This is an invite for some of the girls that are not excited to be
wearing pioneer clothes on Trek. I don't really blame them, honestly. BUT it will be fun! And we are all doing it ;) Some positive peer pressure can't hurt, right?
We can't go to Trek NAKED
so . . . . .
Join us Tuesday at 5:00 to make a skirt, bonnet or both!
Who doesn't love free juice and a cute invitation!
The fourth was so much fun, but mostly because I was able to have Dalan to myself for a WHOLE day! Awesome, right?! That doesn't even happen on Sundays! Here is our three picture run to get the perfect 4th of July waiting for the parade to start shot. . . .
Tongue out from Dalan and a big head from me . . . .
Perfect picture of Dalan and a HUGE head from me, bummer . . .
And the final shot!
Dalan is just so fun to be around! I am the luckiest girl. We had such a fun week together. We went to the movies, had pizza and Root Beer Floats Saturday and had our first ma & pa meeting Sunday, which we ended by watching 17 Miracles. I can't wait for him to get back from Idaho today!
I am going to start something here on my blog. It is going to be a little list of my favorite things from this week, month, day what ever I decide. Overall, I think it will help me to be myself. As a little insight into me, I am not good at letting everyone see what I am thinking, feeling ect. I like to put fences up, believe it or not I like to live a really private life. Sometimes that means that I don't let people in on what is going on. I don't want everyone to know what goes on. This blog is a way for me to show you without really showing you. It's kind of like cheating. And I bet you didn't realize that a little list of my favorite things could be so serious :) So here is to letting me show you more about myself and I will just pretend that I am writing to Dalan. However, if I was he would already know these things. He is sooo easy for me to be around and I love him for that.
Let's Begin. My favorite thing to watch: The Bachelorette!
I don't care what you think. I know this is a silly show, but I seriously get excited to watch it! This season Emily is such a sweetheart. She reminds me that I want to live in the South. Currently I am thinking Texas or Tennessee :)
My favorite songs:
1. Call Me Maybe. Yep. I jumped onto that bandwagon too. But it is so dang catchy! And I love this video the best, although the others offer some great dance moves.
2. Pontoon by Little Big Town. They have always been awesome in my book! Party in Slow Motion. Summer is such a fun time of the year! One day we will have a boat, it may not be until we are like 80, but it will come ;) and P.s. I know this song talks about a pontoon, but close enough. I like pontoons too. In fact one time Dalan and I went out on his friend's pontoon & it was a blast!
3. Somethin 'bout a Truck by Kip Moore. Face it. There is something about a truck.
Next up. Falsies. Love this mascara! I always get excited when I get to buy a new bottle!
Red, White & Blue Mini Cheesecakes! These are just great! They are delicious and easy to make. and very refreshing :) Plus people will think you spent way longer slaving away in the kitchen than you actually did.
And I will make this my last one because this blog post somehow got really long.
My Wall! I have had this wall ready for ever! We finally had time to put it all up last week and I love it. I love decorating and I am excited that things are coming together. What room is next?
Ok. I lied. Now, I have one last thing. I promise. If you are still reading, way to go!
My favorite date night this week was riding horses with Dalan. It was so much fun, so relaxing and romantic. Plus, I am getting more and more comfortable with every ride.
The Fourth of July is my favorite holiday! This year I was lucky enough to have my family (well, some of them) visiting for some of Honeyville's pre-4th celebrations.
We went to the kid's rodeo last night and it was a blast! There was so much to watch, like, SOOO much, we were there for over 5 hours but anyway, kids of all ages were showing off their cowboy, roping & riding the night away.
My brother & sister entered the chicken chase, presumably copied from a favorite activity of ours in Melba, the chicken run ;)
They also did the Money Sheep & Money Calf. It was fun to watch. So much laughing. The strapped dollar bills onto the animals and the poor things got chased all over the arena by a hundred little kids.
Here is my sister watching the candy scramble for the littlest cowboys and cowgirls there.
I would recommend going to this! It is definitely something that I will be doing in the years to come. Maybe next year I will just go for a couple of hours instead of five . . . . but who knows :)
This month has been so full. We have definitely hit the busy summer
months. But it's not so bad, I have loved going with Dalan on our little
adventures.
Here we are headed with a load of cows towards Nebraska. This picture was taken somewhere in Utah . . . who really know where we were at this point. Wednesday we drove to the auction and slept in their lot so we could load first thing Thursday morning. Thursday was a huge day of driving. Friday we started trucking home and made it back by 8:30.Not too shabby. We were both so glad to sleep in our own bed and to get a full nights rest.
