Thanksgiving weekend

While at my parent's house in Firth the Saturday after Thanksgiving, I went outside to start my run, and there were a few kittens belonging to the neighbors sitting on the porch. As I sat down to pet them, several more starting crossing the street and I soon had 8 of the 11 neighbor kittens gathered around me. Obviously they thought I had food or something. My questions is, Why do my neighbors even have 11 kittens? What really made me laugh about this was when I got up to start jogging, they ALL started following me. I was like the pied piper. I had to go back inside and sneak out the back door so I didn't have a trail of kittens that would most likely get smushed on the road.

Some of the Boyer family hanging out the Sunday after Thanksgiving. We ate Thanksgiving dinner in Aberdeen with Cameron's family on Thursdsay, and I forgot to take my camera. It was a lot of driving in one week, but we were excited to go to Firth as well that weekend. It was fun to spend time with the newest member of the family, Brett. He fits right in!

The "Men" where they should be--in the kitchen! Cameron is an excellent cook and he and I planned and cooked dinner for the family on Sunday as it was my mom's birthday. What better present could a mom want?

Fun times in the Boyer house!

What a Blessing

Okay, I know I already posted today, but tonight I was involved in the most excellent, spiritual "Young Women in Excellence" and I just had to post my feelings.
When I was in Young Womens, I felt I gained a testimony of the temple, and we were so blessed to have one so close in Idaho Falls. But after listening to each of my beautiful young women share their testimonies tonight of what it was like to participate in the youth temple celebration, be in the presence of the prophet, and help serve in the temple open house, I realize my testimony in high school was pretty darn weak. These girls have learned through these experiences this year how special and important the temple really is, and they all expressed hope of marrying in the temple someday and coming back often with their spouse. It made me realize how much I take for granted that I am endowed and can go to the temple any time I want. Too often, I feel that it is "just one more thing" I need to fit in my month. Today I vow that I will serve in the temple more often with a glad heart, and I hope I can be an example to my children someday, that they will also want to be sealed in the temple.

Gotta see the movie!

Last night, Cameron and I went to see "Twilight" the movie. I thought we would have a hard time getting in but we only had to wait in line for like 20 minutes to get a seat, and the worst part was listening to all the teeny boppers giggle and act silly. I was not planning on seeing the movie the day after it opened for mainly that reason, but it was actually Cameron who suggested we try and go to it last night. He has never read the books and no, he does not like it when I talk about them, but he knew I wanted to see the movie. What a good husband! For those of you who have not seen it yet, I will not give too many opinions, but I do feel that it was not a real high-quality film like Spider-Man or something. I bet, though, with the profit they are making on this movie, the next one will be better. The movie followed the book closely, and I give the actors credit for doing well to poartray these characters we have all fallen in love with.

Okay, enough about that. As an update to my running story, Cameron has now ran with me three on Saturday mornings, and it has been so fun. Yesterday, he really pushed me, which surprized me. Yeah, right, you are not a runner, Cameron! It was fun to be competitive and race the last few blocks home. During the week, I now go running at 5:45 a.m. outside, and of course I go alone. I have decided that the 10 hour days I was working so I could get Fridays off was not worth it--it was killing me--and I now work every day. So now I can go running before work. Yay! Well, because it is really dark that early, I recently invested in a $10 reflective vest so I do not get run over. Why I have never bought one before now, I do not know. ALso, I wear Cameron's head lamp over my ear band so I do not break my ankle while running in pitch darkness. Needless to say, I look pretty darn ridiculous but hey, it works. I wish I had a dog to go running with, but according to Cameron, we cannot have one until we live in the country. Apparently Burley is not country enough! At least I have Cameron to run with on Saturdays!

Fall is the season of... FOOTBALL!

It seems like our major pasttime this time of year is watching football on t.v. or live. Kenyon, Cameron's younger brother, is a senior on Aberdeen's football team, and they have had an awesome season. I really don't understand football that well and it's not my favorite sport to watch, but it has been fun to watch Kenyon and his team in the mini dome the last two weeks. They have been un-defeated all season, and they are 2:0 in play-offs right now. They play Parma next Saturday for the semi-finals, and if they win, then they are in the state championship game. I am excited for them! For most of those seniors, it will be the last time they play competitive football in their lives.
Pocatello is about an hour away, but we have made the time to come down for the games and we run errands while we are in town. Burley is great, but I am really realizing that there were so many stores in Pocatello/Chubbuck that we totally took for granted. There is also a Farrs ice cream store really close to our old house in Pocatello, and they have tons of different flavors for only $1.00 a cup. We had to go there on our way out of town last night, and lo and behold, we ran into two couples from our university ward. It was good to see them and made us miss all our friends in Pocatello. Sometimes you don't really know what you had until it is gone!

EXERCISE ... with Cameron?

