The Blackham Family: November 2014

The past little while Colton and I have been looking for houses but haven't found anything that would work for us. So, we have decided that we are going to stay in the apartment for a year or two and just save some money. Our apartment only has one bedroom so I had a great idea of adding another room upstairs for our friends and family that come to visit. The beginning started off a little rough with trying to decide where the wall would be. I had one thing envisioned while Colton had something different but it ended up working out. It turned out to be quite the process though. I thought it would only take a week or so but a month later and it's finally done! Thanks Colton I really do love it. It's small but it will work!

Colton drew an elk tag in Arizona this year so I was lucky enough to go with and have my mom come and pick me up. Colton and his dad have a buddy who has a cabin at Stoneman lake so that's where they stayed. I stayed the first night there then I had my mom pick me up the next day, Friday. My cell service at the cabin was really limited and I only had service in an upstairs window. So trying to communicate with my mom and giving her directions were a little challenging but she made it! I was able to stay with her at Donelles until Tuesday. Colton wasn't having much luck hunting and they weren't even seeing any elk. It was a bummer so he said that they would go out Wednesday morning and then we would leave after that. Well once my mom and I got there it wasn't long before Colton and his dad got back to the cabin too. They then inform us that they saw a big elk and Colton tried shooting at it but missed. So, they were all pumped up after that and ended up hunting until the last day of the hunt! I had to stay at the cabin for two days by myself because now they had to go back out to find the big elk again. I had nothing to do at the cabin! I was so bored! I didn't have a book and didn't have Internet because I could have done some homework. So I was really bored! The cabin was in the mountains so it was pretty cold and had to keep the fire going all day. I told Colton I never wanted a fire place in my house because I was putting logs on that fire every half an hour to an hour! They also had one of those puzzle games so I worked on that for a little bit and I was determined to figure it out! I finally did! So that was my highlight at staying at the cabin but I did have fun with my mom and Donelles family. Saturday we went to the zoo lights and that was really fun. I haven't been to zoo lights in forever! Then on Sunday the Phoenix Arizona temple was dedicated so I was able to go to that too! I don't think I could have planned that any better. I love being able to witness temple dedications because they are so special. This was my fourth one, I think, and I hope to be able to go to several more! I had a fun time though in Arizona and loved spending time with family. Hopefully we will be able to come visit again soon!

The hunting ended up not being very successful and Colton was a little bummed but he said he still had fun. They saw a lot of animals that they would never see in Utah so I think that was cool for them. Hopefully the next hunting trip will be more successful!