthday. (I will start rotations ON HIS BIRTHDAY so I had to do something before his big 3-0!) So I contacted Randy's mom and we set up a cabin vacation. I even called Randy's boss and got him the days off. All the family was also invited, so there were many great people up to celebrate the occasion with us! Wednesday Randy came home from work and I told him we had to run an errand. I started driving and one of the beverages from the back seat fell over. Randy looked back (and saw all the stuff packed) and asked what was going on. I smiled and was able to FINALLY tell him we were going on vacation. Everything was packed, and we were on our way! At first he was like "I have to work tomorrow." Once I explained everything was taken care of he was shocked, and pretty excited. The whole thing was a blast! We went hiking, fishing, played games, saw the Bar J Wranglers in Jackson Hole, and ended the vacation Saturday with a big birthday bash including cake, ice cream and presents.

THE BAR J WRANGLERS






This is the first fish I have ever caught NOT in a fish farm (where everyone catches fish.) Sorry about the blood, Randy said that I gutted my poor fish with the hook, the worst he had ever seen. I guess I was serious about catching the stinker!





HAPPY 30TH RANDY! I LOVE YOU! All in all "the surprise" was a great success. And it really was a surprise. Now we are just getting ready for me to start rotations. :(

To boldly go where no (wo)man has gone before...

If you know me, it's no secret that I am a closet Star Trek fan. Growing up daddy/daughter time consisted of watching Star Trek, and that is where I gained my love for the silly shows. Over the Fourth of July weekend, Rachel my sister took us to her job. She works at the Spacecenter, where she simulates different missions based off of Star Trek. Naturally I was Captain...later to be titled Captain Buttheadius, Randy was my first assistant, my dad was the pilot, my mom was my controller, Katlin was the in charge of scanning space, and Mike was the engineer. (Rachel was in charge of the mission.) We had a fabulous time. We met all of our requirements, with the one mishap that mom killed us when we didn't transport a bomb off our ship. (Rachel let us start over so we could keep going...) Other than that, I was an amazing captain. Battling the Borg, and destroying the weapons of mass destruction. I loved the power, including my phaser(gun). Thanks Rachel!!!!


This is when we got blown up by a bomb! (Thanks mom...)

Katlin, Mike, Mom, and Randy in the ship.

Captain Buttheadius and the first assistant with our phasers.

Randy learning how to do his jobs...

Me as the Captain in my captain seat.

Dad the pilot.

Mike the engineer.

Mom the controller. (She controlled all the energy and the transporter system.)

Randy and Katlin hard at work.

June in Rewind

Ashley, Randy, Julie, and Robby

Randy, Meryle, Gerald, Fay, and Robby

Randy and I have enjoyed little vacations here and there for the past month. We have been to Denver to visit the temple and friends, Green River for a 60th Wedding Anniversary, and we recently ended June with a bang "Harken Camping."

Randy's grandparents celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary at the Nine Iron Grill in Rock Springs Wyoming. It was great to have all the family there and share in the memories.

Harken Camping was also great. We went to the Mexican Restaurant as always, and then watched Transformers. I liked it, my mom tried to sleep through it. The next day Randy, Katlin, Mike and I got to go to a temple session at Manti. (Randy and I especially enjoy going to the Manti temple since that is where we were sealed.) Then unfortunately tradition was broken when my dad had to go to the ER. He has a herniated disk in his back. So no bowling, or hockey. Then dad was a trooper and we all went and got homemade lemonade. Next we went to the traditional turkey dinner. Finally we went to the pageant. It was a complete success minus the minor set back of dad's back...

We are now excited to jump into July. We have many great plans ahead. Starting with us going back to Utah to celebrate the 4th! More to come.

April showers bring more snow?!?!?!

Currently all roads in and out of Laramie are closed due to the winter weather. We have received more snow in the last two days then we have all winter. Tonight Randy and I went grocery shopping and half of Walmart's parking lot was taken up by semi-trucks stuck in Laramie because all of the roads being closed. Once we got into Walmart we realized shopping wasn't going to be very easy. They were completely out of Milk, Bananas, tomatoes and more. I've really never seen anything like it. It definitely makes me re-think the fact my food storage is so limited....Here are some pictures of all the snow. Remember this is APRIL!






On our way home from Walmart we discovered these snowmen. I had to get pictures of the one snowman, because it is quite possibly the biggest snowman I've ever seen!