Israel

We leave for Israel on Sunday... wish us luck!

Some Good Reads

I just finished the first two books in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Definitely some good reads but a tad on the brutal side. They are what my sister Liz classifies as "Survivor on steroids"... I thought that was pretty accurate. It reminded me somewhat of Lord of the Flies meets The Giver. Anyway, since they are not your typical book I found them to be quite good. Can't wait for the next one!

New York, New York

Dave + Delta = Major Flight Benefits


Since Dave started working for Delta, we've planned a few trips. We decided to start out small and took a quick weekend getaway to New York! We took the red eye on Friday night and had only Saturday to see everything we wanted. Our first stop... Times Square. I thought the police department was really cool...

Central Park

This is the bridge in "Enchanted" where the prince jumps off and gets run over by the marathon runners... love it! There were so many cool bridges in the park.


This is where we think they filmed that part in "Big Daddy" where Adam Sandler throws the sticks in the road to make the roller bladers fall into the lake... this is Dave pretending that he's rollerblading.

On top of the Belvedere Castle in Central Park (this park is huge!)


The Subway Singers

Of course we had to have some pizza. I thought about ordering "The Joey Special" (for all of you Friends fans) but that would have been way too much pizza for 2 people. This was delicious!


Ahhh... Rockerfeller Center. This was probably my favorite part of the trip.

Outside of 30 Rock!

Dave and I both love Kenneth the Page so when we saw a real life Page giving a tour we had to get a picture! He even looks a little like Kenneth...

And finally Madison Square Garden. My sisters and I grew up as big NY Knicks fans so it was nice to be in the "Holy Land".

Last but not least... the Subway Dancers. We thought they were pretty good. I love the head spin... it reminds me of Step Up 2. We ran into them after an accidental 45 minute detour to Harlem... we were trying to go 5 blocks and ended up 75 blocks in the wrong direction!

We didn't get a picture of the Manhattan temple but we were able to go in and do a little temple work while we were there... that was an awesome experience.

For our next trip we think we will be a little more daring, a once in a lifetime experience... we're thinking Israel!

October

October is over (sigh of relief). Between a broken leg, surgery, an appendectomy, a sprained ankle/hairline fracture (we don't know, Sue won't go to the doctor) and massive blood clots in the lungs all I can say is thank heavens October is over! The Bradshaw's can't take anymore!

Sue looks a little stressed in this picture... little did she know that her opportunity to be on crutches was about 2 weeks away!


We spent a few hours in the ER. Dave and Tom found ways to entertain themselves.

We love 30 Rock! It's so darn cleaver and it's no drama... just pure comedy. Now I will admit, I was never a fan of Alec Baldwin (besides Beetlejuice) until now... he's awesome. My friend Connie hosted a 30 Rock party at her house and we all made hats (in honor of Frank) and Dave's hat won! It was so clever! Thanks Connie for such a fun party!

The next day was Sue's birthday and we all know that Sue has Diet Pepsi that runs through her veins, so I thought I would make her a Pepsi cake.

Dave loves to carve pumpkins. I haven't carved a pumpkin since I was little. We always just painted them because they lasted longer. In fact, I had a pumpkin last year that stayed on my front porch through December. Dave finally ended up carving it for me with a Merry Christmas message (that's a story for another time). So we decided to be festive and carved pumpkins this year. Mine is the creature on the left and Dave's is the awesome castle with the ghost in it on the right. We got so caught up in carving that we forgot about the roasting pumpkin seeds in the oven. The next thing we knew, there were large orange flames in the oven. Whoops, next time we'll have to keep a better eye on them!


We decided to go on a Sunday walk through Mueller Park Canyon and enjoy the changing leaves. Aren't they beautiful? I was nervous we'd run into a mountain lion (someone already did that this year) or rattle snakes. Dave told me that he had never seen a snake up there before. Well, there's a first time for everything because we saw one! Well, I saw it, screamed and that was the end of our walk... we hightailed it out of there!

Who doesn't love a little morning serenade?

This is what I found when I got home from the gym one morning...

Labor Day... A Little Late

For Labor Day this year Dave and I decided to use up what was left of the warm weather and go camping. We found a cute spot up Logan Canyon by Tony Grove and it was beautiful! We had such a great time. We set up "Hotel Carlson" (aka, the air mattress), made a fire and cooked tin foil dinners. They were delicious!

Not sure if flip flops were the best idea when using a hatchet...

But everything turned out alright... all toes are accounted for.

The next day we went up to Bear Lake and visited the little shops and of course went to La Beau's for a raspberry shake!

We came across this in a gas station/ gift shop... We weren't quite sure what to think of it. I told Dave it might be a good idea to get a tetanus shot after touching that... gross!

Later that weekend Scott invited us up to his cabin by Sundance. This cabin is in the cutest little gated community. We played games, went boating, played on swingset and floated the Provo River. I didn't get any pictures of the river but that was definitely the highlight... Let's just say that after boating and floating the river Sue was done with water sports for the day. She may or may not have fallen in the lake by accident...twice, ran into a tree on the river and lost her shoes, flipped her tube and crashed into an innocent bystander (apologetically of course, before and after she hit him) who had lost his tube on the river... all very good reasons to have a camera ready.

This is one of my favorite pictures. Sometimes you just need to play on the playground...

Oakley, Idaho

Oakley, Idaho

Our trip in a few words:
Sunburn, small town, guns, 4-wheelers, games, moths, dutch oven cooking, swimming, cows, friends, family, shakes, broken down flatbeds = a darn good time!



I don't really know what made James want
to squish Lindsey's face but I thought it
was funny


Our friend Nick made a potato gun that we
took turns shooting... seeing as we were
in Idaho and all...


We had a few (or a hundred) moths in the
cabin that Dave and Nick took care of


Dave and Nick killed them,
and James M. cleaned them up

Nick and Kelly

I love, love, love Sue's face in this picture

James was nice enough to let us shoot his gun.

After watching Prison Break I felt pretty cool

shooting it... that was until I missed the target!

The Crew

Thanks James and Cindy for such a fun weekend!