Beautiful Colorado

Andrew and I had the wonderful opportunity to get away last weekend... My brother Jason and his family, along with their friends, Kristy and Randy Olsen and their kids, headed to our Hatch family cabin in good ol' Mancos Colorado... and at last minute we decided to tag along. So they came from Arizona and we came from Utah and met them there. It was an absolutely wonderful weekend! Thanks for letting us come Jason and Shannon! We love you and your cute family!

We spent a day in the mountains and enjoyed lunch by
this beautiful waterfall!

Lil Hailey, Andrew, and Courtney just chillin in the cabin

Jordan attempting to give Andrew a wedgie as Andrew
is trying so hard to catch a crodad (spell check?)

Chelsea was indeed a maniac when it came to crodad
catching, horny toad hunting, salamandor finding, and
dealing with any other slimy creatures around the cabin.

One of the few ponds around the cabin

We caught Jett flirting with Hailey a few times here and there
I think he may have a little crush... but that wasn't the only
crush between the Olsen kids and Hatch kids :)

Going for a ride on the Razer... it was lots of fun!

On our way to the mountains... Jett and Andrew were a bit
sleepy... Jett fell asleep with a big lemon head in his mouth
as well as a piece of gum and a jaw breaker... ha funny boy!

The Olsen and Hatch kids... they were the party of the trip!

Bringing out the lunch... Thank you Shannon and Kristi
for the yummy sandwiches!

Kristi and Hailey :)

Cute little Courtney!

Just me! Thanks for the pretty flower my love!

Near our picnic spot in the mountains

Oh how i love family and the beautiful mountains of
Colorado!

The beautiful view from the tippity top!

My cute niece Chelsea and crazy nephew Jordan!
This boy is nuts! Andrew and i pulled up on the four wheeler
to find Jordan frantically sticking his whole arm in a hole
to find a squirrel he had just shot. He finds it.. brings it out
by its tail and the next thing we know, hes got his pocket knife
out and skinning the poor squirrel... Guess what Jordan had for
dinner that night... thats right... dead squirrel!

Just doing a little rock climbing!

My hubby and I on top of the world!

He may be a little wierd sometimes... but thats one of the many
things I love about him!! :)

My husband is the master at clay pigeon shooting
and Randy is an excellent clay pigeon thrower

This little boy right here is one of the cutest little guys...
he indeed is a true cowboy and loves his pony Thunderpants.
Funny story about him from our weekend at the cabin... He found the
littlest frog I have ever seen.. it was teeny! He brought it inside and set
it on the couch next to Andrew. It wasn't long til the frog was suddenly
dead. He leaned over to Andrew and whispered, "Hey Andrew,

he's dead!" That didn't stop Jett though he continued to play with this little

frog while at the same time eating GOLD FISH crackers. He grabbed
a gold fish stuck it in front of the frog and would say... "want a goldfish?

want a goldfish?... too SLOW!!" and then he would eat the goldfish and

continued while pressing the cracker against the DEAD frog... "On your back,

On your back... too SLOW!!" (then ate the fish) "On your head, on your head...

too SLOW!!" (ate the fish and flopped the frog onto his back) "On your

stomach, on your stomach... too SLOW!!" Who knows where that frog had

been, but he sure had the time of his life teasing the DEAD frog and then

eating the goldfish after smothering the frog with them... eww! silly boy!

Pizza Eating Contest

It all began at work one day when Andrew was challenged to a food eating Contest... Nurse Jenny (below 1st picture) was the challenger. It was just the two of them in the beginning, but it suddenly turned into a bigger deal than just that. Domino's donated pizza and each contestant participating (8 contestants) had a charity name in which the money would go to. There were signs all over the hospital telling about this event! So the contest began and each contestant had 10 minutes to down as much pizza as they could. Jenny was indeed a pizza eating maniac! She downed 1 1/2 pizzas... Andrew downed 1. So it is true... Andrew got beat by a girl, but he wasn't the only one! She destroyed four other men too! Jenny, I'd say, is a tough one to compete against! GO JENNY!! All the donations went to the Hirsche Smiles Charity!

Good job baby! I think you did great! You could beat me in an eating contest any day! :)

The itsy bitsy spider... not so itsy bitsy anymore!

