Fall Break Tucson Adventure!

As promised here is a little more fun post! The medical school accidentally scheduled a fall break for its students and Josh and I decided to make the most of it... We talked about doing a cruise or something, but I had trouble getting time off from work so we decided to do stuff here in Tucson! We had activities planned everyday and had a blast! Tom and Shirley (my in-laws) came down for a couple of days and we got to do a few fun things with them!

SATURDAY- COLOSSAL CAVES AND MT. LEMMON
Our Tour Guide


That is Josh and I, we hiked up to this look out point!

Mt. Lemmon is so BEAUTIFUL! SUNDAY- PIMA AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM
One of the huge engines!
Me as an astronaut!
*I have to say I think Tom and I had the most fun here! Josh and Shirley both got tired and were ready to go)

MONDAY- BIO SPHERE & RETIREMENT COMMUNITY TOUR
Outside


The Rain Forest


Savannah



Near the largest man-made ocean!


Me and Rex
On the way home Josh and I wanted to stop and look at model homes...well it ended up it was an active adult retirement community! We just pretended we were researching for Tom and Shirley and even brought them a ton of info and DVD!

TUESDAY- We went to the Reid Park ZOO!
WEDNESDAY- SCI Natural Museum

"This is a lovely room of death!"- ACE VENTRA
The hunters display
The croc wrestler

They even had a Quetzal! (National Bird of Guatemala)

We took this with my sister Alisyn in mind! Cheetahs are her FAVE!

THURSDAY- OLD TUCSON STUDIOS
I was asked to participate in the miracle elixir show and got sprayed with a ton of water!
Jail Bird


A few weeks before break Josh and I doggy-sat for a lady I work with! This is Lily! She was so fun and super cute!
And this is the AWESOME PLINKO board Josh made for our ward Halloween Party! Its not the best picture, but it was so cool! He even had blood on the windows!

A quick, not so exciting update but... more fun things to coming soon!

Okay, so it has been awhile since I've updated my blog! Lots going on here at the Tieman home, but nothing crazy exciting! Josh is busy, busy with school and helping Tom with the Camaro, getting it ready for the Good Guys Car Show in 2 weekends! So yes we will we running up to Phoenix in an attempt to finish most last minute details on the car! I've been busy trying my hand at crafting and baking, as well as working at Spa One and watching Mike and Mollie's sweet baby, Max! He is such a good boy! So here are a few of my craft projects as of late and I promise to post pictures of our Tucson Adventure over Fall break soon!

I finally made some fall decorations... I didn't have anything before!

Mollie and Jill found this idea and we all made similar center pieces, but yet different because we got the frames and candlestick holders from different thrift stores around Tucson!
This idea was taken from my cousin, Holly's blog! And a special thanks to my mom for the fabric she gave me!
And most recent project was stocking for Josh and I!

WOODSIDE REUNION

We had a BLAST at the Woodside Reunion this year! Josh got home from Utah on Thursday night and we left Friday afternoon to camp for the weekend! Josh and I got up and went fishing a couple times, saw lots of elk, some deer and also wild turkey! We also took all the cousins out fishing for crawdads at Ashurst Lake!

Sammy

R.J.
Kincade
Kateland (who got sick and throw up while out fishing) and Natilee
Alisyn
Nat again
Josh with a BIG catch
A bunch of the kiddos

Ramsay

At the raffle Josh and I put in tickets for tons of stuff, but ended up getting the one item we put only one ticket in for... a homemade sandstone and cedar table that my cousin Jeremy Woodside made! I will have to post some pictures of it because it's really cool! Kendon feel asleep during the raffle... heehee!

Cute Cousins

Josh and I fishing

Josh and I borrowed Tom's big truck, because our little honda is not made for even nice dirt roads... We sure put that truck to use! (and yes we washed it all up before returning it!)

My sister Alisyn is a goofball and Kendon, Josh and I had fun playing card while seeing what crazy things Ali would let the craydads pinch!

Ali and her FABULOUS earrings!

Round Two... The girls visit!

It was Natilee's and Ramsay's turn to visit! And we definitely had some adventures...


We went up Mt. Lemmon for a cook out! Look at these cute, dirty faced girls!


The girls loved cooking burgers and roasting "Smarshmallows" for s'mores!
We hiked around Rose Canyon Lake... fed ducks, and fished for crayfish!
The girls didn't know what crayfish were and thought this claw was so cool! Nat wanted to keep it, but I told her we would just keep a picture of it instead!

We were out there pretty late!

What cuties!
Crafts done while here... Shirts, handbags, and signs for their rooms! They had a lot of fun making them!

We also went to the zoo!

The kids all had a ton of fun with these silly props! Tank, Jill, and Nixon all came with us!

Ramsay's best "turtle face"
Adorable Nixon!


