calling all runners

There is a really swell web site that I found out about. It's mapmyrun.com and when you get on it you can put your running route on there and it will tell you exactly how far you ran, like today I ran 4.65 miles. It's pretty cool. It does other things too, like tell you how many calories you burned during the run, it will save routes, mark bathroom spots, etc. Just thought I'd pass it on.

More Pine Valley Stories (mostly gross ones)

(THIS HAS GRAPHIC MATERIAL READING SO BEWARE). So I couldn't tell so much of the stories when I posted before cuz you know I got Saylor baby and she is a monster as everyone knows, and it is to torch to tell honkin stories plus post all the pictures, but Saylor just went down for a nap and Zach is watchin the Yanks with Dad so I've got time. So as everyone probs knows, there were NO bathrooms up there. It was the craps. We had to just go find a nice soft rock or log. Not having bathrooms made for some pretty dang funny stories though. So one of the first funnies was at the beginning of the trip as we all read about us racing to Veyo for T's. Well what in the world do you do with those out in the woods, used and all. Well Ang would just have to chuck them. We went in the same spot to go to the bathroom almost every time. Except tHe first place we went (me, mom and ang) we look over and it turns out Heebs was straight across the creek from us. (Carissa told us it was okay cuz he is blind any ways). Any ways so Ang had this craps for a problem. Well each time she went she would be squatting (sorry for the visual image but to get the story right thats how it has to be) and what do ya do with the T besides chuck it. Well that is what she would do but EVERY single time, she would chuck it into a tree, but it would stick onto a branch by the string each and every time. It was so freakin funny. The thing is, is that is where everyone that had their tents on that side would go to the bathroom (Neil, Steve, Carissa, Heebs, Gideon, me, mom, ang and Ern), so the whole hanging from the tree just wasn't going to work out. So she would have to get a stick each time and try and get it off with a stick, then try and shove them into the ground. We laughed and almost peed our pants each time we went to the bathroom because we would see one of our last bathroom trips there sticking out after we thought we did a good job hiding them or something would happen that made us laugh. NExt, I had to take a big you know what while I was there (I was pretty ticked because I hate going to the bathroom outside) and I also had to use a stick to hide it, if you ever thought poopin out in the woods is gross, just wait til you have to mess with it with a stick so others don't see it, plus the toilet paper (that is bright white, with other stuff on it) as well. It was the craps. And it turns out MOm is quite the pro at going outside or she peed on her pants everytime (she didnt' really) because she was always done before me and Ang and we were always commenting on how she got done so fast. Then the last night, after the meeting, Ern had already headed over to the tents and me, mom and ang grabbed our toilet paper and headed for our spot, (well everyones spot). As we are walking along the trail then we look up and see someone in the spot, spotlighting themselves while they were going to the bathroom. We couldn't tell who it was cuz it was pitch black outside. We kept saying to them, hey your spotlighting yourselves and making comments to them that we could see everything that they were doing, but they just kept on keepin on. Then Ern comes walkin out of the spot. We told her she was spotlightin herself but she just kept walking past us. I don't think she liked us laughin and commenting but Ern if you could have only seen it from out view, you would have laughed as well. Another time right before we were using the bathroom Uncle Neil was asking everyone if they knew where Uncle Steve was, as we passed by their tent (their's was the last one along the like of tents before you got to the bathroom spot), he asked us if we knew where he was and we said we didn't. Then about 30 seconds after we walked out of the bathroom spot, there comes uncle Steve walkin out right behind us. We got all scared and asked him if he saw us, but he hadn't. Lucky for him or it would have been a nasty treat. Any ways so those are the stories Ang was talkin about. They were all real funny when it happened, probs not as much to you all. Sorry they are kinda gross. The other great bathroom story (last one) is about Carissa. When we were all having our meeting then one of the dogs went behind us all and kept growling at something across the creek and in the bathroom spot. Neil and a couple other kept saying I think there is something out there, but then the dog would stop for a minute or two and we would continue on with our meeting. Well then the dog started barking and growling and all the boys there were all standing up and looking over there and saying how something was over there. Pretty soon everyone that was there was standing up and looking over in that direction and some were saying look its black. Its a moose, its a elk, is it a bear? ALl this stuff was flying out of everyones mouth and we were all just watching to see what it was. Pretty soon there comes Carissa walking out of the "spot" with everysingle person that was there watching her. Everyone started to laugh and feel kinda bad, but mostly laugh and then everyone sat down and the meeting continued. It was pretty dang funny. I felt bad for Carissa though. How would you like that, come out from going to the bathroom to see 25 Fullers staring at you? All right well that is all my stories for now. Mabes I can do a few other ones later that aren't bathroom ones.

