Crazy Weekend

This week has been crazy! About a week ago, Malone had an accident in his mechanical lab at school. I'm not sure if I completely understand how it happened, but he was working with a metal lathe and as he went to turn off the machine, something broke and a piece of metal flew and hit Malone right in the face! He got away with a fractured nose and a good two inch gash under his right eye. He had to go into the emergency room on campus and get sewed up. Luckily he was wearing safety goggles! We're pretty sure that those saved his eye. Thank goodness! Malone has been really sore all week and his nose is really tender. He had alot of bruising around his eye, nose, and cheek and was very swollen the first few days. Malone got the stitches out yesterday and he is looking so much better! He's been healing quickly and we don't think the scar will be too bad. The pictures don't really do justice, but you get the idea. We're a little frustrated with the school because we ended up getting a bill for $200 from the health center. They aren't taking any responsibility or liability. So we're fighting it hoping that either our insurance or the school will help us out here.










as of today, this is how he looks--not too shabby eh?

The same weekend Malone had his little accident, I had the opportunity to go to my best friend Deidra's wedding! It was so much fun! I didn't really get to snap any pictures... Don't know what I was thinking! But it was Saturday the 20th at the Historic Shelton in Idaho Falls. It was a nice ceremony and the reception/party afterwards was lots of fun! Malone reluctantly came with me, despite his sore face, and I think he enjoyed it too.

Camping Adventure!

Friday night Malone and I got to go camping with a few friends of ours from our ward! Malone had taken off work Saturday so we could go. Unfortunately for us all, the weather was looking pretty bleak before we left. There was a big rain storm coming that night. Despite the predicted nasty weather, Emily, Jared, Kishel, David, Malone and I all decided to go anyway. After Malone and I got off work around 6 or so, we packed up, picked up our friends, and were off! We had decided to go to a place Malone knew about in Island Park. We got there around 7:30 or so and were welcomed by lots and lots of, you guessed it, mosquitos. But luckily the area we were in there were no other people around so we had it all to ourselves! As we set up camp, we could see the dark clouds approaching from the south. It was a little nerve wracking because it didn't look good and we didn't want to get drenched. We managed to set up camp, eat dinner, and even cook some smores before it started raining. We covered our wood and all of us climbed into me and Malone's big-ol-tent. We played games for a couple hours while it sprinkled rain outside. We somehow managed to keep dry that night with only a few light showers; no wind, no storm, nothing! The next morning we cooked up some breakfast and packed up camp. About the time we were packed up, it started to rain again. Only this time it started to hail! So we decided to just go home. Even though we only got to stay overnight, we all had a wonderful time together! I hope that we can do it again sometime, only maybe next time we won't get wet!

Jared and Emily Davis


David and Kishel Olsen



This is how the sky looked most of the time

Keeping Busy

This last week Malone and I made a little extra cash! Yay! My dad's work had this house they wanted to get ready to rent out ( long story) so he asked Malone and I if we'd give it a paint job and clean it up so it could be rented out. So last Tuesday we recruited a friend of mine named Kishel from our ward and we started working on this house. I don't have ANY pictures at all! But it's this one bedroom house next to Broulims in Rigby. It's pretty old and when we got there, it was a mess! They had pets and so there were tons of pet stains, hair, and dirtyness... everywhere. Lets just say we had alot to work on! So the three of us over the last week worked on this house and gave it a paint job. The people that owned this house previously never cleaned this house. It was sooo gross! We learned alot about the people that used to live there just from little treasures we'd find. Some of the treasures we found include: lots and lots of cat/dog hair all over the house (they had at least 1 dog and 1 cat), kitty treats stuck to the back of the fridge, a prescription for the dog (whose name turned out to be ROCKO), a whole pack of birth control under the stove, about a dollar in change collected throughout the ouse, beer bottle caps, more fur, a humongous puddle of chocolate syrup in the fridge, little cat toys, about 2 inches of dust on the bedroom fan, a hidden doorway in the bedroom, a trap door that led to the basement, (did i mention lots of pet hair?)and lots and lots of urin stains. In the garage we found 3 car batteries, TONS of old oil, a vacuum, a mop, and 2 car battery chargers. It was quite the adventure. We all had a really good time and Kishel and I have become really good friends. I really wish I had pictures of the process because even though it was disgusting, we all had alot of fun!