Goochness

Christmas Pix

2012-01-08T18:19:00.000-08:00

Here's a few Christmas pictures we did of Brynlee...of course we had to get Boikins in on the fun and he LOVED it!...in fact they both did. :) Adam thinks I'm so mean for putting her through this little photo shoots.

4 Months!!

2011-12-16T11:38:00.000-08:00

Height: 26 inches (91%)

Weight: 12.5 (15%)

Head Circ.: 41.3 (97%)

Brynlee is just growing like crazy! She is just one cute LONG skinny chicka! She is gotten so much personality in the past month! And she has totally become a Mamma's girl! I'm the only one that can calm her down when she's crying...and she's knows when it's not me that's holding her...as long as she's see's me she's ok...but once I leave her sight she has a little melt down. And this month for her immunizations was WAY better than her two month! The nurse was giving her the vaccine that is drops in her mouth and the nurse laughed and it just scared Brynlee and she started SCREAMING!...and then it didn't really phase her when she got her shots, she was effected more by the laugh.

This Month....

*she is laughing A LOT...cutest thing ever! one of my favorite things...when I laugh she'll laugh

*she is starting to mimic mouths

*she coo's like crazy

*Loves mirrors!

*grunts for like 10-15 minutes when she is super tired and falling asleep

*sleeping great! I'm not supposed to feed her at night anymore...so we started that this week and she wakes up like 2 or 3 times and I just put her paci in and she'll fall back asleep pretty quick

*LOVES her binki!

*LOVES when I sing to her...it is just the funniest thing to her...probably because I am HORRIBLE, but she always has the biggest smile when I sing to her and will laugh sometimes

*is wearing 6 month clothes

*takes 3 naps a day usually around 1-3 hours each

*Loves her daddy's kisses

*LOVES her swing...I don't know how I'm going to break her of that one, she's going to grow out of it soon. But she sleeps forever in it! I love it for now :)

*she has officially been kicked out of our room :) and is now in her crib, and has been for about 2 weeks...and never had a problem with the transition.

*she is just such a happy good baby! and we love her so much!

Does NOT like...

*headbands

*getting changed

*her big winter body coat

Happy Freaking Thanksgiving Peeps!! We sure had one...

2011-11-30T18:48:00.000-08:00

Just thought I would add a little commentary to this amazing video Adam made :) We had SUCH a fun Thanksgiving!! We flew into Vegas on Wednesday morning into 65 degree weather, that was just beautiful! We spent the day with Adam's dad, and then that evening we went over to Brad and Emily's house. I have missed her SO much! It was SO much fun and so good to see them! Emily made a delicious dinner, and we just got caught up...I loved it! Then that night we went over to Kim and Jim's and hung out for a while, and then went back the next day for Thanksgiving. We always have so much fun with them! They are great at keeping us entertained the whole time we're there. Kim taught me how to make their family rolls, and how to do the turkey. And then before we ate we went out on a razor ride out in the desert behind there house...it was a BLAST! Now I'm pretty sure that is at the top of Adam's want list! Then we ate dinner...and Kim is an AMAZING cook! Everything was SO good! Then that night we tried to go Black Friday shopping, we're some of the wierd ones that actually think it's fun...but not this time. We went for 3 different things...and came out emty handed. It was actually quite frustrating! Nothing started at the time that was advertised...everything was gone way before it was supposed to be. So that was a bummer.

Friday we drove down to Phoenix for a Gooch family reunion. Once again...we had a blast!! All of Adam's family is just so nice and cute. And it was about 10 degrees warmer there than in Vegas. It was up to 78 degrees. We actually went swimming...in a pool outside and felt SO good. (And hot tubing...which was AMAZING! I think we were out there for about an hour and a half.) Saturday was the reunion all day. It was at a stake center, and we were outside playing the whole day. It seriously felt like it was July outside and we were just playing in the summer. We want to live there SO bad! I honestly was all for just leaving our stuff in Idaho, and us staying in Phoenix...maybe one day. It was sad to leave. We drove back that night and got up bright and early to fly back. It was a GREAT Thanksgiving!

Halloween

2011-11-16T09:28:00.001-08:00

Halloween was SO much fun this year...but it pretty much lasted a week for us! The Thursday before we went to Rupert because my school had a Halloween Party. Then Friday we decided to do our own Halloween Party, we wanted to meet some people in our new ward so we invited over 4 different couples and it was SO much fun! We had some yummy Halloween food, played Minute to Win it & the Celebrity Name game. Then Saturday we had our ward dinner and trunk or treat which was really fun to. We decided to have sports be our theme for our trunk and our outfits. Brynlee was a little Lady bug for some of the events and dressed up in Jordan attire for the rest.

::Picture Overload!::

Pasted out pretty much through the whole party! All of the other little kids LOVED her...and wouldn't leave her side.

Minute to Win it...

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I had to take a picture of this and send it to Davey :)

Our pumpkins this year...we think they turned out pretty good!

She HATED her lady bug costume! Adam thought I was SO mean to put her back in it to take pictures!

Bahaha...Boikins hated it even more! But when I got done taking pictrues of Brynlee I looked at Boikins and realized it would fit him PERFECT...I kid you not..I was laughing for a half an hour, he was HILARIOUS! And it took me about that long to keep putting everything on him and for them all to stay long enough for me to snap a picture. Probably animal cruelty...but totally worth it!

4 Year Anniversary

2011-11-16T08:53:00.001-08:00

This year we had a lot of fun for our anniversary. We had someone in our ward watch Brynlee, and went and partied for a couple hours. We went to Outback Steakhouse, which was super yummy. Then we went on a fun little bookstore date that you can read about here. At the end of the night (2 hours later) we were like...man that was just so much fun! Felt like the good old days (3 months before) where we could just go out and do anything we wanted. Not that we don't LOVE having Brynlee...but it was nice to get out just the two of us! 4 years has sure flown by! But it's been amazing!

Gooch Party

2011-11-16T08:41:00.001-08:00

Adam's family came to visit for Brynlee's blessing about a month ago. We had SO much fun with them! It's always a party when the Gooch's come to town. Jared and his two girls came Friday night and we went to dinner with them, then watched Little Rascals :) Then on Saturday his mom, dad and Kim came in. Saturday was a beautiful day so we went to some fields just down the street from us and hit a few softballs. And went to a college volleyball game that afternoon. Brynlee and Grandma Gooch got to spend a lot of quality time together over the weekend! It was sad to see them all leave, but we're excited to see some of the for Thanksgiving next week!

Ava & Bryns

Sabrine & Brynsters

Everyone excited at the game...

I love this picture I think it's just so cute!

5 guys...we love this place!

Brynlee's Blessing

2011-10-29T22:06:00.000-07:00

Brynlee was blessed by Adam on October 9th. And it was such an AMAZING beautiful day! Adam gave such an amazing blessing. And Brynlee was just so beautiful all in white. It was just one of those days that I absolutely loved and will remember forever. The spirit was just so strong, and it was so much fun to have all of our family that could make it there.

We don't have a Costco card so we borrow my mom's. We have been there SO many times and have never had a problem. Well we showed up Saturday right before Costco closed to pick up the meat tray and rolls for the next day...and got up to check out, and for the first time ever they checked the card, and wouldn't let us check out because my mom wasn't with us. I was so upset! I started crying because that was the main course for the next day, and there was no way we could get a meat tray ordered from anywhere else for the next day because it was so late. So we just went to Winco and loaded up on their prepackaged meat...and everything worked out just dandy. Nothing that day could've gone wrong.

Fennell Clan

Grandma & Grandpa Fennell

Great Grandma & Grandpa Fennell

Grandma & Grandpa Gooch

Gooch Clan

Beautiful Bryns

2 Months

2011-10-20T11:28:00.000-07:00

I am SO obsessed and SO in love with this little girl!!! Oh my goodness she is just so much fun! And I can't believe she is already 2 1/2 months old! She is just growing so dang fast! I took her in for her two month appointment, she weighs 10.4 oz and is 24 in. which puts her in the 20th percentile for weight and 87 percentile for hight. So she is just tall and skinny. :) We had a VERY rough appointment. I always heard how horrible it is when they get shots...it was the worst. They had me hold onto her hands while she got her shots, and just looking into her eyes when they gave her the shots was horrible! The had the saddest, scared, painful look. I have never seen her scream so hard. I couldn't take it, so I started crying, and the poor nurse that was in there--it was her 2nd week working...and she started crying. And when we got home, it was so sad I couldn't even touch her she was in so much pain. I had to change her diaper and couldn't get the diaper off because she was screaming so much, so I start bawling again and called Adam out to change her because I didn't know what to do. So I couldn't even hold her to comfort her, I just had to put her in her swing, thankfully she was able to sleep quite a bit. I'm glad that day is over, and not looking forward to the next shot day.

likes at 2 months:

-she LOVES her hands she stares at them all day and makes the cutest little grunting noise

-grunts ALL the time

-she is smiling SO much and it is the cutest thing

-she laughed out loud for the first time...my new favorite thing in the world

-she LOVES stroller rides

-loves bath time

-she loves to be cuddled...but loves to be by herself, and will just randomly start to scream while your holding her until you put her down and she instantly becomes happy

-loves to be sung too...and will get this funny grin on her face because my voice is so bad :)

dislikes:

-absolutely HATES her car seat

-hates immunizations worse

-hates being swaddled...but falls asleep right after (she loves her freedom)

-already hates headbands...but I've gotta put them on anyways they are so cute

Elder Fennell

2011-10-13T19:02:00.000-07:00

My little brother David is one of my absolute favorite people in the world! He is the cutest little 6'10 person I know! He just left for a Spanish speaking mission to Philadelphia PA 3 weeks ago. I made sure to get as much David time in before he left as I could, and we had some good times. For he farewell EVERYONE in my family was able to make it...which was amazing. We haven't had everyone together for 6 years, so it was SOO much fun! I just love my family. And David gave such an amazing talk! He is going to be such a good missionary, I miss him, but he's where he's supposed to be. And I'm so proud of him!

He had his eagle court of honor that weekend also. (And if i may...give a shout out to my hair there in the left, my little sis Mel did it, it's called a waterfall braid, I LOVE it!)
Since everyone was coming to town for David's farewell, there was also a big Fennell family reunion, with all of my dad's siblings. And that was really fun, we went to this place that had huge water slides, volleyball, and a zip line.

Adam in action...
Davey Baby
David came up to visit us before he left so we could go fishing one more time. It was really fun.
Had to throw in a random picture of the little cutie
Last picture with Dave and Bryns

And pictures at Sizzler right before he went into the MTC

Friends!

2011-10-13T18:53:00.000-07:00

The Scott's came to see us a little while back and we had SO much fun with them! It was so fun to see them again! We just hung out and caught up the first night they were here, and then the next day we went to the canyon, had a nice little lunch in the park and then checked out the pretty falls. Their boys are just adorable, and it was so fun to meet Tyler! Thanks for coming Scotts!!

The boys were great with Boikins...they LOVED him!

Like Daddy Like Daughter

2011-09-17T12:30:00.000-07:00

Love these two. Adam's a goof...nuf said :)

Gotta get one of Boikins too :)

More Pro Pix

2011-09-08T19:47:00.001-07:00

We. Love. Her.

Pictures by Rachel

2011-08-28T13:29:00.000-07:00

I just love my sister...I just think she is amazing! She took these pictures for me. Here are just a few that we've gotten so far...she took a ton, so I'll post more when I get them. But for now here is just a preview. She also took my maternity pictures for me. You can check out more pictures at http://simpleinspirations-byrachel.blogspot.com/

Picture Overload

2011-08-13T13:48:00.000-07:00

We are just having SO much fun being parents! We have had a couple sleepless nights...but it's all good, totally worth it. She is a really good baby, she hardly ever cries, unless she is hungry, she sleeps a lot, but she she's not sleeping she is completely content and we've even seen a few smiles out of her. We just think she is the cutest thing!

We have had a few visitors the past week. My mom stayed with us a few nights which was great since I couldn't really move. She made a lot of yummy food, did a lot of housework and loved on Brynlee. My Dad came to Stay with us when mom my had to go back, he was great doing shopping for us and letting us sleep a few more hours in the morning by watching our little angel.

Great Grandma and Grandpa Fennell

Leaving the hospital...

First bath by Grandma

Gooch Reunion

2011-08-13T12:56:00.001-07:00

So we were a little bummed a couple weeks ago. The Gooch's had a family reunion in Yellowstone. We were by far the closest, and we couldn't even go. But luckily everyone decided to come see us at the end of the week. And it was SO much fun to have everyone here! It's been a little over a year since we've seen everyone, we just wish we could've seen Jared's family too.

The fam minus Jared

The kids playing football with Uncle Mike

Birth Story

2011-08-05T13:02:00.000-07:00

So Wednesday was quite the surprise for us. So the girls in my family get the lucky gene and pretty much go up to their due date or past. I assumed that I'd be a lucky one once the doctor told me at 37 weeks that it was now safe to have the baby if she came and she wouldn't be premature. So of course I just assumed I would have her then, and since a lot of my friends who were pregnant at the same time all had their babies at least 2 weeks early...I spent the last 3 weeks of pregnancy just waiting to go into labor. So you can imagine my long disappointment when that didn't happen. We had to miss out on a Gooch family reunion that was in Yellowstone because it was the end of July, so last Friday and Saturday they all came up to stay with us so we could see everyone while they were in town. We really wanted to have the baby before they got there so they could meet her...that didn't happen either.

