$2.50 Fun!!

After Aaron finished work he went to Walmart to find some cheap water shoes we could wear in the river that he swam in yesterday so that the rocks didnt hurt our feet today. Well he couldn't find any - but ended up buying 2 floats that you lay on (meant for the pool). Anyways..we thought we would give it a go. It was over-cast and raining today but decided to go for it. Aaron got in first and it was FREEZING!!! We got out of the car and the temperature was 58F which is 12 degrees C!!! Then the water was about 35F which is about 1 degree Celcius!! So yeah - cold. Anyways..it was so much fun. The water has gotten pretty low over the past 2 weeks, but its still high enough for us to float down and the current is really strong. Its hard to stop yourself - its really hard to walk through the water - you get knocked over by the current alot and its hard to get up. At one point we decided to go down the river further then we had - where it was more rapid - but started hitting rocks pretty hard on our butts - so we tried to stop, but werent so successful. Haha - I got up and just keep falling and getting pushed down the river on the rocks - which HURT - and at one point when I got standing up, Aaron was pushed down and rammed into the back of my legs which made me fall again, completely loosing grip on my float bed. So Aaron SOMEHOW ran down the river (how he didnt slip on the slippery, uneven rocks with the rapids pushing him I'll never know) and got ahold of my float bed. Crazy. It was so much fun.

Blowing up our float beds for rafting

Got some photos on the way home

So pretty

Just float'n

Aaron when he first got in - crazy cold

Being goofy - one friend from the mission made a comment the he looked like he was a "special needs child".

Washing Machine, Dryer, Buelah, Food, Family, Photography...ahh what more could I ask for?

So lets just say this past week has been great!! Aarons dad and his wife Connie - drove all the way down to bring us a washing machine and dryer!! I am so excited that I can actually do washing and drying here at home now...NO MORE LAUNDROMAT!! Woohoo!! I now understand why Dad hated us drying so much at home, and leaving the lights on. I am a nazi about it all now and trying to use as little as possible just to save money haha. Also, this past weekend we went and stayed with Aarons dad and Connie in Buelah (which is about another 1/2 hour from Rye). This is the first time we have really spent any time with his dad and Connie - we went up Friday night and stayed till Saturday night. It was really nice to get to know them...a little weird for Aaron to see similarities between him and his dad - having never been around him growing up. So on Saturday morning we all went into Pueblo and went to a sporting goods place and Aaron went to buy a fishing pole/reel because we accidently left his at the lake for 4th of July - and when we went to pay for it, his Dad took it from him and payed for it. Then after, I wanted to just go and look at Ross (clothing store that is really cheap - its lik where all the big brands send their stuff and you get it way cheap) and Aarons dad hands me $20 and Connie says - its for your birthday, so when it comes around you've already got it. So I was stoked!! I bought 3 tops with that money and then used $10 of Aarons and mine to get the 4th top!!! Wooohooo!! Then they took us to lunch at THE BEST chinese buffet I have ever been to. They had so much variety and it was just all such good food - I ate till I was so sick...but man it was good. They really spoiled us...and we loved it haha. So then that night, stephanie came and we all had dinner at their house and it was fun.

Last night, for FHE, Aaron and I went straight after he finished work to Creede. Its our new favourite place I think. I made a pasta dish for dinner and fruit salad and we took it and went and had dinner along the river, and then aaron went swimming haha. I didnt go only because I did my hair and make-up because we went into Creede after dinner and went to a photo presentation by Michael Lewis - a National Geographic photographer. He presented his photos from the 7 years worth of time he spent in Africa!! How awesome - I love photography, and have ALWAYS wanted to go to Africa, so this was perfect. He had amazing shots, and amazing stories and comments to go with it - it was so much fun. He is also doing a 5 day photography course up in Creede soon...and I really want to go, but dont want to go on my own because Im so amature its rediculous. I know nothing about photography and I suck cause I let my shyness get in the way of doing stuff like that. Anyways - I am going to check-out the price, and Aaron is really trying to get me to go to it too. I will put some photos up from yesterday - but unfortunately, I forgot to take my camera to Aarons dads, so dont have photos from that - I kicked myself everytime I saw pictures in my mind I could be taking haha.







