You might be a Redneck if....

You like to go to the county fair for a monster truck rally and a demolition derby!! This past week has been very eventful! On Monday Troy and I went to the fair in Aiken to see the monster truck rally. I have never been to one and thought it might be fun. It was!! We had a blast watching the trucks. They were awesome! Also, Troy had his first funnel cake ever!!! I can't believe he has never had one. On Friday we went up to Greenville, SC. It is such a beautiful town. We went shopping in the cute stores downtown and went to the park right in the middle of downtown. There is a river going through, and they had a beautiful park surrounding it. There is a big suspension bridge that I tried to get a few pictures of, but it was dark and raining a little bit. Then on Saturday we headed back to the fair to see the Demolition Derby. That was also tons of fun. For some reason it is so entertaining to see cars crash into each other! After the derby we walked around the fair and Troy played a few games. He won the strongman game and got a blow up baseball bat! We stayed busy this week, but had so much fun!

Utah Part 2

We went to Salt Lake a few times to hang out. We found a new restaurant that we really liked. It was Rumbi Island Grill. They had stir fry and rice, and it was so good. Dave and Crystal took us there and I'm glad they did. We drove around to see the new temples being built there. The Draper Temple is finished on the outside, and the Oquirrh Temple still has a way to go. They are both very pretty though. We hung out at the Gateway Mall for a while and also went to Gardner Village. That is such a fun place to go. It is set up just like a little village, and each store is in a cottage. They have such cute stuff. During the holidays, they get all decked out. For halloween, they had huge witches everywhere. We also spent a few days up in Logan visiting my family and Troy's family. We drove through the Logan Canyon and discovered a little cave/spring. It is fed underground by the Logan River. I loved spending time with my nephew Will. He is such a happy little boy and loves to be the entertainer. We had such a great trip and can't wait to get back out there.

Utah

We were able to take a trip to Utah on October 1-8. We had such a good time and did not want to leave. We didn't do anything major, but still had a great time. We hung out with family a lot and went to all our favorite places out there. We also got to go to General Conference. It was such a great experience--I wish I could go for every session! The colors were changing in the mountains and it was beautiful! It looked like fruity pebbles had just been poured over everything. We went hiking and took lots of drives through the mountains. We went on a hike in one of the canyons by Tooele. It was beautiful!!! We went right along a stream with some waterfalls. Then we got back in the car and drove up to the top of the mountain. At the top, we could see Tooele, the Great Salt Lake, the entire Salt Lake Valley, and the north end of the Utah Valley. It also looked right into the big cooper mine they have. It was amazing.