For those of you who know me well, you will know that I have always been into fitness and exercise. I went into the health professions because I have always been fascinated by the human body and how we can help ourselves be more healthy and feel good about ourselves. I love to dance, but I never do it anymore (unless you count the infrequent rock-out sessions in my living room when I am home alone). I still run for exercise, though, and it is a great sport cuz you can do it all your life, it is cheap, and it is always accessible (just walk out your door and go). Well, I have been so diligent all these years making time for my runs, but lately, I am slacking! I am gone about 12 hours a day Monday through Thursday--I commute to Twin Falls and work 10 hour days--and when I get done I am just so tired. It is also getting dark and I just don't feel safe. What's my solution to this problem?

Well, you know my husband, Cameron? He is anti-running, unless it is 93 feet with a basketball in his hands. Well, he currently thinks he is gaining weight and he said he wanted to start running for exercise. I just nodded and said, "Okay, that would be great" but I knew he would never start running with me. I am happy to say that he has gone with me a few times, and I absolutely loved it! He had a pretty good time too! I had someone to talk to, I felt safe, and we got some quality time with each other. We went running on Saturday morning together, and it is now one of my fondest memories of us together. (Am I lame or what?) Because Cameron always teases me about loving my water bottle and sports bra more than him, I told him Saturday morning, "Here I am with the two things I love most--my sports bra and my husband."

So stay tuned to see if we ever go running together again. Who knows? He may really get into it. It is a pretty addicting form of exercise and stress relief. For those of you who exercise, I would love to hear some inspiring advice!

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Summer of weddings

Thanks to everyone who has posted comments on my blog. My new job is great, and I am learning lots. I have been way busy lately, but that is no excuse for me to have posted any pictures of weddings I have gone to this summer. First, my best friend Ashton Hansen got married in June. Of course I forgot my camera that day so I have no pictures to show off. She was a beautiful bride, though, and they were married in the Salt Lake Temple. In August, Cameron's best friend, Ryker, got married in the Manti, UT Temple. The couple hardly had any family or friends who were able to attend the temple, so that was a wonderful occasion to support our friends. In September both Cameron's younger sister and my younger sister got married. Bridget got married in the Rexburg temple and Brianna got married in the I.F. Temple. I have two new brother-in-laws, and they are great. Below is a hoge-poge of pictures from weddings this summer. Enjoy!

Ryker and Brandi Wells

Manti Temple

After Bridget and Marcus George's wedding

Cameron and his brother, Kenyon. Can you see the remsemblence?

My nephew and neice, Daxton and Ashlyn, in their cute matching outfits at Bridget's wedding.

Bridget about to leave on her honeymoon.

Getting ready for the open house the night before the wedding.

Hmm. I recognize this dress. It's my wedding dress put to excellent use!

Brianna with her fan club of young girls who love her.

Brett, Brianna, and Vance

The almost newly weds at the open house in the Boyer backyard

They're married. Brett's wondering what he got himself into

new exciting job!

I have been meaning to post a new entry for a few days now, but things have been crazy! I have been trying to change my blog template several times lately, but I keep getting error messages. So for now I have a boring template until I get some help from the experts.
So I have some great news! I was offered a job on Thursday! And now just any job, mind you--a full time dietitian position in a long term care company! I was not looking for a job, as I was so sure that nothing was going to turn up in this area for a while. A lady in my ward told me about this opening in Twin, and I thoughtI would be stupid not to at least look into it. I felt pretty confident after the first interview, but when I found out I was going to be the only dietitian for two very busy care centers/nursing homes owned by the same company, and that they were offering way better compensation than the hospital dietitian positions in the area, I knew I did not have a prayer? Why would they hire me when I am fresh out of school?
Well, I have learned over the last few days that God has a plan for me, and this is something I am supposed to do. Everything has just fallen into place, and I feel so humble and greatful. This is not what I planned for this stage in my life, but here I am and I am trying to have faith.
My manager and coworkers at Wells Fargo are shocked that I am leaving after only working here for two months, but they understand and I hope there will be no ill feelings.

As a side subject, my sister, Brianna, is getting married next Saturday, and her reception is Friday night from 5-7 p.m. in my parent's backyard. It is the homecoming football game that night, and if any of you are planning on beig in Firth that weekend, please stop by my parent's house so I can say hi. Hopefully the weather will be good for my sister that day!

Labor Day trip

It has been a little while since I have updated my blog, but I am not very good at taking pictures! Luckily my brother Vance is a newly obsessed photographer and he took pictures while we were in Provo last Sunday and Monday for a much needed Boyer get together. We have not ever gone anywhere as a whole family since I moved out of the house, and it was an opportunity to get away together before Brianna gets hitched and Vance moves back up to college. We were supposed to go to Seven Peaks, a water park in Provo, on Monday, but it was raining and the park was closed. Instead, we took advantage of our time together and played laser tag and miniature golf on Monday. I love my family and have really missed them the last three months we have been away from everyone.

My "little" brother, Vance, and me. He does not normally have this shaggy of hair, but he had a bet with one of his roommates!

The boys playing ball after arriving at our hotel. I guess this is how Cameron initiated Brett, Brianna's fiance, into the family.

The Boyer kids and Cameron in one hotel room laughing and looking at Vance's pictures from his 4 day backpacking trip.