So back when Andrew and I were first dating I received a phone call from him inviting me to join him on a run to the pet store to purchase some crickets. Now you might wonder why on earth would you want to purchase some crickets... at least thats what I thought! One thing you must know about my dear husband is that he LOVES nature... bugs, spiders, snakes, etc. He spent his childhood days finding bugs and feeding them to spiders and watching them grow, taking care of Max aka his pet snake, and watching many nature videos so that he may learn every detail about nature... bugs, spiders, snakes, etc. Continuing on with my story... I absolutely hate spiders but I gladly accepted the invitation to purchase some crickets and feed some spiders, only because I was absolutely infatuated by Andrew! It was that night I was introduced to spider feeding and I do still to this day hate spiders, but I will admit that feeding them is one of the coolest things! We continued feeding a little crab spider throughout our dating months and suddenly it disappeared during the winter BUT!!! one bright and sunny spring day Mr. crab spider re-appeared. Since then Andrew has been feeding him and he is currently living on the right side of our front door. GROSS I know, but the size of him now is amazing... he's huge!! I must share a video of Andrew feeding Mr. crab spider so you all can see how interesting it is.

This is the size of what Mr. crab spider was when Andrew first started feeding it...

This is the size of the Mr. crab spider now.... eww

This would be Andrew trying to get a praying mantis to eat a miniature grasshopper

What a goober but... I LOVE HIM!! :)

Ward Campout!

A couple weekends ago our ward had a big camp-out in Wallsburg, UT. A couple in our ward are the owners of the property and it was the most beautiful place with lots to do! They built a giant slip n slide in which Andrew and I were hesitant to do just because we wanted to get going the next morning, but after watching a few people we figured we oughta go or we'd be missing out! So we did and it was lots of fun! It was indeed a fun getting to know people in our ward!

My crazy husband and I

The GIANT slip n slide!

Dang he's good lookin! :)

Our bro in law, Stew and niece, Bree

We have some crazy grown ups in our ward! Ha the

faces they're all making are great!!

Family = love, laughter, and good times

My wonderful mother came to visit us here in Utah, as well as my sister Mckala and niece Chelsea. We had an absolutely fantastic time! My mother treated us to Tucano's which is a sweet Brazilian restaurant with yummy food! Thank you mom!! After which we decided to go swimming at Waterford pool aka the place where Andrew and I first kissed. :) We all had a great time! My mom, Amber, Andrew and I also had the opportunity to attend a session at the Provo Temple together which was a wonderful experience with the ones I love dearly! We love love love it when Mom comes to town! She is the most generous, kind, fun, person I know! We love you mother dearest and hope you had as much fun as we did!

Chelsea, Mckala, Me, Amber, Mom, Tyce

My wonderful husband, me, and my wonderful mom

so cute!!

My beautiful sisters, and beautiful niece, and studly Tyce whom

I can't seem to get enough of!

I thought this was a darn cute picture :)

Lil Tyce is such a stud, this was before his big dive into the pool

Tucano's

Such a cute family!

Andrew, might i say, is a bit obsessed with sharp knives.... I came

home from work to find my dear husband sharpening his own knife

to take to dinner at Tucano's... I will admit though, it is super nice having

a sharp knife to cook with rather than a dole one, so I don't mind the

obsession! I love you baby!

BBQ Ribs and Utah Symphony

Our Bishop hooked us up with some Utah Symphony Tickets at the waterfall amphitheater at Thanksgiving Point... for all who haven't to the Gardens there... they're a must see! They're absolutely beautiful! We decided to dress up for the event and so we did! We began our date by going to Rib City, (thanks to my sister Amber and her husband Glenn for the gift certificate... you two are the best!) which was delicious! After dinner I convinced Andrew that we must go get ourselves a snowasis because it was simply on the way to our next destination! (I may have a little obsession with their snowcones) Next we were off to the main event of our night, the Utah Symphony! Traffic was absolutely ridiculous!! Tons and tons of people, all going the same direction.. to the same event. We finally made it though and had a wonderful time! Thanks Babe for such a full of fun and fantastic evening!

Simply Enjoying classical music!

The Beautiful Sunset at Thanksgiving Point

Rib City... yum yum!

Oh how I LOVE LOVE LOVE him!