Soper Christmas Vacation

It has been brought to my attention that I am taking WAY too long to post.... And I truly am sorry. Here it is. The long awaited post (Amber), and it's all about CHRISTMAS!!! My favorite! We had a fabulous Christmas vacation. As most of you all know, we have a busy traveling vacation always. We have lots of places to go, lots of people to see and LOTS of miles to drive. I have informed Adam that as soon as we have kids, it's just not happening like this anymore. (Haha... Yeah RIGHT!) We started out driving down to Hurricane on the 23rd and stayed with my brother and sister in law. We got there really late, but not to late to have our oh so fantastic artichoke party. It's not really a party. We just eat artichokes. It's our favorite. Then on Christmas Eve we took a last trip into St. George for some shopping at Sportman's. This is where I oh so slyly bought Adam a red-dot scope without him knowing. (Thanks a million for all the scheming Darrell and Treen). Then we went to my mom's house for her famous Christmas Eve Norwegian style Crown Roast Dinner. Yum.... I'm drooling just thinking about it. Then we opened presents!! YAY! My brothers boys were so excited they weren't even hungry... It was an amazing night. I always look forward to this meal. It bring back the traditions of being a kid for me. The years I spent in Norway were so fun, and I love that we can have this night together with my family.

Me with my mom's Tree

Adam and me at my mom's house

The Women

Me and my buddy, Blakely

Cutie Cleo

Blakely, Trina and Darrell. Enjoying a delicious Norwegian Cookie. (I can't remember the name of it...)

On Christmas Day we woke up at my brother's house and enjoyed watching the boys open their presents. They both got bikes from Santa!!! Among all sorts of other super cool toys. Some nerf guns... There was a war...And I don't even know what else. :) After that we loaded up and drove to Cedar City to Susie's house (That's Adam's mom) Then we opened MORE presents. We got food storage from Susie and Burt. SUPER AWESOME!! And our "stockings" were ginormous bags filled with all sorts of goodies and awesome stuff. I also got a new purse, and my super amazing Adam got me exactly what I wanted.... BOWLING STUFF! I was so excited! I got a ball, a bag and shoes! Now I don't have to wear stinky rentals anymore!!!!! Adam got a new collectors edition of Roger Rabbit and the New Kids on the Block CD. Haha. He does the dance totally perfect. It's awesome. Maybe one day he'll let me record it.... For now you just have to imagine :) WE spent the rest of the day just hanging out. Susie does a crab boil for Christmas dinner. We eat it southern style, so it's all just dumped on the table and you eat as much as you can. I wish I had a picture, but I don't.... Ha That night we went to see "Marley and Me". Cutest movie EVER! I bawled.... It's true. I did. Like a baby. Then I cuddled with Maggie the Dog and Alan the cat....

The next day we did a little shopping and hung out some more. Very relaxing. On Saturday we drove over the mountain to Panguitch. We bought a camp trailer from Susie, and we pulled it over there. Again, I wish I had a picture, but I just didn't get one. No clue why...... We got to Panguitch and once the trailer was unloaded we went Ice Fishing!!!! YEAH!!! I love going ice fishing. It is so calm and just relaxed. Unfortunately only 3 of the 8 of us caught anything... There were also all too small to keep. But that's ok. I still had fun.

Adam all bundled up on Panguitch Lake

Here is everyone... Ashley (in the pink) is sleeping.... And STILL managed to be one of only 3 that caught anything

My fishing hole

Ashley's fish.

After Ice fishing we opened even MORE presents from Adam's dad. He got us a Wii!!! For real! And that night Grandma MarLyn decided we were having a bowling tournament. Here are some video highlights. :)

I LOVE THESE FAMILIES I HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Trip to Hurricane

So, we went down to Hurricane (a couple of weeks ago) to see my family. No reason.... Other than that I MISSED THEM!!! Here are some awesome pictures of our trip:

Dinner with the Adults!

Out at the shooting range

Yeah, I'm that awesome.

My bro and his wifey.