Aaron getting in the river

Trying to get out - the current was really strong and his feet were killing from all the rocks haha

"Oh say can you seeeeeeee"

Gotta love 4th of July weekend. Im just glad that Aaron had a day off work!! Seems like even if there is a public holiday here - only certain people get it off work, like bankers etc. So lame!! So I was excited that Aaron finally got a public holiday. Australia has so many more days off haha so think yourselves lucky!! Anyways - Aaron ended up taking an extra day off work so we could add an extra night to our camping trip. Every year, Aarons extended family all go up to some land they all own up in the Greenhorn Mountain (the mountains right there in Rye). Its so pretty and we're really lucky that they all own some land there. Aaron and I drove up Wednesday after Aaron finished work. Lucky it doesnt get dark until about 9pm...gave us plenty of daylight to drive up the top of the mountain and set up our little camp. The rest of Aarons family werent getting up there until Thursday night or Friday afternoon, but we figured if we were going to the hassel of setting up tents/blow-up beds and campfires and taking all the food, we might as well go for 3 nights. So we made it up the mountain and set up our tent RIGHT before it started to rain. The wood was all wet and Aaron spent A LONG time to start a fire....he actually got one started - which was amazing....though...I just made turkey, lettuce and cheese sandwiches for dinner because we figured it would be near impossible to actually cook something on the fire. We went to bed pretty early...because it was dark and raining a tonn and no one else was at camp yet. Aaron and I were more prepared this year then last.....we had a blow-up bed, a sheet on it, with a warm blanket on that...then we had 2 blankets and a really awesome sleeping bag that Aaron bought last year...so we kept warm!!

Our breakfast mmmmmmm

The next morning was nice - the sun was out and it was perfect. For breakfast, Aaron and I had yoghurt and dipped cinnamon graham crackers in milk..mmmmm. We then left to go fishing in Blue Lakes up in the mountain. The Department of Wildlife I guess "stock" it every year with fish. In the winter, the fish all die, so in the summer - alot of people fish for them and I've always heard it was good fishing. It was AWESOME - there was not a soul there...(because it was the day before the public holiday) and we were seriously pulling in rainbow trout every other cast. I caught 7 and Aaron caught 5...the limit was 4 each, so we just kept 8. Aaron gutted the fish at the lake ready for us to cook them for lunch when we got back to camp! Back at camp...we met up with Jeri who just came up for a couple of hours because she had to work ALL of 4th of July weeknd. Aaron got another fire started and it started to rain again - lucky we had a tarp and some rope - and we were able to tie up a tarp in the trees about the fire so we could cook some lunch. Haha - always wanted to be on survivor...well this was close enough for now. I cut up some lemon and crushed some garlic and put it in the fish along with onion salt, salt, pepper and butter. Then wrapped the fish up in aluminium foil and put them in the coals of the fire. Then I cut up potatoe and onion and added some pepper and salt and onion salt and herbs and put them in the fire in aluminium foil too. When it was cooked we all had some - it was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!!!!!!!!!! I was relieved that the rainbow trout was good (because pike..the last fish we cooked that Aaron caught was the nastiest tasting fish I had ever had). The seasonings helped Im sure. After lunch it was still raining and hailing...and it looked pretty set-in....so Jeri went home and Aaron had a nap and I layed and read a book that I bought in Fiji on my way over here. Later in the afternoon, nobody had showed up yet...and it was still raining...so we decided to drive down the mountain and go and get some more ice for the esky and take a quick shower at Jeris house (cheaters haha). On the way down...we passed Aarons cousin and her husband and children and then Aarons Uncle...so we were glad some others were going to be up there. That night, we drove back up the mountain to camp.