Jav's Birthday

Hey to all the peeps. Jav is having his first birthday party on the 4th of July at 1:00. Everyone is invited if you feel like coming. It may be boring for adults, or you can bring your swimsuit and get wet too. Anyway, he sent invitations to all the kids but all are really invited. It's a corvette party and he is stinkin excited. Yee-haw, Ang

More Pine Valley Mountain

So you peeps might be a tad bit sick of hearing about Pine Valley Mountain by now, but I'd like to say what my perspective is/was. I was told I was going to have a horse, but after the big hullaballoo with the truck and them not being able to take as many as they'd like, peeps had started walking up the mountain, and I was kind of just chillin, waiting for someone to tell me to start, or if I would have a horse, or something...so I was told to just start walking and they'd pick me up or Dean would pick me up on the way down. Lies, all lies.

I start walking up this trail, and it's a switchback trail, so it's not super steep...at first, but then it starts getting more and more steep, and I'm getting out of breath. (hi-I'm fat, Have you seen me?) So I'm struggling up the mountain by myself, just taking breaks when I need it, but I'm coughing my freaking lungs out. (I had bronchitis 4 weeks ago.) I guess my coughing alerted Uncle Heebs who tells Carissa that either he or she needs to walk back and get me, but then Ang and Jean say that She's our sister, we'll go back. So, they come back, and then while, I wouldn't say yelled at me to keep me going, they forcefully tried to motivate me up the mountain. :-) It wasn't that I didn't want to keep going, I just wanted to walk at my own pace, and stop a lot. One funny thing was that we passed Dean coming down with two horses and a donkey to get more of the packing, and his mule was tied up in his lead rope, and kind of hopping on 3 legs, and we were like Dean, hey your donkey is tangled up, so Dean gets off his horse and is on the ground bending over it, and when I, the ever smart-mouth say to Dean, Hey Dean, I like your @SS. He starts laughing his head off, and then says, the best part is his name is Weiner. Man, you should of heard the jokes that flew then, Me, Ang, and Jean were making Weiner jokes (We're gonna tell everyone that we passed Dean but his Weiner was tangled etc etc. Dean saying look how good he was with his weiner) The weiner jokes flew on both sides until we couldn't hear Dean anymore.

Braden and Uncle Mac caught up with us about what Braden said was 1/2 of the way there, and was like, does anyone need to ride the horse? Ang and Jean in union are like, Erin does. So Braden gets me on the horse, and then just says, she's rope trained, I'll just walk in front of you, and Mac will follow behind. So we go another mile or so and we get to this embankment of snow, it's about 7 feet across and covers the entire trail and it's about 2 feet deep. Well, I just let my horse eat snow, and Braden is standing to the side, and Mac is behind me, and we are trying to decide if we should try to walk way below the deep snow, or if we should go above it, when my sweet horse all the sudden does this GIGANTIC lunge, and knocks Braden down in the snow, and just takes off. It jumped the snow. It was not cool. My sweet horse named Brandy, basically ran down the rest of the entire mountain while I white -knuckled it. I was talking to Heebs today, and he was saying he turned to Carissa and said, oh here come all the horses, but no, it was just my sweet one, RUNNING on pure rock downhill. Heebs was like Erin, where is everyone, and where are you going? I was like, I lost them a long time ago, and I'm going where ever this horse wants to!! Then I just ran past them.

