SISTER-IN-LAW!!!!

        Oh my gosh! I am so excited to share to the world that we are having a wedding! Tonight my brother proposed to his girlfriend! Earlier today we went to go pick out and purchase a ring and then we set a plan. They got together around 4 and then my brother acted so innocenct when he invited all of our family and her parents to go to Leatherby's. Then when we got there my dad pulled the waiter aside and told him to put the ring on the cherry on her sundae. Now this whole time I had my camera hidden under the table and I was franticly looking every which way to see when it would come. I was sitting next to her mother and we had so much fun nudging each other and I was VERY SHAKEY!!! I posted a video of the whole thing plus a picture of the ring! I love it! I am just so excited and happy and hyper all at the same time. I have even had the experience of my face hurting from smiling so much. I love my new sister!

(I love this ring!)

    Sorry....I have tried many times to put the proposal video up and it keeps freezing our computer...so I promise I will get it on somehow but not this post....

4th and 5th day

           We are really winding down to the end of the week. I missed writing yesterday because we got back to Grandma's too late. Yesterday was an off day.....nothing was really planned except the rodeo. Although what's another day without another quilt store? We piled in the Jeep (Grandma, Grandpa, Mom, Meghan, and I) and we went to "The Quilt Barn". We saw so many adorable things. I bought an embroidery pattern and some fabric.
          Then when we got back to the house my uncle came. We waited around for a little while and my dad and my brother and my brother's girlfriend came! I was so excited. We decided to hurry to the fair grounds so we could hurry and eat there before the rodeo started.
          The rodeo was amazing. It was a blast. There was one unfortunate man who was riding a bull in the bareback riding and he hit his head on the bull's horn. Ouch!!! He looked like he was in a daze, and when he came off the arena the paramedics helped him by checking him out and he got an ice pack. Luckily no broken bones (but he was bleeding) he is going to have a whopper of a bruise.
           One of the best things at the rodeo are the cotton candy! I love everything about it. I love the sticky fingers, the colored mouth...it is so worth every minute to me.
           When Dad and my brother and his girlfriend first showed up they actually had a problem when it was time to leave for the rodeo. My brother left the only set of keys inside the trunk. BIG PROBLEM. So when we got back to the house after the rodeo Grandpa called a locksmith and he came over (we are talking 11 pm, bless his soul) and unlocked the car. They hadn't gotten out any of their things out of the car before he left the keys in the trunk. That was my night

          Today we woke up and I went with my dad and my older sister to the fair to show Dad our items and what we got. The best part of being there wasn't seeing the items...it was seeing the animals. We walked through the rabbits, the turkeys, the cows, the one horse that was there and of course the lambs and the goats. The goats were the best because Dad stuck his hand up to one goats mouth and the goat tried to eat his CTR ring. It was funny, he kept thinking it was food! I took a ton of pictures of it.
          After being at the fair for a bit we hurried home and we got our swimming suits on. We went to "Steadman's Ranch". It is a huge slip n' slide down a long hill and they also have a zip line. They have tubes you can borrow for free and the cost is free but they ask for donations. We had a BLAST!! We probably went down it at least 50 times or more. Even Grandma joined us as well as my aunt and uncle. I got a little sunburn but right now it hurts. Then when we came back to Grandma's house we ate dinner and my dad and I went on a walk to the docks. The walk was great except for gnats. They were swarming at our faces and we were quite through.
         When we got home we ate some ice cream and we ended the night with the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". It was a great day!
           

3rd day and still here

           This week is just flying by. Today we started the day off with a parade. I loved it but it was very very long. We started in the shade then ended in the sun and begging to people who were passing out water. It was a lot different than Bear Lake's Raspberry days parade where they threw us carrot bags, string cheese and bread.CRAZY! Anyway...then when the parade was over we walked across the street to "Mill End Fabrics". I bought some very adorable fabric to start another quilt. (Unfortunately I have too many other UFOs that mom won't let me start it yet :p ) From their we ate lunch and went to the fair grounds. We found our items and we saw the ribbons! My 3 items got a blue ribbon, which I was happy about. We also walked through the commercial booths and the pigs. After the fair, we went to Gossner's and we got an ice cream. They are sssooo good. When we went back to grandma's house my younger sister wanted to try out my new hair dryer, so we decided to put my hair in curlers and try it that way. It was long and hot but well worth the result (I think). I would totally do it again. Later on as in 9:30ish the cousins went to see the new Bourne movie in theatres. That's been my day today.

2nd Day

        Today was a blast....can I leave it at that? No, not really. I'm gonna share. Today a  bunch of us went swimming and in between things to do we ate cookies, and fudge, and brownies. Too much for me sometimes. I chose not to go swimming and I went with my mom to "The Gathering Place" quilt shop. Can I just say I was in heaven and we swept through the whole store with our jaws dropped. I didn't see anything I didn't like. Mom bought 2 fat quarters to make some hexigons and I just wanted to buy the store. We also went to a thrift store and I found some "I Love Lucy" videos. I also made another score by finding a hair dryer. Not just your run of the mill hair dryer either. Don't be thinking, boy she is a nut, she gets excited over the smallest things. This is the type of hair dryer you sit under. I have ALWAYS been jealous of the stereotype women at the salon reading their magazines. I am bummed that I can't upload the picture of it that I took because I'm not on my own computer. But after the trip I will. Today we also took a trip to D.I. and that too was fun. I found a pattern for a vintage style dress I want to make next year for the fair. I'll also share a picture of the pattern later. Today our items are being judged and we will be seeing them tomorrow. I can't wait!

1st day of the Idaho fair

        Well right now I am up at the fair again this year. I really can't believe it's been a whole year. Today we baked a lot of cookies. You can't see any of the counters and you look left and right and there is dough everywhere. We put our last minute touches on our other projects. I finally get to place my cowboy quilt in and I am thrilled beyond belief. This year I entered a scrapbook, cookies and of course my quilt. Our cousins joined us today. (We showed up last night) We are having a blast and the hot topic of today was playing multiple games of Phase 10 and Pit.