A grand time...

July has been so much fun!! on the 2nd I went to Raging Waters with Brynn, Emily & Brandon, Chase & Kasey. Have not been there for ages and it was so fun!

Celebrated Independence day at hobble creek with the provo boys.

And lastly off to Lake Powell for my 3rd trip this summer!

For Christmas my dad gave us a trip to LP for the fam and I was soo excited! We finally got our Christmas present last weekend. Bullfrog is cool, it has to many canyons and I love to look at them! Brynn was supposed to be my date on the trip but her and Jelissa missed their connecting flight home from Canada so I ended up driving down on my own because everyone else had left Friday afternoon. A 4 hour drive all alone is sooooo not fun! I was a little hyper when I finally got to the house boat.

here are a few of the beauty shots that me and Whitney took. Sorry... there might be alot!

Whitney and I

Mike spear hunting

Rick really caught this fish. It was impressive!

It was poring on Saturday morning when we were leaving the marina.

Whit and Mike

Our first camping spot.

were all loving the sweet rental boat.

Mike, Rick, Lance, Catherine, Me

whit rocking the wake board

Rick hurt his back, so I "tortured" him to help make him be able to move.

He cried like a little girl!

tube war = mike and I killing each other to win.

Not even a joke- someone drove their nice boat right onto this rock in the middle of the channel! We couldn't believe it.

Enjoying a bumpy boat ride to Rainbow Bridge

Mike

Rainbow Bridge

classic jumping photo because they are the best to look at!!

This trip was so much fun! Thank you Dad and MC for taking us. Sean and Lauren we missed you!

Weekend fun...

So I know that I am musically challenged. But I'm SOOOO excited for the

Twilight Summer Concert Series to begin!!

click here to see all the great bands that will be playing.

So much fun to relax on warm summer nights listening to music with hundreds of your new best friends!

(looks like its time for a little music education on my part so I can sing along....)

Smore's

Marshmallow's are the greatest. Especially when they are GIANT marshmallow's smashed between some melted chocolate and a full gram cracker. mmmmmm!

I went up to Millcreek canyon with Whitney, Mike, Emilee, Brandon and Headmen.

We roasted hot dogs for dinner, wrapped them in dough and made Pigs in a Blanket

(so tasty)

Then we got to the good part....... the SMORES!!

My mom found these mallows at Harmon's that are about the size of a softball. we had to use an entire gram so we didn't lose half the mallow when it squished. But they are messy! I had it all over my hands and face.

I was in heaven.

The next night we went to Taylorsville Dayzz and enjoyed the fireworks! They do a great show complete with Neil Diamond jamming in the background. It really was so much fun.

Again, Again!

This past week has been so GREAT!

The boss was on family vacation this week so I had the whole week off and it was great. Sean and Lauren were out of town and Tank got to hang out with mom and me for the week so it was just magical. We got to hang around all day playing with his toy while watching T.V. (ps.... day time TV is terrible.) and go on plenty of walks. He is such a lazy pup. the first walk he made it the whole mile around the neighborhood, next time about 3/4th before he stopped and would not move until I walked back the way we had already gone. The last walk I attempted to take him on we only got as far as the front yard where he took off into the ivy covering the garden and would not move and inch. it was so funny I had to get a pic because he looked so dang cute!

 

Whitney and I took him on a real adventure. He got to go to SLCC with me to pick up my english book. Then we stopped to get some delightful lunch. As a special treat for him we stopped at petsmart and get some new bones for him to munch on. He pretty much ate them in about an hour then kept trying to hide his bone all over the house. Funniest thing ever!

He sure loved the car ride!

I got to ditch out on the puppy a little early in the week to go back to

LAKE POWELL!!!!

Have I told you how much I love that place? I do so very much! We went down thurs night to sunday afternoon. Always a good time. sitting around on the house boat soaking up the sun and eating lots of yum treats in the company of friends is always great.

We hiked back up to the arch we went to last time,everyone else went cliff jumping, lots of wake surfing and wake boarding,, naps all after noon, Pushed rocks off huge cliffs ( because its fun?) and made Andy's mohawk look really sweet.

Had the best road trip home EVER:

1. Lunch at Arbys in Panguich

2. Soaked up the sun at the hot pots in Fillmore.

 3. Enjoyed a show at a rope swing in Mona.

4. Dinner at Ruby River in Provo

5. Hot tubing at Jelissa's house in Murray

It made the drive so much longer but it really was so much fun. Sadly I sucked at taking pics this entire trip and I didn't get any photos of these magical adventures but I loved every minute of it.

Thanks Katie and Stain!!

The Spill Canvas

I love this band and finally got the chance to see them live last night! It was amazing. Loved every minute of it. here are a few of my favs that they played last night.

The Tide

Our Song

Staplegunned

They did not play this one but I love it

 All Over You

Whitney...

Happy Birthday!!

to my sister:

Thank you for always being there for me when I needed you the most, or when I just needed someone to laugh at my pathetic moments with me.

You are the best! Cant believe your 27.

love, me.

To celebrate whitney, mom, and I went to a lovely dinner at Cheesecake Factory (mmmmm..) and got massages from Sanctuary Day Spa. It was so relaxing and greatly needed!

Her giftie.

a handmade necklace from Ritzy Misfit. Don't you love it?

Lovin It...

Lake Powell is the greatest place. It's so much fun to just go and hang out with friends and have a grand time! We had the opportunity to go down and stay on Katie and Stain Reichman's house boat for Memorial weekend. The water was FREEZING cold so jumping in was really hard to do. I did get a little surfing in while we were down there and felt pretty good about it. Most of the time we just sat around being lazy in the warm sunshine and eating everything in sight (and I do mean eve.ry.thing) So delicious! The boys flew kites a lot because it was super windy the first few days we were down there. Went for a little hike to an arch that was really fun to see. Brynn and I did our hair in pretty braids for Andy because he loves them. We laughed the whole time down there and I cant wait to go back!

Here are a few fun pics from the trip

Dear Stain and Katie:

Thank you for letting us come along on the magical trip. It was so much fun. I hope we do it again (soon) :)

love, me