So I had a doctors appointment on Wednesday...the due date. The past two weeks/appointments I hadn't made any progress. So I went into the appointment knowing that it would be another week until they were going to start me because that's the longest they let you go past your due date. Well since I was 40 weeks they wanted to listen to the heart beat to make sure it was good and gave me another ultrasound to make sure my water was still good. The first shot of the ultrasound showed that she was breech, I knew that couldn't be good. So the doctor came in and told me that they were just going to send me to labor and delivery and I could either have a c-section or they could try to push the baby down, which hurts really bad and it could be dangerous to the baby. I went to the appointment alone, because I was 100% sure nothing was going to happen that day. So I was freaking out! I did NOT want a c-section...who does? So I told him my bags weren't packed yet and if I could go home and get that ready and come back with what we decided. I did great in the office...but once I stepped out I started bawling uncontrollably and called Adam..which freaked him out because I couldn't really talk for the first little while. He calmed me down let me know it was going to be ok, and I called my sister who also had a c-section and thats what she suggested I do. I guess the chances for them to change the position isn't that successful and does hurt extremely bad. So we were headed in for a c-section. After I stopped crying a got a grip...I was surprisingly calm the rest of the day. It was nice we took our time packing, getting the house all ready and then headed to the hospital.

It was kind of weird being awake during a surgery where they just had a drape between us so we couldn't see. But they had me numb from the chest down, so I couldn't feel a single thing. Adam was able to be right by my head the whole time which was comforting, and everything went really well! It was kind of nice to have the baby within about an hour of going into the hospital, since there were a ton of women who had been here all day, and didn't have their baby until the middle of the night. When they pulled her out they showed her to us, it was amazing! Of course I started crying, she was just so beautiful, and healthy which I was so thankful for. The doctor told us that she was very breech, her legs were up right next to her face, and said she had probably been breech the whole pregnancy. Adam got to go with her to the nursery and hold her while they finished with me. And then I had to go to a recovery room for a while to make sure everything was okay with me. So I didn't get to hold my baby until about an hour and a half after she was born. But it was just an amazing feeling! I just loved her even more instantly! They did have me set up on monitors before I went into surgery to watch the baby, and while I was getting prepped for surgery the nurse asked how I was feeling, she asked if I was feeling contractions, and I said no (I really didn't feel any with the whole pregnancy) she was surprised, she said I was having contractions every 3 minutes. So I guess I might havet gone into labor that day anyways, who knows, I just thought it was funny I had no idea. It was nice to make it through labor not having any labor pains at all. :) Granted recovery will be a little longer, but it's okay.

My parents and Mel and Dave came up that night to meet her, they didn't stay that long but it was fun for people to meet her. For most of the night my body was still pretty numb and the meds were wearing off so I felt great. Until about midnight the medicine had fully worn off and I was feeling the effects. They had me on pain killers which was nice, but I had to stand up around 6 in the morning, I have never been in so much pain! And it was SO hard to get out of bed and stand up, and then a few hours later I had to try to walk...brutal. A day later has already been such a huge difference! I'm still in a little pain but nothing like the first night, or what I'd imagined I'd be. So the c-section really wasn't that bad. I definitely worried way to much over it. We get to leave the hospital tonight which is bitter sweet. This hospital has been amazing! It's brand new which is nice...and the Dr's and nurses have just been amazing! But it will be nice to go home with our new little family and get settled in. We are just loving her SO much! I just can't get enough of her...I can't put her down, and I just stare at her. And I LOVE watching Adam with her, the cutest thing I've ever seen. It's been a great week!

Picture right before we left to the hospital

My last pregnancy picture...looking beautiful from crying forever before it was taken
Adam all ready for surgery
Precious.
Adam kissing her...so cute! He just LOVES her! :)
I brought a flower for her to wear...was a little big for her head at this point...

Brynlee Jayde Gooch

2011-08-04T11:09:00.001-07:00

Welcome Brynlee Jayde Gooch into the world

She is a mixture of cute, awesome, and darling

Family photo

Less than an hour old. Just chilling with dad after her eye ointment.

The two most beautiful girls

First family photo. 5 minutes old

Michelle's family came to visit

Baby Shower

2011-07-14T14:40:00.000-07:00

My mom and sister's threw me an AMAZING shower! They are all just so creative and crafty, and great cooks...it turned out SO cute! It was so fun to have everyone in town together, although we did miss Stacy there. I got a lot of great stuff...now I feel like I'm ready to have my little baby.

Delicious popcorn party favors...
My sister Rachel made me the CUTEST blanket! I'm obsessed with it! The P was folded under...so it say play :) And Heather made me a super cute car seat carrier that matched this, I just loved it all! They are SO talented!

The girls...what a fun night!
Cute little baby outfits...mine says Go Denver, Mary made it, so Adam could enjoy a present too...so cute!

My Birthday

2011-06-28T04:47:00.000-07:00

I had a great 25th birthday. I can't believe I'm that old already! Adam spoiled me with a delicious breakfast in bed...and he even got up early with the dog to take him out so I didn't have to. :) Stacy's family was in town, so we spent most of the day with them. My nephew Evan's birthday is the day before mine, so we were able to have two days of birthday celebrations. For my birthday we went to Shoshone Falls, and they were BEAUTIFUL! There is so much water flowing through right now, that they were huge. Then we had a little picnic in the park, and ended the day with yummy cake and ice cream. I just love birthday's, they are just so much fun!

Girls Weekend

2011-06-28T04:28:00.001-07:00

We have been wanting to do a girls weekend for quite some time now with all of us sister's. Minus Melanie and Meagan we were all able to make it together finally, and we had SO much fun! It was a really short quick weekend, but I'm glad we were able to do it. We all stayed at Mary's house on Friday, ate some yummy Panda Express (I just love that place.) And then us girls stayed up until about 2 in the morning talking. The next day we went shopping in the morning, and then our cousin got married so we went to the luncheon, and then we ended our get together with pedicures. Most of us had never had one before so it was SO nice and SO much fun! I hope we can get together and do it again soon. I just love my sisters!

New Vinyl Designs

2011-06-24T14:09:00.001-07:00

I just got these super cute growth charts for little kids. Let me know if you want one, and what color you want it. You can see the colors http://mywritingonthewall.blogspot.com/.

Vinyl!!

2011-06-02T18:25:00.000-07:00

I'm doing vinyl now! So if you would like anything please let me know!! I've got all the info on my new blog so check it out.... http://mywritingonthewall.blogspot.com/

Adam's Birthday

2011-05-29T15:00:00.000-07:00

We had a pretty fun day for Adam's birthday this year. We both took the day off from work...which is always nice, and then we headed down to Hagerman for the day to go fishing. Thankfully it was a really nice day. It was so nice to be able to be outside all day and enjoy the great out doors. We packed our own little lunch for a little picnic, and then we ended the night going out to Chili's for a big celebration dinner. :) It was a good day. I love this cute little 28 year old!

The one thing he asked for was socks...he LOVES brand new socks :) That is a true look of excitement!

A new toy...
The birthday boy and Boikins chillin in the back of the truck

Early Birthday

2011-05-10T17:16:00.000-07:00

My birthday came early this year. Last Thursday one of my little 2nd graders came walking into the school with the cutest little puppies...ones that I have wanted for the past couple years. Little pomeranians! They were adorable...so I told Adam about them..and surprisingly he said that if I got a good deal on it then I could get it...and let's say we got a pretty good deal on him. And we LOVE him! He is just the cutest little puppy...he's SO much fun! His name is Big Black Boikins, (taken off of Rob & Big for those who have seen it.) I feel like it's prepping me for having a baby because I've had to get up a couple times in the middle of the night to take him out to use the bathroom..or he gets scared and starts whimpering...so I have to go out and comfort him :) Here's the little stud muffin...he's tiny! I think he weighs maybe 2ish pounds right now.

He LOVES Adam! He gets SO excited when he gets home..and when Adam lays down on the floor Boikins just attacks him! He jumps all over his head and licks him all over...it's so cute.

Thought I would take this month's pregnancy picture with him...this is at 28 weeks :) getting closer...and lots bigger! :)

I've been told it's a lot easier to potty train when they are puppies..so I'm crate training him, where I have to leave him in his crate ALL day unless i'm taking him outside to go to the bathroom and it's been so hard because I just want to play with my cute little pup...but instead this is what I get to look at. Poor little guy...he's doing pretty good though, the quicker he learns the quicker he can get out.

Easter

2011-05-10T17:05:00.000-07:00

Easter was really fun this year. We dyed our eggs on Saturday night...and as we were dying we realized this would one of our last holiday's by ourself...which is a crazy thought. We decided to go the sports route this year with our egg kit, they turned out pretty cute!

Rexburg Weekend

2011-05-10T16:10:00.000-07:00

Even though it's only a couple hours away...it always nice to get away for a little bit. We had a really fun weekend a few weeks ago. We went to Idaho Falls on Friday and went to my cousin Brooke's wedding and reception. It was so good to see everyone there...and it was a beautiful wedding! We stayed with my sister Heather that night and had fun with her family. And then the next day we headed to Rexburg for the rest of the weekend. We went to campus to see all the new changes and I was AMAZED...it's a completely new campus! So that was fun...then that night we went to John and Meagan's for a birthday party for Eric which was really fun...it was fun to be with the 3 couples again...Farmer's & Fennell's. We stayed with Rachel that night and had fun with her fam. Then Sunday was Mason's baby blessing, then we had a big dinner at Rachel's after with lots of yummy food. I always love family get togethers.

We miss these guys! It was fun to see them again!
We are a few weeks apart so we thought it'd be fun to take a picture of our baby bumps :)
It looked like so much fun that Adam and Eric also wanted to compare theirs
(Thanks to Beth for the pictures...I stole them off her blog)

Spring Break 2011

2011-04-17T16:13:00.000-07:00

The great thing about working for a school...is spring break! I forgot how much I loved this week growing up! I love my job...but it's always nice to have some time off. It was just a great relaxing week. I really didn't do a whole lot the first part of the week, and that Friday-Sunday we went to Salt Lake and had so much fun! We just wanted to do a little mini get away. So we got a hotel that was right across the street from Temple Square, and didn't have to drive the whole rest of the weekend, it was great. All that I really wanted for the week was nice weather...that didn't happen, but thats okay. Our ride down was quite crappy though, we seriously were driving through a blizzard for about an hour of it.

When we first got there we went straight to the humanitarian center. We had never been there before so we thought it would be fun to just go work for a couple hours and help out. We were in the school station, so we got to stuff school bags, and it was actually really fun. We were there for about an hour and a half and stuffed about 300 hundred bags. So we felt pretty good about our time spent. :) When we were done there we heading to the Salt Lake Temple to do a session, which I just LOVED! We haven't been back to that temple since we were married there, and I absolutely loved being back there! That is just the prettiest temple, I think everyone should go there at least once. It brought back so many good memories for me. So that was a good experience.

Saturday was super fun! We just went shopping at the Gateway mall for most of the day. And it was actually a decent day so it was nice to be outside walking around. When we first found out we were pregnant we were in Salt Lake for a weekend and found this little newborn Jordan set, they had a pink one for a girl and a red and black one for boys, so we had to go back this time and pink up the little pink set...cutest thing ever! I can't wait to see her in it!

That night was SO much fun! We got hooked up with free tickets to that Jazz game from one of our friends, for the lower bowl row 26. Which was a totally different ballgame for us since we are always in the upper bowl, last game we were on the very last row. So we showed up an hour early this time to watch them warm up. They played Dallas, we like them--thats who we were cheering for, so it was fun to be so close and see them upclose. I actually got asked to be in the half time show for the little races they do, this one was for a tire race, but since I'm pregnant, I decided I probably shouldn't, but it would've been cool.

Here's us with Dirk in the back...he's our favorite from Dallas...and just LOVED his little capri's he was wearing to warm up in...not.

And here's a lovely update on the preggo picture...25 weeks.

Mother's Day

2011-03-23T17:58:00.000-07:00

I think I have posted these before, but me and my sister Rachel are doing these super cute stick family pictures, we thought they would be great for Mother's Day if anyone is interested just let me know. You can check out more pictures at our crafting blog, here.

So whenever something funny happens or someone says something funny at work I always jot it down so I don't forget it...because kids are just the cutest things and I just love some of the things they say. I just love my job! So for the past month I've been going into one of the kindergarten classes to help for a half an hour, and I LOVE it! I love kindergarteners! I have been thinking lately I want to go back and get my teaching degree...I would love to be a kindergarten teacher. Anyways, there are 4 different stations the kids go to and I am in the writing station, so they were writing sentences that said "If I could go anywhere in the world, I would go to..." and they would fill it in, so we would discuss all of the cool places before they would right, Disneyland, Disneyworld, Lagoon, New York, Hawaii, Africa, China, Japan, Europe, to a beach...so this one little girl was having the hardest time picking where she would want to go, so I said "This is a really fun sentence, where have you ALWAYS dreamed of...you get to decide ANYWHERE you want to go!" And she sat there for a minute and said..."McDonalds." And thats what she wrote...good game plan, she won't be disappointed in life. :)

Another day that we were in stations, at the table next to me I hear one girl say, "My mom has gotten SOO fat!" So I stop what I'm doing at look right over there, and the teacher was just as surprised and said "What??" Both of us thinking her mom is pregnant or something, and the girl says, 'My mom has gotten SO fat! She REALLY needs to start working out."

