Ok, so I know I've had a string of quite boring blog posts and this one will be no different for most people who might read it. But since this is the only thing that resembles any sort of a journal for me, and since I hope that one day my kids will read it, I will continue to record the "boring" stuff...mostly for my own sake. So read on if you wish, but you've been warned.
I am a few days late but I wanted to give a Birthday shout out to my little sister Noelle. Noelle is two years younger than me; I spent the first 18 years of my life thinking of her as little more than a pest. She never did anything to make me not want to hang out with her, but I thought I was much too cool to bring my little sister to hang out with my friends so I constantly told her "no" when she asked to do anything with my friends and me. As far as I can remember she was very well-behaved and didn't embarrass me at all the very few times that I actually allowed her to tag along. Right around the time I was getting close to graduating from high school I finally realized how cool she actually was and that maybe I should consider being friends with her, rather than just tolerating her. Ever since then I've considered her to be one of my very best friends. In some ways I think that Noelle and I are very similar and in other ways we're quite different. One thing I am sure of is that she is way cooler than me and it should have been her snubbing me all those years.
Noelle is very mellow and laid back. She's one of the easiest people to get along with that I've ever known. She has always been much more stylish than me...more willing to try new looks. She is an incredible mom who adores her kids as much as they adore her. Even though she's my little sister I really look up to her and hope I can be half as good of a mom as she is.
Noelle is literally great at everything she ever does. She excelled at sports and academics. She has the best hair around. She can cook up anything your little heart desires and she has recently taken up photography. By looking at the pictures she takes you would never guess that this is a new hobby for her; she's amazing. Anyway, I am glad that I finally realized what an awesome person she is and I just love her to death. Happy happy happy birthday Belly!
Today is my big brother Jeremy's birthday. I have a feeling that he would not appreciate a big long post dedicated to his greatness so I will keep this brief for his sake. Let me just say that Jeremy is the most unique (only in a good way) person that I have ever known. He is also the most intelligent person I know in real life. He chose a FABULOUS person to marry, for which I will always be grateful. They make darn cute kids and he is an awesome dad to said cute kids. I am really glad to have such a good older brother who has always been a good example for the rest of us. Love ya bro!
My iPhoto is frozen up right now so unfortunately you don't get any cute photos of Noelle and Jeremy but hopefully I will add a couple soon (I'm sure Jeremy loves having photos of him called "cute")
P.S. So since I started this little birthday shout out exercise I have missed doing it for one very important sibling - my baby brother Josh. I know that he doesn't know, nor care, because he's far far away in Paris. So rather than backtrack I will catch his birthday next year right before he comes home from his mission. Also, I started this after Deco and Kera's birthdays had passed so I'll catch them next year too.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Jazz musings and the ZOO
So our fabulous friends Kacey and Joe have Jazz season tickets. Because they're awesome they offer their tickets to us sometimes when they can't use them, so we've been to a couple of games this season. We always love Jazz games, especially when they win. Last night's game against Detroit was a lot of fun! It was a really close game the whole time and it had a very exciting finish. The game went into OT and we ended up winning by 3 points. This was quite possibly the rowdiest Jazz game I've ever been to that wasn't a playoff game. Taylor had already been to the BYU football game earlier in the day so he was nice and hoarse by the end of the two games.
Here's a pic of Taylor watching the Jazz game very intently in the 4th quarter.
Even the halftime show was really awesome last night. It was a group of seriously extreme jump ropers. I'm not sure if they were the Summerwind Skippers as I couldn't understand when the announcer introduced them, but I think it might have been them. They were amazing! And how could I not mention the Jazz Bear? I love him and I think he is so talented and funny. When I was in NY for my job training, Taylor and I went to a Jazz - Nets game. It was the Nets' mascot's birthday so he had invited some of his mascot friends from around the league to come party with him. The Jazz Bear was one of them that came to the party. At that point I'd probably been in NY for a month and a half and it was so nice to see him and feel a little closer to home. I know that's cheesy but it truly was nice to see a familiar piece of Utah right there in NJ that night.
Changing subjects, a couple of weeks ago we went to the zoo with Kace and Joe. It was SO worth our time and money. We chose the perfect time to go; the weather that Saturday was not too hot or too cold and we went early enough that we missed the afternoon crowds. The animals were so neat and we got to see all of the new cute baby animals that were born this spring.
Who knew that I'm basically the same size as an adult male gorilla?
