3 reasons Spencer is so great!

As those of you who read this know, Spencer loves to make lists on our blog. So I thought I would make a list.. A list of some of the reasons I love Spencer. For those of you who have the privilege of knowing Spencer, you know that I could go on and on about how great he is, so here are 3 reasons from the many, on why Spencer is so great!

Spencer is absolutely hilarious. I have never met anyone in my life that has made me laugh so much. I am not talking about little jokes here and there with the occasional giggle, I am talking about full-blown, rolling on the floor, pee your pants, tears in your eyes laughing so hard you can't breath. He is so clever and witty and can make conversation with absolutely anyone. I don't know how he does it.

Spencer is loved by all elderly people. No joke, we went to Barnes and Noble the other day to buy a book. Spencer and I were in an aisle, looking at a particular author that he likes... This old man came up to him and put his arm around Spencer and starting talking to him about books. The next 10 -15 minutes consisted of Spencer and this old man walking around Barnes and Noble, showing each other the books they like and giving each other recommendations. Needless to say, Spencer didn't buy the book he went in to buy, he bought a book that the old man had recommended. Why do old people love him so much?

Spencer is quite a home-maker. He is a really good cook, always experimenting and making something delicious in the kitchen. He also, wont let me do his laundry. He says that he has done it on his own for the past 29 years (maybe some help from mom in there somewhere), so he can keep doing it. This turns out to be nice for me cause I don't have to do so much laundry. It also gives me a good laugh when he forgets to do his laundry and runs out of clean unders..

More to come when I have more time....

Yellowstone Adventure: An Insiders Expose

Erin did an absolutely fantastic job summing up the trip. But she left a couple parts out. I will with complete honesty. Not fearing any retrobution, because I'm so snug and smug in my rightness, press forward.


The first amazing part was that we were able to put a trailors worth of goods, which in turn would provide a service, into the trunk of the Hyundai!!!! Half of the way through that process I was thinking we should be filming this. This would make a great comercial for them. I told Randy to take his shirt off to make the comercial sexier. He wouldn't and I soured on the idea. But trust me it was a feat!!! And we haven't even left the parking lot yet.


We got to Randy's house in Rigby where we all slept and I subsequently left my belt. I now believe that Randy's dad has added it to his collection. It is no where to be found. I might send Gephardt up there to investigate. Then we got back late and had a delicious meal. This is the night the Erin woke me because the serial killer/deer was trying to get into the trailor. I did tell Erin the door was locked when it wasn't cause I didn't want her to worry. I knew it was unlocked. Randy put it best though. "If a man can't figure out how to open a trailor door than we have nothing to fear from that man."


The next day was filled with everyone getting a little tired, except Spencer. I was becoming the annoying guy that wanted to stop everywhere and see everything. Erin has now been forewarned about what are family vacations will be like. I just love it up there. The highlite was the bear. But the undisclosed hight of seeing the bear was that Erin was looking at the bear through some binoculars all the while standing on a half-eaten deer leg. That was a precious moment. To top the night off Erin got pulled over by a cop while driving home cause he thought she was drunk. She was passing over the white line a little too much. Anyway the Police officer was a great guy and didn't give a ticket, even when he found out that Erin didn't have her liscence with her. Good times. For other good times when people thought Erin was drunk refer yourself to the cruise blog.


The next day we looked at more steaming hot pots of color and goodness. There we heard, for the first time I might add, the phrase "smelled like turd fart" uttered by a guy in his 20s. We also heard the following example in parenting. "Don't put your hand in the hot pot, you'll burn your fingers!" "No I won't, I did that yesterday." And the parent keeps on allowing it.


And then we had to come home. And I cried.


I also found out that Erin is afraid of lake docks late at night.


I love her.

Yellowstone

This past weekend Spencer and I, along with our friends Randy and Emily, went to Yellowstone. It all worked out great since Randy and Emily have a place in Island Park, which is about 30 min outside of Yellowstone. Thursday, on our way up we went to this place for lunch called "Big Judd's" They have HUGE hamburgers, I think the biggest one was 5 lbs. This is the weight after it is cooked... Spencer and I shared a 1 lb burger and we couldn't finish it all... imagine a normal size dinner plate, the burger was that big. On the wall were all the records, it said that someone had eaten the 1 lb burger, a large fry and a large drink in 2 min 25 seconds. My mind can't even imagine that! SICK!