There is a kid that seems to have a problem making it to the bathroom on time, so we get to see him in the office quite frequently. On this particular day his parents were gone and couldn't bring him any clothes, so we looked through what clothes we had at the school, and there was a pair of pants that was probably 3 sizes to big, so I went and got some of the orange twine, for our homemade belts, and tied it around him. He kept saying "I just don't want to be embarrassed, I just don't want my friends to notice what I did." I could tell he was really worried, and the huge pants didn't help so I said, "Ya know what, it's nobody's business, if they say anything just say that you fell in the mud or in a puddle and had to change pants." So he sits there for a minute and then says, "...ya, but that would be lying, and I don't want to tell lies." I guess I'm a great example for kids :)

So Happy!

2011-03-11T16:22:00.000-08:00

It's been a fun past couple of weeks! I just LOVE being pregnant, I've heard of a lot of people that hate it, but it's been really fun for me. We went in on the 3rd for the big ultrasound...and it was AMAZING! We were just SO happy! It lasted about an hour...It's a pretty good feeling holding your honey's hand watching your little baby moving all around. It was incredible. I was a little nervous at first because I was just hoping that everything was healthy and good, and when we found that out I just sat watched our sweet baby moving all around, so so excited. All we really wanted was a healthy baby, no matter what it may be, but let's be honest, I was rooting for a little girl and Adam was rooting for a boy, the the ultrasound tech was kind of quite and looking (we didn't know at what) and he just looks at us and said "Well...it's a girl." I was SO happy, and then looked at Adam and he just kind of stared at the screen, so the tech was like " Well that silenced the husband." But he was just as excited. When I wasn't very far along I saw on someone's blog this Chinese Calander, and it supposed to be "incredibly accurate" so I checked it out and low and behold...it was correct. And the person that I saw it on...there's was correct too. So all you preggo girls out there that don't know what your having yet...you might want to check this out. :) Baby girl Gooch--Adam says she has my nose (long and pointy :)

We just love this picture with her little hand...

So there's a new ultra sound machine that doctors are getting now days that are either 3d or 4d, can't remember, so here is the best shot of that that we got, it is looking down at her head. We didn't like these shots as much as the normal ones because it just looks like she has lumps all over the place, so we'll just stick with this one. :)

That weeked I was just so excited that me and my mom went to Twin for the day to go shopping. It was SO much fun! I love hanging out with my mom...and we had so much fun shopping for clothes! We went to the most amazing store...it's called Once Upon a Child, and it's "gently used" clothes, but all of them look brand new, but they are like a 1/4 of the normal price. I was in heaven! I got just the cutest little outfits. For instance, I got 12 outfits pretty much, like 8 onsies, 10 shirts, cutest shorts, 6 skirts, and 2 super cute pairs of pants, all for $50. I felt pretty good about it. Then afterwards to went to Old Navy to get maternity clothes, and I was looking at the baby stuff and it all looked so expensive. It was a fun day!

This is at 19 weeks...don't judge, I look quite crappy but here is a picture for ya.

I haven't experienced to many new things yet. I don't get weak in the mornings anymore. I feel perfectly healthy and fine, I never feel sick or anything, so I am greatful for that. I'm not as tired as I was, it was pretty bad there for about a month. I can feel my baby now!!! And I love it! I seriously loose sleep over it at nights...I just lay in bed hoping to feel her before I fall asleep, I'll wake up in the middle of the night or early in the morning and just lay there until I can feel her move. I just love it! It's all getting so real now. We've bought a few things that we've gotten really good deals on, like a stroller and a rocking chair. So if you know any good websites with good deals or anything let me know! With everything going on, life is great, I've got no complaints!

As of Late...

2011-02-19T10:08:00.000-08:00

Time just flies by SOO fast!! February is almost over...and then it'll be spring break, and then the school year will be over. I'm just amazed at how quick this year has gone! I'm still absolutely loving my job, cutest kids ever (most of them :) I got to experience my first valentines day there and it was so much fun. I could NOT believe how much stuff those little kids got! Seriously amazing...they are going to have a lot of expectations through the rest of their life...just sayin. I have a pretty big front office, and seriously it was FILLED with flowers, balloons, cookies, baskets...everything. But it was really fun to be surrounded by that. And it was funny because I had a couple kids that walked by and were like "Wow Michelle! Are ALL of those for you??? You're SO lucky!" And was little girl was like..."You decorated your office so pretty!" Haha...thank you! I got to make my own little valentine's box, and actually got quite a bit, it just made my day, I just love those kids!

There's this really cute 2nd grade boy that just loves hanging out at my desk..even when he's late in the morning, I have to tell him like 5 times to go to class, anyways, one day he was getting picked up so he was waiting for his mom to get there. He was talking to me and this was our conversation...

Boy: I taught my two year old brother to ride a bike and skateboard. I just wish I could learn how to ride a scooter.

Me: I have a motor scooter

Boy: Ya me too. I have like 3, one of them goes like a million miles an hour...but I can run faster than that...easy...I can run faster than any scooter.

Me: You can run a million miles an hour?!?!

Boy: Probably faster...I can probably run like infinity miles an hour. I have to use the bathroom, if my mom shows up tell her I'll be out in about an hour...it usually takes me about an hour to use the bathroom.

I guess in 2nd grade they haven't learned the concept of time yet :)

As a pregnacy update, things are really good lately, I had a doctors appointment 2 weeks ago and we heard that heart beat, that was very cool! I've been feeling pretty darn good. There was about a month in there that I was pretty nauseous. And then for a couple weeks, I was getting really bad cramps in my lower stomach that hurt pretty bad, got over that. And this whole time...I'm ALWAYS tired! Seriously, I just come home from work completely pooped. And I have to fight to stay awake for the evening. Last weekend I would seriously fall asleep at 6 or 7 at night and sleep through the next morning. I am starting to get a little baby bump, but not really showing yet. We find out in a week what we're having!!! I'll be 18 weeks then...we're SO excited! Last weekend we went to the temple in Twin and decided to go to the most amazing clothes store after...it's called Once Upon a Child. Some may think it's gross...I think it's AMAZING! I seriously was on the biggest high after that store, it's a "gently used" clothes store for babies. So all of their clothes look brand new and a lot of them are name brand clothes, not that I care at all for name brand for little kids, but when a whole outfit is like $2.50...why not?? We had to have self control and not buy anything....until we find out what we're having. So I'm pretty excited!

Gooch Addition

2011-01-15T10:46:00.000-08:00

We decided the world needed another Gooch...to bring chaos and make non-Gooches miserable. So Aug 3rd is the supposed time that this will come to pass. Michelle is now 3 months along and is very excited and nervous all at the same time. Adam is just chillin waited to play ball with his new, buff son. We did receive an ultrasound picture. We do know so far that the baby is just over 2 inches, has a head, a butt and atleast one arm (which he was probably flipping us off with because we woke him up). The rest we could not see or is not developed yet.
We want to thank everyone for the congrats and acting excited. The best reaction in the Fennell family goes out to Melanie. That fiery redhead sure knows how to make us feel good and give praise. The best reaction in the Gooch family goes out to Mike. For usually being reserved and quiet on the phone, he sure did make some good noise. Lastly the best reaction for friends goes out to Beth Farmer, considering I could not hear anything she was yelling.

Thanks everyone and we will keep you informed

Christmas 2010

2011-01-01T16:31:00.000-08:00

The past 3 years we have tried to make it different places to spend Christmas with Adam's family...but it has usually ended up with us or our destination getting snowed in...well we finally made to Colorado this year! And we had so much fun! We got to celebrate Christmas a few days this year. We celebrated our own little Christmas that Monday, we opened each others presents so we didn't have to travel with them. Adam spoiled me like usual...I got a cute new pair of shoes, some clothes and jewelry, Despicable Me (my new fav. movie), and a KITCHEN AID! I was SO excited! I've wanted one since we got married. I got him some clothes, basketball stuff, NBA Jam and a finance game he really wanted.

My parents got us a Wii & Wii Fit...we we are SUPER excited for!

We headed down to Utah after we opened our presents and stayed with my sister Mary. We had a lot of fun there like usual. Our flight flew our early on Wednesday morning, so we had to leave at 4:30 am that morning. Mary works the graveyard shift. So I thought I would keep her company that night...so I ended up not going to sleep at all that night before we left, because we stayed up talking all night. So most of my first day in Denver was sleeping. The next day we were able to go to the temple to do a session, they had a cool nativity set up outside of the temple.

Adam's dad Jim, made us delicious breakfasts most of the morning...here's him and his famous crepes.

Christmas day was a lot of fun at the Gooch's, Adam's mom made him really cool scrapbooks of him growing up and a mission scrapbook, so those were awesome. They got him some clothes, and me my favorite willow tree statue, and a lot of lotion.

One of their traditions they had growing up was Nerf guns in their stocking, and they would just shoot each other all morning. So we got some in our stocking and had a lot of fun...Adam just LOVED shooting his parents all morning.

Sunday night Adam's brother's Aaron and Mike and their families were able to come over for Christmas dinner. It was so fun to see everyone again! We ate, opened more presents, and played games.

Adam reading Aspen a book....

The real life Grizwalts! This is our friend Eric Farmer parent's house...I've heard all about it for years, that his dad goes all out every year...and it's true! He does...it was awesome!! I was amazed when we went there, and while we were there there were a ton of people that were driving by to look at it, it was quite the happening place.Adam's mom lives in Castle Rock...and this is THE castle rock that you can climb. The weather was so nice there all week! It was around the 50's, so one morning we decided to take the kiddo's hiking, and it was so fun, it was such a nice little hike.Adam, Pif, Chad, Troy & James

Grandpa Gooch & Aspen

We went bowling with everyone, very fun! The kids were so cute to watch.The last day there was a King Tut exhibit in Denver, which was very cool. They had a lot of replica's of ancient Egypt things, and a lot of things that were in King Tut's tomb. We had a great vacation, it was really fun to spend it with Adam's family! Now we are just re cooperating from a week of fun.

Thanksgiving

2011-01-01T16:21:00.000-08:00

We had a really fun Thanksgiving this year. We just stayed in Rupert and had it with my side of the family. Rachel's & John's family's, my Grandma & Grandpa Fennell, and the normal Rupertites were there. Dinner was AMAZING as always....we ate to much as always, and just had a great time...as always. Later that evening the boys went and played some basketball while the girls watched a chick flick. Then that night we decided we would go out and enjoy some black Friday deals. We have gone every year, we actually kind of enjoy it. This year was a little different. There were 5 of us that went, and we all split up to get what we were all there for, Adam was getting me something so I had to avoid him, and then wait for him to pay for it and come back in to finish our shopping. Well...but that time the lines had formed...and that is bad news! The past years we get what we came for and get out...but not this year--we were in line for almost 3 hours! And it was getting a little irritated towards the end...but we did get some great deals, and that's all that counts. I was horrible with the camera that weekend so this is the only shot we captured, at like 2:00 am....

The next day we went to Megamind as a family. That movie was pretty cute. And then just hung out with the family the rest of the weekend. I just love the holiday's!

Salt Lake Get Away

2010-12-29T22:33:00.000-08:00

The weekend before Thanksgiving we decided we wanted to get out of Rupert for a little bit. So we had a weekend getaway...to Salt Lake City. It was really fun. We got a hotel right in downtown, like one block from Temple Square, and one block from the Jazz arena. It was the perfect location. We went to a jazz game the first night, and it was funny because we just went a little early and scalped for tickets and we asked the first guy we saw how much his were, so we said cool we'll keep looking around but we'll be back. And after that, he said the f bomb to us like 3 times, he was kind of a tool. But we did end up getting tickets, we were in the very last row. But the game was still fun. It was Jazz vs. Spurs, it's been a while since we've been to a NBA game so we had a good time.

The next morning we walked to the Gateway Mall and did a lot of our Christmas shopping most of the day. That was SO much fun! It's been a while since we've done that too. It's always fun to go shopping and actually buy stuff. The night we had some friends that we worked with in Baltimore that got married, so we went to the wedding and had a good time with everyone that we haven't seen for about a year.

It was such a good weekend. It was quick...but It was good to get away for a little bit.

Kids Made My Day

2010-11-17T16:23:00.000-08:00

So I had to go in the Library and watch a class for a couple of minutes and once I walked in a group of boys run up to me really excitedly and were like "MRS GOOCH!!!! WE FOUND YOUR PICTURE IN A BOOK!!!!" So I was like...I don't think I've ever been in a book, and they were like "Yes you have! But you've changed your name." So interested I had them show me who they thought I was...and this is the pictur they showed me....They were like "SEE THATS YOU!!!...You just changed your name and didn't tell us." So being very flattered I was like, believe me, I wish I was her do you know who that is?? So I told them she won American Idol and now she's a country singer. They didn't believe me, so now everytime they pass my desk they are like "hi country singer." Don't hate it :)

One last story, I was doing my favorite thing for my job....head lice checks...not, and it was a class of kindergarteners and we had them line up outisde of the sick room, and I was checking the first girl and asked her if her head has been itching, so the next girl in line yells out..."MY HEAD DOESN'T ITCH...BUT MY BUTT ALWAYS ITCHES!" Really?? Thanks for that info :) I was trying SO hard not to laugh, hillarious.

Happy Halloween!

