We had a really yummy dinner provided by the ward and then played fun relay games.
We also had a great time playing with our friend, Aria.
Overall, a very fun time, though I'm glad I got to sleep in my own bed.
Showing posts with label Camping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Camping. Show all posts
Friday, July 9, 2010
Ward Campout
Each year our ward does a campout. We camped out one of the times, but last year we missed it due to a wedding reception. This year we decided to just go up for the dinner and games. Mostly because Brian had to work on Saturday. Ok, honestly it's because I don't like camping.
We had a really yummy dinner provided by the ward and then played fun relay games.
We also had a great time playing with our friend, Aria.
Overall, a very fun time, though I'm glad I got to sleep in my own bed.
We had a really yummy dinner provided by the ward and then played fun relay games.
We also had a great time playing with our friend, Aria.
Overall, a very fun time, though I'm glad I got to sleep in my own bed.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Life as we know it...
Always changing. Never predictable. Sometimes boring, but never for long.
So here's an update from the Glad family.
As for Brian's car, it ended up costing over $900 to fix, and then as he drove it away was still broken. He took it to someone else, who charged us only $340 for more work than the other place had done and we thought it was all fixed. Not so. The mechanic told us our best choice would be to sell it. But how do you sell a car that you know is going to break down on the buyer? I don't know.
Luckily, we had been surviving driving only one car for the week it was in the shop, so we know we can still do that. It'd probably be smarter anyway, to save on gas. And, in some of the best news recently, we won't have to worry about even that much longer either.
A couple days ago, we received an email saying our name had been reached on the waiting list for the student apartments, and if we chose, we could have an apartment to move into November 6th. We immediately replied yes, and it is now official. We are moving!! Woohoo! This takes a major stress off of both of us, because we were wondering how much notice they would give us or if we'd have to go find somewhere else come the end of October. It's been really nice living in my grandparent's home, just because it's free, and comfortable and very nice. But it's also been hard just because it's far from school and work and family. We were always having to evaluate whether we could go visit on Sundays because we already were driving down every day of the week and using up our gas. Our new apartment is right next to campus, close enough for Brian to ride his bike, or take the shuttle, and it's by the freeway, which means 10 minutes to work for me. :) I'm so excited. It will also be nice just to have a place of our own. We can decorate and put up pictures and buy DI furniture. The whole shebang! :) I'll post pictures when we move in.
School is sort of calming down. Or at least we're almost getting the hang of it. Brian's still very very busy. He was at school from 9 to 5 on Saturday, and I was home, trying to get things done around the house while at the same time, trying to read two whole books and a bunch of excerpts from other readings. We'll get there. It's almost a good thing he has to stay late at school most night, because that forces me to read all my stuff instead of distracting myself with cleaning or laundry.
This last weekend, Brian's family went camping at their property again and invited us. We couldn't go the whole weekend though, because Brian had to work on a group project on Saturday and then Jason & Brooke blessed Lily on Sunday, which we also went to. That was a lot of fun to see everyone. Sunday night though, we drove down to Fairview to camp over night with them. We got down there around 6:30 and after dinner, Brian's brother Nathan wanted to go biking with Brian and his cousin Jason. So they hopped on their bikes and went off. It's a long story as to why, but I didn't feel all that great about Brian going biking when it was starting to get dark, but they said it was a short ride and their dad was picking them up at the bottom anyway. So they left. About 30 minutes later, their dad came squealing into camp and jumped out of the car yelling for their mom. Nathan had been zooming down the trail at 30 mph and a deer had jumped out in front of him. So he slammed on his brakes and dropped on his side and skid for about 20 feet. His arms and legs were all torn up and his side that he skid on had a big hole in it about the size of a quarter. It wasn't bleeding profusely or swollen, but he was shaking pretty bad from the shock. The boys gave him a blessing and his parents took him to the nearest ER.
It was pretty scary for all of us, and Brian's brothers were especially shook up. We all went to bed expecting that they would take Nathan home and come back for us in the morning. But at 2 AM they came back and we all had to wake up and rearrange sleeping because Nathan could not be bumped. They said by the time they got to the main road he'd stopped shaking and was talking and making jokes, and by the time they got to the hospital he was dead asleep. They cleaned out the wounds and put some glue & medicine in them, but they couldn't stitch them up because the skin was completely gone. Not just torn, but gone. So they put him on Lortab and he'll have a pretty good scar.
