Catchup 4: Fall Festivities

I love fall. That's it. No ifs, ands or buts. I wish sometimes that winter would never come, and it would always be fall. Unfortunately...winter always comes in Idaho. It comes and refuses to leave until June. This year, we tried to make the most out of fall.

I blast John Denver anywhere I go (my fall music, much to Andrew's dismay). I made pumpkin cookies, zucchini bread and pumpkin chocolate chip muffins. I undid a scarf I wasn't happy with and started knitting it again. Yes. Fall is a wonderful time.

After getting spooked straight at Frightmares...and I mean spooked- those suckers in costume would sneak up on you- we decided to start going on a few more relaxing dates. Fall themed, of course.

We ended up going to the corn maze (free tickets from work again!), apple picking and to a pumpkin patch.

The corn maze was really fun. We basically got lost...... threw stuff at each other..... and played hide and seek.     Oh, and we got hot cocoa of course!

When we went apple picking, I had envisioned making applesauce. After we finished picking, I
realized that we didn't have enough apples for
applesauce. Before I could think of another delectable creation to make, Andrew had eaten them all. Not even joking. He ate every. single. apple we picked. How can I blame him? He's a man who loves his fruit.

I caught him taking a bite while picking.

And we all know fall would not be complete without a few pumpkins. We went to the Red Barn Pumpkin Patch by Tautphas Park. We found two awesome pumpkins, a rope swing and....wait for it.

KITTIES!!! Now, you may be thinking 'Morgan hates kitties.' Oh. But not these kitties. These kitties were the nicest, sweetest kitties in the whole entire world. They came right up to me and started snuggling. They would play with me while I dangled straw in their face. Even though they had claws, they never used them. They would only paw playfully and purr. I considered stealing them, but I found out they were owned by a little girl in a nearby house, so I tore myself away from their cuteness. It was terribly difficult though.

We still have a few more weeks, but when it's over...I will be sad to see fall go. It has been a good one.

-Mo

Catchup 3: Lagoon Frightmares

On October 12, we headed down to Utah with our friends, Lauren and Kody, to party at Lagoon. Lucky for us, my work gave away tickets to Lagoon right before I started there, and one of my coworkers was super nice and gave us his tickets.

We went right in the middle of something called Frightmares. Basically, it's their Halloween specialty season. They have extra employees dressed up in scary costumes. They walk around trying to scare you. They also set up haunted attractions and have trick or treating for the kids.

We had fun riding rides and hanging out. My favorite ride was one of the roller coasters. Andrew's favorites were the swings, and one I didn't get a picture of. Kody got him a belated birthday gift, and they went on the high bungee jump, swing thing. I was too much of a chicken to try it. Maybe next year? :p

It was only a day trip, but it was tons of fun. I am excited to go back. I am a huge fan of amusement parks.

   -Mo  :)

Catchup 2: Andrew's Birthday

 On October 8, 2013....Andrew Calvin Timmons turned the big 2-5. Yes, ladies and gents. He is a quarter of a century years old. Oh how I
love him!

We were both working at night on his birthday, so we decided to do something special in the morning.

He opened presents (a new book for his kindle, a temple bag, and a magnifying glass). Then I sang to him and he blew out all the candles on his birthday pie. After that, we went to his favorite book/novelty store..Hastings. We finished off by eating at his favorite restaurant in the area, Gandolfo's. 

It was a pretty nice morning. I'm looking forward to many more birthdays with this handsome man.

      -Mo

I posted a video for kicks and giggles.

Catchup 1: Our Day Job.

Once upon a time, two love birds found jobs at two completely different locations, so they could pay their bills. Riveting, yes. I know.

Andrew Calvin Timmons decided he would semi-enjoy a nice job at Alberton's. He stocks the shelves- often in dairy- and he always looks spiffy in his Albertson's uniform.  Let's observe. He wouldn't let me take his picture...so this was taken by his friend, Jerimyha....who is obviously a ninja. He started in September, and they seem to like him a lot there. Unfortunately for them, he won't be full time for much longer. He just registered for all his winter classes.                              