2010-10-30T16:13:00.001-07:00

So at school on Friday the kids got to dress up, and I figured since I was at an Elementary School I better dress up so when I got asked all day what I was I could have an answer. So we went out on a quest to Wal-Mart to find the cheapest possible costume I could find. Aka cat ears or something simple, well they didn't have any so I bought this little girl bunny outfit which consisted of ears, bow and a little tail. And this is what I looked like....Well we had a parade that day for parents to come and watch their kids walk around, and they just line the halls and fill the school. So the parade was just about to start and there were tons of parents right there by the office. There were two really old ladies that were "whispering" to eachother...very loudly, and they said "Wow! Doesn't she just look like a play boy bunny." Um...rude! A: I work in an Elementary and dressed modestly B: it was a little girls outfit and C: I am definately NOT endowed...and I think that would have a lot to do with it. So thank you, ya old farts for sharing your opinion with EVERY one in the front lobby.

Last week for FHE we had a fun night carving pumpkins. Which I always think is a lot of fun! I think they turned out pretty good :) And to celebrate the Halloween weekend, we went over to our friend's Garrett & Sarah Condie's house and had a really fun party playing games and hanging out. Sportin the sweats :)

3 Years!

2010-10-30T16:01:00.000-07:00

We celebrated our 3 year anniversary on Tuesday. We can't believe how fast time has flown! And it's just been 3 FABULOUS years! I have just been SO happy with him! Greatest decision of my life! Can't wait for the years to come. I came home to my favorite flowers...one for each year we've been married. Then we went to dinner at one of our favorite restuarants here. It was a fun anniversary.

Craft Fair

2010-10-30T15:57:00.001-07:00

The craft fair went really well. There were TONS of people there! Which was good. It was a little bit of a long day, we were there from 8-6, but it was really fun to spend the weekend with Rachel. Adam was a good sport...since I ditched out on him the whole weekend. I'm just glad it's over for this year :)

Summer is Officially Over

2010-10-30T12:41:00.000-07:00

I know that people have come to the realization of this a while ago, but I just didn't want to admit it. But now that the temp has gotten down to freezing...the trees are different colors and the grass is turning ugly brown. I guess that means that it time to hibernate inside for the next 5 months and just be depressed for how quickly summer went by! I always hate this time of the year! Yes...we are definate winter HATERS! We hate being cold. So I thought I would do an 'Ode to Summer' post...about the things that will be missed.

Being outside all the time...fires...camping...walks, the good stuff

Adam Shooting Things...

Catching Birds...
Floating the River...

A litte fishin on the beautiful summer evenings...

Love. My. Job.

2010-10-07T09:45:00.000-07:00

So this year I got a new job as the Rupert Elementary Secretary...and I love it!!! It is just the greatest job!! I just love all of the little kids they are just adorable! I've decided that I would just love to be a kindergarten teacher, those little kids are the cutest! But I have decided that if you want to feel great about yourself, work at an Elementary school...kids just seem to always look on the bright side and most the time are positive and nice to you :) No matter where I go in the school I ALWAYS hear how tall I am...especially when I walk down the kindergarten/1st grade hall they honestly cock their head all the way back so they are looking straight up at me and are like "YOU ARE SOOOOO TALL!!!!" And then as I walk away they are all talking about how gigantic I am. One time I walked into a first grade class and a little girl was like

"you are SOOOO tall"
me: "why yes I am"
girl: "is your husband tall??"
me: "yes he is...he is taller than I am"
girl: "WOW!!! He's taller than you!?!? You must have a HUUUUUGE bed!!!"

It's funny there's been a few little boys that will compliment my clothes, like one time this little kindergartener was like "that dress is sooo cuuuuuute! You look so pretty" Aww..that made my day. And here are a few more of my favorite sayings so far...

So there's a rumor going around the school that I was a cheerleader...tons of kids have asked me about it...

girl: (very cute...will probably be a cheerleader some day...was so excited when she asked me) "were you a cheerleader???"
me: no...I played sports
girl: (looking very disappointed) "well you look like you were a cheerleader...I wish you were a cheerleader"

I am also the school nurse, which is fun I like babying the little kiddos. One day a little girl was sick so I was calling her parents...

me: "do you know your phone number"
girl: : "yes"
me: "...ok....what is it?"
girl: "2"
me: "ok..."
girl: "1"
me: : "ok..."
girl: "thats it" (with a huge smile on her face that she knew her phone number)

I also had a little kindergarten boy that peed his pants so he was waiting for his Dad to bring a change of clothes so he was waiting back in the sick room, during lunch time...which is the busy time for the sick room. So as he was sitting there, there were like 3 kids that came in at the time and I was walking the into the sick room, and the little boys face just lit up and he was SO excited and was like "DID YOU GUYS PEE YOUR PANTS TOO?!?!?!?!"

Everyday I laugh at all the cute things that are said and done...never a dull moment.

Lately...

2010-09-18T11:53:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was such a ball! We had a girls weekend in Logan at Time out For Women...and it was SO good and SO much fun! Just to give a little taste--Friday night was Sheri Dew as the speaker and the music was by Dylan Bailes, oh my gosh! He was AMAZING! He is Phantom and has been Raoul, in the braodway in New York, he preformed all over the world. And he started out in Les Miserables. He was absolutely fantastic! We loved listening to him. And then Saturday the speakers were Kris Belcher, Deanne Flynn, Wendy Ulrich, & Brad Wilcox, and the music was by Hilary Weeks, and they were just all awesome! If you haven't ever heard of those speakers, just got to Deseret Book, they've written a lot of the books that are sold there :) It was so good and uplifting, the theme was Infinite Hope. We got a hotel that night and that was fun to stay together and play games, and then the next day we hung out at the conference all day and went to lunch at Olive Garden, and it was so much fun. Great weekend.

I just thought I would show this off, I saw a recipe and thought it looked AWESOME, so I tried it...and it was! I was proud of myself :)

Two weekends ago we went to Rexburg, and of course we had fun there. We Stayed with John and Meagan and had a lot of fun with them. And that Saturday we went to Ashton with a couple of our friends and floated the river with them. And we had so much fun! Thats such a pretty float! Adam and I had rafts from Wal-Mart, so we were nice and comfy but the other two just had tire tubes and I felt so bad for them...the water was FREEZING! And towards the end it was cloudy and getting kind of cold outside, but we had fun none the less. We also got to float right by a black bear, it was down in the water drinking and then it turned around and went up the hill. That was pretty cool. We sure miss all of our college buddies.

VIVA MEXICO

2010-08-19T16:10:00.000-07:00

We just got back from an AMAZING vacation! We went to Playa Del Carmen Mexico with Adam's sister Kim and her husband Jim. And we just had such a great time! It was BEAUTIFUL! Everything about it, the resort was seriously 5 star, amazing room and grounds, and it was HUGE with like 12 pools. The beaches everywhere were breathtaking, and it was close to everywhere we wanted to go. We loved every minute of the week...and hope to go back there sometime in the future.

All of the rooms there were suites, and we loved our room! My favorite were the bathroom sinks...they were just so cute! We we had poolside rooms...so this was the view out of our balcony.

Day 1: Started out at 5 am...and was mostly a travel day. We got to the resort at about 5:30, walked around explored and then ate dinner...and by the time we were settled in the pools were all closed so we walked down to the beach for a little bit (it was dark already) and pretty much just relaxed in our rooms that night. The plane ride was nice though...we got free direct tv, so it made the trip a lot more enjoyable.

Day 2: We didn't start the day out so great, at the airport some guy talked us into doing a timeshare presentation, and in return we get free shuttle service to and from and airport and pay $50 for an excursion for all 4 of us, which is a great deal. They said it would take 90 minutes...5 hours later we finally got out of there! Who knows if it was worth it...but the rest of the day we just hung out on the beach and were just in awe at how pretty the beach and water was.

Day 3: So we were told that from our resort to down town Playa took about 30-40 minutes walking on the beach. So we thought it would be a great experience to walk the beach, explore and check out the resorts around us. Well...two hours later we finally made it. We were SO hot and tired and had blistered feet by the time we made it. Needless to say, we didn't do that again. But when we got there we caught a ferry to Cozumel, which is supposed to be the 2nd best place to snorkel/dive in the world because of all of it's reefs. So we took advantage and went on a snorkel excursion, and were SO glad we did! We saw more fish than we ever have! And they were right there swimming right next to us, we could reach out and touch them, just schools of fish all over. Loved it! Then we did a little shopping, and now we can testify that yes...Cozumel is a great great place to snorkel :)

This was halfway through our walk, we got so hot that we just in, and it was actually a super pretty beach.
Day 4: Completely. Relaxing. We just hung out at the pool....all day! Seriously we were probably in the water for at least 6 hours...and it rocked! We were probably completely wrinkley by the time we got out, but it just felt so good.

Day 5: Just me and Adam went to Tulum, some Myan ruins that were about an hour away from us. We LOVED it! It was so cool to see the ruins, we liked being in such a great history place of religion, just knowing that people from the Book of Mormon landed there, I'd like to think they were pretty happy, seeing as they were on one of the most beautiful beaches. I guess you could get an LDS tour guide to show you specifics for our religion there, which would be cool, but we found out about that the day after we went. Anyways, we always went on a snorkeling excursion after our tour of the ruins, which was pretty cool, we were taken out to the reefs and saw some pretty cool fish. It was only us that were on the boat, so that was fun for us.

There were iguana's EVERYWHERE

Day 6: AMAZING!!!!! We went scubba diving for the first time! Oh my goodness, probably one of the coolest things we have ever done! We've snorkeled a lot and that is awesome, but scubba diving is a whole new world. I was super excited about it all week, and then we had to do training for a little bit so they took us to a shallow place in the ocean where you could barley touch, I freaked out! I just felt SO clausterphobic! So I was freaking myself out so much right before we went under that I wasn't even going to do it, but our instructor was awesome, he was just right there for me the whole way down, and once we got down there...just amazing. And I loved every minute of it! It was so weird that we were 35 and 45 feet (two different dives) under water for about an hour, and just breathing perfectly fine. We got to see SO many different kinds of fish, and the reef's were just amazing and colorful. Probably my favorite part of the vacation. We didn't take many pictures on our real camera because we couldn't take it with us...the rest are on our water camera :)

Day 7: Was an awesome day! I started it out with getting a massage. It was the best, it was right on the beach so all I heard the whole time was the waves crashing, and I loved it...I was in heaven! It was just an all around relaxing great day. We were just beach bumsW we kayaked, played in the waves, layed out, threw a football around and drank pina coladas.

Day 8: This was our last day here. It was really sad to leave. But we did have a later flight so we went down to the beach one last time and then went and relaxed in the pool for about an hour before we took off. And then it was just a long day and night after that, we were at the airport/in a plane for about 9 hours...and then we had to drive home that night because I had to work the next day. So we didn't get home until about 3am. And it's funny how you need a vacation after you vacation...so just getting done with a week vacation and traveling a whole day, we were VERY exhausted when we got home, probably the fastest we've ever fallen asleep.

Bear Lake

2010-07-31T09:01:00.000-07:00

A few months ago we decided that we should do a little get together with all of our good friends from college. So we planned a trip with everyone to Bear Lake to go camping during the 4th of July weekend, not everyone was able to come, but we had SO much fun with the ones that could fun! It was so fun to all be together again. We went with Beth, Eric & Lincoln Farmer, and Patrick, Cari, Jacob & Ethan Scott. It was a lot of fun to go camping with kids too, they are so dang cute and so fun! Before everyone got there Adam got a kill...his first chipmunk

So rumor had it that there were so REALLY cool ice caves that were by us...so we drove FOREVER to get there...and not that cool...and not that big, but we had fun looking around them anyways.

Adam the monkey boy

They set up a little target area and shot a bb gun

Then saturday was when we planned to go the Lake, and when we got there it was FREEZING!! It was super windy and just plain cold...hince everyone in sweaters on the beach. But we ended up having a good time anyways, the kids had a blast in the sand, the boys actually went out in the water and threw a football around...Here's Adam and Linc

Gooch's and Famers :)

Adam and Quinn

Went went to the local firework show that night...don't worry it didn't warm up at all, in fact it was 58 degrees, we waited around for almost 3 hours, and they shot like 15 fireworks within 30 minutes...but I think the kids enjoyed it so thats good.

The Friday through Sunday morning crew...

Mary and Brian were able to come up on Sunday and stay with us through Monday...and once again we had SO much fun! We went to the Paris Springs that were just right by our campsite that were really pretty...what a HUNK!

We went back to Bear Lake on Monday and the weather was A LOT better, it was still a little windy but this time were were able to come out with some color...we were completely FRIED when we left and we were only there a couple hours, we could barley move the next couple days, so we didn't we just sat around :) But anways...it is just so pretty there!

We got a raft before we went and Mary and I had a lot of fun in it...it was so relaxing!

The Sunday night/Monday crew

Family Funzies

2010-07-08T09:34:00.000-07:00

We had a fun couple of weeks. Stacy and her boys came up for a couple of weeks from Alabama. And we were able to see quite a bit of the family here and there and just party. We went to Pocatello to a really fun water park that they had...our favorite thing was the lazy pool...I think we were in there for the majority of the day. We had so much fun with everybody.

We went to a nice little fishing spot up in Hagerman, that had a ton of fish. But only two of us ended up catching a fish...Kyler caught the first one...which was the biggest. And I caught the second...which is actually the first fish I've ever caugh, it was a little guy, but I was proud nonetheless.

Everyone came out to our house for the evening for a "joint birthday party" for me and my nephew Evan. We had dinner...had some smores and just played around.

The Beginnings of Summer....