"Blue Lakes" (although Aaron and I think its more "Green Pond")

Camp Fire with our genius tarp idea

Aaron gutting/cleaning the fish

all clean :)

perfectly cooked!!

the fish fell right off the bones

Friday morning rained a tiny bit, but pretty soon cleared up. Aaron and I shot some clay pidgeons....it was the first time I actually shot a moving target. There is a machine that when you pull the rope, it shoots the clay pidgeons (just like clay disks) into the air - well I actually ended up shooting 2...so I was happy - its not that easy!! It was also just good to hang out and get to know Aarons cousins more. The rest of Aarons family started showing up and there ended up being a tonn of us. We stayed up talking around the fire and making "smores"....though I just roasted marshmellows because...you know how much I love HERSHEYS ... blahahhhh!!!

So there is a huge barn in the background and outhouse, and there were alot more tents to the right of the photo, and then to the left

Saturday morning Aarons home ward in Rye has a "Pancake Breakfast" every 4th of July...so he wanted me to "experience" that. So we drove down the mountain and went to that and then we went and had another shower...then went back up the mountain and tried fishing again. This time we didnt get a single bite..and there were alot of people camping around the lake, and some stupid kids throwing huge rocks in the water .... so there is no way the fish are going to be there biting. We went back to camp and decided to start packing up because it looked like rain agian. Billy and Nicole and their family were having Deer Stew for lunch, and invited us to eat with them...so we did since all our stuff was packed up. It tasted SO GOOD...just tasted like beef, so that was a relief to me haha. We hung out for a little longer...and then said goodbye to everyone and went back down the hill. Aarons really good friends (practically family) were having a huge 4th July party, so we went to their house, and then after, we went to Sarah and T.J.'s house and they all let off a tonn of fireworks.

Sarah and T.J have a 4 Wheeler...so Aaron got a bit of a drive

(Sarah and one of her twins on the back)

Then we went back to Jeris and stayed the night there. Sunday was church.....and late Sunday, Steff and Cody and the kids came and stayed at Jeris house the night too. They are in the middle of moving - so stay at Jeris house or a friends house in Pueblo while they look for a house in Denver. Steff is going to pharmacy school up in Denver...its so expensive up there...and she doesnt start school until August I think...so they are living in between places for now. So they came over and Jeri had to work, but we all watched Bugs Life with the kids. Monday morning Aaron and I left early so Aaron could get back to work. So that was our long long weekend camping and stuff. It really was alot of fun - I love camping!!!!

Another weekend at home :)

Friday I got a call from Aarons cousin Julie. Her and her family were all at the Sand Dunes not far from here for the day - so she invited me up to hang out for a bit. Its so weird because in the middle of the mountains are these huge sand dunes...go figure?! Anyways...its really pretty out there, so after the gym, I took a shower and headed out there. After having lunch with everyone and hanging out for a bit - I drove back home.

Sand Dunes against the Mountains

Jeri met Aaron at his work and they came home. Its the first time that Jeri has been to our house since we have been married. We had dinner, and decided to head into Alamosa again because they had seen tonns of tents and stuff set up in the Alamosa Park on their way home. It was "Summerfest" - so they basically had a fair type thing set up in the park. There was a mechanical bull and Aaron decided he wanted a go - he had never done it before and got a bit nervous because there were tonns of people around watching, but he worked up the nerve and did it anyways. He stayed on for way longer then he thought he would - and really did awesome for someone who had never been on before!! He let himself kind of fall off in the end because he said he was getting sick from spinning around and around...echiohasdfpoih - I just get sick at the thought of it haha.

Aaron getting pumped to ride the bull

Aaron riding

Oh - they also had fairy floss there and so Aaron bought me some..mmmm - Im pretty sure they had every flavour under the sun there - so I ended up getting Bubble Gum flavour - it was SO AWESOME...Im pretty sure I ate the whole huge bag of it within 4 minutes. Saturday we had a ward activity and it was a fishing day at a place called Lake Meadows up at Wolf Creek Pass. It was really pretty, but such a windy day and so it was freezing. We made our way around the lake to try and get out of the wind...and so we didnt end up seeing anyone from the ward - but I guess they all found eachother and fished some place out. BUT the best thing is that I caught 2 rainbow trout and Aaron caught 1. We were going to keep my second one - we even strung him through the gills with fishing line attached to a branch that we put in the middle of some rocks on shore and had him sitting in the water - we thought he was dead - but he fooled us because we turned around 10 mins later and he swam off really quick...so we were ticked about that. Oh well - I guess we really didnt feel like gutting it and all the rest of it. Just sucks because now the poor fish is going to swim around and die soon because he is swimming around with line through his gills and a branch attached to it.