We got to Island Park that afternoon, got everything settled and then went to float the river. I think I went into shock when I first got in because it was so cold! I seriously couldn't breath for like 30 seconds. It took about 3 hours to float the river, but we brought drinks and snacks so it was really fun. It got shalow in some parts, so we had to get up and walk. Spencer was so funny because his tube wasn't blown up all the way and when he first got in he went on his stomach and sank a little, oh it was a great site! After we floated the river, we went back to Island Park and I took a hot shower to rid myself of the hypothermia. That night I was so scared because I heard someone outside the front door, I thought they were trying to get in, so I woke Spencer up and he said the door was locked, so I shouldn't worry about it. Well, it turns out the door was NOT locked, but it was only a deer. We had put some watermelon rines on the porch and the deer ate them, plastic bag and all. Better a deer on our porch than a serial killer like I'd imagined.

Friday we decided we would do the lower loop in Yellowstone. This is the loop with Old Faithful. We saw a lot of wild life during the day, but I was so dissapointed because we didn't see any bears. There was a bear sighting there the week before, so my hopes were up. BUT just as we were leaving the park that night we noticed a ton of cars pulled over. I almost kept driving thinking it was a deer or something, but we asked a guy what it was and he said... "It's a Grizzly Bear!" I was so excited, we weren't even in a parking spot, we just left the car (unlocked with all the windows down) and ran to see. Sure enough it was a big brown Grizzly Bear on the other side of the river. There was a very kind man who let us use his binoculars to get a close up look. It was amazing to see a Grizzly Bear in the wild!

The next day we did the upper loop. We saw some wolves, buffalo, moose, elk, deer, lots of stuff. We had a nice picnic, met some nice people and a nice little honeymooner couple. I loved Mammoth Hot Springs, it is absolutely beautiful. I had another great discovery that afternoon, I was just looking out the window, and there was a black bear, on the side of the road sitting in the grass, so we stopped for pictures. The park rangers showed up a few mintues later (someone must have called them) and one of them pulled out a shot gun! I was hoping it just had tranquilizers or something, in case the bear was to run after someone, but no, it was just a regular shotgun. (They said that if the bear were to go after someone, tranquilizers wouldn't work in time, so they needed the shotgun just in case.) Still I was a little shocked that they don't have a better method. Anyway, my dreams came true, I saw two bears in two days!

More pictures will be coming soon!

New Job...

I would like to announce that I have accepted a job at Preferred Family Clinic in Provo. I am very excited about his job because not only is it full-time - but I get to put my degree to use! I also get to sit in on different therapy sessions and do intake work with clients. I am so excited! Spencer says he is buying a gun - just in case one of the "crazy's" follow me home... oh dear...!

Things I love about my husband Spencer...

As those of you who read this know, Spencer loves to make lists on our blog. So I thought I would make a list.. A list of some of the reasons I love Spencer. For those of you who have the privilege of knowing Spencer, you know that I could go on and on about how great he is, so here are 3 reasons from the many, on why Spencer is so great!

Spencer is absolutely hilarious. I have never met anyone in my life that has made me laugh so much. I am not talking about little jokes here and there with the occasional giggle, I am talking about full-blown, rolling on the floor, pee your pants, tears in your eyes laughing so hard you can't breath. He is so clever and witty and can make conversation with absolutely anyone. I don't know how he does it.

Spencer is loved by all elderly people. No joke, we went to Barnes and Noble the other day to buy a book. Spencer and I were in an aisle, looking at a particular author that he likes... This old man came up to him and put his arm around Spencer and starting talking to him about books. The next 10 -15 minutes consisted of Spencer and this old man walking around Barnes and Noble, showing each other the books they like and giving each other recommendations. Needless to say, Spencer didn't buy the book he went in to buy, he bought a book that the old man had recommended. Why do old people love him so much?

Spencer is quite a home-maker. He is a really good cook, always experimenting and making something delicious in the kitchen. He also, wont let me do his laundry. He says that he has done it on his own for the past 29 years (maybe some help from mom in there somewhere), so he can keep doing it. This turns out to be nice for me cause I don't have to do so much laundry. It also gives me a good laugh when he forgets to do his laundry and runs out of clean unders..

More to come when I have more time....