There are so many tunnels! They were cool, but also kinda eerie in the huge truck. This was our second trip to Nebraska and it was not as rushed as the first one was. That was both a good and bad thing. After a while in the semi you just want to go home and snuggle on the couch.
It was fun to reminisce as we passed the Sydney exit, the way to our first home and lots of good friends that we haven't seen in too long. It made me sad to know we had no time to stop. I miss Nebraska!
And of course the handsome driver! Dalan is just amazing. It has been fun to go truckin' and talk about the world with my best friend.
and P.s. my stomach is getting stronger and stronger. I didn't even get sick this time!
I jumped outside with my new lens this morning to sneak photos of the boys gathering a few of the cattle in the pasture. This lens is so great! I am standing on my porch looking innocent while the boys don't even know I am snapping a thousand pictures!
My family bought me this lens for my birthday and I was so surprised! I seriously love it and it iis finally getting the attention it deserves!
I wasn't the only one watching the show. It was quite the party at my house. We were only short a couple dogs and a cat (& of course lots of nieces and nephews).
All three of the boys in one shot. I need to get more pictures of the three of them working together. One day they will want those!
And let's add another dog to the party.
Little did the boys know we were all having fun watching them work. Even the little lambies were entertained.
But we were all on our best behavior and we didn't make too much noise.
And Pepper made sure to keep the lambs in line, together, and herded in the right direction. Sometimes that is good and other times it is not . . .
In Honeyville I have been seeing things get much prettier. I just love summer! Everything seems to come alive. We get to be outside, stay out late, wake up early, listen to summer music, drive in big trucks with the windows down and my two favorite holidays, The fourth of July & the Fairs and Rodeos. and Yes, the fair and rodeo are a holiday.
The Steers in the pens and the pasture seem to have a kick in there step. Plus they look so pretty in the pasture and out of the pens!
Look at all of the Ladybugs on this tractor! I love it.
Can you spot the Killdeer eggs?
Here is a deer prancing through the field behind my house.
And of course another steer, because let's be honest that is mostly what I have been seeing in Honeyville.
Yeah for summer & snow cones & watermelon & BBQ's.
Good Morning. This morning I have been eating cereal and doing yoga while watching Dancing with the Stars final season. I know. It's a hard life over here in the Bingham house. I'm not complaining :) But soon I will be outside helping Dalan with the cattle and my hair won't look so good anymore and I will wish I had eaten more cereal.
Lately I have been applying for jobs and I have been hanging out with the Young Women in the ward. I was in charge of the activity last night and it was a good turn out. I made 8 dozen cookies and they were a hit. Plus we got done a little early/on time and I hit the freeway to go watch Dalan play in his softball game. It was so fun. I wish I could go to all of his games. They are my favorite. Summer is here and I love it.
The common question lately is, "What are you doing now that you are done with school?" And to answer that question on the mark of one week free from school and homework I want to answer that question.
I have read a book. A real book! It was so nice to have a nice and
relaxing book to read that I wasn't going to be tested on in the future.
And I was able to read it on my new Kindle Fire that my awesome family
got me as a graduation present! I would give anyone the recommendation
to read this book. It's called, "Heaven is Here" by Stephanie Nielsen.
It is a story of her life, her trials, and her faith. I cried through
almost the whole book, both happy and sad tears. She helps me do hard
things.
I have explored my Kindle Fire and the world of apps! It is so fun to see what everyone has been talking about on all of their smart gadgets :) I am loving it. I use it for everything now!
I was able to go trucking with Dalan on Tuesday. It was so fun to ride with him and have time to sit and talk about life.
I have kept up on laundry, dishes, and cleaning around the house and I LOVE it!
I have been crafting away and hopefully I will be able to finish all of the projects that I have created this last semester!
We were able to watch a movie together! We watched "We bought a Zoo" and it was super cute.
My mouth is healing!
I was able to plan a Bridal shower for my sweet friend Brittany! The Bridal Shower was Friday. It was fun to hang out with the girls and hear all about Brittany's love story.
I have made real dinners! I love being a wife to Dalan.
I don't have to fuel up nearly as much . . . I am loving not driving to Logan as often!
I have been able to catch up on all the the Young Women's stuff that have been piling up! We have a busy, busy summer planned for these girls :)
I have made tons of chocolate chip cookies.
I was able to go to mutual minus all of the stress from school and studying.
I watched a helicopter land in the church parking lot.
I am looking for my next book to read! Let me know of any good ones :)
