after the lovely girls morning it was on to packing and finishing my laundry:
Sterling and Skylar picked me up and off we went to Pullman Washington for Fall break.
we had enough snacks for the car ride there. Sterling and I made a delicious coconut chex mix it was so good and we had enough for the ride and the ride back. It probably isn't the healthiest thing but so good!
We stopped in Boise Idaho for dinner. We ate at good old Cafe Rio. I enjoyed a chicken salad. it hit the spot and was delicious. The drive there wasn't bad at all it went by so fast. Sterling drove the whole 10 hours I was the passenger and his brother Skylar was in the backseat. Listened to tunes, enjoyed the beautiful view before it got dark, snacks.
We arrived in Pullman Washington about midnight. The parents waited up for us to make sure we got there safely, which was nice of them. Tracy which is Sterlings mom showed me where I was staying upstairs.
slept like a rock. i was so tired from staying awake the 10 hours while Sterling was driving.
Here is what the fall break weekend consisted off :) everyone deserves a nice break and I defiantly had a weekend filled with adventure and loved every minute of it.
Friday:
went to the apple orchard and picked some delicious apples with Sterling his mom and dad. It was nice cause literally any tree you found you were able to test the apples to see if you wanted to put them in the boxes. There were so many trees and I love apples. My favorite apples are the yellow ones...so good. I felt like my mouth was going to fall out because of all the apple testing I did. Sterling and I went off to fill up a box of apples. It was fun to pick apples...I had to take a picture because look how cute he looks holding the box of apples we gathered. It was fun and was such a pretty sunny day.
Sometimes Sterling is just to tall to get into my photos: awkward but funny at the same time! s.mile.
Left Picture:
Sterling and his parents after we finished picking apples walking back to the truck.
Right Picture:
man picking apples attractive :)
after apples: we went and saw the Washington bears on the side of the road caged up. It is a little bear museum i guess you can call it. The bears were huge, i wanted so badly to pet them and touch their fur as well as their soft black nose. They all looked so tired roaming around and board. they were cute.
made delicious meal out of the 3 crock-pots they had:
it consistent of
1st crock pot: home made pizza
2nd crock pot: home made break-sticks
3rd crock pot: apple crisp
Lets just say the pizza and bread-sticks got devoured they were delicious. After doing a crock pot dinner it made me want to make more dinners in Logan from them. It was fun to help Sterlings mom inside the kitchen cooking and cutting items while Sterling was helping his dad. That is one thing I love about Sterling is he is willing to help whenever possible. He was helping his mom as well as his dad. He just needed an attractive apron on and man that would have been hot.....maybe i will get him one for Christmas ha ha! but really when a guy cooks or even cuts vegetables it is an attractive thing.
then finished the night of watching a movie
Saturday:
they have this awesome eagle bird named Saphria that his mom and brother Spencer take care of and train how to fly back and forth. It was a pretty bird and they are both very patient with Saphria. It was interesting to watch how they would feed and train.
the morning consisted of us helping his mom and dad with this funeral.
Sterling's dad is the bishop of their family ward.
we helped set up the multi purpose room with tables and plates...etc.
Sterling and I would goof off a couple of times...it was funny to watch him put the display of paper leaves in the center of the table...boys and decorations sometimes just don't go together...least he tried. ha ha it was way funny I was getting a kick out of it.
then we went to his neighbors house across the street from him and shot some clay pigeons.
it was fun. it is always funny when the brothers were all up to shoot they of course had to try to one up each other..or say who got the first shot. They had three guns that we were able to shoot the clay pigeons with. They then did a game where the first person shoots and if he misses the second person standing in line will shoot and then if he misses the third person will have to shoot...it is kind of like elimination. the boys made it all look so easy. It was a fun family activity. The mom and dad and Sterling and his two brothers Spencer and Skylar all had a chance to shoot. We used about 1 1/2 boxes of clay pigeons.
I did an excellent job as well...i missed a couple shots but it was fun to aim and to shoot the flying clay pigeons. I guess i need to work a little on my skills...just means that Sterling and I need to go shooting up the canyon one of these days or even in the spring. Sterling with a gun is attractive....oh man i love my man in the outdoors. attractive ;)
then Sterling and I had to leave to go to lunch with is friend Jeff
went to a cute little place ( Sterling says basically a hole in the wall) cause it is tiny but so good. It is called Hero's. Here is what it looks like: cute right.
We met up with his friend Jeff. Sterling and Jeff were friends in jr high and high school growing up. I was also able to meet Jeff's wife as well. It was fun just the four of us getting lunch and we sat outside in the warm weather talking.
-I was eating my wrap which was so good, but it was a little bit to spicy for me. I am not a spicy fan so it was starting to burn. I ate the first half of my wrap....and realized Sterling ate his first as well and we were both on the the next half.....I just had to say something because it was getting too spicy for me. "Sterling is your wrap spicy"...."uh no( with a disappointed facial expression.)" well mine is a little bit to spicy for me.....and then Sterling figured out I was eating his wrap and he was eating mine. ha ha glad we could figure that out and get it straight after eating each others wrap. it was funny we had a good laugh about it. and even on Sunday night i was like remember that time when you ate half of my wrap. ha ha it is always good to bring up good funny moments of memories. ha ha.
Then Sterling and I went to this cute little thrift shop called Pealous thrift-store: Sterling knows me to well and knows i love thrift store shopping.
he was so cute to follow me around and let me look for a little bit.
we also had some good laughs there because so many odd interesting things.
I have realized dating Sterling he is very very very patient with me. he is just too good sometimes.
we shopped and looked around.