Baby giraffe
Penguins are cute
Kace and Joe on the train
The highlight of our trip to the zoo? Zuri, the baby elephant. SO CUTE!
I think the one in the BYU hat is cutest
Here's a pic of Taylor watching the Jazz game very intently in the 4th quarter.
Changing subjects, a couple of weeks ago we went to the zoo with Kace and Joe. It was SO worth our time and money. We chose the perfect time to go; the weather that Saturday was not too hot or too cold and we went early enough that we missed the afternoon crowds. The animals were so neat and we got to see all of the new cute baby animals that were born this spring.
Who knew that I'm basically the same size as an adult male gorilla?
Baby giraffe
Penguins are cute
Kace and Joe on the train
The highlight of our trip to the zoo? Zuri, the baby elephant. SO CUTE!
I think the one in the BYU hat is cutest
Sunday, November 15, 2009
My Mom
Well my mom's Birthday was a couple of days ago. I am late posting about it because I spent the weekend with my mom and sisters attending the Time Out for Women conference downtown. I am so glad that Marilyn had the idea for all of us to go to it because it was pretty awesome. If you haven't heard of it before you should definitely look into going to one of their events next year; we all loved it.
Anyway, back to my mom. I could not pass up the opportunity to post about her and to mention just a few of the reasons why I think she is so amazing. My mom is exactly what I aspire to be when I grow up. She was the best mom that I could ever imagine anyone having. She is the sweetest and most caring person that I know; she is constantly serving others just because that is her nature. When I was growing up my mom would always make enough food on Sundays to take dinner to cute little old widowers in the ward. It was such a special little thing that we were able to do each week and I'm sure that none of us, especially my mom, has any idea how much of a blessing it was for the numerous men who got to benefit from my mom's delicious cooking. That is just one of MANY examples of my mom always thinking of others. She cares so much about people and I wish I had half the amount of Christlike love that she has in her.
My mom is the least lazy person that I know. She sleeps a fraction of the amount that the rest of us do. I think it's because she secretly feels like the rest of us sleep a little too much (us Lymans are famous for being good sleepers) so she is trying to make up for our lack of productiveness a little bit by being extra extra productive all of the time. She has a million things going on all the time and she manages to do everything so well. We always had warm home-cooked meals growing up; she even made breakfast. We sat down to delicious dinners together every night. With seven kids there was never a shortage of laundry and dishes and cleaning and helping with homework and everything else that comes with a big family. She quilts, she gardens, she bottles food, and she takes the time to teach her kids how to do those things too.
I've never seen my mom lose her patience. She is so sweet and calm. Her grandkids just love her to death because she is such a fun and kind grandma who always has time for them
Something kind of interesting about my mom is that she doesn't really like sugar. She says that it makes her have weird dreams. Maybe secretly she just thinks that the rest of us eat too much sugar (because like our ability to sleep more than most people would think humanly possible, we also really really like our sweets and we eat a lot of it) so she is trying to make up for it by staying away from the sugar. No actually I believe that she really just doesn't love sweets, which is kind of crazy if you ask me, but it is a trait that I wish I would have gotten more of.
My mom is literally everything that I aspire to be in a mom. I've heard her say multiple times that she doesn't know how her kids turned out so well. We had no choice but to make pretty good decisions with the parents that we had. They did such a good job of teaching us right and wrong and of being such great examples. My mom is the best person that I know and I love her so much; I am so lucky to be able to continue to learn from her always.
Anyway, back to my mom. I could not pass up the opportunity to post about her and to mention just a few of the reasons why I think she is so amazing. My mom is exactly what I aspire to be when I grow up. She was the best mom that I could ever imagine anyone having. She is the sweetest and most caring person that I know; she is constantly serving others just because that is her nature. When I was growing up my mom would always make enough food on Sundays to take dinner to cute little old widowers in the ward. It was such a special little thing that we were able to do each week and I'm sure that none of us, especially my mom, has any idea how much of a blessing it was for the numerous men who got to benefit from my mom's delicious cooking. That is just one of MANY examples of my mom always thinking of others. She cares so much about people and I wish I had half the amount of Christlike love that she has in her.