Im wearing Aarons snowboarding jacket - haha it still has a tag on it from when he went last - IT WAS COLD ok

The first fish I caught...the second that we were going to keep was bigger

While we were at the lake, Aaron was messaging back and forth with his Cousin Kyle. He lives about 3 hours away and was trying to move. So Jeri, Aaron and I decided to go and help him because he had a tonn to do by Sunday night. We got there about 3pm and we left at about 9:30pm....so we got home by about 12:30am. We were glad we could go help him. Sunday was church and Aaron and I bore our testimonies - well, Aaron is good and bares his testimony every fast Sunday - and last month he wanted me to, but I chickened out and said I would this month...so I did. I then taught Sunday school and we learnt about the Saviors Second Coming - turned out to be a really good lesson - the kids in my class are really good and participate and ask questions and are just awesome - so it makes my calling really nice. After church we went home and cooked some dinner before Jeri took off and made the 2 hour drive back to her place. It was a really good weekend and we're glad she came for the visit. Aaron and I then took a nap and then decided to drop in and see Helle and Kent Brimhall - our friends in the ward that are just awesome and always invite us to do stuff with them. It was crazy because we got there about 6:30pm and by the time we looked at the clock, it was 9:30pm haha - time went so fast. Anyways, so that was our weekend :)

My WONDERFUL Husband

Today I went to the gym, did laundry at the Laundromat, went grocery shopping, came home and started cleaning our house. I had to make the bed, vacuum the house, dust, put the groceries away, put the clean clothes away, iron Aaron's work shirts and pants, clean the mirrors in the bathroom and clean the rest of the bathroom, do the washing up from the weekend (and to give you any idea of how much there was - SOMEHOW - Aaron and I had used 16 glasses in 2 days....what the??) and Im sure there were other things I had on my 'to do' list. My back was so sore and my legs were sore from the gym (I havnt been in 3 weeks). So after having worked all day - Aaron came home and volunteered to help me clean!! He put all the PS2 wires and whatever back in place and back in the tv cabinet properly, he vacuumed the house and made the bed and hung up and put away his clothes!!!! THEN....he gave me a really long AWESOME back massage, and then a leg massage!!! I have never enjoyed back massages because I am WAY too ticklish....but this one didnt even tickle, and it made a world of difference and I felt like I could go on a jog down to the lake by our house. haha mind you - I didnt - but I did keep cleaning - I did all the washing up and cleaned the kitchen, cleaned the bathroom, put my clothes away, and made dinner. Aaron is always doing sweet things for me ;) We're excited because this weekend, Jeri is coming to visit us!! Its a bit of a travel - but we're glad she is coming. She is yet to see our house since Aaron moved in back in December and the house was BARE. She still hasnt seen stuff we got for our wedding, so it will be cool - also, the ward is going on a fishing day - and its a free fishing day so I get to fish :) Im pumped for that too!!

Sick of Travelling...???

