November Happenings

 Ok, now that you all know that I was going through the first trimester in November, hopefully that will give way to forgiveness for me being a SLACKER on this here blog.  The last thing I wanted to do was ANYTHING!  Just wanted to sit back and do nothing, so that is mostly what I did.  But, did not want to miss out on sharing events from November.

First off, it was my friend, Laura's wedding.  Andrew was in Chicago for it, so I had to go by myself.  It was fun, but wish my love could have been with me!  The Idaho Falls Temple looked absolutely beautiful.  The foliage around it were these wonderful Fall colors and it was breath taking.

 The happily married couple!  Such a fun story.  Laura moved to Ashton a year and a half ago.  She didn't know anyone, accepted the job for Music Director at the North Fremont School.  Met up with the missionaries, baptized October 31st, 2009.  Met chad in December 2009....engaged May 2010...MARRIED November 2010!  Her life sure did change all in one year. 

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Andrew and I also had the opportunity to go down to Utah to see Richie perform as ROMEO!!!

 We went to the BYU Cougars football game!  

Thank you love for being AWESOME and getting us tickets!

 We were pretty much at the VERY top of the stadium!

 Then we headed over to the Theater.

 This is not the theater Richie performed in, but at first glance I thought it said Margaret's Theatre.  That would have been cool!

 LOOK IT IS ROMEO!!!!

 

My Dad just looks like a floating head in this picture!

A small side note!  This was also the weekend we told everyone we were PREGNANT!!  It was fun to finally TELL everyone!  They are all just so excited for us.

 We had to leave on Sunday...a day earlier than we wanted.  But there was a HUGE storm coming in so we had to beat it.  We still drove through some pretty nasty weather.  This is the front of our car full of ICE!

 We were unable to make it back to Ashton, so we hung out at the my brother and sister-in-laws for Sunday and Monday.  It was fun!  I love my neices and nephews.  Here they are showing off their MUSCLES!

 We were also able to play this game that Elizabeth made for Mom.  It is all about the U-crew and the memories we have from growing up.  Ariana and Andrew were good sports and played along.  It is a great game and can't wait to play it again!

 We finally headed home Monday night.  AH....this is what we came home to.  Over the weekend Ashton received about 2-3 feet.  Yep, we missed the blizzard.  But, we came home to see the remains of it all.  Andrew had to shovel out our path and driveway.  I stayed in the car and watched.  What a wonderful husband!  I hope you can tell from the picture above that the snow comes to Andrew's KNEES!  Crazy!  I was happy though because school was cancelled MONDAY & TUESDAY! 

Tuesday, we were snowed in.  ALL the roads around us were closed...even the HIGHWAY!   The next day we got a visit from the Schauerhamer's.  We hadn't seen them for about 20 days.  They had just gotten back from AFRICA and ROME.  The only way to travel for them was by snow machine.  This is how they went to the store that day!  Only in Ashton.  It was so good to see them and we so happy they stopped by to say hello. 

 Here is the school....yikes!  There was a ton of snow!  All from ONE weekend!

 This was the plate of turkey sandwiches one of my student's mom made for our Thanksgiving feast at school.  Super creative.  I love it!

 It is TURKEY TIME!  Andrew and I were hosting it at our house this year. 

 The turkey is all stuffed and ready to go in the oven.  People said it was the BEST turkey they had ever had.  SWEET!

 Here is what the table looked like, minus the plates and food, oh and PEOPLE!

 Here are the guys watching FOOTBALL.  The Patriots were playing.  My dad was happy!

 It is almost time to eat!  Get excited!

 We had Andrew's parents and my parents and RICHIE come and join us for dinner.  It was great company and great food!

 Wow!  Look at this, Richie and Dad did the dishes!!!!! 

 And then of course we played KARNAXIS!  Mom Uminski took it!!!  She won!

 My Daddy and me!!!  And he wonders where I get it from?!?!?

Thanksgiving was a great time.

We loved having our parents and Richie join us.

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PS:  Why wouldn't I love my job when I have a principal that is Batman and a secretary that is the Husky Hero!!  I love where I work!!

Hope your November was great and you had a wonderful December too!

KARNAXIS GIVEAWAY!

**This Giveaway is no longer accepting applicants**
(Scroll down to see who WON!)

Are you ready for this....we are doing a
GIVEAWAY!!!!

A KARNAXIS Giveaway.

Here is the deal...

     Step 1 -- Leave a comment telling us why you want a FREE copy of this fantastic game. Don't forget to leave your email so we can contact us.

     Step 2 -- Add yourself as a follower of our blog

     Step 3 -- Wait for Monday when we announce the winner!

     Step 4 -- Keep coming back to see what adventures we're having and await our next giveaway!!

Good Luck!!