My mom is the least lazy person that I know. She sleeps a fraction of the amount that the rest of us do. I think it's because she secretly feels like the rest of us sleep a little too much (us Lymans are famous for being good sleepers) so she is trying to make up for our lack of productiveness a little bit by being extra extra productive all of the time. She has a million things going on all the time and she manages to do everything so well. We always had warm home-cooked meals growing up; she even made breakfast. We sat down to delicious dinners together every night. With seven kids there was never a shortage of laundry and dishes and cleaning and helping with homework and everything else that comes with a big family. She quilts, she gardens, she bottles food, and she takes the time to teach her kids how to do those things too.I've never seen my mom lose her patience. She is so sweet and calm. Her grandkids just love her to death because she is such a fun and kind grandma who always has time for them
Something kind of interesting about my mom is that she doesn't really like sugar. She says that it makes her have weird dreams. Maybe secretly she just thinks that the rest of us eat too much sugar (because like our ability to sleep more than most people would think humanly possible, we also really really like our sweets and we eat a lot of it) so she is trying to make up for it by staying away from the sugar. No actually I believe that she really just doesn't love sweets, which is kind of crazy if you ask me, but it is a trait that I wish I would have gotten more of.
My mom is literally everything that I aspire to be in a mom. I've heard her say multiple times that she doesn't know how her kids turned out so well. We had no choice but to make pretty good decisions with the parents that we had. They did such a good job of teaching us right and wrong and of being such great examples. My mom is the best person that I know and I love her so much; I am so lucky to be able to continue to learn from her always.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
stuff
This is going to be a bit of a catch-up post with a bunch of random stuff
First up is Kacey's wedding last month which equaled my first (and most likely last) attempt at making a wedding cake. Don't get me wrong, it was fun to do and it turned out decent for our first time, but I am not quite ready to quit my day job. Noelle and I spent the day before Kacey's wedding doing her cake. We had our mishaps, but in the end it all turned out ok.
Kace doesn't really like cake so she requested rice krispy treats for the bottom layer. That was the biggest rice krispy treat I've ever made/seen! It was so much fun to make and I think it was real fun that she decided to do it.
Here's the finished product. Kacey chose a simple and classic design and it fit her wedding and reception perfectly.
The happy couple cutting the rice krispy treats (didn't cut quite as easily as cake)
Next is Halloween. My team at work dressed as college students just so we could take advantage of the opportunity to wear jeans and hoodies. I rocked a BYU hoodie and enjoyed the comfort of it to the top T! Halloween night Taylor and I went to a Halloween party at our friends Taylor and Melissa's house. They put on a great party and we're really glad that we went. We dressed up as hippies.
Last weekend my fun sister-in-law called and asked me if I would possibly make a birthday cake for the family celebration the next day for two of her sons' birthdays. I gladly said yes. The only requests she gave me were that they wanted a chocolate cake and it should be football themed. I went to work. It was so much fun to make; I love theme cakes!
The footballs on top of the football field were cake so the whole thing was edible. Porter's flag football team was the Dragons and Jaxon's football team was the Jaguars.
Lastly, I need to send a late birthday shout out to a couple of my wonderful sisters! Marilyn's big day was last week and Heather's was yesterday.
Here are a few reasons that I love Marilyn:
She is the oldest child in the family so I'm sure she wore my parents down a bit for the rest of us.
She loves to try new things and she's so much fun to be around.
She is a really really good example. She is a fabulous mom to her kids, a great wife, a fun sister...she does it all and she doesn't do anything halfway.
If it weren't for Marilyn I probably never would have gotten into running. I still don't like running but she pushes everyone in my family to do 5Ks and triathlons and other fitness events. I am a much healthier person because of her.
Everyone has always told me that I look a lot like her. I have been called Marilyn more times in my life than I can count. I take that as a compliment :)
I am so glad that she is my big sister and I love her so much!
Now for a few reasons that I love Heather and I am so glad that she married my big bro:
She is the sweetest person that I have ever known and it is completely legitimate...she really is that nice!
She makes Jeremy so happy.
She is such a cute and fun mom. Her kids are her life and she does such a great job raising them.
She puts up with us Lymans and she goes along with the stuff we like to do (she even ate biscuits and gravy with us without complaining up until this year!)
Heather is one of the cutest people I know and I just love her so much.
First up is Kacey's wedding last month which equaled my first (and most likely last) attempt at making a wedding cake. Don't get me wrong, it was fun to do and it turned out decent for our first time, but I am not quite ready to quit my day job. Noelle and I spent the day before Kacey's wedding doing her cake. We had our mishaps, but in the end it all turned out ok.