Needless to say, we were very tired when we got home. I'm still not a big fan of camping. Brian says it makes me grumpy. Yet he keeps insisting that we go. Go figure.
So here's an update from the Glad family.
As for Brian's car, it ended up costing over $900 to fix, and then as he drove it away was still broken. He took it to someone else, who charged us only $340 for more work than the other place had done and we thought it was all fixed. Not so. The mechanic told us our best choice would be to sell it. But how do you sell a car that you know is going to break down on the buyer? I don't know.
Luckily, we had been surviving driving only one car for the week it was in the shop, so we know we can still do that. It'd probably be smarter anyway, to save on gas. And, in some of the best news recently, we won't have to worry about even that much longer either.
A couple days ago, we received an email saying our name had been reached on the waiting list for the student apartments, and if we chose, we could have an apartment to move into November 6th. We immediately replied yes, and it is now official. We are moving!! Woohoo! This takes a major stress off of both of us, because we were wondering how much notice they would give us or if we'd have to go find somewhere else come the end of October. It's been really nice living in my grandparent's home, just because it's free, and comfortable and very nice. But it's also been hard just because it's far from school and work and family. We were always having to evaluate whether we could go visit on Sundays because we already were driving down every day of the week and using up our gas. Our new apartment is right next to campus, close enough for Brian to ride his bike, or take the shuttle, and it's by the freeway, which means 10 minutes to work for me. :) I'm so excited. It will also be nice just to have a place of our own. We can decorate and put up pictures and buy DI furniture. The whole shebang! :) I'll post pictures when we move in.
School is sort of calming down. Or at least we're almost getting the hang of it. Brian's still very very busy. He was at school from 9 to 5 on Saturday, and I was home, trying to get things done around the house while at the same time, trying to read two whole books and a bunch of excerpts from other readings. We'll get there. It's almost a good thing he has to stay late at school most night, because that forces me to read all my stuff instead of distracting myself with cleaning or laundry.
This last weekend, Brian's family went camping at their property again and invited us. We couldn't go the whole weekend though, because Brian had to work on a group project on Saturday and then Jason & Brooke blessed Lily on Sunday, which we also went to. That was a lot of fun to see everyone. Sunday night though, we drove down to Fairview to camp over night with them. We got down there around 6:30 and after dinner, Brian's brother Nathan wanted to go biking with Brian and his cousin Jason. So they hopped on their bikes and went off. It's a long story as to why, but I didn't feel all that great about Brian going biking when it was starting to get dark, but they said it was a short ride and their dad was picking them up at the bottom anyway. So they left. About 30 minutes later, their dad came squealing into camp and jumped out of the car yelling for their mom. Nathan had been zooming down the trail at 30 mph and a deer had jumped out in front of him. So he slammed on his brakes and dropped on his side and skid for about 20 feet. His arms and legs were all torn up and his side that he skid on had a big hole in it about the size of a quarter. It wasn't bleeding profusely or swollen, but he was shaking pretty bad from the shock. The boys gave him a blessing and his parents took him to the nearest ER.
It was pretty scary for all of us, and Brian's brothers were especially shook up. We all went to bed expecting that they would take Nathan home and come back for us in the morning. But at 2 AM they came back and we all had to wake up and rearrange sleeping because Nathan could not be bumped. They said by the time they got to the main road he'd stopped shaking and was talking and making jokes, and by the time they got to the hospital he was dead asleep. They cleaned out the wounds and put some glue & medicine in them, but they couldn't stitch them up because the skin was completely gone. Not just torn, but gone. So they put him on Lortab and he'll have a pretty good scar.
Needless to say, we were very tired when we got home. I'm still not a big fan of camping. Brian says it makes me grumpy. Yet he keeps insisting that we go. Go figure.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
I Survived!
This last weekend Brian's extended family had a reunion down in Fairview, and we all went camping. If any of you know my mother, you realize that my family did not do camping while I was growing up. I've only been to Girl's Camp, which I guess doesn't count to Brian's family as camping. So, this was my first "real" experience. They were all very excited to see how I handled it.