2010-07-06T10:45:00.000-07:00

I am a little behind...but here's whats been going on in the Gooch abode. My baby brother graduated high school...it's so weird that he's all grown up...the last one to graduate in my family. He had a seminary graduation, that he spoke at and did really well...and then his high school. It was fun that most of the family was able to come up for.

I had a great birthday this year, Adam did a great job with presents for me, he got me a new blow dryer, which was awesome because I've had the same one since I was a freshmen in high school, and a chi straightener which I LOVE. We went and hit a bucket of balls and went to dinner. It was a really fun day.

We Celebrated Adam's birthday....he didn't get to have the greatest birthday...he was sick and had to work the whole day. But we were able to at least open presents and have confetti cupcakes, which just makes for a great birthday :)

Colorado Wedding

2010-05-24T17:34:00.000-07:00

A week ago we were able to get away for a few days and go to Colorado for Adam's brother's wedding. We had just a fun time! It was the first time that we were all together since our wedding....2 and a half years ago. It was a really busy weekend. The night we flew in we had the rehearsal and dinner, which was super yummy. The next day was the wedding and reception, which we had a lot of fun at. And then Saturday we relaxed, went shopping, and had a marathon of Bones. It was a good weekend...went by way to fast!

The Happy Couple :)

The whole family

The Gooch Siblings

Adam and the groom

Grandma & Grandpa Gooch with the Grandkiddos Cute little Chad playing in the balls...which started the balls flying...which led to the ball fight Found some cool hats in the kids room So when Adam was in school he made up a dance called Colonel Stingray...and it was a huge hit--he was asked to preform it everywhere...well he had never done it for me. So there was a little dance at the reception, and it was the first song so nobody was really dancing...someone told Adam he should go out and dance--he said he didn't feel like it...the next thing I know everyone is cheering and clapping and I turn around and he was the star of the show--I finally got to see his dance. He did have a huge fan--a lady was obsessed with him the rest of the night saying he was SO cute, and he should sign up the Chip'n Dales.

While we were waiting between the pictures and the wedding which was like 2 hours...people were starting to get a little restless and starting throwing balls at each other...it was hillarious! That room was a total mess when we finished with it.

Bummer. Deal.

2010-04-26T19:02:00.000-07:00

So Adam has a buddy from high school who is a cruise specialist I guess you could say...anways we just got a call from him and he told us that someone had a 7 day cruise throughout Europe...Venice, Greece, France, Rome, Florence, Effisice?, anyways, they couldn't make it at the last minute, so he offered it to us...for FREE...we just had to pay for the flight to get there. It was a balcony room and everthing...but the only kicker was that it leaves this Saturday....to bad we have to be responsible and have to show up to work next week and can't just call in for the whole week. I'm just a little upset right now. Sad day. Maybe we could catch a break next time.

Spring Break, Road Trips...Friends & Family

2010-03-28T18:29:00.001-07:00

I don't have any pictures that goes to show...but we have had a great couple of weekends! Adam had spring break 2 weeks ago, he had started a second job that week and I still had to work, so on Thursday we decided that since it was his springs break we should do something fun that weekend. So we decided to go to Utah, and we had SO much fun! The first night we stayed with some of our best friends from college Beth & Eric, it was so much fun to see them again! We just stayed up all night and talked...and caught up. It's been a while since we've seen them. It's always a good time with the Farmers! Then Saturday night we spent the night with Mary and Brian...and we always have so much fun together. We of course watched March Madness all day, and that night Adam got together with a few of his friends to watch the BYU game and me and Mary went shopping...and loved every second of it. I'm not sure if I've mention it before--but my favorite store is Plato's Closet--it's the greatest store ever created. It's pretty much a DI, but they only take name brand, nice clothes, they can only be so old, and have to be in great shape. But they are great prices, and have the greatest stuff. But I think my favorite thing that I got was a new dvd player...it's called CLEAR PLAY. And it's the greatest invention! It's an editor...but to the max. It edits everything, nudity, sex, language, violence, even dishonoring your parents--the flag, whatever you want. And you can set it to whatever level you want. I've been wanting one FOREVER! So i'm so glad I finally got one. You can check them out here. We had such a fun time! It was sad to leave everyone.

Then this weekend, we just got back from spending the weekend in Rexburg. And as always, we had a great time there also. We spent the night with John and Meagan, and had a blast. We again, watched basketball, March Madness & went to the school championship. We just love basketball! It was fun to see our little neice Kaylee too! She's SO dang cute and fun! And then I got to see my other sisters and hold my new niece again...she's such a pretty baby! And once again...it was a fun weekend, and we wish we could've stayed longer. We are so blessed with all of our friends and family! We just love them all!

Birthday Weekend

2010-03-28T18:10:00.000-07:00

We had a birthday party a couple of weeks ago for Grandma Fennell. We had all of the local Rupert area family who could make it go over to my parents for a dinner for my Grandma. We order in the best Chinese food from Shan Hings, and had a grand ol' time! And then the next day was my parents birthday, and Mel came home for the weekend, so us Mel and Dave made dinner for my parents and enjoyed the evening with them. It was a good time.

Pretty in Pink

2010-03-06T19:30:00.000-08:00

This weekend we made a quick trip to see the newest member of the fam...Aubrey Nielson. She is such a PRETTY baby! She was born on Thursday and weighed 6 lb 10 oz. I thought I would post pictures on here--for one because there is some family that won't be able to see her for a while. She is just tiny and adorable! New babies are always so much fun!

Proud Aunts!

Grandpa John & Uncle Davey

Me and the Happy Mamma

Super Bowl

2010-02-18T15:53:00.000-08:00

For super bowl weekend we went to Washington for our nephew's baby blessing. It was a short trip but we had a lot of fun. We stayed at Adam's brother Jared's house,his mom was able to come too. When we first got there we went to a couple pawn shops...and it was amazing! They just had a wall full of movies in each one, and they were 50% off...which they're normally 2 or 3 dollars each. So we ended up getting 15 new movies for about $15. We thought it was a great deal. We got some good ones too like the bourne and x-men trillogies. Later on we went to the YMCA and enjoyed a few hours at the pool. And then Sunday after church we had a great super party. Jared was a great host for it, so we decided we'll probably spend every super bowl with him and his family. There was a TON of great food...good company...crappy game! We are big colt's fans...so needless to say we were a little bummed after the game. But we were glad we were able to go! Here is our new nephew, he's got a head full of hair! (it's impossible to get a picture of me with my eyes open) Here's a picture before the game....

And After...

Good Times

2010-02-16T15:50:00.001-08:00

Well to bring everyone up to speed since I haven't posted about it yet, Adam has been working with the school district the past month and a half, he works at the alternative school as a behavior tech, and I believe he is enjoying it, although some of the kids are a HAND FULL! But he's really good with them. Anways...the past 3 months I have been trying to find a job, and it's funny that once ya get to the breaking point it all works out. Today I've heard back from 4 of the companies...so in one day I went from nothing to have 4 options! So now I just have to make a decision, so it's a good day. Also I thought I would share with everyone, my sister has been coupon shopping for a bout a year now and has saved tons of money, so she's teaching me now. But she found a site thats bountifulbaskets.org you pay $16 a week and get a huge box full of fruits and veggies, you just order it every tuesday and pick it up on saturday, they have pick up places all over utah, and in idaho I know they have it in Idaho Falls, Poky and Rigby....and this is what I got this week....

I was SO excited! It's a GREAT deal!

Basketball

2010-02-15T10:00:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite things about being back in Rupert, is we've been able to go to pretty much all of David's basketball games this year...and it's been SO much fun! It's his senior year so I'm glad we've been able to go. This last weekend was his senior night, some of the family was able to be there to cheer him on. They have a really good team this year, they are second in their district, hopefully they'll be able to make it to state this year!

Christmas 2009

2010-01-01T21:46:00.001-08:00

Christmas this year was a lot of fun. The past two Christmas's that we've been married, we didnt' really do a very good job keeping our presents to each other a secret. The first year we would go shopping and pretty much picked out our own presents, and knew everything we were getting. Last year, we opened all of our presents before Christmas for some reason, and ended up getting snowed in Rexburg, so we didn't have anything to open on Christmas day. So this year we did it right, neither of us knew anything we were getting, so it was really fun being anxious seeing the presents under the tree actually not knowing what they were. And I must say, Adam is very good at present shopping. We spent Christmas Eve at my parents house, had dinner and watched Joy to the World, and read in the scriptures the Nativity story. Christmas morning we spent it at our house, opened presents, had milkshakes, and played with our new toys. And then went back to my parents house to celebrate the rest of the day. We had a really good time with everyone here, although we did however miss Mary, Stacy, Heather and the Gooch family. My parents got a Wii this year, so everyone had a lot of fun with that. It's a tradition that every year we go to the church, and we usually play basketball which the boys love, but this year we changed it up a little and played volleyball. It was SO much fun! All of the girls loved it! And the boys were good sports about it, but I think they really like it too. We had a good time, we ate a ton of junk food, probably gained like ten pounds, played lots of games, and enjoyed everyone's company. It was a good Christmas.

Playing Wii...an intense racing game

I think this was one of the only pictures of us together on Christmas, of course my eyes had to be shut

My Grandpa kept asking me and Melanie what we were getting him for Christmas, so we decided to get him a snuggie, because they are hillarious, and made him try it on for us, he absolutely LOVED it

Playing in the snow, marking our territory

We got Grandpa to bowl on the Wii, he he actually did really well, he got the top score on his first game, he just loved it!

Thanksgiving 2009

2009-12-09T19:05:00.000-08:00

This year was a fun Thanksgiving. We did our huge Fennell family Thanksgiving out at the Poteets. It's a little different now with everyone grown up and going their seperate ways. So out of like 7 or 8 of us that are about the same age...there were two of us left. So we missed everyone else who wasn't able to make it this year! But it was still a good time, good food, shot gun shooting, maybe two plays in football, a little basketball and Christmas lights up on the square. Adam was a little disappointed because he has grown up playing a turkey bowl everything Thanksgiving, but we don't do that here in Rupert, so that might have to be something we pick up.

The gang via 2004...

Stunning picture of us both...we know

Sugar Beet for Halloween

2009-11-22T14:31:00.000-08:00

For this Halloween we decided to unload trucks and trucks filled with Beets. We actually did this for the entire month of October. It was the best time of my life...I decided I want to be a big sugar beet when I grow up. We started at about 7 am work until about 10 at night. Standing all day in the cold while Michelle was in a heated shack with chairs; greatest time of my life. It was good money though so I can't complain. Well enough said...just take a look at how fun this was.

This is the crew that ran the piler. Adam-operator, Aaron-platform worker, Michelle-Tear Shack boss, Melanie-Tear Shacker helper
Michelle hard at work...

Adam hard at work...Adam with his co-worker. Talk about a lot of beets huh?
Michelle with her little baby sister. This is the end of one of our piles we made. We made two of these, probably about 300 yards long too!
Well that is it. Now you know what some of the harvest is all about.

Camping

2009-11-16T10:55:00.000-08:00

Before the harvest we finally had the opportunity to do something we waited all summer because we couldn't do it back east....camping! And it was so much fun! We had perfect timing too because it great weather for that day a night...we got to do a little fishing, and then it snowed the next night. I haven't always been the biggest fan of camping, but we went last summer with our friends and loved it. So this past summer I was just so upset that we couldn't go camping, so I was so happy we had the chance to before the weather got bad.

Nauvoo

2009-11-09T09:26:00.000-08:00

So back when we made our journey back from the east almost two months ago we stopped by Nauvoo and Carthage jail. And let me tell you...it was amazing! I was so glad that we had the opportunity to stop by there. It just strengthens my respect for the pioneers and Joseph Smith 100 times! The Nauvoo temple is just beautiful! We were able to go in and do a session and see the inside, and I couldn't believe how pretty it was. They had the original font, and the outside of the temple is 99% replica of the temple the pioneers made.

This is the original door from the jail, the middle hole is the bullet hole that kille Hyrum, and the hole on the side is where they broke the lock to get in the room

The Cruise

2009-09-20T09:10:00.000-07:00

We had an absolute BLAST! We would recommend this exact cruise to anyone and everyone who loves beautiful beaches. I guess this is the only cruise that goes to a different port everyday, 7 different islands in 7 days. We loved everything about it, the food, relaxing, the company, the ocean, and being beach bums all week!

The boat

Puerto Rico

The beautiful St Thomas

I guess they have iguana's all over the island...and we got to see one...which I really wanted to see

Dominica--this was a BEAUTIFUL rain forest island

Formal night

Barbados

St Lucia

Antigua
St Kitts

You can kinda see in the picture, but this is a volanic island so this is a black sanded beach

I was SO happy that we got to hold monkey's! Thats one thing I wanted to do while we were on the cruise...well at least see them, and we did :)

Oh The Places We've Been

2009-09-11T09:08:00.000-07:00

This summer we've been fortunate to see and go to a lot of different places...

Idaho
Utah
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
North Carlolina
Washington DC
Iowa
Nebraska

Puerto Rico
St. Thomas
Dominica
Barbados
St. Lucia
Antigua
St. Kitts

It's been a fun summer!

Happenings..

2009-08-19T15:42:00.000-07:00

We were finally able to go to the Washington DC temple....BEAUTIFUL! We loved it! Anyways I thought I would add a quick post before everything goes crazy here...today is my last day of work, I am going to visit my sister Stacy in Alabama for a few days, when I get back it's Adam's last day--we are going to play here for a few days at six flags and probably DC one more time...and then we leave for our cruise! Then we get to make the journey back across the USA.

