Spencer Autumn Extravaganza

Happy Halloween Everyone. Although Kim and I did not make the attempt to dress up this year, we did make an attempt at carving pumpkins over at Taylor and Krystal's place...
Pumpkins from right to left: Mike D and Diana, Carter, Taylor, Chad, Brett G, Kim, Brent...
We made a mess...
Happy 26th to Mike D!!!

Bowling for Carter

Happy Birthday to the JNC. The Crew went down to Fatcats for some friendly and competitive bowling to celebrate Carter's b-day. Happy 18th Jesse! You're finally legal...

Carter beat me by one point! (He always manages to beat me by one or two in any sport we attempt;)

The Spencer's enjoying themselves...Kim and Chad posing for the camera with our bowling faces...

Mike D and Diana living it up...
Brent and Bertie having a good time...
The boys...

Shay (The Best Dog Ever)

So for those of you that didn't know, Kim had a miscarriage awhile back. It was a hard thing to go through and I don't wish it upon anyone, especially the person I care about most in my life and my best friend. Anyways, instead of starting our family, we decided to get a dog as a temporary supplement. Her name is Shay and is the best puppy ever. She's a half lab/half pointer mix and is super smart. We got her @ 5 weeks old (which is super young), but she's already mostly potty trained, can sit, lay, and shake. Not bad, considering Kim and I are rookies at this dog raising thing and have only had her just over a month. Shay is definitely a lot of work and more than expected, but she is worth it and we love her. In fact I think she has moved up the totem pole and surpassed me on Kim's favorites list ;)...

Camping @ Fairview (The Neel Secret spot)

Brent Neel is the man, what else can I say. Not only did he put together my favorite camping trip of 2007, but I caught my first trout of the year that was big enough to take home and eat. I cooked that bad boy up for dinner and it wasn't too bad if I do say so myself. The crew included, the Spencers, The Kelly Neel family, B-Neel, JNC, Bertie, Kim, and myself. We rode four-wheelers, shot bb-guns (a little side note, Susan is a dead eye, she couldn't miss, and I put my money on her against anyone, any day), fished, played games around the fire. It was epic. Here's some pics...


Brent and I woke up and went fishing @ 6 am. Carter went off and went hunting with his bros that were up there. When we got back from fishing, Brent cooked everyone breakfast and it hit the spot...Here's my trout that I caught. From the lake to the grill...
Our camp setup...

My wife is Famous in Vegas!!!

My beautiful and talented wife Kim is now officially famous. Throughout her entire life she has never met anyone famous, other than myself of course ;). That all changed when she took a girls trip to Vegas and met...you guessed it, Wayne Brady. She was at a restaurant in the Venetian and was sitting next to him at dinner. She didn't want to interrupt his date that he was on and couldn't gather the courage to ask for a picture with him, but just as they went to leave the restaurant, she sucked up her pride and couldn't resist the temptation. Here's the proof...

Mexico / 2 Year Anniversary

So it's been awhile since my last post, but we've been busy. We just got back from Mexico celebrating our 2 year anniversary. Having never been out of the country, I didn't know what to expect, but our trip was amazing and we are already wanting to go back...
The beaches there were incredible (Kim enjoying herself)...
Kim couldn't keep me out of the water...
Our hotel was amazing...































On the first day we went on a jungle tour around the lagoon and then to a national reserve for some snorkeling. We both thought we were going to die, due to the old school boat that we were driving and the waves were super choppy. We were literally in the middle of the ocean driving this little boat!















After the boat/snorkeling/jungle adventure we went and walked around at the Isla Visa mall that was right next to our hotel...
















The next day we took a boat to Isla Mueres, which is a small island located just off the coast of Cancun.




We went kayaking, took a bike tour around the island, and then took a taxi to downtown for some exploring...





Kim enjoying the band playing on the boat ride back to Cancun...

The Fray @ Usana Amphitheatre

We went and saw The Fray preform last night @ Usana. Amber made it happen and invited us along for the ride...

Here's a pic of the group....

Kim and me...

And the girls enjoying themselves...
(Amber, Amy, and Kim)
Thanks Amber for yet another fun night with the Kohler Klan...

Silver Lake

I went fishing up @ Silver Lake over the weekend with my buddie Steve. I ended up catching two rainbow trout, but nothing big enough to take home for dinner...

Steveo fishing...
















Look at this monster I caught (yeah right)! I promise this wasn't the bait we were using...















I had so much fun that I took Kim up there the following day...

She even attempted to fish for a few minutes...














While we both came home empty handed, it was a nice way to spend a warm summer evening...














Hopefully we can work on our fishing game and have more success next time:)