Two new additions to our family..

Monday, Daniel was able to shoot at this big buck at 20 YARDS!.. He is still on cloud 9..

Unfotunately, I didn't get to see the shot, I was waiting on the four wheeler to pick him up after a "short walk" that turned into an hour and a half. After calling me on the radio to come get him, and after I had started the fourwheeler, he called back "Kiera! Turn off the fourwheeler and stay where you're at!" I had no idea what was going on.. til he said "KIERA! I just shot the BIGGEST BUCK I've ever had a chance at!!"

Daniel's buck green scored 168 and 6/8 with a 27 and 7/8 outside spread!

This is the first new addition to our family.. eventually it will hang in our house. :)

On Tuesday, we were blessed with another new addition, Raegan RuthAnn Richens, 8 lbs 1 oz, 21 inches long. My brother and sister-in-law had their first child. We haven't been able to see her yet, but we are very excited to!!

Being held by Grandpa Richens... She is going to be able to get whatever she wants from him..

Sleeping on Grandma Richens' lap, precious and sweet. Brown hair like her daddy :)

Being held in mom's arms

My oh my, where has the summer gone?

Nothing too exciting has been happening in our lives over the past few weeks. Daniel and I are getting things in order for us both to start school. He will start on the 17th and I start again on the 24th (one more year for me! woot!) It is International Days this weekend here in Price and my dancers are dancing this year at opening ceremonies and in the park on Saturday. It'll be fun to see them dance again, I know they've missed it, as have I.

We are going the rodeo in Castle Dale this weekend, we haven't been since Daniel and I were dating, but I convinced Daniel to go with me on Saturday evening.

At lastly, for the past two evenings I have had the "privelege" :) of watching bow hunting, and last night Daniel was getting excited for the bow hunt this year that he wanted to go out and practice shooting his bow... in his bright green mountain dew pajama pants. I love this boy!

4th of July Fun!

This past weekend we were able to go to Richfield and spend time with Daniel's family. I have never seen any fireworks other than those here in Price at the Fairgrounds, but the show down in Richfield was amazing compared to those here. We went fishing with Daniel's Aunt and Uncle and their 5 kids, the night before we ran to Walmart to get the girls pink fishing poles that Brian had promised them. Luckily they had just gotten in a new batch of Princess poles, surprisingly the eleven dollar poles were the best at catching the fish!

Brigham, 5, with the catch of the day, he told everyone later that he was a world class fisherman!

Jake, 10, with his catch on the princess pole :)

Colton,12, with his big one, also caught on the princess pole

Maddie, 3, my shadow, with the stray kitten that showed up at Grandma's

Little Maren, 2, figured out how to swing, biggest blue eyes!

Little Cassidy, 3, loves her "Dano"

Most of Sunday Daniel devoted his time to unclogging Grandma's sink, they finally got it cleared out around 4 o'clock. Luckily it happened when we were there to help resolve the problem. I went to sacrament meeting with Debbie and the kids, Brigham had a nice chuckle about the size of the sacrament bread (it was miniature because there were so many people in sacrament meeting).

And last but clearly not least, Daniel had a very fun experience - he got to shoot to his Uncle Kirk's 50 Caliber rifle, hence the video. He now wants one eventually, even though it is not economically wise to shoot them at all, its about 2-5 bucks a bullet. He had a blast, they were shooting at 1000 yards. I'll have him write more when he is home next.. not sure when that'll be, he's working on the skyling up Huntington Canyon for the next two weeks.

We have a video, but I couldn't get it to work, I will try again!

Fishin up at ole' Pete's Hole

Daniel and I decided to take a short fishing trip up Joe's Valley to Pete's Hole before I had to go in to work at 1. We left at 6:30 to make it up there in enough time to fish, and to give us enough time to make it home for work.


I like to use my lucky lime green lure, and it was lucky today! Above is my one of the littler ones I caught, but it was really pretty so I wanted to put this pic up. I caught 8 fish and had many other little bites compared to Daniel's 3. Part of his "success" is due to the fact that he kept feeding a little chipmunk sunflower seeds and shooting at the pot gut intruder instead of casting out and reeling in.



However - I have to tell the funny story of Daniel's first fish. I traded him poles to give him a chance to catch a fish. With me casting out on his pole I caught a little one first cast.. :D Next he finally caught a fish on my pole and was determined to get a picture with the "d@*#" fish as it spit the hook and fell to the ground, he was kickin' it up on the shore to keep it from flopping back in the lake, dropping it 2 or 3 times, I should have switched the camera to video mode and recorded it, but I was laughing so hard it brought me to tears. So I finally got a pitcure of his with his fish :P I hope its still alive with the grip that he had on it.