Family in Town

2009-08-07T15:07:00.000-07:00

About a month ago but my family came out and stayed with us for about a week--and it was such a blast!! We were able to do and see so much. I was extremely upset because i had gotten a new memory card before they came out...and I took about 300 pictures and it just happened to be a "bad" one and I lost all of my pictures!! I was so sad...so I had to wait for my sister to email me all of hers..so thats why i'm a little late putting them up. Anways...here you have it...

We went to an orioles baseball game...

We went to Ocean City to the beach, it was just a nice clean pretty beach...which makes for a nice day--we played out in the waves--which the water was really warm--threw a ball around..and we thought we found a jelly fish...

A little disclaimer to the beach: I came out here like 7 years ago for a student council covention in DC--and we went to Virginia Beach....and I remember i LOVED the salt water taffy because it was fresh and delicious, so when we showed up to the beach, I told Melanie that we HAD to get some because it's the best ever...so we go into the first store and i'ts about $8 a pound (box) but it was buy three get one free--we just thought it was a steal of a deal, so we spent like $25...a couple hours later we were going through some of the stores and found more taffy for...99 cents a box! I was SO upset...what a horrible impulsive decision it was on my part!

One thing that I've been SO excited to do out here is go "crab picking" is what they like to call it out here--It was probably one of the best experiences I've had eating before :) for those of you have never eaten fresh crab...they put paper over the table and just throw the crab on it--give you a little hammer and knife--and you go to town...we were there for like 3 hours because it took so long picking all the meat out...but it was SO fun and so delicious!

Adam and David don't like sea food for some reason...so they enjoyed some nice ribs...this is both of us really excited to eat, I had to add a picture of Adam here because this is the only thing that he was able to do with us...he had to work the whole week :(

We spent about 4 days in DC going to Arlington cemetery, the capitol, lincoln memorial, vietnam cemetery, union station, ford's theater, china town, when all the way to the top of the Washington monument (555 feet) and more... We took a tour bus all around DC which was really nice..it definately saved our legs and feet a little bit of aching...and it was nice because they would give facts and stories of the different places and events--

For these two lovely pictures we were waiting for our tour bus so we decided to do a couple handstand contests and cartwheels...I'd like to think that I'm not to old yet...that I could still do them...but clearly i'm not--I honestly couldn't do either...see below for details

Vietnam Cemetery Wall

A few of my favorite things, the American flag, DC, and David

It was so much fun having them out here! It was a sad day when they left--but I'm so glad that they decided to come out and visit us!

Nationals Game

2009-07-30T13:11:00.000-07:00

This weekend we got some free tickets to the Nationals baseball game...which were an upgrade from where we normally sit..the cheapest tickets--so we get there and the game is postponed because it was raining so on our way in an older couple that was leaving gave us their tickets for the night because they didn't want to wait around for the rain to pass...which they had season tickets that were like 29 rows behind the dugout..so 3 1/2 hours later with about 300 die hard fans the the game started...and we got to sit wherever we wanted--so we ended up 7 rows back--it was SO much fun...I felt like I was in fever pitch (love that movie) Oh ya...and on the way in we sold our other tickets for $20...so we pretty much got paid to go to the game. I posted a little video--they have a Presidential race during the game and it's so funny...so I just posted the end of it....

4th of July

2009-07-15T18:23:00.000-07:00

The 4th of July is one of my very favorite holiday's...I just get so excited for it every year. And it's usually about a week long of pure excitement...I love singing the Patriotic songs in church on Sunday...and I love looking around and seeing flags everywhere. It's fun reading everyone's blogs that are from Rupert...and how excited people are to go back and spend the 4th there...or how sad they are that they can't be there...it really is a big deal. And this year I was feeling a little homesick for all of the Ruperts festivities...but I think it was worth missing this year--we got to celebrate it in the Nations capital...and it was AMAZING!!! We both had to work all day..and that was a huge bummer--we didnt get to have any kind of a BBQ--I did however get to see the most ghetto parade though...but the night made it all worth it. We went to DC for the fireworks show, we got there about an hour before it started--and every direction was packed with people...I don't know how many millions of people were there. They were shooting the fireworks up next to the Washington Monument...and they had the area around it blocked off until about 30 minutes before it started and we just kept walking up towards it untill we somehow ended up being about 50 feet in front of it--the fireworks were right above us and huge...the whole firework show was like the best grand finale...and then when it was time for the actual grand finale--there was so many you could barely see everything because there was so much smoke from them. It was just a neat experience to be there to spend such a special holiday with all of the patriotic Americans. I am SO thankful for the freedom we have and all of the men and women who leave their families to defend our rights.

Baseball games

2009-07-01T14:34:00.000-07:00

One of our favorite summer activities is going to baseball games...they are just so much fun and relaxing. So this last weekend we finally had the oportunity to go to a game, it was the Baltimore Orioles against the Washington DC Nationals, since they are both of the teams that out here by us we each took a team--I went for the Nationals and Adam was going for the Orioles...nationals won :) It was the perfect day, the sun was out for a while--but then it was overcast which felt really good becuase it was hot and humid before that, and we also got to enjoy the good ol' baseball hotdogs.

BIRTHDAY PART 2

2009-06-20T11:34:00.000-07:00

So Adam always jokes how he loves his birthday being first because he can see how good of presents I get him--so that way he has a bar set for how good of a present he has to get me...and he's really good at one upping me every year. I dont' know what it is but I just seem to have the hardest time shopping for him..I mean lets get serious last year I got him a paper shredder...boring. So this year I tried really hard and got him a lot of his favorite stuff...shoes, tv shows, hat..and whatever. And this year was one of my favorite birthdays--it was so much fun. He got me a really nice camera--which I've been wanting one for a long time, it's a nikon coolpix, and the picture below with the suitcase is what he wrapped it up in.

So both of us had most of the day off...he had to do an install that night. But it was such a fun day. We went the the Baltimore aquarium, and it was so cool. It was huge! They obviously had tons of different kinds of fish, they had a huge place for all of the different sharks, sting rays, a huge sea turtle, then they had a seperate place for Australia reptiles and fish and different kinds of birds, they had a really cool jelly fish exhibit--that had a ton of different kinds of jellyfish, we went to a 4-d show, which if your wondering because we didn't know what it is a 3-d show with extra phyical features like when a dolphin or a whale breath out of the holes it would spray water on you, or if it would show creepy things in the water that looked like snakes a plastic tube would whip your ankles a lot like they are swimming past you...bubbles when the animals were under water--so you couldn't tell if they were real or on the show. So that was really cool, and they we went to a dolphin show--and that was so much fun to watch, neither of us had ever been to a dolphin so before--so it was a good day to do it :)

After the aquarium we just walked around the harbor for a couple of hours--it was so pretty there and they have a ton to do. We were going to go to a baseball game that night to...but out of no where it started pouring rain...it was such a nice day before that too--and if anyone has experienced a rain storm back east--they are insane...it seriously is like someone is dumping a bucket of water over you--you are drenched from being out there for 30 seconds. So instead we went and did an install.

Dolphin Show

4-D Show

The rainforest section

Jellyfish exhibit

Swordfish shark This is at the Harbor...it was really pretty here

WASHINGTON DC

2009-06-11T12:04:00.000-07:00

I love Washington DC!!! I just think it's one of the neatest, prettiest places! There is SO much to do and see there. We have gone there 3 out of the 5 Sunday's that we've been here (our only day off) we have gotten close to a couple thats here, Shaine and Alysa, that we always go with. We were able to go to a couple of the museums and were able to see the white house...and just sit and relax in the park across from the nation monument, and enjoy the weather because Sunday's seem the be the only nice day of the week--the rest of the week it rains here.

These were in the National History Museum

These were in the Naturals Museum

This is for the Farmers....

It's official!!!....

2009-06-04T13:20:00.000-07:00

WE'RE GOING ON A CRUISE!!!! We leave the end of August out of Puerto Rico, we're so excited!

The big 26!

2009-06-02T14:49:00.000-07:00

The past few years Adam has been able to spend his birthday in different states, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Nevada, somewhere around Arkansas and this year and got a variety--Maryland to Virginia...to Washington DC. It was pretty fun, we started the day by sleeping in...because he didn't get home until probably like 2 am from work...and then we went and met up with my brother in law who is in the FBI and had lunch with him and then he took us on a tour at the FBI headquarters, and it was so much fun...and interesting. We saw their classrooms, where they learn to fight, the shooting range, a little town they have to practice real life situations called Hogan's alley, and it was actually really creepy and going through some of the apartments and hotels and stuff because they are the really ghetto ones so just even imagining being in a place like that fighting crime...well imagining your husband there is really scary. Good thing the FBI is really experienced, they have been around for almost 100 years and have had less than 50 people die from being on the job, and a good portion of them were back around the days of the big time mafia. Hearing a lot of the training they go through and what they do makes me really respect what they do and what they go through. So anyways that was fun. And after that we went back to DC and tried to make it to the zoo before they closed...and we barley missed it--they were closing everything down by the time we got there so we were only able to see the cheetas...which they were pretty, so I guess that was good enough. Then we just went back to our place and had the infamous ice cream cake and watched one of his new presents and one of the Gooch's favs...Arrested Development. It was a fun birthday day!

I guess we only know one pose, but at least we managed to switch sides in one of them...

Our Big Move

2009-05-06T16:51:00.000-07:00

13 states later and we finally made it. We took a cross country trip from Idaho to Maryland and it was so much fun to see all the different states--minus the whole state of Wyoming and most of Kansas. It's SO pretty out here with trees and shrubs everywhere! We took our time coming out here--we spent about a week in Colorado with Adam's mom and brother Mike--and then took about 4 days to finish the trip. Our first night we stayed in Kansas City-which was a horrible and confusing city to drive through. But it was fun--we went to Liberty Jail--and it was so neat to be there--we were the only ones there when we showed up so the cutest grandpa missionary took us around for the tour and was just so passionate about all of the stories and so emotional--so it made it a great experience. Just for all who are wondering Liberty Jail is where Joseph Smith received all the revelation for D&C 121-123. Someone can correct me if i'm wrong but I believe that they were there for 4 months--December through April, of course the coldest months of the year--and it was short enough that they couldn't stand up straight in it. Anyways--here are some of the pictures from it.

The top pictures is how thick the walls were so that they couldn't sneek out--it was four feet thick--and the bottom picture is about a foot long and thats all the ventilation they had, and their source of light. And the picture of Christ you see through there wasn't planned one of the quarm of the 12 noticed that while they were there to visit, so thats kinda cool.

The further east we got the prettier. It was actually a really fun road trip--we were both kinda dreading the 34 hour drive, but it was fun to drive cross country with eathother. Here are some of our sights--

Biggest Cross Ever...

Kansas City

And this is for Rachel...Columbus Ohio, I should probably be paid for advertising for Fed Ex

And for Kevin...West Virginia--so pretty!

And as for now Adam is having a great time learning how to install security systems--he got thrown right into it, it was kind of a last minute decision to come out here--so he only got one day of training...and the first day of sales out here they were short on tech's so from day one he got to fly solo...so hopefully he can start to enjoy it here pretty soon. And i'm working in the office--I'm in charge of all the paperwork--so hopefully in the next little bit I'll be doing that in the morning and going out with Adam the rest of the day to help him install, which hopefully I will be more of a help than hinder to him so we can get a lot more done.

Easter Weekend

2009-04-23T06:29:00.000-07:00

All of my family, minus my sister Stacy in Alabama went to my parents house for Easter. My little sister Melanie got her young women's recognition--so it was fun for all of us to be there for her. It was kind of a Fennell filled day--my parents spoke in sacrament meeting and then all of us participated in Melanie's program. I'll tell you what--one gene that is dominate in the Fennell family is we all cry....all the time. I'm sure that everyone at Melanie's program besides our familiy probably wonder if we ever stop. I myself cried 3 different times that day...but every speaker, singer, audience attender...ok maybe minus John or David cried that day. But it was a great day at church--the spirit was really strong, I think with it being Easter Sunday excellerated that also--I love Easter Sundays. After church we went back to my parents and had a huge Easter dinner--my mom is such a great cook, you never leave hungry there! We are moving to Maryland, and Mary and Brian are moving to Texas for the summer, so it was fun to have everyone there together before we all left.

We're Moving On

2009-04-23T06:02:00.000-07:00

The past couple weeks have been pretty busy/crazy for us. We've been talking about how we can't wait to get out of Rexburg forever...and when it finally came it was kind of sad to leave friends and family and a lot of our memories. The good thing about it though was I was finally able to quit my job--one of the greatest days :) We started out our celebrations with Eric's birthday party--we went bowling it was really fun. Now his birthday is a significate date for us...it's where we formed our triangle. For those of you who don't know, Eric and Adam grew up together and then were roommates at college, and really good friends; me and Beth were neighbors our freshman year at college, and then roommates the rest of the time at college until she got married, John is my brother and Meagan is Beth's sister--John & Meagan got married, Eric & Beth got married...and last but not least me & Adam got married. And all of the flirting and hooking up initially started at Eric's birthday party like 4 years ago. Anyways we were the first to leave Rexburg from the triangle...and it was really sad. We all lived in the same complex, us and the Farmers lived right across the way and the Fennell's lived in the row behind us. Now...we're related to the Fennell's...so we know we'll see them a lot--but it was really sad to say bye to Beth & Eric and Lincoln--we hung out with them al the time--but hopefully we'll run into them in Colorado or something. We'll miss you guys!