Kace doesn't really like cake so she requested rice krispy treats for the bottom layer. That was the biggest rice krispy treat I've ever made/seen! It was so much fun to make and I think it was real fun that she decided to do it.
Here's the finished product. Kacey chose a simple and classic design and it fit her wedding and reception perfectly.
The happy couple cutting the rice krispy treats (didn't cut quite as easily as cake)Next is Halloween. My team at work dressed as college students just so we could take advantage of the opportunity to wear jeans and hoodies. I rocked a BYU hoodie and enjoyed the comfort of it to the top T! Halloween night Taylor and I went to a Halloween party at our friends Taylor and Melissa's house. They put on a great party and we're really glad that we went. We dressed up as hippies.
Last weekend my fun sister-in-law called and asked me if I would possibly make a birthday cake for the family celebration the next day for two of her sons' birthdays. I gladly said yes. The only requests she gave me were that they wanted a chocolate cake and it should be football themed. I went to work. It was so much fun to make; I love theme cakes!
The footballs on top of the football field were cake so the whole thing was edible. Porter's flag football team was the Dragons and Jaxon's football team was the Jaguars.Lastly, I need to send a late birthday shout out to a couple of my wonderful sisters! Marilyn's big day was last week and Heather's was yesterday.
Here are a few reasons that I love Marilyn:
She is the oldest child in the family so I'm sure she wore my parents down a bit for the rest of us.
She loves to try new things and she's so much fun to be around.
She is a really really good example. She is a fabulous mom to her kids, a great wife, a fun sister...she does it all and she doesn't do anything halfway.
If it weren't for Marilyn I probably never would have gotten into running. I still don't like running but she pushes everyone in my family to do 5Ks and triathlons and other fitness events. I am a much healthier person because of her.
Everyone has always told me that I look a lot like her. I have been called Marilyn more times in my life than I can count. I take that as a compliment :)
I am so glad that she is my big sister and I love her so much!
Now for a few reasons that I love Heather and I am so glad that she married my big bro:
She is the sweetest person that I have ever known and it is completely legitimate...she really is that nice!
She makes Jeremy so happy.
She is such a cute and fun mom. Her kids are her life and she does such a great job raising them.
She puts up with us Lymans and she goes along with the stuff we like to do (she even ate biscuits and gravy with us without complaining up until this year!)
Heather is one of the cutest people I know and I just love her so much.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
My Dad
Well today is my dad's birthday. For his sake I won't say how old he is but let's just say it's a big one...big enough that he definitely deserves his own blog post.
My dad is one of my ultimate heroes in life. He always has been but as the years go by I am more and more impressed by the person that he is and I am so very thankful to have him as my dad.
I'm sure that there must have been a time in my teenage life that I was embarrassed by him or thought he was uncool or whatever; but honestly I can only remember ever being proud to say that he was my dad. This post would go on way too long if I wrote all of the things that make me so thankful to be his daughter, so I will only mention a few.
My dad is so supportive of everything his family does. He has seven children and it was so so so rare for him to ever miss anything we were participating in, be it sports, dance, scholastic competitions, church events etc. He still makes every effort to be to everything. With six children-in-law and 14 grandchildren added to the mix and with him living hours away from most of us, I can only imagine how tiring it is to schedule it all in and to travel so much. I know that he and my mom love being able to experience all of the things that they do with us, but I don't think they have any idea how much we all appreciate the effort that they make for us.
In my opinion my dad is what all husbands should aspire to be for their wives. He loves my mom and would do anything for her. They have created a very strong and eternal family and my dad is the strong patriarch leading us all in the things we should do. On that note, my dad has such a strong testimony. Never once in my life have I questioned where he stood on any gospel issues. He honors his priesthood and teaches others (by word and example) to do the same.
My dad has a wonderful and cheesy "dad sense of humor." He loves to smile and laugh and he passes that happy attitude on to others.
Most of all my dad makes me want to be a better person. Anything good that is in me is from my dad and my mom. Everything good that I have achieved and accomplished in my life is only due to their support and example. This post is about my dad but it's impossible to post only about him without mentioning my mom because they are such a good example of being one in purpose. I am so glad that they chose each other.
I could go on and on all night long, but the bottom line is that I am so thankful for my loving daddy. I love him so much and I hope he has 60 more birthdays!
My dad is one of my ultimate heroes in life. He always has been but as the years go by I am more and more impressed by the person that he is and I am so very thankful to have him as my dad.
