Homecoming Dance & True Rebel Night

So I've never been to a school dance before not college or High School. Well I did go to Red an White in High School which is a senior dance but we never went to the dance. It was kinda lame so I decided that Jace and I needed to go to Homecoming so we could get the full college experience and High School for me. :) Rhett and Natalie came with us too which made it alot of fun. We danced and danced and danced. It was great. We also went to True Rebel Night after the dance. It's a a tradition at Dixie in which at Midnight on Homecoming Saturday you and your date go stand in the fountain and kiss. The water was so cold but it was so much fun. I am so happy we went and have such great friends to go with as well.

All dressed up for the dance

Rhett and Natalie

The Group

Us dancing the night away

All of us in the freezing cold fountain

Kissy Kissy in the fountain

True Rebels! :)

Homecoming Parade

So it's home coming week for Dixie State College and today was the Homecoming parade. My PTA program just started a club for us called the Student Association of Physical Therapist Assistants or SAPTA so we represented in the parade. There are 23 students in the whole program and 4 of us showed up. Sad I know but we had fun. Big Sexy was the "float" for us so that was a lot of fun. We saw and heard a lot of comments on how nice the truck is and Jace's Favorite was a little boy say look how shiny daddy. It was cute. We had music too and Jace and I are deaf from it now because it was so loud in the cab. Oh well. The three girls in the back of the truck threw candy but ran out half way through the parade. So over all it was a good and alot of fun. Here are some pics. I saw alot of camera takin pics of the truck in the parade so maybe we will be famous! haha J/k. We also heard alot of What is SAPTA? It was great.

Tiffany Kelsy Sierra and Me

The not so cool looking banner on one side

The banner Jace and I made at midnight that everyone liked the most. :)

The other side of the trucks banner. Loved how none
of them matched each other.

Blackfoot Family Reunion and Demo Derby

This past weekend was the Merrell family reunion. It's in Blackfoot ID and is a really long drive for us especially with all the school stuff Jace and I have going on, but we decided to stretch ourselves thin and go up. It was alot of fun and I loved seeing the family but we are extremely tired. It wore us out. I only have time for a quick highlight of the weekend and had to get these cute pictures up of my hubby.

Highlight #1: Jace finally got to ride a horse for the first time. Unlce greg was so nice to saddle his horse Rose to let the kids and us ride. Anthony and Olivia had never ridin a horse before either so it was their first time too and they all loved it.

Highlight #2: The demo derby was very fun and had alot of good hits. Tailee fell asleep on my lap again this year too. I don't know how she sleeps through the noise but as she does it somehow. We saw one of the cars at the gas station when we got to Blackfoot and told the kids (Anthony, Chacen, and Tailee since they rode with us) that the car was going to the fair. Tailee told me that they were going there early so they could practice. Haha. Too cute!

Highlight #3: We got to eat yummy scone nuggets. I look forward to those every year. Hopefully we can make it next year so we can eat some more!

Highlight #4: It was good to see all my family. Wish they all lived closer and that we could make it up to see them more. Guess they will have to start taking advantage of our guest bedroom.

Well, that's all i have time more. Possibly more to come, depending on time. School is EXTREMELY busy.

Leading the horse. I love that hour heads are looking down at the poop.

Love this picture. Olivia's first time on a horse. She
started crying when the horse coughed and farted though.

Getting ready and learning how to "drive" from Uncle Greg

Jace's first time riding a horse. He looked so good. :)

Me and my Tailee

Jace is a pro now. :)

Anthony looking at the cows.

Cutest picture all day. I love my hubby and those sweet kids

Truck Update

Last Friday my boss gave me 2 free movie tickets for working so hard and filling in for people so Jace and I decided to have the date night we missed last Saturday from the truck dying. We got ready and Jace called Texas to put on names on the list again so we wouldn't have to wait. We decided to take Big Sexy too since he was fixed and had been working really good. We were so excited to have a real date night and to take the truck too, but we didn't make it out of the parking lot. We made it out of the parking spot and about 20 feet in our parking lot before Big Sexy died. I couldn't help but laugh since it was the same situation as last time just in our parking lot. Jace was able to pull off to the side of the parking lot out of the way and try to get it started again but no luck for a couple minutes. Big Sexy would start and run for about 20 seconds then die. It was like it was getting choked. But Jace was able to back it up finally into a parking spot. The longer he let it sit the longer it would run. So he let it sit a little bit, would start it, put it in reverse, and gas it. We are so glad it worked. It took about 35-40 minutes before getting the truck in a parking spot again but no one came out to see what we were doing and we were reving it up pretty loud and cars drove by too. What a rude world we live in. Even last saturday 3 cars pulled in the parking lot we were broke down in and one guy even waved but no one stopped to ask if we needed help. Our hood was up and the tonneau cover was up and nothing. Not even the 4 or so cops driving by stopped to help. Kinda made me sad to see how inconsiderate people can be.
Anyway, after getting the truck a the parking spot again we jumped in the car and went to Texas. The food was great and we didn't get sick since we thought maybe the truck was trying to keep us from eating there and getting food poisoning or something. We even had left over for lunch the next day. :) We saw The Switch which was really cute and funny. I enjoyed it lots. It was nice to have a fun evening even though Big Sexy still needs a new fuel selector valve.

