labor day & past week

sorry to all of you waiting to hear how labor day was. it was great. i went down with zach to hurricane and met most of his family. zach's parents (joyce & ken) are really amazing people. they were so hospitable and welcoming toward me. we spent the weekend with them. saturday zach, his mom, and i went sight seeing around st. george. first we went to the hospital to have lunch with zach's dad since he had to work on saturday. (he works in the O.R.) then we went to the temple and walked around the grounds. it was absolutely incredible. just being on the grounds with someone i love and want to marry in the house of the Lord was such a wonderful feeling. (zach & i have talked about the possibility of us getting married, and when/if we do, it will be in the st. george temple.) then we went into the visitor center and looked at the really cool things in there.

since zach's mom really loves to shop at the DI, we went to the DI. ok, we also went to the DI for golden (zach's brother-in-law) to meet me & me to meet him. we didn't get to hang out with kendra & golden because they left for a cruise. we did get to help watch their 4 kids: lincoln, shawnie, gage, and lacy. they are all really well mannered children and lacy has me wrapped around her little finger. she calls me hunter. not quite sure why, but my name to her is hunter. it is really cute. below will be pictures of the cute nephews & nieces zach has. ok, it's not all of them, but the 4 of them. zach's dad patched my bike tire for me. then the four of us went to walmart where the clearance items were half off the lowest clearance price. zach got a few shirts. i didn't find anything i really liked, but i did get a tent. it wasn't on clearance, but it was a reasonable price. and i like to go camping, but didn't have a tent. now i have one. and then it was bed time.

sunday we (zach & i) went to church with his family & then after church we went to his aunt & uncle's house for a visit. monday zach's parents, zach, the kids, zach's one sister & husband (christy & adam) and i went to zion national park. we had a picnic and then hiked the riverside walk. it was a great day. and then the 4 day weekend i had came to a close. i had a 4 day weekend because i had worked so much during the week that i already had my 40 hours. macey's doesn't want to pay overtime and my boss & i had to work extra because the stupid guy got himself fired. so i hit my 40 and had to not come in on friday.

ok now... on to this past week. it hasn't been that exciting. it was really nice not working monday. there was a lot of work for my boss and i to do though. so i got overtime this past week. oops. and that was the week. i'd get home from work just in time to hurry and eat and the run to class. i'd get home from class sleep for a bit, and go right to work. the weekend has been my highlight. zach came up friday and we spent saturday doing just about nothing. we did get out and do a little shopping, but since neither of us likes shopping or have a lot of money to spend, we just window shopped for something to do. then es & mo said they were passing through and would like dinner. the four of us went to chilis. we had a lot of laughs. i think they like zach. i hope they like zach. he is going to be around for a very long time. zach thought mo & es were a hoot and looks forward to spending more time with them.

and today is sunday. zach & i went to church. then i had a chat with my bishop. and then we came back to my place and ate some pizza and then went to a ces fireside. sister dalton spoke. it was really good. all about being and returning to virtue. it was an excellent talk. and then zach & i came back to my place and zach made me dinner while we skyped with brooke, chris, & chan. i think we may go down to albequerque for general conference. i think that would be a lot of fun. and now i am going to post the pictures and go to bed. work comes early...ugh. this is lacey or as zach affectionately calls her "the gremlin" i call her lacey poo or chickadee. (no her teeth aren't missing, she has cookie on them)

and from back to front are: gage, shawnie, and lincoln. or as zach calls them: tank, monkey, and link.

and this is my zacharoo :)