There was a lot of stuff I liked about this trip. The main being the family connection. There were a lot of peeps there that I didn't know very well, that I got to know a lot better, like Dean & Patty, who were amazing!! I got to know Becky a lot better and came away thinking she was totally cool. Uncle Mac and I were alone together for like an hour and just got to talk. That was pretty sweet.
I loved being there by the tree. John made a comment to some of us, and said, where is the spirit world? We were like...Um, here on earth? He was like, right, so don't you think that it would stand to reason that if this is the spirit world, then spirits are around us, and don't you think that Grandma and Grandpa would be here since we are honoring them? Everyone wrote in the notebook, their thoughts and feelings about how we felt while we were there, and Carissa just sat down and wrote the most amazing poem. She's got talent. On Friday night when we had the "meetin" we first got down to business about the packing and stuff in the morning, but then it turned spiritual, and John talked to us about familes, and about Elijah, and then Elisha and how in our family we are all welded links, and do any of us want to become the link that becomes undone, after we've had so much done already for us? Then then Uncles talked and told stories and a little bit about Grandpa and how grateful they were for him, and how they were raised.

I have to tell this, but I almost don't want to. While we were saying a closing prayer, the thought popped into my head that we should sing Families can be together forever. I immediately dismissed it, because we were done with the meeting and it was during the middle of the prayer. The thought came back again, but stronger that as a family we should sing familes can be together forever. I kept trying to dismiss it, but it just kept getting stronger and stronger. The spirit was so strong, that by the time the prayer ended I was bawling my head off, and I could barely talk. I stood up, and asked everyone if we could please sing that song, because someone else wanted us to sing it. I couldn't stop crying enough to even sing. Afterwards it was awesome because a couple of people came up to me and they were crying and they gave me a hug and said they felt it too. Heebs asked me to tell some people about it today (Sun) and I started crying again because I'm a big baby, and even as I write this, it's made me cry again. sweet.

Pine Valley Mountain

Ern carving her name into a tree. This is in the same place where "Grandpa's tree" is. There are tons of Fuller names all over the trees there. Its more like a Fuller grove now.
Jon next to Grandpa's tree, doing the same pose that Grandpa is doing in a picture that everyone has. (in the pic grandpa is not next to the tree)
I carved my name. I didn't know what to do. No Fuller knows me as Keri, so I did Jean but felt like I should have some of my first name there, then I wanted to make sure I put Fuller, then I knew Zach wouldn't be jacked if I didn't put Shoemaker, plus that is my name, so I had to put it all. It was a lot of work and shoemaker was one long name to carve. Me and Ang both had blisters after our carvings.
Ang by her tree.
Mom got to ride a horse around for the day. I think she loved it.
The uncles all talkin back at camp. They were so fun and funny. They told all sorts of stories and fun things about Grandma and Grandpa Fuller that I had heard and hadn't heard. It was fun to sit around and listen to them.
The famous tree. Next to the S. F there is the date that they think says 1922. Under there there is a LM which they think stands for Lawerence Mcmullin (grandpa's friend). Then there is Grandpa's name. I guess it has faded tons since they found it 3 years ago. This was a very spiritual place and experience. You could feel Grandpa there and when they found the tree 3 years ago they said they were standing on Holy ground and when you are there, its true.
Stan is holding a pvc pipe that they bury there and dig up each time anyone is there. In it they keep a notebook and everyone that goes there signs it and writes in it about their experience there and about Grandpa and Grandma. It was really cool to read everyone elses experiences and most everyones is the same. They feel Grandpa's spirit there and it was a really neat experience for them. After everyone from the group got to the tree everyone signs in, starts carving, or listening to the stories. Stories are told mostly by uncles all about Grandpa and what he did up on Pine Valley Mountain and things about his life.
Peeps by the tree. The sleeve and arm you can see on the right is Dean, he is standing pretty close to the tree.
All of us in front of the tree. Uncle Steve (mr. picture taker) didn't even get all of the name in it. I wish everyone from our fam could have been up there. It was an awesome experience and everyone would have loved it.
So I thought I would write a little more about what all went down. Ang wrote about our starting experience and our race back to Veyo for T's. Once we got back we put our gigantic packs on our backs and started up the 7 mile trail (me, ang, mom, steve, neil, heebs, carissa, and Gideon. Ern was supposed to ride a horse up, same as mom. Well they told Ern to start up and they would pick her up along the way. Well we hear Ern on the trail below us by herself, so me and ang hike back down the trail and go get Ern. Ern did dang awesome and hiked 3 1/2 or 4 miles on her own and the hiking wasn't dang easy. We went real slow and had to stop lots but Ern did pretty good. They did pick her up on a horse and its a good thing cuz I don't know if she could have gone any further. Any ways, after Ern got on horse then the hike turned really hard, and me and Angs legs were burning. We got to camp and looked around for a tent spot for about 2 hours while everyone laughed at us (me and ang). They all laughed but we had to find a spot that didn't have lumps because we were the only ones (and mom) of the 30 peops that went that packed light and didn't bring a pad or mattress to sleep on. We found one finally, pitched our tent, and then ate dinner and talked and listened to uncles tell stories. Then we talked by the fire with Stan for a long time. Went to bed and froze and didn't sleep all that much. Woke up stiff and sore. Ate breakfast. Talked lots about leaving (for like 2 hours), then finally did leave and hiked to the tree. Awesome. Hiked to lookout point (awesome). Hiked back to camp and ate dinner. Talked, listened to stories, had a meeting, spiritual and business. Sang. Went to bed. Layed there for hours. Fell asleep for a few hours and then woke up at 6 am. Packed up all our stuff. Ate some breakfast and started the hike up. Me, mom and ang hiked out with all our gear on our backs including our tents and sleeping bags. It was hot and not near as beasty because most of it is down hill. We were the first ones to leave and get out of there cuz we had to drive back to Rexburg that night.

