So this weekend was fun and busy. School and work had been going well, but both Chris and I were looking forward to a break. Our friend Maria had been coming down the last couple of weeks wanting to go crawdad fishing.
Jeoffrey, my younger bro also came down from
BYU Idaho to chill for the weekend. So we were all up for an adventure! Of course, even though we did have fun we still watched General Conference (a worldwide church meeting
broadcasted on
tv).
We went to Strawberry Reservoir for the best chance to catch crawdads, but when we got there, it was FREEZING!! It was snowing and our rope for our trap would freeze stiff. We didn't bring any gloves or hand warmers either! But Chris was determined to try to catch some fish.
While Chris was braving the cold,
Jeoffrey Maria and I were huddling in the car eating sandwiches and trying to keep our blood circulating.
Our crawdad trap wasn't catching any, so we would lure them to shore with a chicken drumstick on a string, then just pick them out of the water with our hands. This is Maria getting them.
Even though it was
rediculously cold we still stayed for two hours outside and wouldn't leave because most crawdads would come up at night! Towards the end we were just scooping two or three at a time out of the water!
We brought them home and boiled them up with some butter. Not that much meat on them but they taste pretty good. We ended up catching 33 in total.
Jeoffrey also wanted a haircut. So we called up Jon and his fiancee to hang out.
Jeoffrey pretty much looks like an army guy now.
It was a good weekend. We hung out with family and got to catch up with a lot of people. All of us want to squeeze in another crawdad trip before it gets really REALLY cold! We'll see how it will work out!
Congratulations to the newlyweds! Jon and Aubrey Howe were married at the Seattle Washington Temple Nov. 10 2007.
The parents on both sides were elated! (Sorry! Jon had his eyes closed on this pic!)
Here are the bridesmaids and flower girl with the happy couple.
Aubrey is struttin' her stuff!
Here is the sibling trio. They told us to act "natural" we didn't want to ruin the picture and be our natural goofy selves so we went for the "daydreaming" look. Jeff was the best man and I was a bridesmaid.
Luckily it wasn't raining (It did drizzle off and on). However, it was still only 50 degrees with a cold wind and for pics we had to go without coats for most of the two hours! Everyone toughed it out, including Aubrey's adorable little sister here.
The reception was at the Clise Mansion. It was a really beautiful and the food was great!
The cake was lovely.
It really was a whirlwind trip! Jeff, Chris and I flew into Washington late Friday night but had to get to the temple early the next morning. It was basically the wedding, reception and a dinner with the White's all day until almost midnight. We then had an early flight the next morning and finally drove home! We were so happy but at the same time EXHAUSTED!! (My muscles are sore!) Aw well, here's to the California reception starting next weekend! We'll be sure to update the blog then too!! We are so happy that Aubrey is now in the family. The White's are very nice people! It's funny that two out of the three Howe kids ended up marrying people from the same place in Washington!