Did you ever think I'd say that?!?! Well I am not sure that we have stayed home one full weekend since we've been married....and Im ready to not do a single thing this coming weekend. We just got home yesterday (27th May) after leaving home on Monday - 18th May 09. We travelled down to Albuquerque because Aaron had training there for work. His work allowed me to go and stay with him at the motel if we payed half the cost. I made a huge lasange and a tray of enchiladas so that we could take them down with us and save some money on food - well when we got there - there was NO FRIDGE or Microwave!!! we ended up throwing out so much food!!His training was Tues, Wed and Thurs...so I took the car during the days to visit people from my mission. On Tuesday - I headed up to Farmington which is approx. 3 hours away. I made it there by 1pm and had lunch with Jessie Owen (a girl in her 20's that was in the ward I served in that would come teaching with us alot) and then visited Nancy McClure. I was surprised that her husband recognised me (he is not a member and rarely stayed at home when we visited) but he said "Sister Dumbrell...right?" and then he took me inside to see Nancy - she looked at me for a minute and then recognised me and was stoked that I had gone to see her. Then I met-up with my very last companion who is now living in Farmington - Sister Holly Aitken - and that was heaps of fun because she reminded me of alot of experiences and funny times that I had COMPLETELY forgotten!! Together we went and visit a couple of families - the Hamptons and the Bowsers, and then we went to dinner at the "Outback Steakhouse" with the Stirlings and the Hamptons. It was SO MUCH FUN and I dont think we stopped laughing the whole night. After, we went and saw Lorenzo and Julie which was fun. By the time visiting was done - it was 10pm and I was so tired, so I decided to stay in Farmington the night. I went to stay with Holly and the lady she is living with - I met her once when i was on my mission - the sister missionaries lived in the basement of her house - THE NICEST living of any missionary I have known!! Anyways...we stayed up until about 1am talking and laughing...it was alot of fun as well. The sisters that are living there came up and talked until MIDNIGHT .... but they thought it was so weird/funny that I married an Elder from the mission....I told her - "yeah laugh it up - then you'll find yourself marrying one too". And then when they went down to bed - she said "good luck with your Elder" and I said to her "NO - good luck with yours". It was funny because Holly later told me that she is the biggest flirt ever and thinks she went on a mission for the wrong reason...haha idiot. Anyways...I woke up at 3:55am and drove back down to Albuquerque to see Aaron before he went to training again...which left me with 2 1/2 hours almost of sleep - so I slept pretty much all day in the hotel...IT WAS LOVELY haha!! After Aaron finished training we drove around the area in Albuquerque that Aaron had served and he showed me alot of places and told me stories. We then had dinner at a Mexican take-away type place....Aarons favourite place to eat on his mission....it was REALLY good. Aaron had a burrito smothered with green chili and I had a Navajo Taco...was soo good!! Thursday - Aaron went to training again and I went and met-up with Helen Conley - and we went to her friends smoothy shop (we used to go there almost every p-day and to get a Pina Colada smoothy) so that is exactly what we did. I cant believe I'd forgotten how flipping good that Pina Colada smoothy was!!! Then I went and picked Aaron up from training and it was nice because he got out about an hour early. We decided that because we were in Albuquerque we would go to the temple. We had planned on staying the night with some members in Rio Rancho.....but we couldn't get a hold of eachother...so we went to the temple and it was crazy because we were sitting in the chapel of the temple waiting for the session to start and the same members we were trying to contact walked into the temple!! So it was really cool that we got to see them - they couldn't believe it when they saw us - it was crazy that we both ended up there and got to visit a little anyways.

After, Aaron and I went to get something to eat...and then made the 5 hour drive home. We had driven about 2, and I could NOT stay awake at all....and Aaron was starting to fall asleep pretty bad. So we decided to stay in the cheapest hotel we could. We found a real cruddy one - like the type of motel you see in the movie "Phsycho" or something....WELL - it still ended up costing $70 - and we just payed it and went to sleep....the next morning when we woke up - we were so mad that we didnt have our minds all there when we payed the $70. We should have just slept in the car or whatever...because the hotel DEFINATELY wasnt worth it. We then headed straight to Rye for the long weekend. We went fishing with Steph, Cody, Jeri and the kids for a little bit, and then we went to Aarons cousins High school graduation.