Pulled over in Pine Valley

I'm sure Jean will post all the good pics and such, so here is just a quick little story. 5:45 in the morning and ya don't want to get stuck on the trail in a bad situation, so one more quick trip to the bathroom. The big time craps. The worst a girl could imagine and there it was. What to do? We were following McKay out to the trailhead which was about 45 minutes away, we didn't know the way. So we passed several convenience stores and gas stations in St. George with a woeful look in our eyes. (okay, only in mine) So we get to the trailhead and panic is setting in. So I ask, hey how big is the town of Pine Valley, hoping for at least one gas station. Jon Fuller says, did you see it when we drove through, it's about that big. Sweet. So Jon and Becky are the only ones there and so we decided to hop in the car and make a quick drive to the nearest gas station. We drive through the town and nuth. We ask a runner and he says in Vejo (sp?) which is down the road. So we take off going as fast as we can possibly go. (which is pretty fast cuz we were in the saab) Within 2 miles we pass Don and Raq, Steve and Neil, Heber and clan, which was everyone that we were waiting for and we just waved and kept going. Turns out Vejo is about 15 to 20 miles away. We were going over 100 mph, passing cars like they were standin still. Do do do do do do. Anyway, we found a gas station and every man in the sweet town of Vejo watched me make my purchase. Then we went back as fast as we could possibly go. We came upon 2 deers. One veered left, one veered right. I slammed on the brakes and everything in the car slid to the front. We missed that deer by about a 1/2 inch (for real). Pounding hearts and we were off again. We raced back to Pine Valley and 45 minuntes later finally got to the trailhead and as you can imagine, everyone was standing around with their hands up in the air. What in the world were you guys doing? You can imagine Neil the best. So the plan was to just say we had an emergency that we needed to stop for. Well we get out of the car and Jean immediately throws me under the bus.
She starts pointing at me. Neil comes over to find out what happened and we say we had an emergency stop we had to make. He says: enough said and walks over to everyone else and says, they had to make an emergency stop and they are excused and that is all you need to know. (then he told us that all his daughters had theirs last year) Anyway, fun start to an awesome trip.
Oh ya, I got pulled over going out of Pine Valley the town on our way home on Saturday for going 41 in a 25. I got a warning. (3 days before that I was going at least 70 in that exact same spot)

Smoke Free???

It's official..... In case any of you were wondering, our nasty smoker neighbors that live below us are moving out!!! The manager here told me, "I think i might have some good news for you." Then she proceeded to tell me that the smokers that live below me found a house. She said it's not a for sure thing yet, since their contract isn't up until October or November but I was basically jumping up and down i was so excited. I also told her how i'd been praying that they'd leave. She was laughing her head off at me. She's like, remember, it's not for sure yet. Then 2 days later, me and Had were out playing tennis, and she came out and told us, IT'S OFFICIAL!!! They put in their notice~ I'm so excited i can barely stand it. Just thought you might all want to share in my joy, and maybs come out and see us, since you won't have to smell smoke.