We left Friday afternoon. We were planning to go earlier but it was pouring buckets of rain so we couldn't get everything packed as soon as we planned. When we finally did leave it was still pouring and the streets were flooded. But we wanted to get down there before it got dark, so we soldiered on.
We got down to their property and set up tents and such. It was really only me and Brian in one tent and his brother Curtis in another, because, lucky for me, they recently bought a trailer, so his parents and other two brothers slept in there. This trailer was my safe haven. It had a bathroom, so I didn't have to use the outhouse, and a stove and table, so when the bugs got too much, I could go and eat inside, where it was also warmer. Though it didn't get too cold so that wasn't too big of a problem.
We had a good time just hanging out with family and relaxing. On Saturday we went to Boulder Reservoir, and paddled around in the canoe and kayak. It was pretty fun. It was also nice to get to know his family a little better. His dad is the oldest of 7, so this was the first time meeting some of them.
By Saturday night though, I was ready to go home. I guess I'm more like my mom than I thought. I don't like to be dirty, and cold, and sleep on the hard ground. At least I wasn't hungry or Brian would've had a handful trying to keep me happy. :) His brother's were teasing that they couldn't wait until they got me out on a real camp out where we didn't have the trailer, but I said it probably wouldn't happen. They have this reunion every other year and by 2009 I could be pregnant and then I'm definitely not camping without a trailer! I refuse. ha ha.
When we finally got home on Sunday it was so nice to take a shower and get out of my dirty clothes. Brian just laughed at me because he said he's figured out the key to my happiness: Food and being clean. And it's true. If you ever find yourself around me and I start to act grumpy, I probably need food. Also a trait I got from my mother. :)
All in all, it was a good experience. I learned that I can survive camping, but I also reaffirmed that I really am not a big fan of it. Luckily, Brian's not huge on camping, so it won't be a big problem later on in our lives. Unless he becomes Scout Master..... which is a trend in his family...... uh oh.
(Sorry I don't have any pictures. I really would've taken some, and I wanted to, even brought the camera. But once we got up there we realized it was dead. Hopefully I can get some copies from his mom and post them soon.)
We left Friday afternoon. We were planning to go earlier but it was pouring buckets of rain so we couldn't get everything packed as soon as we planned. When we finally did leave it was still pouring and the streets were flooded. But we wanted to get down there before it got dark, so we soldiered on.
We got down to their property and set up tents and such. It was really only me and Brian in one tent and his brother Curtis in another, because, lucky for me, they recently bought a trailer, so his parents and other two brothers slept in there. This trailer was my safe haven. It had a bathroom, so I didn't have to use the outhouse, and a stove and table, so when the bugs got too much, I could go and eat inside, where it was also warmer. Though it didn't get too cold so that wasn't too big of a problem.
We had a good time just hanging out with family and relaxing. On Saturday we went to Boulder Reservoir, and paddled around in the canoe and kayak. It was pretty fun. It was also nice to get to know his family a little better. His dad is the oldest of 7, so this was the first time meeting some of them.
By Saturday night though, I was ready to go home. I guess I'm more like my mom than I thought. I don't like to be dirty, and cold, and sleep on the hard ground. At least I wasn't hungry or Brian would've had a handful trying to keep me happy. :) His brother's were teasing that they couldn't wait until they got me out on a real camp out where we didn't have the trailer, but I said it probably wouldn't happen. They have this reunion every other year and by 2009 I could be pregnant and then I'm definitely not camping without a trailer! I refuse. ha ha.
When we finally got home on Sunday it was so nice to take a shower and get out of my dirty clothes. Brian just laughed at me because he said he's figured out the key to my happiness: Food and being clean. And it's true. If you ever find yourself around me and I start to act grumpy, I probably need food. Also a trait I got from my mother. :)
All in all, it was a good experience. I learned that I can survive camping, but I also reaffirmed that I really am not a big fan of it. Luckily, Brian's not huge on camping, so it won't be a big problem later on in our lives. Unless he becomes Scout Master..... which is a trend in his family...... uh oh.
(Sorry I don't have any pictures. I really would've taken some, and I wanted to, even brought the camera. But once we got up there we realized it was dead. Hopefully I can get some copies from his mom and post them soon.)
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