last weekend we went to the st. george rodeo. it was a fun night out although the rodeo clowns were pretty lame and did not give us much entertainment we still had a good time.
this part was really neat. for the national anthem they had fire men, police men, and military men holding a HUGE flag and then all of these little kids walked out and covered the arena with flags. it was an over whelming patriotic moment. i love how cowboys love their country and are not afraid to show it!
this little 5 year old was ridding around all by her self and I thought it was adorable. it made me want to get a horse someday so I can have a cute little princess like her ridding around like a BIG girl.
-neat flowers that make me smile
being an employee of Henriksen/Butler means i get great deals on their products.... with that being said i hope we can afford to get these dinning chairs before we leave st. george. they are very comfortable and extremely stylish! 
oh and on a side note for happiness of the day... the black serving bowls were the buy of the day only $2.10 each normally $8.00 
if you have not seen this movie i recommend it!
i did miss this guy a lot! he was stuck here in st. george working and studying for the GRE while i got to play all weekend. it was good for him to be able to focus more without me around. brady is such an amazing husband. he lets me go have fun and spend time with my family all the time. so i drove home monday night. lucky for me i got to wake up and go to work tuesday morning and then hit the road for another 2 hours to vegas for an appointment. you know you are all jealous about driving for 7 1/2 hours in 2 days.
today i was on my friend aubrey's blog and saw this new web boutique http://www.shopruche.com/index.phpon on her blog. so of course i had to check it out and oh am i glad i did. i love it! i have been looking for something to spend my birthday $$ on and i found more than enough for me to spend it all on. thanks aubrey!!
i am sad that brady has to stay home and work and study for the gre. he is down to the last few weeks of studying. he will be taking the gre on friday september 18th so please remember him in your prayers! he has to score high so he can get into a physical therapy program.
tomorrow will be another happy friday, family, fun and a hair cut from my fav kelsey sampson!
right here i thought i was going to kill myself... cody was running across this rock wall and jumping in and i thought it looked like fun and gave it a try... umm... yeah there was no edge to make you jump and it was weird and i was sure i was going to smash my face on the rocks. luckily to my surprise i didn't. i just belly flopped. needless to say i survived and am oh so glad!
this time jumping was much easier.
rock climb up and jump! now that is how it should be... right?!
cody and brady being thugs on the golden wall.
this hike was great fun and took its tole on my old lady body but was worth it. if you have never done it i highly recommend it. but don't wait too long the water is getting colder. we are so close we will join anyone if they are wanting to conquer it. can anyone guess what mr. wood is about to eat? ..... yep a HUGE grape. i know it looks almost like a green apple but its not. mr. wood was so excited about this grape. he wanted me to take this picture... which is a shock he never tells me to take pictures i normally just do it. needless to say he was proud of it.
ps kels thanks for the super cute shirt! i love it :)
oh i am also going to start watching a cute little boy nolan {3 1/2 years old} in our ward on tuesdays and thursday nights so his mommy can go to school. i thought it would help with me missing my little liam guy and also help out a single mom who could use it. i hope it all goes well i start both jobs the same week. wish me luck, my life will have structure for the first time in 6 months. check back with me in another 6 months to see if i am still this thrilled to be working again. 
my goal of the week is exactly that... i mrs. wood am going to cook more exciting meals! stay toned for my great recipes i will be sure to post them. 
get ready for this friends. we decided to do monday reader boards on our blog. this methodist church by blake and annie's has the best reader boards. we love driving to their house so we get to read these. we hope they make ya'll laugh like us :)
we had such a blast with all of the aunts, uncles, and cousins who we don't get to see often. it was fun to just hang out and do nothing but play games, eat yummy food, laugh till you cry, eat, and play more games. it was so relaxing and fun to spend so much time with mr. wood and all of his family.
we finally decided to leave the cabin and go on a hike to stewart falls with jamie, dave, and savannah. we were so proud of her she walked about a mile of the 4 mile hike. it was nice to be outside in the cool weather {that is something we don't get often anymore living in st. george and we miss it}
we had a great weekend up north. we got to go swimming on saturday with megan, weston, and our little lime guy. we got to go on the big slide and liam thought it was so cool. after a afternoon in the sun we headed down to springville to mom and dad's for a bbq with the family. we rabner gals love cooking and had a blast making dinner and just talking and laughing. oh how i love to laugh with family, it puts such a smile on my face! ben did the tour de park city race earlier that day and was beat from the 175 mile race. mom and dad were up there being his support crew and cheering him on so he could come in 8th place! way to go bennie you are amazing racer! we are sorry that you wrecked and got road rash but glad you are doing better. thanks rabner family and wood family for a fun weekend we miss you all and don't forget to come and visit us here in st. george. love you!!
when i walked into this little shop the first thought that popped into my head was i better not breath or everything will come crashing down on me. if you are in st. george and in need of some new fun ceramic mixing bowls or an eclectic dinning set i have the perfect shop for you! the entire house was like this, filled with nick nacks and some amazing treasures. i for one loved all of the old fashioned hats, hand bags, and dresses. i have found the place to get my halloween costume this year. it will impress you all but you will just have to wait a few months to see what it will be. this past month in st. george i have been trying to explore the city and all of it's small studios and shops. this would be a part of my mother coming out in me and i'm loving it! ok friends lets hear about your excursions in your cities.
i know some of you have been wondering what do i do with my days since i have not been working. well i actually have been keeping myself very busy with projects around the house. above is some art work that i made this past weekend. right now we can't afford to buy professional art work so i decided to try and make some of my own. i thought it turned out pretty sweet.
i took on a big project of refinishing the table and chairs my parents lent us. the chairs were white and now they are a sleek black. the table base was white and now its a metallic chrome. the part that took the most time was sanding the table top and getting the mold stain out. but in the end it was all worth it. we love our table and chairs and we are very grateful for mom and dad letting us use them.
On our drive to Delta for America's Birthday Party I saw my first full rainbow. We tried really hard to capture a picture of both sides but it was much too large to get it all. I thought it was so cool to see the entire rainbow in the middle of no where and it put a huge smile on my face. It also made me think of the simple joys in my life that make me smile.
Last weekend Megan, Weston, and my Lime guy came down to St. George to visit us. It was much too short of a visit. I am enjoying this city more than I expected but I miss Megs A LOT! While living in Provo Megs, Liam, and I spent countless hours on adventures and having fun. They made the day time hours enjoyable after I was laid off in February. Now that we three Rabner gals are in different parts of the country we realise how much we miss each other and the spontaneity of our friendship and adventures during day time hours.
Saturday we went to a live dinosaur fossil site Museum. This is a TRex foot print. It was a meter stick tall WOW. I was shocked! Liam is very into dinosaur's and had fun digging up fossils.
Friday night we went to the movie in the park and watched Casper the Friendly Ghost. Liam loved the movie and kept saying "look ghost, ghost" it was so cute! It was fun laying on the blankets under the stars watching the movie. One nice part about this hot city is no misquotes. I am loving that part!