P.S. Sidenote, one of my friends out here is preg, and she said they might name their baby Mabry/Maybree (they can't decide on the spelling). I told her i might have to call her Maybs. Haha

t.l.

I have a T.L. for Baby.

Rowler

ROWLERS, PEOPS, ROWLERS

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads in this family.
We love you and appreciate you. Hope ;you had
a great day.

Kinda funny

So, it's been fun to see Mase develop a sense of humor. He is moving past the type of joke where he would say something like, knock, knock, who's there? Door. Door who? Door cow, and then fake laugh his head off. It's been a nice progression to this real joke that he said the other day. We were having mush for breakfast and he got a little on his face. He said, "Hey mom, I have a mush-stache. Get it Mom, a mush-stache. I thought it was pretty funny for a 7 year old.

Yesterday, Reece was saying something over and over in a sing song voice. It wasn't very clear, but it sounded like, mommy is beautiful. I was thinking how sweet that was, I said, Reece, are you saying I'm beautiful? He didn't answer, just said it again. Grey told me, He's not saying you're beautiful. He's saying, "Mommy, I'm going to beat you to a pulp." Perhaps I've said that a little too much.

The other day at Book Club, I told Jean's hyperventilating story. Everyone was laughing so hard a few peops were crying. We even took a picture of all us doing the international sign (we decided) for hyperventilating. That's when you curl your arms up and pin them tight against you. So, if everyone hasn't heard that story, you should post it Jean, because it's hilarious. Even if everyone's heard it, we can all laugh again. Pretty dang funny.

Fuller Fest

Okay peeps, Fuller Fest is comin up and I want to get a few opinions on things. So one of the mornings I was thinking of having it a Science morning. I know right off, some might think, gay, science, we aren't in school, cuz I kinda think that myself. But before all of you right off think, no that will be dumb, then you gotta hear me out first, then if you still think it, then that will be just fine. So I wa thinkin that if each family came up with a really cool science experiment and then we will all take turns one morning doing them for each other. I think that this could be real cool, if everyone will really get into it and research some cool projects. I think that the boys (in laws) would love doing this if you can talk them into starting and getting involved, and I think the kids would love it. THere are some really cool things out there (I watched some real cool stuff on Ellen, that where I got this idea to do this) and I thought it might be kinda fun. I am going to research some different web sites and put them on here over the next few days of different places to find some cool ones or if any of you find some, put them on here for everyone else to find too. Tell me what you think on here or call me with ideas about this. Its fine if everyone doesn't want to do it, Zach and I just thought it might be kinda cool and something different.

Hey peeps, I posted a whole bunch of pictures on my blog of our trip this past weekend. (the parents, bird, ang's fam and us)!

July?

I know that we have all talked about this a few times, but when is everyone going to be coming? I wondered if anyone would be here around the 2nd of July. I think Jav might get his first birthday party. He keeps asking when it is anyway? So I just thought I would get some kind of a count to see if anyone would be in the vicinity? Plus good to know so we can all quit asking you a million times. Thanks

I'm gonna be cured!!--I hope

Hey everyone,

Just a update, I found out what my stupid ugly gay rash is from. The E.R doctor said "its for sure not your antibiotics, but look what I found on the drug's website. (it's called doxycline hyclate).

"A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is unlikely, but seek immediate medical attention if it occurs. Symptoms of a serious allergic reaction may include: rash, itching, swelling, severe dizziness, trouble breathing."

As of right now, It's still itching and swollen but I have faith that now that I'm not taking it and taking all the other gay 3 prescriptions they gave me, I will be right as rain with some extra scars. That's all!!

HALLELUJAH!!!

Updated pic of leg

P.S to Night in the E.R

Dear everyone,
It has now moved to my arms, and I want to kill myself. I'm on the three different prescriptions and NOT ONE of them has made it stop itching or burning. someone kill me please!! Its been super bad since Sunday, I'm so miserable!! I've rewashed all my bedding with special 20 mule strength borax (mom suggested?) My legs are still itchy and burning and now it is moved to arms. I have tried putting lemon juice on it (thanks mom-that hurt like a freaker), baking soda paste, Benadryl anti-itch gel, Benadryl extra strength anti-itch cream, and then my 3 prescription medicines, plus bendadryl pills at night. NOTHING is working!!!! AUGH!!

