A day away!

This year for Jo's birthday her parents were going on Vacation. They decided that for her gift they would take Jo & Darin to the Bar J Wranglers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. What a trip this was! This post will actually be a few posts to show all that we were able to do and see while on our lil trip. We left about 5PM on Sunday night and made it to Pinedale before we decided to stop. Jo had never stayed at a Bed & breakfast and since it was priced about the same as any of the hotels we called we decided what the heck, let's try it. Here are a few pictures of the charming lil place we stayed in.


Chambers Bed & Breakfast in Pinedale Wyoming.

Our room was called the Green Room. Had a little staircase that was blocked off because it led right into the owners part of the home. They have this place fixed up soo cute!

The other side of our room for the night!

This is the bathroom. I won't post the other pic I took of Darin in the shower (he was fully clothed) showing just how low the ceilings really are. Actually while in the shower on Monday morning he fell and bruised his arm up pretty well. A lil awkward but look how much character this room has!

How does Jo spend her days lately???

Well it's no secret to those around us that Jo hasn't been happy at her job for awhile now. No offense to Dalbo or anyone there, the job match just hasn't been there since about Dec. Well lately the stomach pain worsened and it was just getting harder to deal with day in and day out. After much discussion and stressin, we decided that it would be best to just quit. Since the decision was made things just seemed to fall into place. Jo took on babysitting her little 18 month old nephew 3 days a week from 5:30 am -4:30 pm Mon -Wed. Well this is the first week and it went well. I really enjoy the time I am getting to spend with Korbin. I love the flexibility to go run errands and work on Scentsy and do things at home at the same time. However financially she was worried this wasn't going to cut it, so I am going to continue to look for a part time job that will work with this schedule. I'm really really excited about the change of pace. Aside from working in a daycare part time while going to College this is unlike anything I have ever done before. As well as being with Korbin and taking care of things around the house, I am really enjoying the extra time and energy I am putting into the Scentsy business. Here a few pics of Korbin that I took this week. He's just so cute!


Korbin and Aunt B

Korbin loves my lil rocking chair he just sits in it and rocks or climbs in it and so on. It's just his size.

Korbin also loves this stuff Dalmation dog that Darin and I have. To be honest I'm not sure why we have a stuffed dog in the house, but now I'm glad. When he's gettin sleepy he wants the dog and his bottle, we sit and rock and it's naptime.

Another Smiley pic from our lil Ham Korbin!

Heber Valley Pow-Wow

So last Saturday Jo's parents invited her to make the 2 1/2 hr drive to Heber with them to attend the Heber Valley Pow-Wow. Of course the plan was to also stop and get some Corn on the Cob as well! Darin was at work, and well nothing else was planned so why not. I should mention here that I have lived in Utah pretty much my entire life, and even though I travel to Salt Lake City often, through Park City and Heber even I have never been to any of the spots that the Olympics in 2002 were held. I was stoked to see that I was at one of the places. I know the 2002 Olympics were like 7 yrs ago, but I still think it's a pretty cool thing. So about the Pow-Wow- never been to one before and to be totally honest, I had never even considered going before. However it was pretty kewl to listen to the music and watch their dances. I was really impressed at how much hard work goes into this. Those dancers have to be very dedicated to not only learn the dance, but prepare a costume, (there were some pretty kewl costumes) they also have to stand out in the elements be it sun rain or whatever and dance their hearts out not only to one song but to two or three. It was a very nice warm day (and I have the sunburn marks to prove it) and some of these dancers danced to 3 dances in a row. I also enjoyed seeing how young they were and how they would get right into the dance. It was pretty neat. I enjoyed the day and I would totally go to another Pow-Wow! Here are just a few pics from our lil adventure. Thanks Mom & Dad for the day away. It was very nice to spend the day with both of you, just us something we haven't been able to do for awhile!



The 2002 Olympic sign

This is one of the singing groups that was pretty close to us. These guys are very interesting to watch. And although I don't listen to this type of music, I did enjoy it.

These are the Hoop Dancers. It was fun to see the different things they did with the hoops.

This is a mixture of dancers, dancing in the circle.

Father's day post from Scotty & Karlee

Since it's Father's Day we got the password from Mom to tell the world how much we love our Daddy! He is so great, he lets us ride on his lap when we go for rides, he even rolls down his window and let's get all the wind we can handle. He is always telling Mom to let us go on rides with them. He also sneaks us a little bit of food from his plate when Mom isn't looking, cuz he knows we really like their food better. We also wanted to tell our Daddy that we know he's going to be a great Daddy to our future brothers or sisters, whenever we can get them here. So Happy Father's Daddy, we love you! Scotty & Karlee

Here's a picture that Mom took of us with our Dad, We love you!

Karlee really likes this picture of her and Daddy!

Scotty is embarressed that Mom was able to sneak this picture of him and Dad, but he loves it all the same.

Happy Father's Day!

It's Father's Day today, and we want to take a minute to tell everyone we know and anyone who cares at all. How wonderful our Father's our! It's no secret that Jo is a Daddy's girl and even though she hasn't known her Dad -in-law quite as long, he is still one of the top men in her life! Both of our Father's have not only taught us so much about life and so on, they have done so much for us. We could never fully repay either of them for how much they have done for us, and they just keep doing it! We want both of our Dad's to know that without them we would be COMPLETELY lost. Not a day goes by that we don't realize all that you have done, and continue to do for us. So to our Father's you are very WONDERFUL. We love you & Happy Father's Day! To the many other Father's in our lives Happy Father's Day to you.

