Ice Fishing Adventure!

We went ice fishing at Fish Lake on Saturday! It was about a 2 and 1/2 hour drive but worth it. The weather was so nice and actually kind of warm when we were out on the ice, which was at least a foot and a half thick! We don't have a drill so we used peoples holes they had abandoned, and a nice group even drilled some for us! We didn't have much success :( but that's okay, we had a good time. Oh and the ice creaks and moans when you're on it, it's pretty freaky but they say that's a good thing! Oh and SO slippery, I fell I think 3 or 4 times, I don't remember :/ ouch. Here's some pics!

We had to get gas at a super old pump! We weren't even sure it would work..











This is what some parts of the ice look like, so graphic!





Brandon caught a splake!







Best pic we could get in the sun!



One family gave us a trout they caught (we call it the charity fish) so we wouldn't go home empty handed, and then we literally found 12 perch in some covered up ice holes... Guess the people who caught them didn't want em!






It was very fun, but it got cold FAST! Minus the falling and the cold, ice fishing is a good time! We recommend it :)

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What's Cookin'

I got invited to contribute to my family's cooking blog What's Cookin' !! I'm pretty excited about it, these women are amazing cooks! You should all check it out for some yummy recipes, I promise they'll be good. :)

Deals

I just thought I should share the sites I check pretty much daily for deals and coupons :) I'm kind of obsessed with the new trend of sites offering daily deals on the cheap. Here ya go:

1. Woot.com
2. ShirtWoot.com
3. DailySteals.com I bought a car power adapter from here, only $10! Cheapest I've ever seen.
4. Groupon OF COURSE
5. NoMoreRack.com Gotta be quick though these sell out FAST but they're dang good.
6. GottaDeal.com Lists online deals.
7. LivingSocial.com
8. Yip It You can do local deals (no Utah yet) or national deals.
9. City Deals I got a Marleys $12 gift cert. for $6 and a Pizza Pie Cafe $10 gift cert. for $5... good deals!
10. Restaurant.com I literally got a $10 gift cert. to Terra Mia in Orem for $1. (You have to have at least a $20 order when you go but still, good deal. Use coupon code MEAL at checkout)
11. Ice Monkey Really good deals that are good till they sell out (Home&Garden, Electronics, Toys, etc.)
12. Amazon's Gold Box Deal Every day they have a new deal. I bought a Rival Vacuum Sealer for $25, originally $45. :) We're going to use it to vacuum seal fish in the spring and summer so we can keep them longer! Perfect.
13. Froomb.com A list of lots of deals online...
14. The Daily Deal Utah specific daily deals!
15. Screamin' Daily Deals Another daily deal site for Utah.
16. Deals that Matter Utah daily deal but they also donate some proceeds to charity :)
17. Eversave Daily deals specifically Salt Lake, but some are just online deals anyone can use...
18. Brads Deals I get these emails and they are super nice because they find good deals online every day and email them to you once a day, or you can just check their website.

iPhone Apps:

1. iDealyzer- Lists a bunch of different deals from different sources every day, real good and quick.
2. Today's Steal- For baby/mom/scrapbooking items if you're interested in that (one day deals).
3. Groupon- Easy to see the deals for other cities, not just your own.
4. Living Social

If you have more I'm not aware of, leave a comment because I check these things religiously. :)

Year in Review in Pictures

JANUARY

Brittany & Trevor's Wedding in Vegas, notice the chocolate milk I didn't know he was holding.

FEBRUARY
Skiing with the family in Brian Head (Brandon couldn't come.)
MARCH
My wonderful niece Baylee was born:

We visited friends in Heber and rode snowmobiles.

Hare Krishna Festival of Colors, super fun and messy.

APRIL
Brandon turned 26! So we all took the fun bus to Wendover.
MAY
Brandon's mom came to visit! (Alpine slide)

JUNE
My family came to visit!

JULY
Ben and Julee got married!
4th of July

AUGUST
Got to see some great friends!

We visited Arizona and saw Brandon's family.

Did some fishing.

Family camping trip to Beaver, UT!

Our friends Jeremy and Sarah got married!

My B-day! 22 never was so fun.

Utah State Fair

Hare Krishna Festival with Jeremy and Sarah.

Did some more fishing.

OCTOBER
Carved some pumpkins.
Brandon was a groomsman for his friend Jeremy's wedding!
I Went to Vegas for my friends Trevor & Jordan's wedding!

NOVEMBER
Visited Arizona for Thanksgiving and did some ice skating!

DECEMBER
Went to Vegas for Christmas!

Got to see these girls!

2010 was pretty cool, but I think 2011 is going to be even better!

Childhood

I found some old pictures my mom sent me and I couldn't resist sharing :)

This is me and my friend Sarah. Notice the crispy M&M's, what happened to those they were the BEST!

Yes that is an entire box of chocolates I tore through.... hehe

This is my grandma on a jet ski in her curlers early in the morning. Yes she is kind of a pimp.
Lion. Rwar.

And me and Chrissy. I had quite large front teeth, don't worry I grew into them. :)

Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

Gradgeated

Oh guess what came in the mail?


This little gem. :) pretty legit.

Also these came, I'm not sure which I'm more excited about..


Thanks again for the chocs mom! <3


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Maximum Cuteness

I am obsessed with these kids, holy cow why are they so cute? I am their aunt so I guess I'm programmed to think that but I just think they're the funnest. Ethan is talking and his little high pitched voice is hysterical, and Baylee just sits and smiles all day and giggles if you play with her. They're growing up too fast!!!



He sits in his car seat with his arms behind his head and legs crossed like a little stud, where do they learn these things?


Look at that little butt!!!!



Too many carseat pics Aunt Jackie...


She sucks her thumb and it's pretty dang precious.

I Wuv them!

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Christmas in Vegas

This year we spent Christmas in Vegas! We had my family, my sister and her family, and Brandon's mom all there and it was a good time... Here is our trip in pictures:

We went to Opportunity Village as usual, it's pretty much a tradition!

How many people can we fit in a hot tub? Lots I guess :) Glad to be out of the Utah cold for awhile :)

Me and Christy went on the zip line at the Fremont street, it just flies over the crowd in the middle of Fremont, pretty dang sweet :)

Family pics! We need to photoshop Brandon in, he had to leave a few days before I did....

Christmas PJ's on Christmas Eve of course.

I probably have the cutest niece and nephew ever. :)

I was not prepared for this photo but oh well it's the only one I have of us, we had a delicious dinner and went to Becca's new house! So happy for her and Davis

Fremont Street

We had a good time! Brandon got a nice fishing vest, tennis shoes, a camo print robe, and some other fun stuff for Christmas, and I got a gift card to go rock climbing (I told Brandon all I wanted was for him to go with me) and I got a funnel cake maker and the Perfect Brownie pan! (Check out my other blog classycleverchic.blogspot.com for a review of that little gadget). We got Wits and Wagers too, so we'll have to have lots of friends over to play!

For New Years we didn't do ANYTHING. Seriously we sat at home and watched movies and then set off some illegal fireworks we had laying around :) But that's okay we kinda like hanging out by ourselves and just being cuddle bugs :) Happy New Year!

Oh and I'm done with college. :) Whew that hasn't really hit me yet, but now I gotta find a grown up job or something! If anyone knows of any job openings marketing or business related just let me know! Also Brandon starts school on the 5th! 2011 here we go!