MY SUPER HOT MAN!

And last, but NEVER least, the nephews...

BIG SMILE!! No, smile BIG! BIGGER!

Rock star and GQ, all in one. :)

JASON MRAZ CONCERT

So we had a little girls night and went to the Jason Mraz concert last night. I have loved him for years now, and this is the 1st time he has been to Utah. I was SOOO excited! We had a blast.

Here's a little video too.... He is AMAZING in concert!!

FRIGHTMARES 2008

So, even though Adam hates every holiday that exists (almost), I love them all. I love haunted houses... Adam refuses to go... Ask him why and he will be totally honest---He's scared. Ha. The only thing I can get him to do that is even remotely festive for Halloween is Frightmares at Lagoon. We went this weekend, and had a BLAST. As always.

Adam on the Samurai... I was getting sick just watching the ride.... Sick... People who like spinning rides are CRAZY

Yeah... I'm super cute... NOT

Adam's typical picture face. Here we were waiting in line for Wicked.... It really is wicked... Ha

Us in line for Spider. Cute! He actually took a normal picture!

Austin and Laney. We love them...

I love this thing. Hahahahahah

i LOVE fall!!!

Fall colors are seriously my favorite!! These scenes make me blissfully happy...


Here we are at Bridal Veil Falls. Apparently we didn't realize the zoom was on... Haha

On our way up the hill. Adam was loving it, and I was actually a little scared.

At the top of the hill.


Happy happy days.... Fall means winter is right around the corner!!!! YAY!!!!

Check out the wasps nest we saw. I am so amazed at how these small creatures can create somthing like this...

If you look close enough, there is a rock in the middle of the circle.... I HIT that!! With a bullet!!! Out of a gun!!!! Be amazed... Be really amazed....

DON'T FORGET MY PARTY!!!

EVERYONE!!!!! THIS TUESDAY THE 16TH IS MY LIA SOPHIA PARTY!! DON'T FORGET! IF YOU NEED DIRECTIONS LET ME KNOW. THE TREATS ARE GONNA BE GOOD, SO AT LEAST COME FOR THAT. NO BUYING NECESSARY. :)

LIA SOPHIA PARTY!!

Hey everyone!!! I am hosting a Lia Sophia Jewelry Party. Please send me your address so I can send out the invites. :) I won't post the comment with your address... Don't worry. :) Thanks!! I hope you all can make it! OH!!! And I need your addresses by Monday. :)

New Stuff

Well, it seems that my dear friend Amber is totally unsatisfied with my ability to blog lately... Haha. I guess I have done a few things since last time. There was the Balloon festival in Panguitch.... In June.... Without Adam. That's when he was in California.

Balloons in the daytime.

Balloons during "The Glow". When it gets dark they don't take off. They just line them all up on the main streets and light them up. Super cool!

And then there was the 24th of July in Panguitch... But I don't have any pictures cause Adam has the camera and I forgot to download them before he left. It was super fun though! We watched the parade on the 24th, and then we had a surprise party for Adam's mom right after. It was so fun! She had no idea!! Then we went camping Friday and Saturday. We had to come back Saturday night cause Adam works Sundays now. We just drove out to Adam's work and I spent the night there.... Can we say FLASHBACK?? We had to sleep in a twin bed. Haha.

And then there was the other night. I know you are all going to be UBER JEALOUS!!! My amazing friend Anika called me on Sunday and asked if I would go to a concert with her. A Chris Issak concert... Haha. Well, I went and it actually ended up being really fun! He is a great entertainer. Other than the millions of middle aged women scantily dressed, (I really could have gone without that), and the young girls slutily dressed, it was a blast!!! Anika bought a picture for him to sign, and after fighting off a few line cutters, we finally got to shake hands with the legend. Hee hee.

The first picture is of, yep... you guessed it... CHRIS ISAAK!

The second is obviously Anika the model and myself.

That is just about all I've got at this point. Adam is in Wyoming right now for 2 weeks, and he took the camera, so you can't expect much from me. :)