Aaron pretending he caught a fish Cody fly fishing and Kaitlyn a little bored


Josh just chill'n Steph and Josh

Aaron and Josh

Saturday....hmmmm I cant even remember what we did - woops. Oh we went to a family lunch at the Rye Park for his cousins graduation. Haha aaron and I had a pinecone fight - man it hurt like hell!! Lucky I have an OK aim - otherwise I would have been owned!! It was funny nonetheless. That night we went to his same cousins Eagle Scout ceremony type thing. Its a really big deal here - and because Aaron got his Eagle scout award - he helped present his cousin with his. Sunday was church - and then that afternoon/night the rest of his extended family all seemed to be doing stuff with their immediate families for memorial day...and we werent doing anything...so then I started missing home and family and got a bit emotional - and so Aaron jumped on the phone and called a guy he grew up with and his wife (Micah and Megan) and asked them to go camping with us. So we packed up some stuff and all went looking for a place to camp. BUT because it was a long weekend and its Summer - all camping spots anywhere we looked were taken and it was packed. So we decided to just go to Micah's parents place and just have a fire there and cook our food and hang out and talk and whatever. Well we started setting up and decided just to put our tent up anyways and stay there the night...haha once we got past the fact that it was outside Micahs parents place....it was lots of fun!! Micahs parents came and hung out, and then his sister and bro-in-law who we know came hung out and just whatever, people came and went and it was fun. Aaron and I have a nice 6 man tent, so we all slept in that and Micah and Megan slept fine....but I was freeeeeezing all night and had a rock under me, and Aaron was not cold at all, but had a rock under him too. So we probably got max 1 hour sleep!! The next morning Aaron and I left early (after Micahs mum had made waffles etc for our breakfast) and we went to Billys house for Aaron and Billy to start working on Aarons jeep. Dunno if i mentioned it before, but Aaron has a jeep and the transmission went out about 1 1/2 years ago...and we found another jeep (in good condition with new parts) for sale and we bought it for $250. After researching and looking at it, Billy figured out that for $250, we got thousands of dollars worth in really good parts. He thinks that the person took it to the mechanic to get something fixed, and had a fit about the amount of money he would have to pay and so just left it and wouldn't pay the money - so the mechanic sold it. There are tonns of receipts in the glove box from recent purchases and there is alot of new stuff :) We got so lucky!! It will take a while to fix his jeep - taking parts from one and putting in the other but it will be SO nice when we go camping/shooting/fishing and when Aaron goes hunting. Save our new 08 car from being trashed. So we are excited about that - Aaron literally cant wait - but is enjoying learning about cars and working on it with Billy. So we did that all day....and the sickest thing - I had a headache and was really tired from NO sleep the night before - so I had aarons jacket on because it was cold and raining and went and layed on their couch...well....later - Billy was like "Kristel, take your jacket off" and I was like "why?" and he said "You have something on here, take it off". WELL it was DOG THROW-UP!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so mad. I had just had a shower. He said "how did you lay on that?" and I said "Its the same damn colour as the COUCH!!" and I was so tired I didnt even know!! I could smell something, but their dog just had 6 puppies and that is what it all smelt like. Arghhh so I had another shower and we left back to Aarons mums place. Because Aaron had training up in Pueblo (20 mins north of Rye) the next day, we stayed in Rye with Jeri again that night. We watched movies and went to bed. We went to Pueblo the next day - I took the car while he was at training and went and window shopped...then picked him up at 1pm - so it was nice because his training only went for 4 hours :). We went and bought Aaron some new work pants because all of his are trashed and we then went back to Rye, hung out with Jeri - oh, and we went for a drive around Rye - Aaron went up to Rye park to see if we could find a bear ...well we didnt- but the park is SCARY at night. All foggy, pitch black and its in the woods....and Jeri saw some creepy stuff there when she was younger (people doing ceremonies like with hoods and robes on - and when we went for the family lunch on saturday, there were satanic symbols written with chalk...because they do weird things there)....and Aaron rolled his and mine windows down, and turned off the car and Jeri is talking about what her and her friends saw and you KNOW i was packing it because I just get scared at anything and everything....freaky!! Yesterday morning we just drove back to Monte Vista - I was so glad to sleep in my own bed!!!!!!!! Wooohooo!!!!!! So i said to Aaron - I am not travelling anymore for a couple of weeks!! So we are going to hang around here. I get sick of living out of a bag/car and then I have to clean the car/house and sort/fold/wash/iron all clothes and unpack bathroom stuff and argh I feel like as soon as Im unpacking - Im packing again....so we are going to just hang around here this weekend at least haha. His friend Steven wants to go fishing at a Lake about an hour from here....and Aaron said "well, my wife definately refuses to go anywhere this weekend" haha so Steven told him to ask me if Aaron can go with him. What a joke. haha ASK ME??!? Anyways...Aaron was like "I probably wont go". So I think aaron and I are just going to go fishing on the river for a little bit...and maybe go to the Alligator farm here...and he is going to rotate the car tires and maybe a couple of other things around the house...just chill out. So yep yep....no travelling for a bit. We'll see how that goes!!! (The pics below are when we went fishing up at San Isabell where we got engaged - not sure what day this happened haha)

Gotta Love Rye!