THE WINNER OF THIS GIVEAWAY IS....

DACIANA BUSHMAN!
Thanks for entering and we will get your game to you PRONTO DENTE so that you can start playing it with all of your friends up there and doing some ADVERTISING!

Have you Heard About Karnxis!

(All pictures courtesy of Morgan Schauerhamer and Oppurtunity Games)

Have you heard about the coolest game on the market right now???

KARNAXIS

It truly is such a great game and guess what?

WE KNOW THE CREATOR!!!!

ANDREW SCHAUERHAMER

And guess what else?

WE KNOW THE PERSON WHO DID ALL OF THE GRAPHICS!!

JULIE -- HIS SISTER

And guess what else??

WE HELPED WITH A GREAT DEAL OF IT!

That's right, we helped design this game.

It was a fun road to go down and we are so proud of Andrew Schauerhamer for coming up with the game and allowing us to help make it what it is today.

I have lost track of HOW MANY times we have played this game.

From the VERY beginning of it to now....WOW!

It takes a lot to make a game!

AND NOW GUESS WHAT????????

YOU CAN OWN IT YOURSELF!

That's right-- to order your copy today, just go to

http://opportunitygames.com/

Let me tell you a little bit about the game....

 Here is the rule book! 

 Each player gets a Player Board

 Here is the game board

The game consists of 12 years. 

You get to go to College, start businesses, get retirement tokens, and even maybe become the

ROCKET SCIENTIST!

 Here are some of the jobs you can have during the game.

 Look, this person owns a Book Shop, Cell Phones Sales Business and is the POLICE MAN!

 Oh and you get to choose a character! 

Can you spot out MY name?!?!? 

Andrew is in there too! 

He just has to share his name with Andrew Schauerhamer. 

 It is all good. 

Each character has a Karnaxis -- their LIFE AMBITION!

If you get your Karnaxis you get $100,000!

For example, MY (my character in the game) Karnaxis is to become the NURSE and the DOCTOR! (Which I personally think is hilarious, because I walk into a hospital and I faint!)

But once my character is the Nurse and Doctor I get ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS!

Of course the point of the game is to see who can MAKE the MOST money!

But believe me if you make over ONE MILLION dollars you did REALLY well!

Here is the money!

That really is all that matters.

So, what do you think?

Doesn't it look like so much fun!

It is!

Believe me!

It is AWESOME!

Go visit http://www.opportunitygames.com/

Buy your COPY TODAY!

If you have played this game...
Leave a comment and tell us your FAVORITE part!

Our Other Halloween Costumes

A week before Halloween we went to a party thrown by our friend's family.  It was down in Rigby and it was a blast.  They did such a great job with the decorations, food, and music!  

 Andrew went as a Vampire and I was of course The Cat in the Hat.  I saw the hat at the Flea Market here in town and I had to HAVE it...Dr. Seuss is my FAVORITE!  I was in amazement when I looked inside of the hat and the BOW and the GLOVES were inside!  Amazing!

Dancing to Thriller!!!!!

Thanks for the invite to such a fun party!

Halloween Party

 

Yes, we are still alive.  Some might have wondered where in the world we went these last two weeks.  We took a break from this here blog.  We are so sorry!  But here we are...telling you about the amazing Halloween Party we threw with the Schauerhamers.  For more pics and details you can visit their blog HERE.

Everyone came dead and the story went that Dr. Frankehamer (Andrew S) and Dr. Walkerstein (My Andrew) killed them and then chopped them up and scattered their body parts throughout town. In order for them to rest in peace they had to go around in groups and gather their parts and then reassemble them in scarecrow form. They did a great job.

 
We had the party at a Grain Elevator that is owned by the Baum farms.  Good thing we have such great friends that have amazing places for parties.  We cleaned it all out and decorated it all spooky like.  We found bottles over at Morgan's mom's house and put colored water in them with different foods or plants to make them look gross.  Andrew found some really cool labels online and we taped them to the bottles.  They came out GREAT! 

 

Some more decorations.

The middle picture in the collage above are the books that we gave to each team that had all of the clues for them to find their different body parts around town.

Here are all of the different items they had to find throughout town.  Not too many of them ended up with eyes, because they were in the cemetery and the police were staking out the cemetery for some reason!  Oh well!  We had to have some kind of excitement...right!

 

Here are the scarecrows that they made!  Aren't they awesome!

 When they were all done making their scarecrows they were presented with a Death Certificate.  That showed they have completed their last mission in life and they can not move on in their journey of death!

Spencer and Ariana were able to come.  It is so great to have family close by.
I was Margaret the Medium.
The Mediator between life and death.
And then there is Andrew as a Mad Scientist.
He played the role so well!

Such a great party.
Thanks Schauerhamers for letting us join you in the planning.