Daddy Bills, bein just a lil goofy! We told him he was going to regret this pose

Unfortunately our pics of Dad Noe aren't as up to date, but here is a pic of our AWESOME Daddy Noe


We don't have a pic of just Jo w/ her wonderful Dad Noe, so we figured we would show how great a Dad he is to his Daughter! We love you, Dad!

As you read earlier, Daddy's girl through and through! And dang Proud of it! We love you Daddy Bills!

Four Wheeler Day

So as Jo got off work on Friday, Darin informed her that Saturday they were going Fourwheelin. HMMMM she thought, I was going to clean house and do the touch-up paint, but hey we have had the fourwheeler's since April and haven't been able to take them out yet! So ok we were both game! Waking up early Saturday morning it looked like the weather was game for our plans as well. YAY!!! We packed a cooler full of lunch, treats and drinks, stopped at the gas station to fill everything up, stopped at Jo's parents house to load the two quads up and we were on our way. Well we did have to fix a flat on the trailer, but easy fix. We were finally able to spend the day together doing something we both enjoy. And something we have both been looking forward to since April. The weather cooperated most of the day. Got a few sprinkles here and there in the afternoon, and it cooled off about 3 so we loaded up and headed down the mountain. Unfortunately, I didn't get too many pics of the ride and views we seen, carrying around the camera is rough on some of those trails. We need to invest in a smaller one for stuff like this. Anywho here are the few pics we did get. Enjoy!

Darin fixin the flat on the trailer so intently might I add

All packed up and headin out

Darin & Jo all ready for a day of fourwheelin' fun! It was well needed, it's been a rough couple of weeks

Yard Sale

Since Darin and Jo have moved to Vernal, we have had a Yard Sale each year. Last weekend was our Yard Sale weekend. We had our stuff, Jo's Parents stuff, Our nephew Lonnie's stuff, and Laura, Korbin, Emily, Kellie, and Emilo put a few things in. We did really well and sold a lot! Here are a few pics of Korbin on Yard Sale weekend!
So tired, he fell asleep on Scotty & Karlee's pillow. Apparently Darin and Jo have taught them very well to share!

Another view of Korbin sleepin ow so soundly on the pillow! Think it's safe to say he was POOPED?

While setting stuff up and making the signs, someone pulled Korbin's pants up like Urkel! Even disguised as Urkel isn't he just a doll.

House for Sale!!

It's true and now completely official, we have listed our house on the market! Here is the link to see the listing including pictures of our home. For now we are staying here in Vernal, the plan is to get a large 5th wheel trailer and stay in that. This will help us pay off the debt that we currently have a little bit quicker. It will in turn allow us to feel more comfortable to sign on the loan we have been approved for to go get started on the IVF treatments to begin our family. If we don't sell right away it's ok, however we are both excited about the change, and the chance to really be able to get a clean slate in the money department. Hopefully this post will ease some of the rumors we have heard about why we are selling and so on. We also know that when it does come to the point that we have an exciting baby announcement, we will need to have more room in our home for that. So this should also help with that as well. Spread the word, and keep checkin back for more updates.

http://www.ashleyvalleyrealty.com/details.php?listnum=893057&action=searchres

Another Proud Aunt & Uncle Moment!

In February there was an addition to the Bills family. Jo's sister Laura adopted Korbin Michael Bills. The adoption was final Feb 24, 2009 and Korbin was 13 months old at the time. He has been such a blessing to our family. He fits right in, and we all enjoy having him around. He's even spent the night at Uncle D & Aunt B's house. And yes we still want kids! Jo's dad said we have to limit our time with him, so we continue to strive for pregancy! We just love having him around! He adores his Papa and has him wrapped around his lil finger. This past Sunday Korbin was blessed by Papa at Church, so we got a chance to spend a lil extra time with him. Here are a few pics of blessing day. Unfortunately Uncle D was working that morning and couldn't make it to church with the rest of the Bills clan but he was able to join as afterwards as we had dinner with Korbin & Laura! As I'm sure you can all tell, it's not hard to fall in Love with lil Korbin!

Korbin in his lil blessing outfit!

Not his biggest smile! But look at what a big boy he is!

Korbin lovin on his Proud mama, Laura. For those of you that don't know or can't tell (lol) this is Jo's older sister.

Korbin and his proud Papa Bills!

Korbin loves his Grandma Bills as well, and she is also a Proud proud Grandma!

And again another Proud Auntie moment for Aunt B!

Milt's ace hardware & Radioshack

Anyone in Vernal need a local place to go get just about anything? Try going to Milt's Ace Hardware & Radioshack. It's local so you are supporting our community, not to mention they sell just about everything under the sun. I hear their Office Manager Rocks too, but I may just be biased. But really I do like to shop there, the people are friendly, they seem to know what they are doing, I mean they know more than me doesn't take much for that, but they tell me how I can do stuff and it usually works! You should also go check out their blog at
http://miltsacehardwareandradioshack.blogspot.com/ Check it out. When you go into the store, make sure you give a shout to Annalee, she is pretty much awesome and needs to hear it every once in awhile! Stop in say Hi!