And from the good ol days....

I think this was at one of John's softball games...

Adam's version of the vacation

2009-04-02T13:01:00.000-07:00

Well hello, it has been awhile for me to post. Michelle, the delicate hot lady that she is told you her version of vacation; but here is the real version. Our original flight was delayed an hour due to some kid dancing on the airport heater. This impressed the pilots and they said they didn't want to leave until the kid was done. An hour later we were off. We landed with Michelle gripping my hand so hard because she thought she saw Wayne Newton...we didn't. The next day we did appreciate the sun, which we only get a couple days a year in Idaho. On Tuesday we left bright and early to Phoenix that way Michelle could sleep and not sing her terrible road songs...jk. We pulled into where my interview was held a tad early. We decided to eat at the Taco Bell. I just knew it would help my chances to have the runs and gas in the interview, naturally I thought of the Bell. We crashed at my Grandparents that night, listening to my Grandma brag about how hot she was when she was 18...ackward. Ok she didn't brag she is just a great jokester and we love them. Then we were off, back to Vegas.
The next day we hit up some casinos to end our being broke streak. We tried winning it big on the penny slots. We ending up winning about $1,310. We were in aww and skipped like school children through the casino. We ended up knocking some bewildered old lady right off her feet. She said she wouldn't press charges if we gave her $1,309. We both thought that it was so odd that she would pick that number. Only 1 dollar less than what we just won. Oh well, we paid her and went back on our way.
Michelle's flight was not delayed or broken. The truth is she could not pass security because the metal detectors kept beeping on her. She received a tattoo that had real silver ink in it. It is a cute little tattoo of a stingray stabbing the crocodile hunter in the heart. I thought it was a little harsh, but whatever. So it took her 6 hours to go through security. What happens in Vegas for Michelle does not stay in Vegas.
As for me the following few days, I won some money on basketball, witnessed two fights at a spectacular hockey game; one with the players and one in the crowd, became deaf from my sister yelling at the stupid teenage girls in front of us that would not shut up, and dance on the jumbo screen for 30 seconds to please the crowd from all the hostility. What can I say I am a pacifist. Then, Sunday I came back to hell...I mean rexburg. There must be something wrong with the keyboard.
Anyway, that is the real version of our vacation.

We Love the Vegas

2009-03-31T08:15:00.000-07:00

We took off last Sunday night to Vegas. We got great deals to go, 3 of the 4 tickets were $29 one way. The plane was delayed an hour on our flight out--that didn't put a damper on a trip at all, but as we were getting ready to board they had the news playing at the airport and they were showing a plane crash, they plane landed to fast and it pretty much blew up the thing and killed a lot of people, so that wasn't very nice of them--I'm already scared of flying. We stayed with Adam's sister Kim and her family on Sunday and Monday night. While everyone was at work and school--me and Adam were outside a lot of the day soaking up the sun rays--it was so nice there! We checked out a couple of the hotel/casino's, and that night we played with the kids and went to in and out burger, good times.

The next morning we took off at 5:30 am and headed to Phoenix...I LOVED it! It had to be in the 80's...there wasn't a cloud in the sky, palm trees all over...and it was just beautiful sunny and green! And the funny thing is we went to quite a few places that day and I was about the only one wearing shorts there--I guess it must've been to cold for everyone else. That night we stayed with his grandparents--they were so cute. They have some citrus trees in their back yard--so breakfast the next morning was amazing, freshly squeezed orange juice, fresh grapefruit...and a lot of other fruit and healthy stuff. I love Arizona!

That afternoon we headed back to Vegas--and I was able to meet up with Emily that night--it was so fun to see her again! We haven't seen each other for quite a while--it was fun to see where she lived (which is so dang cute) and catch up. The next day we went to another casino place and we threw down some money on some slot machine's, it was really fun--we just played 5 cent black jacket and penny slot machines--we just put in a dollar and it lasts forever.I flew out that afternoon...soon to find out why the tickets were so cheap. I got to the airport around 1:30...my flight was at 3:30--we boarded the plane and just sat on there forever--it was about 4:10 and we still hadn't moved..finally they got on the intercom and said the plane was broken, so we got off and loaded back on a spare plane (which took another hour) when we finally took off we got to about Utah, I'd say about half way, and they said the plane wouldn't pressurize, so we had to turn around and go back to Vegas...and wait for a 3rd plane. At this point I was SO frustrated and tired and was about to cry, I was already scared to fly--and all of the planes were broken. So about an hour later, we board the 3rd plane...and thankfully made it safely to Idaho Falls at almost 11. It was a long day. Adam flew back on Sunday--had a better flight--it left and landed on time...but he got to come home to a blizzard. So on our treacherous drive back that was one sheet of ice --with cars all over off the road...us going 20-25 mph the whole way...we decided that we are so sick of this weather--we've lived in it long enough, and it's time to move. Here are some pictures from our trip...

Arizona...
World's largest grapefruit
Vegas...

Vacation

2009-03-30T10:37:00.000-07:00

I finally hit my year mark at work and got a little vacation time...that was very muchly needed. It was so much fun...we were able to see a lot of family...but it was SUPER busy--we went from one place to another. Within that week I believe I slept at 5 different houses. Me and my sister Rachel had a craft fair this last Friday and Saturday. So the Friday before (the 20th) we went to Rupert so we could get all of our picture frames done, thank goodness for our dad who is a master woodworker :) we were able to bust out about 50 picture frames in about 4 hours. Here are some action shots of the process...we had a little system going:

My dad would cut the frames out....

Austin was over the nail gun and put them together....
Rachel and I would take turns sanding while the other one painted...because after a while your hand would go numb....
Melanie came along to help out also...I'll post the final products in a little bit. That Saturday after we got finished, I went to Pocatello to Rachel's house to do a few more things for the frames--then that night my friend Stafford had a reception there that we went to, I was able to see a few of my high school friends...that I haven't seen since high school--so it was fun to be there. Thats how the week started....

Go Memphis!!!!

2009-03-18T10:22:00.000-07:00

Well, here is the lastest Gooch family update. Michelle is still working two jobs and bringing in all the green. She just loves her bosses and does not want to quit. What a brown nose. We are saving up for the big move. That is right we are finally moving. Where...is the question. We dont know. Who cares as long as we are out of Rexburg. I have a interview in Phoenix next week, so hopefully that goes well and we will live there. If not, it will be Texas or Maryland. Either way it is not close. So if you want to say your goodbyes and hang out with the cool Gooch family, now is the time to do it. We will really miss Rexburg and the good times it brought us...whatever I am over it.
I am just excited for March Madness to start. All the number 1 teams suck this year, so my beat is with Memphis. They need to redeem themselves from last year anyway.

Good Times

2009-01-30T10:19:00.000-08:00

We've had a busy week. Last weekend we went to Rupert and had a blast. We went straight to the high school, my little brother had a basketball game against Minico's rivals....Burley...dun dun dun. And it was AMAZING! It was SO much fun! both the JV and Varsity games were so close...the varsity game came down to the last possession...which was us--we won. And I was so proud of my little bro...he's such a stud--he's 6'10 and he had like 10 blocks all night ...and a ton of rebounds. The gym was packed...I love going to high school basketball games. There were a few of us that were able to go home that weekend...Mary and Brian and John and Meagan & Kaylee were also able to go, so it was so much fun being with everybody. It was just a fun lazy, wii playing, and basketball filled sort of a weekend. Sunday was a good day also, my cousin Brooke left on a mission this last week--so she spoke in church on Sunday, and it was so good, it was probably one of the best talks I've heard. She is going to be such a good missionary--I'm excited for her. It was fun to see a lot of extended family also.

It's funny that the weather has been good for about two or three weeks...and then once we plan to leave for the weekend...it gets ugly and stormy. We left early on Sunday to head back before it got dark, and the roads were just horrible. It took us about an hour to go 20 miles, there were a lot of bad wrecks and cars off the road a long the way, so we made a smart decision to turn back and go back on Monday. Which I didn't mind...I got a snow day from work. Then Tuesday was fun...when we got up to go to work we walked outside and couldn't even breath because it burned your chest...our cars wouldn't start...school was let out...it was -35 degrees outside. So we decided it is really time for us to move on in ours lives and get out of here--so Adam went to a career fair in Provo on Wednesday and was able to talk with a lot of companies, so hopefully something good can come out of that.

Christmas/Winter Wonderland

2009-01-21T11:10:00.000-08:00

This year for Christmas we had planned on going to Spokane to Adam's brother house. Our plans quickly changed with all the snow that came Spokane's way the week of Christmas. So then we planned to maybe go to Vegas the day after and spend it with his dad...and that didn't happen either, we actually got snowed in in Rexburg, so we got to spend Christmas with just the two of us. Which was a little different not being surrounded by family, but it was good, we watched Joy to the World in the morning while we had milkshakes (Gooch family tradition) we played in the snow for a while, and then pretty much watched Heroes the rest of the night. We did get to go to my sisters house for Christmas Eve though. So it was good that we were able to be with some family for that, and it was a lot of fun...she has two boys and it was so fun to watch them act out the Nativity while their dad read it from the scriptures.

We also did Christmas a little different this year, we kind of made Christmas presents a month long thing. Adam graduated at the beginning of the month, and I got him a picture that was for graduation/Christmas, and then I bought myself a really cute clock from Deseret Book (I got a steal of a deal) And the Sunday before Christmas we went to my parents house because John & Meagan blessed their baby, so we had a mini celebration with my family, my parents gave us our presents and we gave them theirs. And then Adam surprised me two nights before Christmas with a beautiful stone nativity set, that he wanted me to open that night so we could enjoy it for a couple days before we packed all the Christmas stuff away. So a month later....I'm here to say we had a great Christmas, not to mention both of us got about a week and a half of paid vacation, which was a first, so it was great to sit around the whole time and make money off of it.

King of the Hill
We didn't move two of our cars (next to the blue car) for maybe 3 days, and they almost got covered....it snowed so much

This is my parents present from us kids, we got them the picture of George Washington, Prayer at Valley Forge, my dad is so cute when it comes to presents--he always gets teary eyed, especially this year because they told us not to get them anything because this year has been a little rough on everyone with the economy how it is, so when we pulled out this big box he got emotional even before he saw what it was...and continued to do so after he saw what it was. He's been wanting this picture forever.

My Parents with some of the grandkids...Kennedy, Layton, Kaylee & ToriEric, Lincoln, Adam & Kaylee

Graduation

2008-12-22T10:08:00.000-08:00

Well Adam is now an official BYU Idaho graduate. It was a really fun weekend. His parents got into town Friday morning at about 3:00 am, and then we went pretty much non stop all day Friday. We took his parents around and showed them all of the changes on campus and Rexburg. And then the graduation festivities started around 4. We went to a banquet that was really good, President Uchtdorf was there and spoke at it for like 5 minutes--he said that President Eyring was kind of rubbing it in his face that he got to go to BYU Hawaii and speak at their graduation and fly in the Huntsman plane, and that President Uchtdorf got to drive himself to the snowy, freezing cold Rexburg. President Eyring said it's because seniority rules, and President Monson jumped in and said...."No--it's because I said so." It was funny......First Presidency humor. Then he spoke a little about the Temple on the hill here, and how you can see it from everywhere you go, and now that we're moving on in our lives to different places, we need to take that light of Christ with us wherever we go. And then right after that we went to the commencement, which was also very good. President Clark (president of the school) spoke first and the President Uchtdorf was the guest speaker. They spoke on not letting the world get in your head or your heart...the wants of big houses, nice cars, toys...and so on. To live within your means, and just to be smart with your money. They talked on the importance of furthering your education, and whether you go on to get another degree or not--continue learning through out your life. And it seemed like each person that spoke gave hope to the graduating class for the future with the economic situation we are in right now...just keep your head up--everything will work out, and just to keep Heavenly Father involved in all decisions and direction. President Uchtdorf also just said to be grateful for the education that we have been able to receive because when he was our age he didn't have the opportunity to receive one because there was a war going on, and a lot of people in Germany didn't have the opportunity to go to college...so to take advantage of it. That is the shortened version, it was a really good ceremony. I just love President Uchtdorf. After that was when they received their diplomas. Both of our parents were able to come, so it was fun to have everyone there.
I had to take a picture of the screen because my camera is dying--and wouldn't zoom in on him, we actually had pretty good seats and could see him very well.This was the best picture I could take...I had to break through the crowd and by the time I got to where I could take a picture...he was already walking down the stairs.This picture is great...because if you look close enough you can see my belly button.

Thanksgiving....

2008-12-11T11:15:00.000-08:00

I know I'm late on this on, but I thought I'd post before this weekend because it'll be a busy one, Adam is graduating tomorrow! And it seems like I'm a lot more excited than he is...he just acts like it's really not that big of a deal...but I know he's excited....even though he won't admit it. But anyways--Thanksgiving was great. And it was a break muchly needed. We went to Rupert for about 3 days. For the actual Thanksgiving feast it was at my parents house...and it was amazing, maybe some day I can be phenomenal cook like my mom, but until then I'll just let her keep cooking. It was just a nice relaxing day with a lot of the family there. The next day we went out to our cousin's Poteet's house and had round two. Then that night Adam got to experience the second greatest celebration on the Rupert square (the first is the 4th of July) but it's when Santa comes and turns on the lights, and then they have a big fire works show, that I love...and Adam absolutely ADORED it! We also went and saw the new James Bond movie--which is pretty good, and then we ended the week giving talks in church.