We played "Apples to Apples" Sunday night, and it was fun laughing until we were crying!

We all played miniature golf, and it took us forever to get through one hole. My mom won! And we were so sure Cameron was going to win because he kep sneaking to the next hole to practice his putts!

We ate at Olive Garden in Layton at Braden's request, and the waitress was nice enough to take this picture for us!

More Pictures from our trip

I have not had that exciting of week so I am going to post some more great pictures from our recent vacation. Like I said in the last post, I have 1100 to choose from and there are some good ones. I have been in training these last two weeks, and I have been learning a lot. Wells Fargo is a good bank, so if any of you do not have an account, get on it! :)
Cameron and I have been doing some canning; we have bottled about 90 pints of green beans. It was a lot of work, and unfortunately we did not take any pictures. My mom is so proud of me for canning, and one main reason for that is the fact that I seemed to have no "domestic" bone in my body when I lived at home. Now I love to cook and do a few other domestic things. Some things I wish I had an interest in: scrapbooking (Cameron makes photshows instead), decorating, sewing, and throwing parties. Some stuff you just can't teach. (sigh)
Anyway, here are some pictures of our trip!

Our Glacier Trip

So all last week, we were gone on a vacation to Clacier National Park in Northern Montana. For those of you who know us well, you know that we go on a big camping/road trip every summer. Well, due to gas prices and the fact we bought a house this year, we cut our trip to one week and brought friends along. Rather, we went with them. The Hollingsworths are our friends from Pocatello--Cameron and Blake were pretty good basketball and studying buddies. They have three small children (ages 4, 3, and 1 1/2), and we all fit in their minivan to go on this trip. It was quite the adventure. The first night, Cameron had the genius idea that we would drive all night so the kids would sleep. Well, no one slept and we arrived to White Fish, Mt, where we would be camping at 4 a.m. We were exhausted and we tried to sleep a few hours in the van, parked ourside of the campground. Needless to say, we were not very rested but boy did we make some memories that first night! For those of you who have never been to Glacier, I totally recommend it. It was a beautiful park with tons of waterfalls, wildlife, and amazing views. We saw big-horn sheep, mountain goats, deer, and bear . . . droppings. We could have seen a bear. These pictures are but a taste of our adventures. I had a lot to chose from as between Cameron and Blake, we had 1100 pictures. Wow!

All of us on our boat ride on MacDonald Lake. It was Cameron's birthday, and he got wished a happy birthday on the loud speaker. Seeing his face go red was priceless.

One of the many beautiful views we saw on this trip.

It may be hard to see, but this is me with big-horn sheep right behind me. There was about a dozen of them wandering through on of the parking lots. At one point they almost stampeded right over the Hollingsworth kids.

Cameron made us wonderful dinners--he is an excellent dutch oven cook.

These kids made us crazy at times but they are so cute and we just love them!

Brayden and Carter having a water fight at our campsite. Cameron started it of course.

The Hollingsworth family in front of St. Mary's Falls

I forgot to mention that we went to Canada one of the days, as were only staying 2 hours away from the border. This is the Alberta Temple in Cardston, a town right inside Canada.

We met up with Cameron's mission companion in Cardston, Alberta. Danny Bennet and Cameron were AP's together for 6 months. It was neat to spend time with he and his wife and eat the best pizza we had ever had.

Cameron and his buddy Carter on one of the snow-covered stretches of a beautiful hike. Those kids were troopers!

My news

I have two good pieces of news to share and one is that my sister is getting married. She is marrying Brett McKinnon on September 27. I have not seen her since she graduated high school in May and now she is getting married! Wow! Congratulations you guys! My other news is that I finally got a job. I will be a teller at Wells Fargo, and I start tomorrow. No, it is not in my field but it is a job and we need the money. I am still looking for part time work in dietetics so we will see. Hopefully I can be a teller and a dietitian.

Twin Falls Temple Trip

Wow, that title has a a lot of "T's." About a week and a half ago, Bruce and Kathy, Cameron's parents, picked us up and we drove to the Twin Falls Temple for the open house. Brooklyn, Cameron's sister, and her husband, Andy, just moved to Mountain Home (almost 2 hours from us) after Dental School in Richmond, Virginia. It is nice being closer to them now and it was fun to all get together for the evening and enjoy the beautiful temple. I was amazed at how open the tour guides were with what goes on in the temple and the spirit in there was amazing. What a blessing it is to live in Burley at this time when the stakes in Southern Idaho are preparing for the dedication and youth celebration. It is a great opportunity for missionary work and we have enjoyed speaking with our neighbors about the open house.

The Foster family with a view of the Temple from the back. Ashlyn Stoddard is the newest member of the family--she is three weeks old. Bridget, Cameron's sister is getting married next month, but her fiance, Marcus, was not able to be with us.

What a beautiful and spiritual place!

Me and my nephew Daxton in the parking lot after dinner. Being the only grandchild for a few years, he is pretty spoiled and we love him! We are glad they do not live in Virginia anymore!