My Birthday

I know that my birthday was like a month ago and it is almost Dave's birthday now but I thought I would post a few pics from it because it was an awesome day. I was able to celebrate it with everyone that I love! Hooray!
We went over to Kristin's house for cake and ice cream before going out to dinner with my parents. It is so fun to have the same birthday as Grandpa Nelson. He is so hilarious!


Mom made an awesome cake. Okay, well, she had an awesome cake made. It was sweet though. It was fun to see me and Grandpa's ages on there. It doesn't feel like that big of an age difference until you put it on a cake. Then, it is nuts!

It was fun to blow out the candles together. Grandpa said he was just glad we didn't set off any fire alarms. He said he knew we would have if the real amount of candles were on there. It was funny.

It is fun to see the kids too. I can't believe how fast they grow! Emmaus is gettin so big and she is so cute!

The day after my birthday, I got to go out to dinner with some of my bestest friends from high school.

Brian and Brandon got home from their missions that week, and I was able to go out to dinner with them to celebrate their coming home and my birthday. It was so fun to see them and to hear about their missions. It was such a blast! My birthday was totally awesome!

Night Out

So, I got off work about 45 minutes ago and I didn't want to go to sleep yet. So I decided to tackle this blog thing again. The blog and I don't get along very well lately, at least when it comes to the whole video thing. I made this really cool one too with some sweet music that fit the mood perfectly, but I tried to post it and it totally messed up my blog. So I decided to go back to the old fashioned way of just putting the pictures on one-by-one! Oh, tough life I have! :)

Anyway, I have a lot of blogging to catch up on but I will start with the most recent because that is what I have here right now. Last weekend, Dave and I got to see our bestest friends in the entire world: Ty and Tricia! Hooray! It was awesome! We went out to dinner at a mexican place here in Idaho Falls and then messed around town. It was a blast! Although, I know we were getting some crazy looks, it was totally worth it! It just amazes me the things we can find to entertain us here!


I have noticed that I like to pull out the camera at random times and take random pictures and so does Dave. So here is our 2 random car pictures. Those seem to be our favorite!


Here is Dave with his favorite tiger book at Barnes and Noble. Doesn't he look just like it?! I am so proud! :)


Then we made our way to Toys R Us where the real fun started!


Dave decided he wanted to be a little girl with pink hair for Halloween.


Tyler has hidden his talent of being a rockstar from us for all this time! He finally showed his true talent on the Barbie guitar. It definitely left us all speechless! :)


Dave decided he wanted to be mean and threaten to beat me with the bat. Luckily, I had the batting helmet on! It saved my life!


Although, I got him back later when he least expected it.


Then, Tricia and I decided to show the boys who really ran the show around here! That set things straight for good! Pretty intimidating! I wouldn't mess with us either!

The whole weekend was awesome and fun as is every weekend we get to spend with our bestest friends ever! We definitetly miss not having them closer! Well, that is the most recent update on the lives of Dave and Trista. Not much going on, just work and school with the occasional Toys R Us trip! :)

Sweet furniture!

We are now in our new apartment. We are so excited and it is really awesome. We don't get our living room furniture for 2 weeks so we are making do with what we have.

All we need is bean bags and plastic storage containers and we are set!

The only thing that matters to us is that our Nintendo controller cords reach! It totally rocks!

I am starting to think I should just cancel the couches and keep my living room the way it is because it is so sweet! But then I come back to reality! I will put more pics of the apartment on here once we get things put away but I couldn't resist showing everyone my sweet furniture!

Summer's over!

Well, it finally hit me today that summer is pretty much over. So I figured I would put pictures on here of a couple of the fun things we did.

We hiked the Monument hike in Darby Canyon. I didn't realize how out of shape I was until halfway up the mountain. That is when it really hit me! It was a blast though to spend time with both of our families!


Dave went to Yellowstone with his friends last week. Of course, I had to work but it turned into a good boy's outing. He got some good pictures that I just had to post up here.

The bear was having a stare down with Dave. I think the bear probably won too. He looks kinda scary!

I knew that when Dave got back, there would be some kind of crazy picture. So here it is. Dave, Ty, and little Dave snuggling up to the big bear. Ty insisted on trying to hold Dave's hand! How cute, I know!

I saved the best pictures for last! The Empey family reunion was the best! Of course, since we don't have our own kids, I had to take pictures of all the nieces and nephews and put them on here!

Captain Pirate Hannah!


This is one of the only pictures I could get of Jakey smiling at me. Most of the time, he just looked at me like I was stupid for trying to take his picture! But this one is so adorable!


Nessie's cute girl skull-she did so good!


Dave found a good way to get Tommy's energy out! Those scooter things are the sweetest. But, me, Kari, and J are the ruling champions of the scooters. We are amazing on them if I say so myself!


Eden is so adorable! She has the cutest eyes of them all!


I couldn't resist getting a picture of this! Grandpa Nelson and Emmaus spending quality time together!


Watch out for Karate Kid Haven! She will judo chop you!


Twins? Hmmm........

Dave started school yesterday so now he is a big full-time college student! I am so proud! :) Not that I am jealous! Ha, ha!
Oh, and one last piece of news, Dave and I got an apartment yesterday. So we will be moving out of my parent's house within the next 2 weeks. I will take pictures and post them as soon as we move in!

Teton Valley

Today we went up to Teton Valley and played with my uncle and his family. We went and picked huckleberries up in the mountains and cooked hot dogs on a little camping stove. We had a blast!

Dave and my sister Sydney posing for the camera!


I can't believe I am putting this picture on here, but Dave told me I had too. Gotta love a picture of myself scarfing down a hot dog!



We also taught Dave one of my family's longest running traditions: the art of the "nigger-toe throw." A "nigger-toe" (I don't know their real name) looks like a cattail but smaller: perfect for throwing. We have big wars as we are driving along the mountain trails. It can get pretty violent. I came home with some dandy welts. It is a blast though!


I love how beautiful it is there. I wouldn't mind just staying up there all the time! (until we get snowed in and can't go anywhere, then I might change my mind!)

So I decided today that I live with the most random people on the face of the planet. We went out to dinner to a Thai food place and this is what happens.


Dave decided to be a warthog today!


Then he decided to pick his nose with the fortune cookies!


And it isn't just him! My parents are the same way! I am surrounded by craziness!
Then he saw the check!



It really wasn't that bad, but Dave (aka the Monopoly guy) decided to throw me off and make me think it was more than it really was.
If you are thinking this is a silly moment, you are wrong. This is my everyday life!

Well, I think I got it this blog thing mostly figured out. Not much has been going on with us. I will admit that I am addicted to blogspot. I check everyone's blogs all the time to see if there is anything new! So thanks all y'all that have them! We are getting really excited to see everyone at the Empey reunion. It should be a blast! Nothin much exciting is going on here. Dave is still workin with kids that are as he says "around his IQ level" and I am getting used to my new job as a nurse. I work night shifts from 7 pm to 7 am. It isn't too bad. This is what Dave does when he isn't at work and while I am sleeping during the day. Just sits in the pool with the kids and the dog! What a life!

Hey Everybody! We decided to follow the trend and hop on the blog train! This is all really new to us so we will see if we did it right. Thanks to all y'all that have blogs so we can keep up on what is going on!