Goodbye Redmond.......Hello Ogden

Well Goodbye Redmond! It's time to start school! Saturday we loaded up the trailer and waved goodbye as we headed up north. We are really going to miss our cute little house in Redmond and being so close to family, but we are really excited to start our new adventure up in the city!

Hello Ogden-our new Home! This is our new apartment in Ogden. We live in a complex called Sun Chase apartments just north of the Ogden temple. It is a great complex and perfect for me and Garrett. Our apartment is a little small, but we don't need much room.

This is our bedroom with the beautiful temple my wonderful siblings gave us right over our bed.

Our bathroom and our big walk-in closet is right off the bedroom. (and that closet is full because it is all the storage space we have!)

This is our living room equipped with a desk for Garrett's countless hours of studying and a brand new couch from Uncle Jim which by the way is extremely comfortable!

And last, but not least is my kitchen. It was tough finding a place for all of my stuff, but it is the perfect place for me to cook up extremely delicious meals for Garrett. (and yes Cody I am a better cook then you!)

So we're all set and cozy here in Ogden. Garrett is enjoying his classes at Weber and I am going to start my student teaching on Monday and I'm so excited! I guess we'll see what new adventures we run into up here!

Cabin Get-a-Way!

As much as we don't like it, the summer has come to an end. Because we will soon be getting to school, homework, jobs, and responsibility Garrett and I decided to end the summer with some fun. Our final summer getaway was the Bosshardt Family Cabin on Beaver Mountain.
Garrett and I drove down for the weekend (and yes we did go to church at the ward in Beaver) to this beautiful cabin tucked away in the Mountains.

Of course we had to go on a four wheeler ride. We went on a trail that took us all around the mountain and we saw some great views. (no elk though)

We did a lot of this....relaxing! And may I say that I cooked up some really incredible meals!

And also we ended our trip with a Fishing Trip to Kent's lake! Of course I caught the most fish! What can I say...it's just in my blood. Actually we didn't catch any fish just a few snags and a really fun time!

It was a great way to finish out the summer! What a busy summer!

Bosshardt Family Trip to Durango

This past week the whole Bosshardt Family went on a Trip to Durango, Colorado.  It was a long drive there, but definitely worth it.  We had so much fun!  We rode the Railroad train up to Silverton, went river rafting down the Animas River, when to the Bar D Wranglers Chuck Wagon for dinner and a show, toured down town Durango, watched a Vaudeville Melodrama, went to a mountain resort with rock climbing, horseback riding, alpine slides, bungie tramps, scenic chair lift and on the way home we stopped at Mesa Verde National Park and toured all the cliff dwellings.  WOW!  What a trip!

Honey Moon!

We went to San Diego California for our Honeymoon! It was such a fun time and we tried to go see as many things as we could.

We visited the San Diego Wild Animal Park. In this park they have all of the animals running around together. We took a tour ride through the park and got really close to many different animals. I was upset cause the tiger was taking a nap when we went to see him.

We also went to Sea World! It was way hot and both Garrett and I got sun burned, but it was fun. The best part were the sharks! Also during the dolphin show I ran into our cousin Amy with her two little girls! It was fun to see them.

We also went to Old Town San Diego and visited the Mormon Battalion Visitor Center. This was one of our favorite places! We took a tour and learned a lot of really neat things about these faithful and courageous saints.

Of course we couldn't go to San Diego without visiting the Zoo! We spent hours looking at all of the cool animals. This zoo was amazing! Garrett's favorite thing to do was look at all his "kitty kats" (jaguars, panthers, cougars, lions).

We visited the Harbor in Downtown San Diego and toured the USS Midway. This was a huge, famous battle ship and it was pretty cool to walk through. I never realized how big these battle ships were!

It's not a trip to Cali if you don't go to the beach. We went to Lahoia Shores in San Diego. It was kinda windy that day so we didn't go swimming, but we had fun wading in the ocean, playing in the sand, and enjoying the sunshine.

On the way back home we stopped in Las Vegas. This was my first time walking down the "Strip" and it was pretty cool. Also to end the Honeymoon with an enormous BANG, Garrett took me to see..... The Phantom of the Opera at the Venecian! It was so AMAZING!

Thanks Garrett for a great trip!

The Perfect Day June 11th, 2010

Garrett and I were married in the Manti Temple for time and all eternity on June 11th 2010.