I'm sure that there must have been a time in my teenage life that I was embarrassed by him or thought he was uncool or whatever; but honestly I can only remember ever being proud to say that he was my dad. This post would go on way too long if I wrote all of the things that make me so thankful to be his daughter, so I will only mention a few.
My dad is so supportive of everything his family does. He has seven children and it was so so so rare for him to ever miss anything we were participating in, be it sports, dance, scholastic competitions, church events etc. He still makes every effort to be to everything. With six children-in-law and 14 grandchildren added to the mix and with him living hours away from most of us, I can only imagine how tiring it is to schedule it all in and to travel so much. I know that he and my mom love being able to experience all of the things that they do with us, but I don't think they have any idea how much we all appreciate the effort that they make for us.In my opinion my dad is what all husbands should aspire to be for their wives. He loves my mom and would do anything for her. They have created a very strong and eternal family and my dad is the strong patriarch leading us all in the things we should do. On that note, my dad has such a strong testimony. Never once in my life have I questioned where he stood on any gospel issues. He honors his priesthood and teaches others (by word and example) to do the same.
My dad has a wonderful and cheesy "dad sense of humor." He loves to smile and laugh and he passes that happy attitude on to others.
Most of all my dad makes me want to be a better person. Anything good that is in me is from my dad and my mom. Everything good that I have achieved and accomplished in my life is only due to their support and example. This post is about my dad but it's impossible to post only about him without mentioning my mom because they are such a good example of being one in purpose. I am so glad that they chose each other.
I could go on and on all night long, but the bottom line is that I am so thankful for my loving daddy. I love him so much and I hope he has 60 more birthdays!
Monday, October 12, 2009
One year older and wiser too
Well this post is a couple of days late but Taylor had a birthday and I think he deserves a birthday post. He's 26 years old now so I'm going to list 26 of the reasons that I love my cute husband. There are many more than 26 so these will just be the first ones that come to mind, in no particular order.
1. I love that he loves me
2. I love his humility - he's much quicker to say sorry than I am
3. I LOVE his curly hair
4. I love his flexibility (not physical flexibility, but just his easy-going nature)
5. I love that he tells me he loves me many times a day
6. I love that he opens car doors for me always
7. I love his hugs and he freely gives them
8. I love his testimony and that he honors his Priesthood
9. I love that he loves family
10. I love how much he loves kids; he is going to be such a great father
11. I love his laugh
12. I love that we liked all the same sports teams when we met (except baseball, which truthfully I don't really care about). It wouldn't be a deal-breaker if he didn't bleed blue but it makes life so much more fun that he loves BYU as much as my family does
13. I love that he holds my hand always
14. I love that he loves Blanding as much as I do
15. I love the way he whistles when he's in a really good mood
16. I love his goofy personality
17. I love his beautiful blue eyes
18. I love that he likes to cuddle with me
19. I love when he cooks me dinner
20. I love when he surprises me with flowers
21. I love that he gets along with my lifelong friends so well
22. I love that he is willing to work and go to school
23. I love that he makes me smile every day
24. I love when he talks sports and he gets so analytical
25. I love watching him golf. I know that sounds weird, but I just think he's so super cute when he golfs
26. I love that he's my husband and I get to be with him forever
Happy Birthday honey! Love your guts!
1. I love that he loves me
2. I love his humility - he's much quicker to say sorry than I am
3. I LOVE his curly hair
4. I love his flexibility (not physical flexibility, but just his easy-going nature)
5. I love that he tells me he loves me many times a day
6. I love that he opens car doors for me always
7. I love his hugs and he freely gives them
8. I love his testimony and that he honors his Priesthood
9. I love that he loves family
10. I love how much he loves kids; he is going to be such a great father
11. I love his laugh
12. I love that we liked all the same sports teams when we met (except baseball, which truthfully I don't really care about). It wouldn't be a deal-breaker if he didn't bleed blue but it makes life so much more fun that he loves BYU as much as my family does
13. I love that he holds my hand always
14. I love that he loves Blanding as much as I do
15. I love the way he whistles when he's in a really good mood
16. I love his goofy personality
17. I love his beautiful blue eyes
18. I love that he likes to cuddle with me
19. I love when he cooks me dinner
20. I love when he surprises me with flowers
21. I love that he gets along with my lifelong friends so well
22. I love that he is willing to work and go to school
23. I love that he makes me smile every day
24. I love when he talks sports and he gets so analytical
25. I love watching him golf. I know that sounds weird, but I just think he's so super cute when he golfs
26. I love that he's my husband and I get to be with him forever
Happy Birthday honey! Love your guts!Saturday, September 19, 2009
Rise and Shout the Cougars are Out! & Labor Day in Colorado
First things first - GO COUGS! This post is mostly about our annual family Labor Day trip to the Colorado cabin but I gotta start the post with some love for BYU. Jeremy R (with help from the rest of the guys but he gets the most credit) made it possible for us to watch the AWESOME BYU-Oklahoma game while we were at the cabin. BYU 14 - Oklahoma 13.