Hockey, Utah & Cars

2008-11-25T07:41:00.000-08:00

So I've been slacking lately on keep this updated, so I'll just throw the past few weekends into one. About three weeks ago we went to a hockey game in Jackson Hole Wyoming with some of our friends, and it was so much fun, that was my first hockey game--and I loved it.

Then two weekends ago we were able to get out of Rexburg and stay the weekend with Mary and Brian--it was a blast! I miss those guys and wish they lived closer. I don't think our husbands especially like it when we get together, but they are troopers and put up with it. It was a good relaxing weekend...good to be away from Rexburg/work & school for a while.

But I think one of our favorite parts of the weekend...was when we got a new car. We've been searching for months to find a good long lasting car--and have been saving all of our pennies for quite some time for a car. And we got extremely lucky finding exactly what we wanted for a really good price. These pictures aren't the best and Adam didn't want to post these...because they have really bad glares...but you can at least see what it looks like.

And lastly since Thanksgiving is coming up I think it would be appropriate to list all of the MANY blessings in my life that I am very thankful for, I LOVE my family--I must've done something right to be put into such a wonderful family. I love all of my sisters, and I've been lucky the past few years to live so close to a couple of them, they are my best friends. My brothers are so cute and so good to everyone, my parents are some of the finest people I know, and have been the two greatest influences in my life, all of my in-laws, the ones that have married into the Fennell Fam, and the family I married into, grandparents, all of our friends, being a member and having a testimony and knowledge of the church, a temple marriage, leaders, jobs, food, hot water, hot tamales and kettle corn, good health, our apartment and cars, nieces and nephews, sports, naps, sweat pants, sun sets, crafts & decorations, holiday's...and so much more--but last but not least--Adam, he has been THE greatest blessing in my life, my goodness I could not have asked for a better husband, he is everything that is good and right about my life (cheesy I know...but true) and without a doubt he makes me laugh everyday, I am so blessed to start and end everyday with my best friend. Well on that note...I'm excited to go to Rupert this week and have Thanksgiving with my family. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Kaylee Jean Fennell

2008-11-12T13:23:00.000-08:00

John and Meagan had their first precious baby girl yesterday! And she is just BEAUTIFUL! We got to see her for a few minutes last night, and I just fell right in love with her, I couldn't stop staring at her! Well done you two! She is really little, she was 5 lbs 9 oz--but just as cute as can be! Congrats John and Meagan! We love you three!

Word to yo Mamma.....

2008-11-05T08:41:00.000-08:00

President Obama.....all I have to say about that-- at least Proposition 8 passed...and thats a good thing. Oh yeah...and God bless America! But...on a much brighter note. ADAM IS GRADUATING!!!! The end is in sight...which is a blessed thing--but now we just have to figure out what is in store for us next. We actually thought he had one more semester up here. At first we were a little upset about the school because originally he was supposed to graduate in December, they had all of his classes ready to go...and a week into school they told him some of them wouldn't work/count...meaning he would have to stick around to make up two more classes. But they totally redeemed themselves...and put a little cluster together of some of his previous classes so that he could be done. So his hard work has paid off! Way to go poopsie! Well it snowed a little bit last night...and I hate the snow and the cold...but surprisingly I woke up really happy this morning when I saw it--it made me SO excited for the holiday's. I've been listening to Christmas music lately, and thats made me anxious for it to get here, so the snow added a little to that excitement.

Anniversary weekend

2008-10-30T13:46:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was a blast. We had a little Halloween get together at the Farmer's house along with the Fennell's. We carved pumpkins and watch Monster House, which is a really cute movie. Me and Adam have been talking about carving pumpkins for a while, and then we decided not to because we waited so long...and probably because we were to lazy to go to the store and pick some up. So I'm glad we had a chance to do one--it was the first pumpkin I think I've carved, and even though it turned out to be a deformed 7 legged spider...it was fun. Saturday was really busy. Idaho Falls has a free cancer screening every year...and since I'm a cancer phobe I made sure we went...which was worthless because we waited there for almost two hours...and didn't even get in--we were still like 40 away from being seen. And then we had to hurry back to Rexburg because I had a volleyball game, which we won. Then we were off to Island Park to celebrate our one year. It was so much fun...we were the only ones there--so it was nice to enjoy a little hot tub and some world series. It was nice and relaxing. This last year sure did fly by...

Busy Busy Busy

2008-10-07T10:48:00.000-07:00

We are just shy of 3 weeks away from our 1st anniversary....which is completely crazy! But I like to think of how lucky we've been. The first 2 months we were married we didn't exactly have jobs...but really--it was great, we got to spend all day every day together--we got caught up on every tv show there is out there, well pretty much. And then we got to make a little bit of money working at UPS and then moved back up to Rexburg. And actually it was a blessing in disguise that we took a little bit of a "break" from school because we both got good jobs...and we were able to save money....we worked 8-5 and then had the rest of the night to do whatever we wanted together. I like to reminisce about the good old days...because now that Adam is back in school....AND working--we don't really see each other anymore. He is so busy all the time...and I am so proud of him--I just feel really bad. Pretty much his day goes like this: he wakes up at 6, goes to work at 7 for a couple hours then goes to class...sometimes he goes back to work...or he just goes straight to the library until maybe 8 or 9 at night....then he eats, and then finishes his night reading or writing something for class. If he is lucky we can throw in a quick 20 minute episode of friends. He's taking close to a billion classes...and staying strong in the A range....but it'll all be over in December...so we're getting close. And as for me...I'm lucky if I'm up by 7:30 to be at work at 8 (not a morning person at all) to browse the internet for cute crafty ideas all day, and then when I get home I catch up on The Hill's or Friends. Rough...rough life!

Summer is coming to an end....

2008-09-18T18:29:00.002-07:00

It's been a while since this blogs been written on so I thought I'd give a quick update on whats been going on in the Gooch abode....

To start, we got our first pet….our fish Fletcher.

And sadly to say –he didn’t last very long, I might’ve accidently filled up the tank a little much when I was cleaning it out, and the next morning when I went to go feed him I couldn’t find him…because he had jumped out of his tank…and dried up and died on Adam’s sunglasses, so that was kinda gross.

Secondly….we got the cutest little turtle from the Farmers, Adam named him Shredder, and well…he didn’t eat for about a week, so we pawned him off on Asa and snagged one of his turtles. This one is a lot healthier. Adam named him Keanu (he’s a reeve’s turtle) which was good because Shredder died like 3 days later….Keanu’s still kickin…

We finally got a chance to get everyone back together to have one more bon fire before the snow starts to come in….we just happen to build the fire where there were bullets all over the ground…we got lucky with only one bullet shooting off…

And lastly we had an amazing Labor day weekend. Adam and Eric's boss gave us a really good deal on one of his cabin's in Island Park. So us and the Farmer's took advantage, and it was so fun...and then the next day we finally got to go to Yellowstone, lucky for us it was maybe 50 degrees outside...so we got to freeze our little tooshi's off and play smack the bull....

Adam & Michelle Gooch Vacation (Post)

2008-08-22T18:53:00.000-07:00

Well our vacation from Colorado is over. We had a great time. We arrived on Friday morning, with Mike's new Lancer (shark). We just relaxed and caught up with Mike and his wonderful life. Saturday we played in a softball tournament with Mike for UPS. Mother and Father showed up which Mike voluntarily invited. All of us received scraps and bruises for our hard work and great skills. But we let a couple other teams beat us because we felt sorry for them. Ok...we sucked, but had one win. We then went to a Rockies game in which they let the other team win as well. Aww who am I kidding, they suck too. After the game mom childishly smacked old ladies with a rolled up poncho, and threw peanuts at other cars as we drove home...sober. Sunday church and olympics. Monday Aarons house with Rockband the game.

The Adam & Michelle Gooch Vacation (Pre)

2008-08-06T12:26:00.001-07:00

Well hello! Been awhile since our last blog fest. Not much has happened this summer. We have just been enjoying the nice weather and company...of eachother. We have just been working and saving money for school once again in September. We have also been saving money to take a trip to Colorado to bless our family with our presence. Lucky lucky people. Our scooter has been great, we have saved mucho on gaso. I am thinking about getting a leather jacket, chaps, and a helmet that match the scooter. I would be so cool if I did that. Grades came out and of course I got all A's. That is how the Gooch's do it...ok maybe not. Well, we are taking a trip to Colorado in two days and we are way excited. I don't know if we are more excited to be away from work or to watch the Rockies loose. Anyway, we will let ya'll know.

Go America

2008-07-07T21:45:00.001-07:00

Well hello fellow bloggers. All two of you. We have had a great 4th of July. Michelle and I drove to famous Rupert Idaho to experience there (once in a lifetime experience parade), Michelles words. It sure was an experience that I will see once. Just kidding...but seriously. We then joined the family in a mini reunion for a swim and a buffet at the cousins house. The rich cousin, that we stole lots of goodies from. Well, I would have if I wasn't so freakin honest and my values were different. So lets just imagine it. Okay don't imagine it because thoughts turn into actions. Just forget I said anything at all. We then went to a pretty good fireworks show put on by a local farmer. Crops must have been good this year. Overall, a great experience for the Gooch couple and Fennell family. The very next day, we drove to Salt Lake City to pick up our very new toy. A Scooter!!! We decided since the government wants to steal all our allowance by charging so much for gas, that they will buy us a scooter. (Stimulus check, suckers). We got a pretty good deal and we save a ton on gas. It gets about 100 miles to the gallon and gets up to 60 mph. Our friends are jealous. All three of them. Well they should be because my wife is so freakin hot driving it. Anyway, that is the news for now. School ends in two weeks...finally.

Eye got lucky

2008-06-07T15:11:00.000-07:00

A bunch has happened since the last typing of blogness. I had a flag football game last week. I was acting as Champ Bailey (cornerback position). When chaos broke loose...that is the players name. Chaos caught the ball and broke loose. When I got to chaos, so did 3 other people. We all collided and my own teammate jabbed me in the eye. I tried to get up and realized that my left eye was not working properly. Naturally I punched my teammate in the face, but; since I could not see, I punched the wrong teammate. I eventually made my way to the sidelines where Michelle nurtured me while I was going into shock. One of the guys in charge said he was going to call an ambulance. I looked at him with my eye and told him my wife is right next to me and is an awesome driver and I don't feel like paying thousands of dollars because he is an idiot. We left to come to our humble abode so I could relax and become unshocked. Within the next hour, my eye seemed to start working properly once again. With the help of a loving, awesome driving spouse, humble abodes, and the Priesthood, eye got lucky.

Birthday Time Again

2008-05-18T18:19:00.000-07:00

Well, I am now a quarter century old and all is well. My body still is amazing, well to Michelle. My brain is still very sharp, and I can still do math. So, being 25 is pretty good so far. Yesterday (my birthday) was a very busy day. Michelle made me breakfast at about 9:00. We then went and hit a bucket of golf balls, Tiger Woods style. (I am not sure what style that is really). Then Eric Liggett took me out to eat for lunch. At about 1:00, a bunch of us went to the Heise. The Heise is a lava hot springs place that has a really nice pool. Which was great because we ended up having some great weather yesterday too. After words I went and worked out with Eric Farmer. So I could keep my figure and still impress Michelle. Finally, we went to a camp/park with about 15 of us and had a bond fire and played some fun games. So there you have it. That was the great birthday of yesterday to celebrate my 25th year since I exited the womb and started this wonderful life. I want to thank all those who have helped me become what I am today and encourage those who have not helped me to do so (money).

Ouch

2008-05-04T19:15:00.001-07:00

Finally the weather is decent. In fact, Michelle and I got sunburns. We went and played softball all day on Saturday. (Ok we just passed out at the pool for a few hours.) It was great. I am a little out of shape, but still play like the pros. Softball season starts here next week, as well as flag football (ward team that I am putting together). So we should stay active this summer.

Summer has begun,or has it?

2008-05-01T18:01:00.000-07:00

Well, summer is supposed to be here. But it just snowed today. On May 1st (today), it freaken snowed!!!! But that is rexburg for you. It was 70 degrees yesterday and today white summer. Other than goose bumps and hopeful hearts, things are great. I have finally started school again. I am really trying not to get kicked out this time, I am tired of applying. However, I am still working full time at a company called Yellowstone Hotel Systems. So busy, busy, busy. I usually just do my homework at work, that way I can say that I get paid for being a student. It all works out.
Michelle is just as busy or she pretends so I can't complain. She is working full time at a company called Amet. She is also doing competitive softball for the school. I know you are thinking, "BYU-Idaho doesn't have competitive sports." Well they do, sortof. They are having 4 or 5 teams of girls play eachother. So the competition is okay. Not for Michelle though, she is amazing. She is the best pitcher (not drinking glass type), here. She is the assistant coach for her team, so she can yell and throw balls at them if they misbehaving (she does that to me all the time). She is also the head coach for a 10 year old girls softball team for the city. So, she is as active as...something active. Things are well, and they just seem to be getting weller. Whatever.

Baby...Hungry?

2008-04-15T17:37:00.000-07:00

Well, here is the latest news. We just found out that Eric and Beth Farmer are pregnant. As well as Patrick and Cari Scott...again, horn dogs. So, Michelle is kind of baby hungry. (I don't mean to eat)
But instead of a baby, she wants a Puppy. Which would be okay with me because I enjoy those little mutts that eat my shoes and piss every where except the toilet. Ya, sounds like fun. However, our landlord will not put up with any pet whatsoever.