Holstein Calves

In April 2011, Dallen and I got us some Holstein calves to raise and feed out for Dallen’s siblings and us. Dallen use to have a job at a Dairy in Nephi where the bulls amounted to nothing in their business. They gave them to us for free which was pretty cool and we have been taking care of them since.

They started out living in Dallen’s back yard in Nephi where he made a fence with palates and bottle fed them twice each day. Christine was good to help us feed when we couldn’t be there to do it. About one month passed by and they started mooing and making noise to which the neighbors caught notice and threatened to call the cops on it.


It was then that they got moved from Nephi to Pleasant Grove to Grandpa Proctor’s farm and have been there since. They are now getting weaned off of the bottles and starting to eat grain which is much easier when it comes to the feeding job. I have missed taking care of animals so it has been a fun thing to have them around.

First Cooked Meal!

Dallen and I were able to finally spend our first night home at our house 2 weeks after our wedding. We wanted to have a good first meal so we decided to use our new BBQ grill and make shish kabobs and corn on the cob. We marinated chicken and cubed steak all day and then cooked them with onions, cucumbers, tomatoes, and green peppers.

The corn and everything else turned out good and all in all we had a great night! It is going to be really nice to live in a house with Dallen now instead of a suitcase like I have been for the past month and half. I love our house and the things that we have. We give a special thanks to Franki, Ian, McKay, Kali, and Paxton for the BBQ grill they gave us for our wedding! We absolutely love it and know that it will be used very frequently!

Pagosa Springs--Proctor Reunion

On the 25^th-28^th Dallen and I went to the Proctor Reunion in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. One of the days we hiked up to a big waterfall and had a picnic which was really fun.


It was quite the hike considering that we were able to get Tanner all the way up in his wheel chair and all of the kids on our backs or coolers. Grandma Joy handed out cool star sunglasses…they were awesome!!


I wish that I would have taken more pictures throughout the week but I didn’t. Some of our highlights of the trip included white water rafting, miniature golf, swimming at the swimming pool, trading materials for the cousin quilt, Navajo taco dinner with Tanner’s Grandma, playing games, fhe with minute to win it challenges, and most of all laughing with one another. I love the family that I married into and am happy that Dallen and I were able to come and make fun memories with them!

Newspaper Rock

Today Dallen and I took a loop trip on the road bike down to Newspaper Rock and back to Monticello through the Abajo Mountains. It was interesting to look at some of the carvings in the rock and to think of the stories they were trying to portray. There was a little stand in the parking lot that Navajo’s were selling jewelry so Dallen let me choose out a bracelet that I liked and he bought it for me.

I love the country of my childhood and it was fun to be able to re-track some of the places that I spent many hours growing up in. Both Dallen and I are convinced that one day we will have a motorcycle of our own to tour more places like this.

Telluride

Today we made the trek back to Monticello, but on our way we stopped at a few different towns and places. Being that it was Dallen’s birthday yesterday, and that I didn’t really get anything for him, we stopped to do some shopping and found some old license plates for him. As most of us know, Dallen loves cars and is trying to collect all 50 state license plates. Now the collection is 14 states closer to the final 50 of them!!

Our next stop was in Telluride where we had some lunch and then rode the tram up the mountain to see a village at the top. The ride was very beautiful all along the way and the village reminded both of us of Park City.

We drove all the way through Telluride and saw this waterfall at the very end of the road. Very pretty just like the rest of the places that we have been to so far!

That afternoon we pulled into Monticello just in time to watch Easton’s baseball game. He did a great job and hit a home run!!! We were happy to be able to see that. After the game Dallen and I went for a little cruise on the motorcycle, and then celebrated his birthday with the family at our house.

I LOVE YOU DALLEN!!! I wish you a happy birthday!!!