Lewisburg Chocolate Festival 2011

WE LOVE LEWISBURG!!! Every year they have a "Chocolate Festival" where they close down the main street and almost every store gives out different chocolate samples for tickets that you buy. It's all for a fundraiser.

For the past couple of years they have been holding a 10K Run before the main event begins. This was my first 10K run and Spencer's first organized run EVER! It was really fun....I think :)

The music is so cool at these events. This band was really good.

These cute girls are the ones that we hung out with all day. Left to right: Laura Grube, Joy Boggess, Yours truly, Shay Hyde and Keri Troyer. We all enjoyed WAY too much chocolate.

Amazing......

Shay and I wanted to remember how much we loved the chocolate. Really though by the time we took this picture I think we were about to puke from all of the chocolate we ate.

All of you chocolate lovers feel free to come visit next year! It's a grand ole' time!

Spring Break 2011

Spring break this year was a lot of fun! Spencer rode his bike while I worked for the first half of the week then Mom and Dad Tingey joined us for the second half. We did so many things in just three days! First we went to The Lost World Caverns...Home of The Bat Boy!!!! The formations were so amazing. I had never seen anything like it.

We definitely ate well this week. We made a huge plate of one of my favorites, Caprese! Mmmmmm so good!

We had to do some working out so we didn't become fat! I'm not kidding. We ate a lot! The Greenbrier River Trail is my favorite place to run. It is so beautiful and peaceful.

We got some action shots...

Our cute boys did some fly fishing up in Anthony, West Virginia. They found a couple of good spots but no bites today.

Look how precious they are!

If I was fishing here I would have been snagged in a tree in two seconds. They are pretty awesome.

We went to Stella's Tea House. EXCELLENT FOOD! They bring you your hot chocolate in your own individual tea pot. I love it!

After our delicious meal we drove up Hwy 219 to go to Green Bank, West Virginia. On our way we found this cool old bridge. I love the old bridges in WV!

One of our stops before Green Bank was Snowshoe Ski Resort. It is one of the best Ski resorts on the East Coast. It has just snowed and the trees looked really cool.

So the reason we went on this long drive to Green Bank, WV was to visit the worlds largest radio telescope!

They would not allow us to get pictures really close to the telescope because digital cameras mess with the radio waves when they are too close.

Those were all the adventures we went on with Mom and Dad Tingey. We always have fun when they come to visit!

Birthdays 2011

So I am pretty awful at this whole blogging thing but it is my goal to get better!
I know that mine and Spencer's birthdays are a couple of months apart but...oh well.

Here we go!!!!

First of all it was Spencer's Birthday on January 23. His birthday was the day before a big exam so we just had a small party first with our friends the Sorber's.

Kathryn Sorber is an awesome cake baker and decorator and she made this University of Utah cake for Spencer. It tasted as good as it looks! Mmmmmmmm.....

We then had a bigger party with the rest of the people that were actually studying on Spencer's birthday. It is the WVSOM class of 2014 tradition to have Fun Fetti Cake at each persons birthday party. It is ALWAYS very tasty.

Everyone was so nice to celebrate this day with us! We were joined by.....

Jason, Shaylee and Zoey Hyde

Eric, Joy and Olivia Boggess

Steve, Chelsea, AnnaLee (not shown) and now Tavian Boehmier.

and last but not least Brandon and Laura Strawn/Grube. ;)

We had a fun day and I think Spencer enjoyed his 27th Birthday!

My Golden Birthday was on April 24 (Easter this year)

I woke up to Easter baskets and birthday presents! It was awesome!

We had some friends over for Fun Fetti Cake and ice cream. It was lots of fun!

Yay for Birthdays!!!!!

Chirstmas 2010

Our Chirstmas Tree!!! Just the beginning of the Perfect Christmas of 2010!

My first Ginger Bread House! Whoopty Whoop! Spencer was a very good coach. It was good times!

Well we had quite the Chirstmas vaction this year! Right after we got to back to the best state ever, we had the traditional Tingey Progressive Dinner. It was so much fun! We missed our cute missionaries, Sid and Liz's family and Val, but we rang our bells hard for them.

We also went to a McConkie family party but McConkies are pretty awesome and we don't like to take pictures. We don't want everyone knowing our little secrets I guess. Anywho... we had dinner and went and saw the lights at The Hogle Zoo. It was fun to be with all of the kids! We miss them so much!

We had the pleasure of spending Christmas Eve with the McConkies and Chiristmas Morning with the Tingeys. Again McConkies don't want you to know our secrets. This is the traditional Tingey Pajama Chirstmas Photo.

We were able to go to a Jazz Game while in Utah! GO JAZZ! They were bums and lost but oh well. GO JAZZ!

While Spencer was playing Call of Duty with his friends from his old ward I was hanging out with my best friends! Our group is so fun and awesome.

We also did some ice fishing at Scofield Resevoir with Rachel and Tyler. It was so much fun. I was nervous about the whole drilling holes in ice while standing on the ice but it worked out ok. We caught about 12 fish. Now when I say we I mean Rachel, Tyler and Spencer. I caught one right before we left, off of Rachel's line....I think the fish felt my frustration.

On New Year's Eve we went to The Market Street Oyster Bar and tried our first oyster shots. I like them and AMAZINGLY Spencer did too. All who know him would be very impressed with his growth in West Virginia. HE EATS SALADS!!!! I know that has nothing to do with Christmas or New Years Eve but I had to add that in. My mind is still boggled.....anyways... We ate oysters and they were tasty.

We woke up the next morning to this little monster in our bed.

Yay for the traditional burning of the tree! Thanks to all of the Tingey neighbors for not calling the cops!

While we were in Utah my dear grandmother, Beth Merrill McConkie, passed away. She was 92 almost 93 years old and one of the most amazing people I have ever met. She was such a sweetheart and I miss her so much! I know she is so much happier now!

That was Christmas for us! Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!