Murder Mystery Dinner

So we got the chance to attend the now annual Orndorff Murder mystery dinner. It was a blast, as neither of us had ever done one of these, so we didn't know what to expect. The theme was "murder at the Deadwood Saloon" which meant it was a western theme.

Tennille was a rugged outlaw named Black Barbara, while Cody was a rugged outlaw named Jesse Wales. If you have never done one of these this is kind of how it goes. Prior to the dinner you get sent your character, the attire that suits you, as well as some background on who you are. So you all arrive at the house in character, get issued $500, and start mingling with the others there. The goal is to get as much information about everyone and earn the most money, and you do it however you can... bribes, murders, prostitution, whatever.


Eventually someone gets murdered in the middle of your mingling. The goal then turns to try and solve the mystery of who dunnit? Again, you want to get as much info as you can, with any means possible. In the end, it turns out to be a lot like a real life "clue" game. It was a blast! Thanks to the Orndorffs for setting this up, I'm sure it was a bunch of work. It was fun to see some of our friends and even better to meet a bunch of new friends.

Here is Jesse wales (left) and Black Barbara (right)

HARD AT WORK...wink wink

This lovely car is called a Karmen Ghia (Cody, did I get the spelling right?) Anyway, this was Cody's car that he drove during high school until he crashed it down a slippery and icy slope. Everyone thought that the Karmen Ghia was done for...so sad. Well Cody, being the stubborn (but cute) guy that he is decided to not trash it. He promised to get the car back in working order and make it as good as new. Well, NOW is the time that he is making his promise come true. I know it doesn't look like much yet, but Cody has been hard at work making this sweet ride even sweeter. I can't wait to see it complete and I'm sure Cody is looking forward to that day much more than I am. He only has a few more things to finish up on it and then we'll get it painted!!

As for me, I have been busy "working". I love my new job! Being a Pilates teacher is so rewarding for many reasons...
1) I don't have to work as many hours...yay!
2) I can see my students progressing and feeling better about their bodies
3) I have helped people get rid of back/joint pain
4) I don't have to work as many hours....oh whoops I already said that

I'm now teaching at the Treehouse gym and up at the University of Utah. The university recently started a Pilates program with all brand new equipment! It seriously is like a playground to me. The room I teach in has 8 reformers, 8 wunda chairs, 8 towers....easily about $60,000 worth of equipment. That probably doesn't mean anything to anyone, but it sure makes me happy.

Aaah...so many tags!

Well, a couple of my friends have tagged me. As I'm sure everyone is so interested in what I have to say...this just can't wait another second! Okay, maybe it can, but I'll do it anyway...I love reading everyone else's tags so maybe someone might be interested in mine. It's late, so I'll start with Katie's tag because it requires the least thinking.

5 Things I was doing 10 years ago (hmm...at the ripe young age of 14)
1) Probably making up some dance to Nsync with my best pals Kara and Jessica
2) Playing the clarinet in my school band
3) Looking dead sexy with braces
4) Being the dorky freshman at Logan High School
5) Wearing around my favorite pair of Doc Marten's

5 Things on my to-do list today....(I'll put tomorrow's list, today is long gone)

1) Go teach group reformer and cardiolates at the Treehouse gym.
2) Take Kusaba for a walk
3) Go work for a few hours at Skywest
4) Come home and make Cody some scrumptious food for his dinner and lunch (to take to work)
5) Go back to work again because I was dumb and picked up two shifts

5 Snacks I enjoy...

1) Tortilla chips with homemade salsa/black bean dip
2) PEANUTS!! I seriously eat these every day...so fattening, but so yummy
3) Sweet and Salty Chex Mix
4) Tootsie Rolls
5) PEANUTS!!


5 Things I would do if I were a $Millionaire$...

1) Buy Cody a starduster (it's a plane....that he wants to buy NOW)
2) Buy Cody a boat (he would also like one of those now...me too though!)
3) A house on a lake right next to an airstrip so we can fly to and from work (if we would even be working)
4) Buy everything in the song "If I had a million dollars" by the Barenaked Ladies
5) Buy me a huge Pilates studio with all the equipment

5 Places I've lived...

1) Logan, UT
2) Salt Lake, UT
3) That's it....hopefully Portland, OR soon

5 Jobs I've had...

1) Pilates Instructor
2) UDA Dance Camp Instructor
3) Server at Winger's and Olive Garden
4) Piano teacher
5) Child assessor at USU

5 People I tag...

1) Beckie Lloyd
2) Katie Oborn
3) Amy Boseman
4) Amy Olson
5) Baylee Carroll

Beautiful Fall...

