FHE and the Rest of the Utah Trip

Tonya Tingen
May 17, 2010
Blog, Holidays, Life, More Pictures, Places, Utah
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So this is post is going to be backwards cause we’re going to talk about today first, and then cover the rest of the Utah trip. First of all, at FHE Tonya had prepared the coolest lesson. We read out of Preach My Gospel in chapter 2 where it talks about studying more effectively. Tonya had realized that almost ever sentence had a kind of “commandment/promise” sequence. For example, if you study you will have the spirit. We made a list of things we can do in our study–both personal and together–and then the promised blessings. It was pretty cool and I asked if I could hang it up on the wall in front of my desk. I’m so happy to be married to such an insightful person.

Then came the FHE activity. This is a trick I learned from my brother Warren and his wife Micah. She has been in girl scouts forever and apparently they did this with the girl scout thin mint cookies, but we did it with grasshopper cookies tonight. It’s a five step process.

Step One

Choose a cookie

Step Two

Bit off one end of the cookie

Step Three

Bite off a piece from the opposite end of the cookie

Step Four

Suck milk through the cookie and use it like a straw

Step Five

Eat cookie. Try it and let us know what you think.

The rest of the Utah Pictures

ducks at the duck pond at the university of richmond–they started to hiss at us

we gave them bread, but we eventually got too much attention

picture from the plane on the way to Utah

the first risk game we played at the showalters

tonya wrote stools on the showalter white board. There’s a perfectly good reason too.

an odd game at the mall. you put in a coin and then it just rolls around inevitably into the money pit below

pictures from the hen party at the showalter’s house

the second game of risk at the showalter’s house. this version is Risk 2210. it’s awesome. There are water colonies and you can even go to the moon. more strategy, more options, more Risk!!!

Pictures of Julia. I think Tonya took more than 100 of these, and they are all fantastic.

gotta love this face. look at this one up close

Jamba Juice. Tonya and I really like a good jamba once in a while

look at brent’s short hair cut. It’s a different look than I’ve ever seen him try, but it really works.

we traipsed around BYU for one afternoon

this picture has a story. The both turned to look behind but they turned different directions and they were holding hands so they ended up back to back. it was pretty funny, and so we were compelled to take a picture.

el templo. that’s spanish for “the temple”

everybody waiting outside after heidi and eric got married.

I didn’t know these two before the wedding, but I think they’re awesome. They helped out so much at the reception.

somehow a camera got stuck in my hands and I ended up taking a lot of pictures on Mark’s camera.

the heidi and eric picture table at the reception.

awesome aunt tammie tj. she’s sticking her tongue out cause she took a picture of us with our tongues sticking out

fun uncle steve asked us to take a picture of him trying to kiss his dad. I got a kick out of this picture

the car decorations were more tasteful than I expected. This was actually a pretty good job.

tonya got pictures of me signing the guest book

I thought I’d try my hand at being romantic and I offered these flowers to tonya.

it was late after the reception, but you can’t just go to sleep after a reception so we stayed up, played a game, and hung out awhile.

pictures through the windows while we waited at the airport

tonya experimented with different settings on her camera.

she took all these pictures of the carpet and people walking by.

found this awesome article about mazes in this magazine.

back in virginia on monday, Tonya’s friend Michelle was in town. We went to applebee’s and ate lunch with her and her parents.

Michelle, Baby B (bryson), and Michelle’s parents.

11 Responses

Heidi K says:

May 17, 2010 at 9:26 pm

Great pictures! It was fun to live through your pictures. I get to go visit Utah next month. 🙂 Congrats to Heidi!

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Mark says:

May 18, 2010 at 9:04 am

Great pics, all! Thanks for posting and thanks for spending time with us!

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Rachel says:

May 18, 2010 at 9:41 am

Ohhweee! I’m so glad you guys came in town and spent time us!!!!

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Mark says:

May 18, 2010 at 8:48 pm

1. We need to get together again soon. 2) Thank you for documenting my daughter’s life in pictures for me. 3) Tonya, what kind of camera do you have? 4) You have the best FHEs. 5) Love the new blog layout. 6) Jacob, how’s the internship? 7) Love you guys. 8) Don’t have an 8th but couldn’t leave it at 7… 🙂

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Jenny says:

May 18, 2010 at 8:49 pm

Ha! That last comment was from me, not your dad.

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Jenny says:

May 18, 2010 at 8:50 pm

P.S. I meant to put an 8) in there

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1. Jenny says:
  
  May 18, 2010 at 8:51 pm
  
  Apparently 8 ) together equals 8)…sorry, having trouble
  
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Amanda says:

May 19, 2010 at 10:39 pm

I’ve never tried that cookie thing, but I’ve always wanted to. So, was it yummy? Love all the pictures, as always!

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Brent says:

May 20, 2010 at 11:19 am

Cookies and Milk! You guys are geniuses!

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Lori says:

May 22, 2010 at 10:41 am

Great pictures. I’m so glad we got to see you guys while you were here!

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Heather says:

May 23, 2010 at 5:49 pm

I think my favorite caption was “Utah! People working together…” hahaha… reminds me of 5th grade.

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