Geri's Funeral and My 23rd Birthday

It has been a busy weekend. On Friday I turned 23 years old. I am getting old... Kira and Jason came from Rexburg for the weekend and we went to a memorial bbq for my cousin Geri who died of cancer. I got to meet a lot of my relatives that I didnt know and got to see thes ones I did. I have been working on this side of the families family history so Dennis showed me pictures of the family I have been researching. On Saturday morning we attended the funeral and burial in Winnemucca, Nevada. I got to meet more of my relatives here and walk through the cemetary looking for other family who have passed. It was a very nice service. She will be missed. Saturday night we celebrated my birthday at my Aunt Lori's. She cooked me some very good southern food and I opened presents. Thank you for everything! Today I taught my very last primary 11-12 year old boys class. Im going to miss those little hellians. :) Here is some pictures from over the weekend.

Carling Family Reunion Summer 2009

What a weekend! This weekend Grandma and Grandpa Brinkerhoff, Aunt Lori and I took a road trip to Fillmore, Utah for the annuel Carling Family Reunion. The name Carling is from my Grandpa Brinkerhoff's mother who was Portia Carling. There was over 100 people at the reunion and I had the opportunity to spend lots of time with the family I knew and got to know all the family that I didnt know. We had great food, great prizes, auctions, and some really great Stories. Us Carling's are pretty famous just ask me, I am full of stories. :) I love my family and wish some of my immediate family could have made it but thats okay! Aunt Lori took alot of pictures but ill only post a few. At the end is a picture of a shoe tree. Apparently they are all over Nevada. Who would of thunk? a shoe tree! :) It was pretty cool! It was a GREAT trip!

-Rye Patch visit & Virginia City, Nevada-

It has been a good weekend! Friday I drove out to the Lake with Torrie so that I could say hello to my former co-workers. I worked out at the lake last summer and was excited to see everyone again. It was freezing cold outside on Friday and it even snowed up at Lake Tahoe that day. Anyways, once we got out there none of my former co-workers were working that day. Only the newbies. Sad day! So we decided to hike on the hiking trail that is there and then we came home.
On Saturday Mom, Dad,Torrie and I took a road trip to Virginia City! We saw alot of cool historical things and got to ride on a trolly!:) We ate at this nasty restaurant for lunch but made up for it later with some way good ice cream. Its a really neat town! Then that night we went out to the raceway and watched Bob race. Enjoy the pictures :)

-Im thinking about getting a show on TLC-

Well Mom put me right to work as soon as I got home... This has been a project we have been meaning to do for awhile, just have never done it tell now. Mom and Dad started renting this house about a year or so ago. An old lady owned it before and it looks that way. Walking into the house is like going back in time. Ok, not that bad, but the carpets were green and shaggy- like in some rooms, and in others, it is orange and shaggy. The rooms were and are painted with a lime to dark green color from ceiling to the baseboards. Also, while some rooms had green walls, others had a sweet wallpaper pasted on them. HAHA. Well we decided, even though we dont know how much longer we will live in this house, to make some changes. We did "Kira's room" this last week. I forgot to take before pictures of her bedroom from far away, but you can see the color of walls and the wall-paper she had. We painted it with a woven-basket color. It looks WAY better than before. Mom and I are thinking of hiring out ;) enjoy the pictures!

Spencer and Heather Lewis Reception

Heather Bake was my roommate back in Fall of 2006! A long time ago! :) I had the opportunity last night to go to her wedding reception! She was beautiful and the reception was very nice! Torrie and I went together and had a lot of fun! Another one bites the dust. :) I wish the best for Spencer and Heather! Enjoy the Pics.

Adventure with Mom and Dad

So yesterday Dad, Mom and I set out on a mini road trip to try and find Seven Troughs. Its an old minining town and is way out in the desert. We never found it haha but we did find another mining town and we gathered up flat rocks for the yard. It was fun! Enjoy the Pics.