Every year over Labor Day weekend we have made it a tradition to go out to the cabin in Colorado with the WHOLE family. We all look forward to it all year long. This year we started the weekend early in Blanding because Deco and Kera were getting sealed together with their sweet baby in the Monticello Temple on Thursday. The sealing was lovely, and then baby Aleyah was blessed afterward at my parents' house. Then that evening my mom put on a very nice open house for family and close friends of Deco and Kera. The food was DELICIOUS and it was so fun to see everyone that came. I didn't get any pictures of those events for some reason but I documented the rest of the weekend pretty well. For some reason I didn't get a picture of any of the 4-wheeling action though.
Here's Taylor playing duck-duck-goose with some of the kids on my parents' trampoline.
CUTE troublemakers
Beautiful Scout eating her bread (most of the weekend she was happy to crawl around on the muddy floor and eat dirt clods). It rained sporadically every day that we were there so it was impossible to keep the floor clean for more than 2 minutes at a time.
Kristi and Heather brought a bunch of toys and games to entertain the kids. The kids loved it!
Maxon and Cohen playing with a car and eating licorice. They both ate a lot of licorice that night! They love snacks
One of the horny toads that was caught. Don't worry PETA, this guy was let loose after a few hours of hanging out in the box.
Carter, Cohen and Addi watching a movie
I guess this pictures wants to stay sideways. I had to include it though because Logan's outfit is so classic
The kids spent a lot of time exploring and having fun outside
I went on a very short ride on horses with Kristi, Camryn and Jensen. This was the first time I've been on a horse in a few years...my bum was pretty dang sore for days after the ride. Like I said it was a very short ride because the horses weren't cooperating and Kristi got bucked off (it sounds scarier than it actually was; she was fine).
One of the days we drove over to the Ouray hot spring pools. It was really fun and the water was perfect!
Carter being awesome on the slide
Kristi being super tough on the scary roof. We will all thank her next year when we don't have to worry about water leaking through the roof. Since Jeremy provided the satellite for us to watch the BYU game and with Kristi risking her life to go up and seal the leaks I named them the MVPs of the whole weekend.
Every year over Labor Day weekend we have made it a tradition to go out to the cabin in Colorado with the WHOLE family. We all look forward to it all year long. This year we started the weekend early in Blanding because Deco and Kera were getting sealed together with their sweet baby in the Monticello Temple on Thursday. The sealing was lovely, and then baby Aleyah was blessed afterward at my parents' house. Then that evening my mom put on a very nice open house for family and close friends of Deco and Kera. The food was DELICIOUS and it was so fun to see everyone that came. I didn't get any pictures of those events for some reason but I documented the rest of the weekend pretty well. For some reason I didn't get a picture of any of the 4-wheeling action though.
Here's Taylor playing duck-duck-goose with some of the kids on my parents' trampoline.
CUTE troublemakers
Beautiful Scout eating her bread (most of the weekend she was happy to crawl around on the muddy floor and eat dirt clods). It rained sporadically every day that we were there so it was impossible to keep the floor clean for more than 2 minutes at a time.
Kristi and Heather brought a bunch of toys and games to entertain the kids. The kids loved it!
Maxon and Cohen playing with a car and eating licorice. They both ate a lot of licorice that night! They love snacks
One of the horny toads that was caught. Don't worry PETA, this guy was let loose after a few hours of hanging out in the box.
Carter, Cohen and Addi watching a movie
I guess this pictures wants to stay sideways. I had to include it though because Logan's outfit is so classic
The kids spent a lot of time exploring and having fun outside
I went on a very short ride on horses with Kristi, Camryn and Jensen. This was the first time I've been on a horse in a few years...my bum was pretty dang sore for days after the ride. Like I said it was a very short ride because the horses weren't cooperating and Kristi got bucked off (it sounds scarier than it actually was; she was fine).