Sterling wanted a coug shirt ( which is a Washington State University shirt). we couldn't find one and I said if he found one to look at the size..cause hello I want a shirt of the university my boyfriend likes.
he found a red one. yupp i bought it 2.36 best prices ever. then i also got a cute tight/ thin running jacket as well that was 2.56. ha ha! spent under 6.00 dollars the whole trip excellent savings i know.
then we drove around his town. he showed me his high school, family ward, main street, and Washington University. I just had to take pictures by the WSU: and needed one of sterling ;)
there was an excellent sunset. perfect weather.
we walked up to the fields and Tracy was trying to get Sapheria the bird to eat this quail for dinner...to bad a little bit earlier Sterling and I found a snake and gave it to sapheria to destroy and eat...so she was pretty much full from there.
then the three of them walked back to the house.
Sterling and I walked up further on the grassy field...taking photos. talking. walking holding hands. basically enjoying each others company.
then we found a dirt road and decided to take the road down to the main street where his mom could pick us up.
i always enjoy every minute I can with Sterling.
it was perfect. the sun. the weather. being able to see the Pullman town. holding hands. Sterling gives the best hugs..i could just hug him for hours. literally the best. excellent kiss
his mom picked us up:
then off to family game night. Well basically it was Sterling me and Spencer ha ha.
played 4 games. and his mom made us a delicious chex mix to go along with it.
it was a busy filled Saturday. it was so much fun getting to know his mom/dad/brothers a little bit better. This is one of the games we played was called the farm game: I repeat this game is time consuming. It was funny the mom and dad warned before we started playing. It was fun the first 10 mintues then I just got a little tired. ha ha.....Spencer was first. I was second. Sterlings was third (it was his darn cows that he bought, he had so many but it just didn't work out for him in the end ha ha)
I appreciated his mom for letting me stay there and for feeding me and letting me be able to help her cook/clean/and do the dishes. Oh sterlings family is adorable and I enjoyed the weekend very much so. I hope to be able to come visit Pullman Washington again cause really it was fun just relaxing and spending family time. I know that Tracy was very appreciated and wanted to see her huge tall boys Sterling and Skylar.
Sunday:
it was their family ward primary program.
i abosulty love these and there is never a dull moment.
Sterlings dad conducted the meeting.
then the laughs and smiles of the program.
I sat in between Sterling and Skylar and at times during the program we had to pin point out a few children who were just hilarious. we had some good laughs.
oh the primary days. glad that is over.
it was fun to listen to the children try to sing and say their part in the microphone:
then back to Sterlings house to pack up and get ready to leave back to Logan.
his mom was so cute and told them to take anything they really wanted food wise...that is the best part about going home is being feed and being able to take food back up with you even if they are left overs. they got all packed up with some goodies.
his mom had a photo of the three boys that she took 10 years ago around the corner over by a huge yellow field of grass and wanted another photo 10 years later. The boys put on a blue shirt jeans and posed for the camera. Man did they all look sharp even though the blue shirts weren't matching just seeing the photo from before then they were cute and little and now they are all tall huge and still adorable. it was cute and i had to take a photo of the mom and her boys. so cute.
said goodbyes and ended with a family prayer.
-then left for 10 hours on the way back to Logan.
fall break went by way to fast. I wasn't ready to leave. I wanted to stay a little bit longer. I am
thankful for Sterlings parents for letting me stay at their families house and for feeding me and providing me with shelter and some fun memories and good laughs.
on the way home I felt so bad for Skylar he wasn't feeling to good at all and was getting car sick. We stopped a few times for him because he wasn't feeling good at all. Poor kid.
we finally arrived in Logan dropped off his brother and I helped take up their goodies of food their mom gave them.
Sterling was nice to help me unload my things and carry them to my apartment.
said our goodbyes. excellent long hug. oh man Sterling is just the best.
I really do appreciate all the little things he does for.
he is to kind. he has always opened the car door for me/ or when we go out at restaurants he does as well. he is very polite and a true real gentleman. little things he does i appreciate. he is very patient with me. oh man i love being around him.
excellent fall break in Pulman Washington with the Hatch Family.
last fall I am sure I never would have thought i would be in a serious dating relationship.
that i would be traveling 10 hours to their home town for fall break.
oh how time keeps ticking and how days keep moving along.
I am grateful for this journey. I am excited for the future and for more days and for more adventures to come. oh the joy of life.
" enjoy life. Endure Life. Love life"
I got dressed for work and looked at the clock I had about 15 mintues before I had to go to work. I grabbed my 10 dollars and went to the DI. I bought the necklaces then decided I would find a frame for this elephant photo my sister drew for my good friend Makenzie. I needed it after work so had to hurry to get a frame. I went grabbed about 4 frames that looked like the right size. I then with the frames wanted to see what the elephant photo would look like in the frames....so the one i took out the picture/cardboard/cardboard/glass and put the drawing in the frame...nope the frame was a little to flimsy and I didn't think it looked good....so i pulled the drawing out....put the picture/cardboard/cardboard back into the frame and the glass......again I was in a hurry so if you saw me I was rushing because time was ticking before I had to go to work and needed a frame.......i then looked at the second one and there was a little tool right beside so i used it to try and open the frame but realized it wasn't going to work...and I liked that frame much more...looked at the time and I needed to leave. Took the one brown frame...rushed to the registered. talked to my good friend Paige who works at the management at the DI and we were talking about dating life for a second while i was 
i must have left the door unlocked.....terrible i know.
I have learned a couple valuable lessons from this:
