August 2014

So many great things happened in August, prob my favorite month of the year thus far!

I got to go back to my old hygiene school and help mold young minds in clinic... haha kidding. I was just a Clinic Instructor. pretty basic but it was still fun.

 My uncle Greg passed away from Parkinson's Disease back in May. He had been diagnosed  back when I was little. Him and my aunt never had kids so he was always so supportive of me and my siblings {I like to think we were his favorite's}. He struggled for a long time and it was really hard on everyone when he decided he was done. 

One of my favorite memories with him is helping to wrap my aunts Christmas presents. He wanted to make sure her gifts looked good so Whitney and I would go help wrap them. He would hang out with us and tell us stories of serving in the Navy. It always brought tears to his eyes when he talked about the people in Vietnam. He has such a big heart!

 My aunt threw him an amazing life celebration that so many long time friends came to pay respect. It was great to hear all the stories from his good 'ol days and feel the love for him. 

 me and my cute grandpa

Huddy and I had a few more adventures. He got to go on a pony ride at Thanksgiving Point Farm Country. We went to Cowabunga Bay with Whitney and played in the water, He loved it just not the life jacket.

 I got to be Tiffany's date for her friends wedding. We had a blast taking pics in the photo booth and by the barn. Shes a babe! We always have so much fun.

Natalie, Kim, me

 The magic of LAKE POWELL! My favorite place

{Also I completely forgot to bring my camera so all my pics are stolen from Deanne, Tanner, and I dont remember who else!}

 Shay, Kim, Brittany, Tara, Chad, Jill, Ashley, Marcus, Landon, Kassie, Tanner, Me, Corey, Natalie, Deanne

Sunday we hiked to Rainbow Bridge

 Seriously the greatest place on earth. 

 Rocking the surf board. Corey felt like he had to help with my roaping since he split my chin open on the tube. Good thing we had Kassie to super glue me shut, didn't even leave a scar. She's a champ!

  Brittany, Chad, Corey, me

We had too much fun in powell that we all went to a Bee's game after we got back. Brittany got hooked up with tickets from her work and took all us crazies with her. It was awesome.

Me. Hudson, Sean, Lauren, Whit 

We had a family reunion with my mom's siblings in the Uinta's. It was freezing cold and rained all night, Huddy was real happy when he got to jump on me in the morning. We took a paddle boat on the little pond when the sun came out for a second!

 I took Huddernut over to Wheeler Farm to see the piggies. He got so excited every time I asked him if he wanted to see the piggies, then started to snort like a pig. It was the first time I've ever heard him do it and couldn't stop laughing! I love this wee little nugget so much.

 Sister and I got to take my dads tickets to the first University of Utah football of the season. We sat in the white section for the stripe the stadium. It's always so much fun at the games. We love it!

Baby Maggie Ann Gerber was born. 

I love that her initials are MAG, so they spell her name.

Karrie, Jessica, Krista, me, Heather

Heather invited us to stay at her dads house in Flaming Gorge for the weekend. 

Brad, Karrie, me, Magen, Krista, Ray, Jessica, Heather, Jill, Brittany, Sarah

we froze our butts off river rafting

Swam and did some cliff diving in this magical little bay

Krista, Ray, Megan, Jill, Brittany, Sarah, Me, Jessica, Brad, Karrie, Heather

 Since we had such a large group her dad arranged for us to stay at an empty house across the street. Yes, we were squatters for the weekend and referred to ourselves as the Carroll's

What better way to end a road trip home from Flaming Gorge than to stop in vernal at the Utah Field House Dinosaur Museum! We made an awesome hyper-lapse video of a t-Rex attack but I'm computer-illiterate and don't know how to get it on here.

It is safe to say that August treated me right. 

I didn't spend a single weekend at home, 

that's how every summer should end!

July 2014

July was a star spangled flash of fun!

 For Taci's birthday we went horseback riding in Erda where her family lives. It was so fun!

me, Traci, Jelissa

 

 
I got to babysit tank, he obviously loved playing with the photo booth on my laptop. These are the last two photo's I took with him. 

 Hudson and I had lots of great adventures.  He loved the little splash pad in North Salt Lake 

 Huddy loved the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. He loved digging in the dirt and finding all the bones.

 This little man is so funny. He insisted that we have matching hats and took pictures with my phone!

 Tiff and I got festive for Teenage Mutant Turtles in the park. Not the new one, the better version from 1990.

Heather, Megan, Jessica, me, John, Brittany, Chad

Jessica was nice enough take to take gang boating with her family. It was a magical day!

 This handsome young fella, Jeffery, Left on his LDS Mission to Scotland/Ireland. 

 The Bountiful rec center has the coolest kiddie pool with a giant pirate ship for the midgets to play on. Huddy loved it so much that even though his teeth were chattering he wouldn't get off.

 Tank had been sick for a few weeks and lost a lot of weight. The vet couldn't figure out what was wrong with him so they decided instead of putting him through months of torture, they would put him down since there wasn't a guarantee any of the treatment would work. It was really sad and we all miss him so much. He always tried to fit in my lap for naps but he was way too big. I miss him a lot. 

Chad, me, Cory, Tiffany, Will

Foreigner and Styx performed at USANA Amphitheatre, Foreigner stole the show but Styx was still awesome.  

Ray, Kassie, Devon, Brad, Brian, Heather, Dave... and Ray again. {Pano feature is fun!}

Dave invited us to stay at his house in Morgan to run the Morgan Valley Marathon. Everyone else was motivated and actually ran the marathon, Brittany were normal and sane and rocked that 5K like champions! We even ran across the finish line like Phoebe from friends.

Brad, Brian, me, Karrie, Dave, Brittany, Sarah, Devon

Who doesn't love to give a 2 year a sugar rush?! Not me, I'm in the running for best aunt ever! Mostly I just love spending time with this sill kid. He may have enjoyed the Hokulia Shaved ice just a smidgen.

June 2014

This year has seriously flown by! So many fun things have happened. 

 

 Brynn's 3 year anniversary was so we did the balloons again for her. I hope shes like them. Its just always nice to get together with loved ones and share good memories of how funny she was. It makes it less hard to remember all the good when I really miss her.

 Huddy and I went on many adventures this summer. first stop was the Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy. He loved to see all the little fishes and wave at the baby stingrays as they swam by.

 We also spent one hot afternoon up at the Bartons pool trying to cool off, unfortunately he wanted to play in the car more than the water and made me sit next to it since I wouldn't fit in the car. {Thankfully no one was there to photograph my attempt at getting in after 10 minutes of demanding I join in and not understanding my logic of size!}

 My dearest dad make ribs for Brynn's deathiversary.  She LOVED his ribs and called it her "BFF- Barry Fowler Fever!" when ever she was craving them. Naturally Whit and I had a mini selfie shoot while he cooked.

 Hudson at the Gateway Discovery Center playing in the water and Helicopter.

 Tiffany and I rocked out at Neon Trees one rainy night.

 Hudson loved all the animals at the zoo, But I think he loved his new friend Kyle even more!

 Pretty much every weekend Tiff and I went to the movies in the park, all around the city. This particular evening the sprinklers came on and ended the movie a bit early!

 Hud loves the swing at the park near their home. Tank loved sun bathing while Hud played hockey in the back yard. I just love the flag painted on the garage.

Jelissa, Hudson, me, Emma, Elliott, Traci, Kari
We had a little picnic while Jelissa was in town up Millcreek canyon, One of my favorite canyons. Kari's 4 year old was even awesome enough to take a group photo of us, look how awesome he did?! I love getting to spend time with these babes.