Big Sexy Dies :( But LIVES!!!!!

So Jace and I decided to go to Texas Roadhouse for dinner to celebrate/mourn the last Saturday of summer. We called in and put our name on the list to not wait in line around 6:30 then jump in the truck to head over. Jace had spent the day doing diagnostics on the truck to make sure it was ready for school so we drove Big Sexy to Texas but we didn't make it. On our way there Jace switched fuel tanks and a little bit after doing that Big Sexy died. Jace could push the gas and get a little reponse but then it was like the key turned off. Luckily Jace was able to turn into a parking lot just a block away from Texas. It was quite the trick getting the truck to turn since there was no power steering though. Sadly the parking lot we were in was a private parking lot. We call Ernie and Gail on all three of their phones and no answer. We called Grandma and grandpa to see if Ernie and Gail were over there but they weren't home and no one answered their house phone either. Then we noticed that Jace's phone only had 20% battery life left. Not good because you see, I didn't bring anything with me. I left my purse and phone at home so that no one would call and interrupt our dinner. Big mistake. We called as many people as we could before Jace's phone died and I wrote phone numbers down on an envelope in case we had to use someone else's phone. Long story short Uncle Mont came to our rescue and took us home to get the car and my phone. We had free towing within 15 miles so Big Sexy was towed home. I cried when I saw it loaded on the tow truck, but at least it made it home.
Jace was so worried about the truck that that night I woke up to him pushing my feet and the bed at 2 am. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "I have to move it." I asked what?!? but he woke up enough to walk back around the bed, lay down, and go to sleep. He doesn't remember doing that but I thought it was cute. They couldn't put the truck all the way forward in the parking spot so it needed to be pushed up. I think Jace was trying to move the truck in his sleep and I was the truck I guess. He is a cutie.
Jace got the truck working again today and I love it. It was hard to share our one car with our crazy schedules. I guess the fuel tank selector was the problem. There was no pressure in the fuel line/tank so Big Sexy wasn't getting any gas. I am so blessed to have a smart hubby that keeps trying til he finds the problem then fixes it. He did so much research and talking to his Truck Friends online. I am just so proud of him for fixing Big Sexy. I love him so so much and Big Sexy. :)

On the tow truck. :(

In the wrong parking spot. :( The tow truck couldn't get Big Sexy in
it's normal parking spot so it went in the back of the parking lot. :(
At least she is home though.

Back to school!

Well school is back in session again. Not to excited about it because we loved our summer but i guess the sooner we get started the sooner we will be done. :) We took some back to school pictures. I started Monday and Jace started Tuesday so we have separate pictures since our schedules are so different. I can't wait for Christmas Vacation! I already need a break.

So cute in his new shirt!

Dinner in the mountains

We were able to stay an extra day in Fillmore after our almost full week in Plymouth which I loved. Jace had to replace our water pump too. The low coolant light had been coming on for a week or so but it kept going on and off and we had just checked it a couple weeks earlier so we didn't worry to much about it. On our way up to SLC though the light came on so we decided to stop at Auto Zone and check it. Sure enough the coolant was low. We had put a bottle in the trunk when we left St. George which was very nice. We got back on the road and made it to SLC. It came on here and there during our trip and when we left to come back to Fillmore there was a big puddle of coolant. We said our prayers for the car to work and make it to Fillmore and it did. i am so grateful for answered prayers. Apparently, the seal had cracked so Jace had to replace it. Ernie and Jace worked on the car while Momma T and me chatted and watched. It was so normal to being doing that too. :) After getting the car fixed we headed up the mountains on the 4-wheelers for tin foil dinners and s'mores. Yummy. It was so delicious and fun. Can't wait to go again!

We didn't have our goggles but sun glasses worked great. SO glad
Jace doesn't have contacts anymore. They were a pain.

Momma T and Ernie in the creek. Best part of the ride it the water.

Momma T the Pryro

Jace got it from somewhere. :)

Yummy S'mores!

Cheese!

Cute little couple!