One of the days we drove over to the Ouray hot spring pools. It was really fun and the water was perfect!
Carter being awesome on the slide
Kristi being super tough on the scary roof. We will all thank her next year when we don't have to worry about water leaking through the roof. Since Jeremy provided the satellite for us to watch the BYU game and with Kristi risking her life to go up and seal the leaks I named them the MVPs of the whole weekend.Sunday, August 16, 2009
4th of July and Bear Lake
Ok so this post is seriously slow in coming but here it is.
The 4th of July in Blanding this year was fabulous as always. All of my sisters were there and we had a lot of fun. We swam at the dam, ran a 5k, watched the awesome parade, played a little volleyball, ate lots of good food, and watched the famous Blanding fireworks show (seriously it's awesome). It was a really fun weekend. I've said it before and I'll say it again, there is no better place to spend the 4th of July than in Blanding. Unfortunately I only took one picture. The picture below is of Taylor after the 5k and before the parade. He passed out and took a little nap on Logan's bed.
Last month we also had our annual Bear Lake trip up at Tyrel's in-laws' cabin. It was SO much fun. More of our friends were able to come this year so it was a serious zoo with all the people (especially all the kids), but in this case it truly was "the more the merrier". There were very close to 30 of us counting the kids. The whole weekend was great. We ate a TON of good food and junk. We spent a lot of time on Noelle and Trent's boat. We reminisced about good times. Kacey and Joe won the coveted moose/squirrel egg so they will proudly display it for the next year. This is such a fun tradition and I'm already looking forward to next year!
All the girls (minus Cass because her and Brandon had to leave a day early). Chanelle, Marci, Laici, Noelle, Stacy, Devan, Kacey and Tyrel. I love these girls!
Kacey and Joe proudly displaying their prize. Devan was not too sad to see the egg move on to its next keeper.
The boat was fun for all ages.
Taylor doing some serious wake-surfing.
Me doing some not-so-serious wake-surfing. This was as far as I ever got up, which means I never got up at all. BUT I did get up on the wake-board more than once so let's focus on that and forget about stupid wake-surfing.
Noelle is awesome at wake-boarding and wake-surfing.
A bunch of the kids doing some serious projects on the beach.
Me, Dev, Lace and Noelle cooling off in the water.
Maxon is such a cool dude.
Tye cooking up some DELICIOUS kabobs! Seriously they were good.
The 4th of July in Blanding this year was fabulous as always. All of my sisters were there and we had a lot of fun. We swam at the dam, ran a 5k, watched the awesome parade, played a little volleyball, ate lots of good food, and watched the famous Blanding fireworks show (seriously it's awesome). It was a really fun weekend. I've said it before and I'll say it again, there is no better place to spend the 4th of July than in Blanding. Unfortunately I only took one picture. The picture below is of Taylor after the 5k and before the parade. He passed out and took a little nap on Logan's bed.
Last month we also had our annual Bear Lake trip up at Tyrel's in-laws' cabin. It was SO much fun. More of our friends were able to come this year so it was a serious zoo with all the people (especially all the kids), but in this case it truly was "the more the merrier". There were very close to 30 of us counting the kids. The whole weekend was great. We ate a TON of good food and junk. We spent a lot of time on Noelle and Trent's boat. We reminisced about good times. Kacey and Joe won the coveted moose/squirrel egg so they will proudly display it for the next year. This is such a fun tradition and I'm already looking forward to next year!
All the girls (minus Cass because her and Brandon had to leave a day early). Chanelle, Marci, Laici, Noelle, Stacy, Devan, Kacey and Tyrel. I love these girls!
Kacey and Joe proudly displaying their prize. Devan was not too sad to see the egg move on to its next keeper.
The boat was fun for all ages.
Taylor doing some serious wake-surfing.
Me doing some not-so-serious wake-surfing. This was as far as I ever got up, which means I never got up at all. BUT I did get up on the wake-board more than once so let's focus on that and forget about stupid wake-surfing.
Noelle is awesome at wake-boarding and wake-surfing.
A bunch of the kids doing some serious projects on the beach.
Me, Dev, Lace and Noelle cooling off in the water.
Maxon is such a cool dude.
Tye cooking up some DELICIOUS kabobs! Seriously they were good.
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