"What an Adventure"

As Graci says, "We are going on an adventure," and boy did we. Thursday morning, Torrey, the girls, two kittens, and myself started out on a big adventure. Taylor, Torrey's nephew, and Lyndsie were getting married and the Family dinner was Thursday night, which was so good. Dutch oven chicken and pork with this killer BBQ sauce. So good!!! Shellie, Torrey's sister had put together the cutest video of both of them. Friday morning we went to the Idaho Falls Temple for Taylor and Lydsie's Sealing Ceremony which was so awesome. Each time we attend a wedding in Idaho Falls, it takes me back to that most memorable day Torrey and I were married there 17 years ago. What a beautiful day it was. There was a slight chill in the air but the warmth of the sun felt so, so good. Here are a few pictures of the good looking couple of the day.
We then went back to Torrey's parents house and packed up our things and met my family at my little brothers new restaraunt that he and his wife Heather, just bought. The food was so, so, good!!! We visited for a bit with my parents, Heidi, and her kids, and with Rhett, and Heather.
Heather loaded us up with chips and salsa for our next adventure. We were headed to the Green River Football State Championship game against Gillette. They had beat us by one point in the regular season so the game was at Gillette. The two boys had stayed at home and did not make the trip to Idaho with us because Riley had to ride the bus Friday morning with the football team and Layton had two basketball games on Saturday but really could not afford to miss school. Layton's games were eventually canceled as some of us parents called the Athletic Director and begged so that we could all go to the championship game and cheer on our Wolves. The sad thing is though, they will probably not be made up. We all eventually met up in Gillette. Layton rode down and stayed the night with his friend, Zach Huber and his Family. Anyway, back to our road trip. With two days full of driving ahead of us. Our goal was to make it to Cody, Wy. on Friday and we were making good time. I hadn't been to Jackson for so long by way of the pass going through Driggs and Victor so that was so pretty coming through the pass. Here is a picture of the Grand Teton Mountains that I grew up with in my back yard anyway, we got about 30 miles into the park when we discovered the road was closed so we lost about 1 hour of traveling time so we looked at the map and decided to travel to Riverton that night and get a good nights sleep and then leave Riverton by 8:00 a.m. so we could get to Gillette by kickoff time of 1:00 p.m. With twenty minutes to spare, just enough time to take a quick potty break and go throughthe drive in at Wendy's we made it just in time. Talk about a heart breaker of a game but it is pretty awesome that Green River even made it to the State Championship game. Gillette has over 2500 students and we have about 750-800. Those boys made some critical mistakes but played their guts out and it was a game right up until the last 2 seconds of the game. A few pictures of Riley. He was bummed that he never did get in the game but he is already determined to start next year and they just might have another State Champion team. This first picture is of the team praying that Colter's field goal to win the game is good. That prayer was not answered in that way that day as they lost by two points.


The ride home back to Green River was long. Another 7 hours. We made it home at about 11:00 p.m. Torrey was conducting Sunday morning and they put in a whole new Primary Pres. My new calling is the CTR 8 Primary teacher. Hannah is way excited because that is her Primary class. It is finally a relief having a calling after being released from Stake Girls Camp Director because I was just a little frightened as to what they might call me to. I am excited. I love to be in Primary and I never feel My Saviors love for me stronger than in Primary.
This week is filled with craft, crafts, and more crafts with pictures to follow.