After not visiting Aaron's home town - Rye, CO - for over a month, this past weekend we decided to head up there (it being mothers day and all as well). Friday night we got there and hung out with Jeri. Saturday we took advantage of the nice weather and went to a place in the mountains called San Carlos (Im pretty sure haha) and shot some clay pidgeons...Aaron of course shot everyone I flung in the air...and although I usually wont shoot Aarons gun (because I remember it having a hard kick-back) he got me AND Jeri to shoot it. There is no way I can shoot a moving target yet haha, but he put a can on a rock pretty far away and I shot it...and the kick-back when you shoot the gun isnt as hard as I remember it so that was good. So after, Aaron and I went into Pueblo and went to the movies and shopped a little. Because we got wedding money from Dad and Mum, and good ol Rudd gave us $900, we decided to spend a little on ourselves - because we are using most of it for bills. I bought a brown/turqiouse/white skirt for $9!! Aaron got some cologne - smells SO GOOOOOODDD!!!! Then we went to the movies and saw the new X-Men, Wolverine movie which I thought was awesome. The rest of the afternoon, we had planned to go to the Lake back in Rye and fish just because it was such a nice day....but on the way home, Aaron got a call from his cousins saying they were going to attempt to climb the mountain in Rye to a HUGE rock that you can see from the highway. Sooooo Aaron decided to do that - and I was worried because it was 5pm....and it would take a lot longer to get there and back and they didnt know exactly how to get there...and there are bears and mountain lions and I guess Im just a worry wart. They didnt end up leaving until about...I think 6 or 7pm...so they only had about 1 hour of daylight left. Anyways - I went home and Jeri and I decided to go into Pueblo and go shopping some more. I bought a pair of shoes for $20...then walked out of the shop and felt bad. We went to another shop and I got Aaron a movie from the $5 rack, and some knee length kinda track-suit pants for $8....then because I felt so bad - I went back and took my shoes back for a refund haha. I told the lady "I'm an impulsive shopper, and I really shouldn't have spent this $20" - what a loser. Anyways...so we went home, and mum called for mothers day and I got to talk to Mum, Adam, April and Dad for a little while. It was annoying because the I lost reception about 3 times, so Mum had to keep calling back..woops. Aaron got home at about 10:30pm....they didnt make it to the rock, but I was just glad nothing crazy happened. Sunday, we went to church and we also went into Pueblo again to visit Steff and Cody and the kids - they are Aarons sister and brother in law. Played some Guitar Hero....Aaron is so annoying because no one can beat him...it bugs me so bad because I can be winning, and right towards the end he will beat me by so much - its so annoying. We decided to stay Sunday night and leave early in the morning back home...well...Monday morning we slept in a little and ended up leaving at about 8:30am...and went to get petrol before we left...and saw a Jeep being sold for parts. We decided to look at it because Aaron has a jeep that just needs a new transfer box or something to do with the transmission and then we will have 2 cars. Which is perfect because our car now is only a year 1/2 old, and it will be REALLY nice to have the jeep for Aaron to have it to go four-wheeling, and take it to the mountain to go shooting, and camping and fishing and just whatever. So the whole jeep for parts only cost $250, so we got the whole thing, his cousin Billy hauled it back to his place because he is going to help Aaron. So then by the time that all happened, there was no point in going back home and Aaron to work - so my wish came true and we stayed in Rye for another day. I cant even remember what we did all day - I think we watched Anacondas after we hung out at Billys for a while, and then had dinner at Max's Restaurant and hung out at aarons aunts place for a while...so it was fun. I love spending time in Rye with Aarons family - we were thinking we should move closer there so that I will have more to do during the weeks. Anyways - we'll see.

Jeri shooting for the first time in a long time