                                                   

It was a perfect (rainy, windy) day.  We had a lot of family there which was so great! 

(p.s. My photographer isn't quite done editing all of my pictures from the wedding, but when she does I will get all of the family pictures and send them to anyone who would like them.  I think they turned out really good!)

After we took pictures with the family, Garrett and I took some at the temple so here is just a few that I really liked.

It really was the perfect day and we want to thank everyone in our families for all you did to make our day so special!  Thank you! We love you!

Update on Heather's Life

Ok, so it has been a little while since I last posted anything on my blog and I'm getting my fair share of teasing from my family that it is no longer Homecoming so I thought I would take a break from life and give everyone an update. First of all I am finishing my student teaching back at my Alma Mater Salina Elementary. I finished a month and a half of Kindergarten and now I am teaching in a 5th grade class and I totally love it! I was absolutely and most definitely meant to be a teacher! I love being there and I love teaching! It feels so good to be getting closer to finally doing what I really want to do and what I have always wanted to do-TEACH! I have had many stressful nights full tears and frustration due to the wonderful Utah State University, but I think things are working out and I'm ready to graduate.
Also another big and Wonderful thing that has happened is........I'M GETTING MARRIED! YAY!
So here is the Story:
It was early Monday Morning February 15th, 2010. I got all of my warm clothes together because Garrett said that he wanted to take me snowmobiling before all the snow melts (little did he know we had a lot more coming) So I got all my stuff and he came to get me around 10:00. After we got everything ready in Redmond, we headed off toward Willow Creek just East of Redmond. His dad drove us part way up the canyon and dropped us off. So Garrett and I started heading up the canyon on his snowmobile.

(Ok, real fast-Garrett and I have actually been for rides up this canyon several times throughout our history together. Even back in High School we drove up here several times on his four wheeler and even carved our names in a tree (I know mussy stuff!) but it was that particular area that was our destination for this trip). We continued up the canyon I noticed that the snow was getting REALLY deep. Snowmobiling go really well in snow, but they can get stuck and when they do it is a beast to get them out. Well, sure enough, we were heading across this little meadow and our back end completely sunk into the snow. It was stuck and we weren't going anywhere. So let's just say that Garrett and I spent the next hour and a half praying and digging that snowmobile out. I would say that the snow was about four feet and we had to dig down to the ground in a radius about 10 away from the snowmobile. Finally after one great push from myself and one last prayer- we were able to get it out. Also another miracle-we did not have cell service the whole time we were riding around (Garrett's mom made us check every so often if we had service) and in that one spot where we got stuck-we were able to call Garrett's Dad and let him know so I know that it was also his families prayers that helped us. So anyway after we got out of the snow, I was sitting on the snowmobile trying to get the snow out of my helmet and then Garrett started to act a little funny. I could tell he was trying to smooth his way into something and then he said "I want to give you your Valentines present."
Then he got down on his knee and pulled out this Gorgeous box!

He opened it and inside was this Beautiful ring.

Then he asked, "Heather, Will you Marry Me?" Of course I was shocked that it took me a couple seconds to respond and well obviously I said "Yes!"
So there you have it the wonderful story. It is definitely one I will never forget!

So now my life is devoted to student teaching and making wedding plans. Oh also I help mom and dad with the basement when I can which is coming along really well.

I do have my wedding dress. Mom and I found it at Lilla Lee's in Gunnison and it is really my perfect dress!


So family there is an update and I promise I will do better to keep up on my blog! Love to all!

Homecoming!

This year Garrett and I went to Snow College's homecoming. We were in a group with our friends Brandon and Kade along with their dates. Friday night we went to Kade's cabin up Salina Canyon and had dinner and played games. We had a way FUN group and spent most of the night laughing at each other.


Then on Saturday we went to the Homecoming game. Snow won of course, but it was fun to watch the team and also Garrett's sister dance. Then that night we had dinner with our group and went to the dance. It reminded me of a high school dance except a lot more people because no one ever went to our dances in high school. Anyway so in the student center they had refreshments and a DJ. Then in the Noise building they had a live band which the music was more like swing music so we had fun going to each dance. The dance was really fun and I have to say that I got good use out of my dress. It has made it through 3 Homecomings! (and actually it isn't even my dress, it is Heidi's) It was a fun night and my feet really really hurt after wards but well worth it!