Roo thought these big fish were so cool!
The other "Hatch" girls

After the zoo we were going to go see the new Harry Potter... but got in an accident! Luckily no one was seriously injured... they girls were like now we have to post it on facebook and blogs, etc. GREAT! So we missed the showing we had planned on seeing and walked 2 miles to the theatre and back in the middle of the day! Talk about hot and sunburnt! But we had a good time still!
Thanks mom and dad for coming to get them and thank you girls for coming to stay with me! I had a lot of fun! OH and I guess I should say sorry Kendon that it happened in your car! I love you all!

Trip To See My Josh

Last weekend I made a trip up to Utah to hang out with Josh! We had so much fun! It was kind of surreal seeing him at first... It was very strange getting to hug and kiss someone again!
The first night I got there (Thursday) we spent the evening at home. Josh has been living with Heidi and Ryan Allred (one of Josh's mission comps and his wife), but they were gone to the lake! Seriously about 20 min. after I got to their house, we heard the doorbell! It was Kris and Emily Holliday (another comp and wife) from San Diego. They were in town and stopped by to say hi to the Allred's but found us instead! Its was great getting to see them!

The next day Josh surprised my when he showed up with a rental car so we could go have some fun! But first things first, I went to a doctor appointment with him and then grocery shopping. After that we went up to Snowbird, ski resort!
It was so beautiful and green! We did a lot of fun things including... the ski lift, zip-line, mini bobsled slide, and the ski tram which took us up to the top of the mountain! It was gorgeous!
Us up at the top! It was windy and nice a cool up there! After we spent most of the day at Snowbird, Josh took me on a tour! We drove up to the U (university of Utah) where he showed me where most of his research is done and most of his time is spent! He works up at the Hutsman Cancer Center and of course down at the hospital! He has got to do many amazing things such as follow the doctor on clincals, stand in on all different types of intense surgeries and do write ups and drawings for different research projects! He has definately been staying busy! After that we drove his bike ride home! WOW! It was pretty far and a lot of up hill! He rides through beautiful neighborhoods and near the Salt Lake Temple and then up the hill to the capital, those are just a couple of the cool things he gets to see every day! I have to say I was impressed with how difficult the ride looks! Good Job, Babe!
That night Josh and I took Heidi and Allred to see Transformers 2 at the Imax! It was awesome!

On Saturday, we had a BBQ at the Allred's and Jamie, Trevor and Kendra Mattson came to hang out too (yet another mission comp and his family.) Chef Josh grilled steaks and bacon wrapped scallops! It was so good! After some delicious food we went to the lake on Allred's boat!

The Mattson Family
Captain Allred
Heidi tearin' it up!
We had a blast, wakeboarding and just relaxing on the boat! Thanks Allred's for everything!
Sunday we went to church and then just relaxed the rest of the day! I flew out the next morning and now have my sisters with me! Pictures of that later!

I was so glad I got to visit my Josh and can't wait to have him living with me again! We had so much fun together and I am so very proud of him and all the hard work he is doing up there!

Emily and Alisyn Come to Visit

Alisyn and Emily just recently came down to stay a few days with me! We had a lot of fun! We walked over to a park near my house one night! Here the girls are in the rose garden!!

We also fed the ducks and fish at the pond! Alisyn was trying to get one close enough to pet...

One night we went to the drive in to see Night at the Museum. Ali totally crashed on the way home!
While I had to work the girls did different craft project (see below, also painted shirt, etc.), they also watched movies, read book from the library and played games!
We also went to Reid Park Zoo!
The girls liked this... they said they were the "Hatchs"
LOVE RHINOS
Alisyn the Turtle! We also got to pet a snake and a hedgehog! VERY COOL!
Later we when up Mt. Lemmon and grilled hamburgers and hotdogs and also made s'mores! Yummy!
We hiked around Rose Canyon Lake! Cute girls, Emily found a walking stick!
Ali spotted a mama duck and her babies so we spent some time sneaking up on them! We also caught some crayfish!
Up on top of Mt. Lemmon! You can kind of see Tucson in the background!
We had a really fun time and got to do many neat things! I am looking forward to the other two coming down to hang out soon, but not until after I get to visit my husband!
Love you girls! Thanks for the fun visit!

Tieman Update

Ok so just a quick note to let you know what we have been up to... As many of you know Josh and I have been looking to downsize and get a mobile home (trailer trash, haha!) No, but it is a great and less expensive option! Do to our limited time and increased stress we have decided to stay in the home we are renting currently and our landlord is great! He is giving us a months rent free!

Josh is leaving in 3 weeks to do research at the University of Utah! He will be up there for almost 2 months :( I am going to get a go visit him once, but most the time will be hanging in Tucson working and having my sisters visit!

Anyway, besides that Josh is still doing great in school (he still has about 3 weeks left in his 1st year, YEAH!!) I am still working at Spa One doing facials and waxing! So we are keeping busy and doing well!