My job is my first outside of college. I am grateful that I am one of the few to have found a job related to the major I graduated in. It's a really fun one too!


I am the news producer for KIDK Channel 3 Eyewitness News. What's that mean? No. I'm not on camera. I write the scripts for the 5:30/9/10 o'clock news casts on CBS and FOX affiliates. Sometimes I cross over and help out for Local News 8 because both newscasts share a station.  I started late July,  the week before I graduated and we got married.

I find stories for the newscast, I write...rewrite...enter cues...revise reporter's writing...tell them to go back to the drawing board if necessary..etc. The most fun part is interacting with my coworkers and directing the show from the back. The reporters all have ear pieces, and I get to give the anchors and reporters cues in their ears. I also time the show and cut or add stories as needed to make sure the newscast runs for the right time. I can't go into commercial time because a lost commercial is money lost for the station.

My desk :)

My view from the control room.

 

Yea. We all have fun. But it's just our day job.

-Mo

P.P.S. I am seven blog posts behind because my loverly husband kept all of our photos hostage on his little blue phone. I have since re-acquired them. Stay tuned for new posts. I will be vomiting them out all week. That is all.

Summer Adventures

Warning. This is going to be the longest post ever. We had so many summer adventures. Now that fall is starting we're saying goodbye to the warm weather and hello to sweaters, boots and pumpkins!

We went hiking around Beaver Dick Park (yes…that really is its name.) We waded through the river trying to catch frogs and had fun taking pictures that looked like we were walking on water.

Our next adventure was with Kevin and Karina. We went camping up at Flathead Lake in Montana. Timmons and I were in charge of the food. We had tin foil dinners, Dutch oven cobbler, s’mores and breakfast burritos. We went swimming at two different beaches and had a blast.  There were cherry stands everywhere. Kevin and Karina were nice enough to buy us a case of the famous Flathead Lake cherries! 

We finished the trip with root beer floats at A & W. Yum!

 

                    













We met Kevin and Karina a week later at the Madison County Fair. We didn’t do much because the prices were ridiculous, but we did have fun listening to the music and eating FUNNEL CAKE. The fair also inspired me to learn how to make home-made kettle corn. I’m super awesome at it. For reals.

 Andrew and I went to the St. Anthony sand bar and swam. They have a nice water slide into the river. Timmon’s favorite activity was trying to catch the really tiny and really fast fish. He did not succeed. We saw these two crazy kids running all over the place. They were super giggly. This was why. They buried their dog, and he didn’t seem to mind.

We also went to St. Anthony's used bookstore and browsed around for a few hours. They had my favorite childhood book series, Sweet Valley Twins. I hope I can still find them when I have a daughter old enough to read them! Timmons got a few of books he had been wanting. He loves to read!

The last summer activity was a long hike up to the Darby Wind Caves with Kevin and Karina.  Let’s just say that this was the longest hike of my life. I really wanted to see the waterfall, but I guess we went at the wrong time of the year, cause it was kind of dinky. It was still pretty fun though. Fun and exhausting. After we were done, we all had pizza and crashed.

It's sad that the summer is over, but I am also extremely excited for fall. Bring it on!

-Mo

P.S. Tomorrow is Timmon's birthday. I think we might do something special. :)

Ninja Attack!

    

Guess WHAT!!?! We got a Ninja. No, not an asian ninjutsu fighter. It's a blender. We actually registered for one for our wedding, but didn't get one.

We did, however, get several gift cards from Bed Bath and Beyond. BB&B is a lovely establishment that gives newlyweds 20% off. We woke up bright and early Monday morning and headed to Idaho Falls to make our purchase (it was the last day the 20% off counted).
My lovely mother came to visit and very generously took us grocery shopping where we got things to make smoothies!

According to the Ninja website, "The Ninja® Professional Blender gives you a professional, hassle-free blender with outstanding performance and a sleek design." 

We obviously needed to make a big deal of this to make sure it was true.We tested it out last night and it was pretty freaking awesome. Nate and Alee came over for the big reveal. Alee was the first to try the Ninja's creation. It was de-li-cious!

Smoothie parties are the best. I know you're jealous. ;)

-Mo