It was an great morning, fun and muddy, but the best of days!

First Camping Trip..

This past weekend Daniel and I went on our first ever camping trip with just the two of us. We pulled his Dad's trailer up on Thousand Lakes and found ourselves a nice, quiet camp spot a ways from the road.

We tried fishing the first day, but gave up due to the wind - which was miserable. We decided to fair the wind via the four-wheeler and go shed hunting. After taking a 2 to 2.5 hour hike to try and see if Daniel had seen a shed or if it was truly a stick, we walked back to the four-wheeler empty handed. Driving down the road I spotted this little beauty poking up through the sage brush, only able to see the one tine.

Upon picking it up, it was a nice, little brown 5 point elk shed, not bad for my first elk shed Daniel says.

We didn't get totally skunked, Daniel spotted a 4 point Deer shed from the road as well. It was a fun weekend to be able to get away with just the two of us. Even though we don't have kids, we don't get very much alone time because of the busy lives we both still lead. We are planning to go again as soon as we can.

Weddings, Graduations, and Ex-boyfriends

Last weekend we were able to travel up to American Fork to see Candra and Jacob get married. It was a fun day to be able to go and be in the temple with them, and I’ve come to the conclusion that I am broken emotionally because I cry at almost everything now, not pregnant, just moved by lots of different things.

The temple grounds were gorgeous as seen in these pictures; beautiful tulips that Daniel offered to go and pick for all of us girls. It was a fun day to get away from Price, and Daniel was a good sport about waiting for an hour after Candra got married so that we could take pictures. He even modeled Caitie's lovely sun glasses for us.

After pictures were finally done, and all had gotten a good amount of May sun, we had an adventure finding Olive Garden to each lunch, and guess what! They had gnocchi! My favorite Italian dish! It wasn’t as good as when Steven and Linel Denison used to make it at Briccone’s but it was still very tasty.

Yesterday we were able to see Jared graduate from high school. It is crazy to think that he is done, that I graduated only three years ago, and that we are all getting older. It was a good ceremony, and I had the lovely time of sitting next to my ex-boyfriend Nick. His mother, Candra's mother, and my mother found this all rather funny. Thanks mom for choosing the seat. It wasn't bad, nor that awkward of a situation, just a different situation to be put in, and one that I wouldn’t necessarily choose for myself. It was nice to chat with him, and to see these kids graduate, as well as the look on Superintendent Bueno's face when Mikelle Dickson thanked teachers for teaching the students about STDs.

Before this becomes too long I'll close by wishing everyone a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day Weekend!

Made it through Spring Semester!

Spring semester is over! Grades are in, and I didn’t fair too badly. I pulled four A’s and one C (which is the grade that I was hoping for in my ridiculous physics class!) I was able to maintain a 3.57 GPA that will hopefully qualify me for a tuition scholarship for the next year.

Other things that have been going on, Daniel has been working at the Millsite Golf Course for two weeks now. It has been nice to be able to have him home every night for a change. He’ll be there for maybe a few more weeks, then either back to Crescent Junction, or who knows where in this construction business.

This past weekend was a busy one. Daniel and I helped my dad and Uncle Jon reroof my grandpa’s house. It was actually a fun experience, until the soreness and stiffness set in. I learned the “art” of setting the shingles in a step pattern so that they lay how they need to, I hammered the tar paper down, and even worked the nail gun nailing shingles. So if anyone needs new shingles J it was lots of fun to work alongside Daniel and it’s something we both love to do. We were able to get one side of the house done despite the rain and wind that we had. After we finished at my grandpa’s we invited Daniel’s sister Mindi and her boyfriend to go get Coldstone (dinner for us). It was fun.

The next day we headed for Richfield to get my ring cleaned and make sure the prongs we still okay, we saw Daniel’s cousin Julie’s new baby boy, he was so cute! And had a ton of hair! We visited with Grandma and Grandpa Hansen, and also purchased a chainsaw so that Daniel can start building furniture and have his own chainsaw to use. I think he is spoiled..

Coming up in the next few weeks we have a possible camping trip, dance review, working at Grandma Wilson’s house relaying concrete in the driveway, mother’s day, Jared’s graduation, Birthdays, and lots more. We are doing well, and still plugging away at life!