November '08 summed up

So apparently I find time to Blog about, what, once a month? And then I have a bazillion things to write about and then nobody wants to read it because it's so flippin long. So I'll try to sum up. Here's the rest of November:

11/19/08 I finished reading "The Host". I liked it, but I think liked Twilight better. So those endangered species of Twilight-haters out there might like it better. I definitely thought it was interesting and worth reading though.

Jared finished his bowling season. I was fun watching his games. He did so well. Thanks for visiting once Lindz! I still want a re-match on Canadian Speed. I mean...we were watching the bowling match the WHOLE time...what?

11/22/08 Jared's brother Rob, his wife Karen, and their family came to visit. It's always good to see them and their cute girls.

11/23/08 Our friends from Albania and Kosovo invited us over for dinner. It was a lot of fun and the food was outstanding! Especially this spinach pie made with Filo bread. Mmmm. I ate way too much.

11/26/08 My dad's in town! Yay! We met him and VeNicia and JaNel & her fam at the Hoggle Zoo. They had a free Zoo day. Most of the animals were hiding or sleeping, but one tiger apparently didn't get the 'free zoo day, don't be interesting' memo. (See the short video below. It was crazy! --Sorry about the quality.) It was cold, but fun. They were putting up a lot of the lights etc for their "Zoo Lights". Then we went to eat at TGI Fridays. Yum.

11/27/08 Thanksgiving!! We played tennis with the Hibberts (my niece & her husband). Some of us were more excited to be playing in the cold than others. So some of us played better than others. And some of us smoked the other team! But I won't mention any names. Then we carpooled up to my sister JaNel's house. My Dad was there, my sister VeNicia, my brother Barry, and his wife Rita. JaNel's kids made the cutest little place mats and Oreo turkeys. There was so much good food. I ate way too much, and didn't regret one bite. We played games and my niece Kaley made a cameo. It was so nice to spend time with everyone. Then some of us stayed and watched 'Music and Lyrics'. (It was funny because we had all of our stuff gathered, and our jackets on, saying our goodbyes and then some one said "Wanna watcha movie?" And we all said yes and took our coats off and headed downstairs.) That music video intro cracks me up.

11/08/08 Last Home BYU Game

11/03/08 Happy 98th Birthday Grandma Aurich!

11/1/08 Cedar City

A few weeks ago we went down to Cedar City to visit Jared's brother Rob & his family. We got to go Trick or Treating with their cute girls, go to Morgan's soccer game, and attend Rachel's baptism and birthday party. Jared's sister Sara was there from Maryland! It was a lot of fun! PS Sorry for the crappy picture layout, but I think I'm too lazy to fix it.

Look at what my Dad sent me on my Mom's birthday. What's that so thoughtful? I love you, Dad!

10/25/08 Pix & Football

My niece, Lindsay, has a friend that's looking into becoming a photographer and is trying to build his portfolio. So Lindz asked VeNicia and I if we wanted to take some pix with her. VeNicia had a lot of stuff to do and had a headache and bla bla bla.....Anywho I'll have to photoshop her in when I get a minute. = ) We had fun though!

Then we went back to Lindsay's place and I borrowed some blue clothes and we headed to the BYU vs. UNLV game. It was close, but BYU pulled ahead at the end for the win. Jared was working the game, but got to come and visit us!

10/24/08 Black-Attack

Our friends Adam and Sheri Blacker are in town from Ohio for an internship. To celebrate Adam's birthday we all went to a tumbling gym. It was a lot of fun. The guys were doing all sorts of cool flips from the trampoline into the foam pit. I on the other hand am a bit of a weenie. I'd jump in, but no flips for me. That red blow up thing (see below) was really cool though! The guys rolled us around in it. We got going so fast! Then we went back to the McGrews for cake and more fun!

Isn't Jared so cool? (That's him in the white.)

Bowling and Pumpkins

Jared's on in an intramural bowling league again. They bowl every Wednesday night @ 9:00pm. I'll usually go watch if I don't have anything else going on. He's doing so well! And he looks so cute doing it too. See for yourself:

10/20/08 We carved our pumpkin with some friends at a church activity.

Wendy thinking she's going to win.....and Jared really winning = )

~Happy Birthday, Mom~
I miss you more every day

Pennsylvania 10/01/08-10/07/08

We went back to Pennsylvania for Jared's sister's wedding! It's always fun going back east to visit with Jared's family. Especially for such a happy occasion! Best wishes to Steve and Laura!

While we were in the area we went with some of the family to see the Gettysburg sites.

One of the Natural Wonders of the World is in Virginia. We took a day trip out to see The Natural Bridge. It's a geological formation where a creek has carved out a gorge in the limestone, forming a 215 ft high by 90 ft wide arch! There's an actual highway that crosses the naturally made bridge. Thousands of visitors have come to see it over the years. Many carved their names into the limestone. The rumors has it that the initials G.W that we saw there was actually done by George Washington before he became president. I also saw a carving with the year 1855 next to it! (Those little dots at the bottom of the picture above are people!)

Big "thank you"s to Jared's sister Beth and her husband Cardell for letting us crash at their house during our stay in PA, to Jared's parents for your hospitality and for keeping us well fed, Jared's brother Chris for getting us to and from the airport it one peice, to everyone that came with us on our day trips, and to Laura and Steve for getting married so we could come and visit! = ) We love spending time with all of you!

(Flying in to Utah)