Trip in January

Josh and I are going on a cruise on January 24th. This is an invitation to anyone that would like to come. (That includes you Gutts) We are going to the Eastern Caribbean. It is a 7 day cruise. It ports out of Ft. Lauderdale. There are 4 destinations the ship stops at: San Juan Puerto Rico, St. Thomas (a US Virgin Island), The Dominican Republic, and the Bahamas.
The cost of the cruise is $766 per person. This includes the boat and food. (you have to pay about $30 or so dollars extra if you want to get a bottomless pop deal) Other than that, it is all the food you could possibly eat. Anything you do when you get off the boat you have to pay for yourself. These are called Excursions and can be cheap if you just want to go to the beach, or more expensive depending on what activities you choose. The only other cost would be the tipping. You do all of the tipping at the end of the cruise. You choose the amount of tip you would like to leave. You can go to carnival.com and they will give you an estimate or an average price for gratuity. I can't remember too good what we ended up paying last time.
If anyone is interested, you can go to carnival.com and look it up. It is the ship the Splendor. This ship is the newest ship they have built. It has a lot of fun features. 2 Basketball courts, 2 volleyball courts, 4 swimming pools with a 4 story waterslide, a jogging track, a seaside theatre, an ice skating rink, and more stuff probs that I can't think of.
We are booking it on Wednesday the 4th. If you can't' by then, you can still book it later, you just won't be able to get rooms all right next to each other. This price is with all the taxes, fees, and fuel surcharges. It is $200 more expensive if you choose to get a room with a window or another $200 if you get a balcony. We are booking it through a travel agent in Spanish, which if you decide to go, I would go through her, so that she can try to get us all as close together as possible. It doesn't cost you anymore to go through her. You have to put $250 down to reserve it, and then you can pay it off as quick or as slow as you want, as long as it is paid in full 60 days before departure.
If this is something you are interested in, let us know. I think we have 3 or 4 couples that are going right now. We think this is going to be really fun, but I don't want to call everyone and have their husbands get all mad at me, so here it is, on the blog. Remember, it's open to anyone. We hope you can come.

My night in the E.R.

Can I just say I hate my life?

Friday of last week, my legs started itching really bad. It kind of came and went thru the weekend, and by Sunday I was DYING. My legs feel like they are on fire and they itch so freaking bad (still), I was ready to go get a fork and start the blood-fest. I put Bendadryl anti-itch gel, I tried lotion, NOTH worked!! I was showing them to Ang, on Sunday, and somehow we started talking about bed bugs cuz we couldn't figure out what it was from, and I had these little red dots everywhere and they looked like little bites. So, I looked up bed bugs online at Ang's, and believe you me, I don't want those, they are nast!!! Anyway, I went to work Monday (yesterday) the whole time scratching and itching my legs, (and now arms) like you wouldn't believe. They were like little blisters everywhere. So, my friend calls me at like 6pm and says hey, the West Jordan Library is having a sale on books, and you can get as many as you want in a grocery bag for a dollar-well I'm on that like a stripe on a skunk, and my friend comes to get me, sees my legs (which now have black bruises, red bumps, they're swollen, and broken blood vessels.) She's like, you need to go to the doctor...NOW!! The emergency room is where we ended up, and good thing I had my friend with me, or I would of walked. I felt like such a dork. They asked me on a level of 1-10 how bad is the pain. I was like, it's more of how bad is the itching and burning, and it's at a ELEVEN! I finally get to see the doc, she said, I'm the 3rd person she's seen with a weird rash that has bronchitis in the last 24 hours, that my rash is the worst rash she's ever seen, and then gives me THREE prescriptions to see if it will take care of it, but they have no idea what it's from and really take these drugs and come back if it gets worse. I will cut off my legs if it gets worse. So I'm sitting here writing this, with prescriptions in me, and on me. Itching like crazy at work (I'm at work right now) and once again, am miserable. I'm adding some sweet pics of my legs. They don't show the bruises too good though, sorry.