I absolutely love this time of year. Unfortunately it also means that winter is probably about two weeks away...so I'm taking it all in while the weather is just perfect. On Saturday night, Cody went to priesthood meeting with his dad so I decided to head up to Logan. I had just worked all day and needed some good R & R. I was exhausted. When I got to my parents house, it had just finished raining, and I couldn't believe how beautiful it was. There is something about a fall rain...it intensifies the reds and yellows of the trees even more. Even though I was super tired, I had to go out for a jog. I took Kusaba and Buddy (my parents dog) and after they got done pooping about five times I began to really enjoy the views and the cool, crisp air. When we moved away from Logan, I didn't think I would miss it as much as I have. Cache Valley is amazing...now that I am away, it's my little oasis of comfort when I return. I'm pretty sure Cody would say the same thing considering the fact that he tells me everyday that he wants to move back! One day we'll make it back there...and hopefully its sooner and not later!


I didn't take these pics on my jog, but was looking through my old pics of Ltown and found these!

The LEANING TOWER OF CHEESA...

Oh the joys of family reunions...it's not everyday you get to make a tower out of Saltines and Cheez Wiz. Well, yesterday Cody and I had the privilege of attending the annual Watts family reunion. I know only my immediate family reads my blog so I think it's safe to say that family reunions are rather awkward! At least in my extended family, we hardly ever see each other so when we do it's like we are meeting each other for the first time. I had two people call me "Tiffany" and my grandma (bless her heart) is losing her memory and thought that I was someone from her class up at USU. With that said though, it was still good to get together, eat some food, and of course make Saltine towers. Here are a few pics I took....




MY DAD AND HIS GIRLS




CODY AND MADDIE SHARING A PRECIOUS MOMENT.. She absolutely loves him. I call Cody an "interactive playground" because all of our nieces and nephews love climbing, flipping, and hanging on/from him.




MY MOM AND SISTER TIFFANY...How cute. What you can't see is that I'm also in the picture, I'm just a head taller than them. Ha ha! Just kidding...




My sweet Grandma Watts, Tiff and Maddie, Sarah (sister in law), and Heather (cousin)




Cody and AJ putting some finishing touches on their cracker towers. Unfortunately, my team lost. First of all because the other team was getting all technical and making an "I" beam and second, because I wasn't participating. I would have totally thought of the "I" beam too...okay maybe not.




AND...THE CHEESIEST KIDS AROUND.

Slide Show of Belize

Here's most of the other pics from Belize...enjoy!

Can you Belize it!!!

Last week we had the chance to go to Belize with some of our friends Brandon/Courtney, and Jason/Becky. We originally planned on going to Italy, but with the exchange rate being so crappy right now, we decided that we couldn't afford it until we saved up. Belize was a blast and so relaxing. Cody has not been able to take time off of work since he has been with skywest so our travels have been limited to 3 days or less. Well he finally had some sick days he could use, so we got to go for a week. We haven't got all the pics yet, so we'll post some more when we get them.

The first adventure was trying to fly 6 people on standby all the way to Central America.

Amazingly enough we didn't have any problems on the way there or back... I guess it was good that we all split up and went to Atlanta at different times.

Next, we spent a day in Belize City. Talk about GHETTO. This place was run down and not very tourist friendly, but there were some cool things to do there so we had to stay for a while. First we went Cave Tubing... which is exactly what it sounds like. (We have pics on an underwater camera, that is getting developed right now.)They have rivers that wind through the jungles and go through caves. Its kindof like floating the canal in logan, except a lot cooler scenery. Next we had to go visit some Mayan Ruins, Which were amazing and Hot!






Next, we took a boat ride out to Ambergris Caye to spend the rest of our time on the island. This place was almost just as ghetto, but it was directed a little more towards tourists so it wasn't as bad. The island had a really simple lifestyle to it. The motto was no shirts no shoes no problem. In Ambergris we were there to scubadive and snorkel, so thats what we did. Unfortunately the Scuba was pretty disappointing. We have heard that it is some of the best diving in the world, so that is why we went, but the visibility was bad and there was hardly any marine life. In fact the best dive wasn't even a dive at all. It was snorkeling in shark ray alley. There we petted some nurse sharks, and tried to avoid the spear of the manta rays while playing with them.


The food there was interesting, everything is served with beans and rice and you have to put hot sauce on it to get the full flavor. Cody and everyone else loved the food, but Tennille wasn't to fond of it. Although Tennille was the first one to try gibnut (we found out that gibnut is a cousin of a rat) so that could have something to do with it.
We found one place called Waraguma's that had great food and we ate there at least once a day if not twice. One of the specialties is a Papusa, which is like a meat filled pancake... Yummy!





We will post the rest of the pics later. But we have a contest for everyone.

Whoever can come up with the best caption for this pic of Jason,Cody,and Brandon get a trip to Belize!

