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on the go kinda month

I know it has been a whole entire month since I have posted anything and let me tell you it has been non-stop. My brother got married, we went to spread my grandpa's ashes in Pueblo, my mother in-law and grandma came into town over Halloween, we got ourself a house and we are still unpacking, but most of it is done.

So first I want to give a shout out to my brother really pulling the trigger to get married and his wife Danielle is a very nice girl and is going to fit into our crazy family just great. It was a lot of fun because I was able to hang out with my bestie Scottie and we met up with another one of our good friend Jess for breakfast. The day of the wedding the weather said that it was going to be cold and the ceremony was outside, but it all ended up great without anyone freezing. I am so proud of my brother and I wish him nothing but pure happiness.


Brother 


Mother 


Hubby 


Scottie


The whole family 

The weekend after my brother got married, we all head to Denver, Colorado. From there we drove to Pueblo, where we met up with my dad's side of the family. It was so good seeing them, especially being able to spend time cooking dinner and all of us around the table. Love those memories when my brother and I spending time with my grandpa and his wife Mona at their house. We would build boats and go to the River Walk and float our boat we made. We went there the next day to spread grandpa Bill's ashes. It was hard, but I know that he is much happier riding his bike everywhere. He passed from Parkinson's disease and the last time Steve and I saw him all he wanted is to get rid of his walker and get on his bike again. After we all spread his ashes, we went up to the Country Club and we saw a slide show of Bill and all of us there spending time with him. He is truly missed and my love for that man was big time.


Diner, Drive-ins and Dives place in Pueblo called Tacos Navarro


The fam walking downtown Pueblo 


The crew at grandpa Bill's spreading of his ashes at the River Walk 

Flip flop families to Steve's mom Lisa and grandma. They came up from St. George and spent about a week here. We walked in the Halloween 5k  in our costumes, while grandma held the fort down for us. We ended up taking a detour, but we made it to the finish line. Halloween night we walked down Harrison Blvd because the majority of the houses are decked out with Halloween decorations. The street was closed off this year because of how many kids go there to trick or treat. It is always a fun time when Lisa comes up to visit and it was so good to see grandma. 


The three amigos before the chaos

We moved into our house right after Lisa and grandma headed back to St. George and we have been loving the space we have now. No more 250 sq ft studio. I was a little sad when we were packing up because this was where we started to love Boise so much. We are still organizing stuff here at our new place, but the more we spend time here the more love we have for this little home. It is about 3 times larger than our studio, Wrigley enjoys how much more space he has to run around and play. Since we moved from a smaller place for a little bit bigger it is funny as we were going through all our clothing and other stuff we put in storage. I stated to Steve multiple times, "We have so much junk." We decluttered quite a bit of stuff.


We went through the Meridian Temple open house with our good friends Seth and Johannah 

After soccer on Thursday night I got a bad allergic reaction to something and I started to itch from my head down my shoulders and back area. It was so bad that my face and lips swelled up. We got home jump in the shower and took an allergy pill. I felt weak and tired. I am back to normal now, but curious about what it was that would cause such a bad reaction? Let me know your thoughts, please.

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