BELIZE...here we come!

So besides the fact that its HURRICANE SEASON, we are taking our chances and hitting up Belize next week. We will be going with two other crazy couples...Brandon/Courntney and Jason/Becky and we can't wait! Hopefully the weather will be good because we're planning on going diving while we are there. I apologize to Cody in advance for any sea sickness that will occur... our last dive trip in Mexico didn't turn out so well!

BEHOLD....THE REFORMER!

So over the summer, I have been taking Intensive Mat and Reformer courses to become a certified instructor through Stott Pilates. At first I had planned on only taking the Mat course because I had no idea what the Reformer was all about....but on a whim, I decided to do the Reformer course and am so glad that I did! For those of you who don't know, this machine really strengthens your stabilizing muscles (the ones that help us walk, stay balanced, etc). Honestly, since I have started to work out on it, I feel that I could go back into dancing with no injuries at all. I can't say enough about Pilates and how it has helped my insanity! Now I just need to get Cody on it...his body is falling apart (bad back, chest pain, heel pain, etc, etc) Hopefully one day I'll have 4000 dollars to buy the machine, but for now, I am just excited to start teaching. If anyone is interested...I teach private Reformer sessions at the Tree House Gym in Draper. Yay!

OSHKOSH!!!

If anyone knows anything about aviation you should know what Oshkosh (or EAA Airventure) is. Its kindof the Mecca for pilots. It is held in Oshkosh Wisconsin, and it is the largest gathering of aircraft enthusiasts in the world. The city of Oshkosh goes from a population of approx 100,00 during the rest of the year, but during that one week the population is anywhere from 250,000 to 300,000... so you get the point, its HUGE!

YEA, THOSE ARE ALL AIRPLANES

Anyway, I got the chance to fly out there in a seminole this past week and spend a couple of days in Oshkosh. It was awesome!!!


There was so much to do, and so many pictures to take I'll just include some of my favorite things from out there.

First we got the chance to fly over Nauvoo, then we stayed in Burlington Il, (which is right next door) so we went and visited.



Honestly, I wasn't really impressed with the place. It was really cool to see where everything started but i don't think I would ever plan a full trip around Nauvoo. Granted we were there on a sunday evening and nothing was open, it might have been different if there was stuff open for us.




Apparently "Jerrys one man band" is there every year entertaining on his accordion and "one man band instruments". I wonder if he sales many of his cassettes that are for sale... seriously, casettes.




I found the airplane that chad(my brother) and I are going to build some day. We both dream of owning a P-51 mustang but the 2.5 million dollar price on the retired P-51's is a little pricey for me. This is a 3/4 scale kit, that flies at 200 MPH. Realisticly it would take about 2.5 years to build, if I was doing it in my spare time. Hopefully in the next couple years!!!





HONDA JET



I tried to look at all the VLJ's (very light Jet) so I could decide what one I want to buy in a couple years. VLJ's are a really new, really cool concept to the aviation world. They are an airplane that offers the benefits of flying up high but doesn't have the same fuel cost as a regular "business jet" They are very small (some as small as 4 seats) but the price tag on them is anywhere from 1 mil to 3 mil. which is pretty cheap if you compare it to their bigger business jet brothers.

Cessna mustang interior


I got to ride a personal jet pack, just kidding, but they did a demo of this thing and it works. If you have a spare 100K laying around you could be the proud new owner of a Martin Personal jet Pack. They might even include a cool helmet like the guy on the movie rocketman had.



I also had the honor to be in the presence of Dr. Boseman Jr. and his family. They made a 4 hour drive to come to Oshkosh for 3.5 hours, then had to drive 4 hours back. Wow thats a lot of driving. THanks Pete and Liz for coming out, that was awesome to see ya. And peter let me know that his semi-annual blog update was getting a little to hectic, so it has changed to just an annual blog update. So I'll include some pics to prove they did leave the house for once!

Here is the photo proof that molly can show some affection... yea we are holding hands. Do you see the confused look on my face?




Getting out of Oshkosh was even more interesting than getting in. With 10,000 planes on the airport you can only imagine how hectic it would be to take off or land at any given time.

First off, there were about 60 airplanes waiting to get out at the same time as us. Once we got to the front of the line we basically were on the end of the runway with about 8 other planes. As soon as 1 would start rolling they would send the next one on his way.

So we took off, then directly after us there was a flight of three t-28's (WWII airplanes) barrelling down our way. We were able to get out of there safely though... which is better than some people!











On the way home we stayed the night in Cheyenne Wy, because we needed gas and it was about 2:30 am. So we decided to just throw out our sleeping bags there on the ramp next to our airplane.
















wow that was a long post, sorry!