Yet another trip out to Sand Hollow to do some fishin!!!! This was a fun trip because we loaded up the entire family and headed to the lake. We love our nieces and nephews - oh, and the rest of the fam too! Garrett beat us all in the fishing competition though. His mom gave him a run for his money, but he was catching them left and right. Me - I caught myself one fish. I'm so grateful that we live close to our family and we are able to do things together as a family.
Not too many pictures of the 4th for us. Garrett went camping Friday night and ran out of water on his hike back so he had a little bit of heat stroke. Right when he got into town from Pinevalley he met the family at the Green Valley Pool for the tradition Lainee started for us last year. After a hot afternoon at the pool Garrett was ready to be home. We came home, took a nap, then headed over to my parents for the block BBQ. We ate and visited for a minute then Garrett had enough of the sun and heat and wanted to be home. We were fast asleep before the fireworks had even started.
We went four wheeling on Utah Hill on a Saturday night up to the TV towers. It was so cool because you could look one way and see all of St. George, then look another way and see Mesquite, you could even see the lights from Vegas. It's amazing how cold it can get from St. George all the way at the top of Utah Hill.
It's official - We ARE lake rats! We just LOVE Lake Powell.
R-A-I-N-B-O-W B-R-I-D-G-E
I haven't been up to Rainbow Bridge since I was a little girl. It was really neat to see. I didn't know but you aren't allowed to go up to it or underneath it because it's a very sacred thing to the Indian people. It's absolutely beautiful.
THE Sandhill
Doesn't look so big in the picture? It's HUGE! We climbed to the very top and practically burned our feet off to do it.
For the last four and a half years I have had the opportunity to work at a wonderful dental office. I've been able to work along side some pretty incredible people, including my mom and sister Stephanie. When you work ten hour days you become really close to these people; you're there more then you are at home so they become your family away from home. We tried to have a Girl's Night once a month where we are able to get together and have fun outside of work. This one was unique because it was more of a goodbye party for those of us who are moving on to a new chapter in life. (I'm now at a different office as the office manager) Natalie Beckstrom hosted the party in her new home. It was really hard for me because I have become close to these girls and it was hard to know I won't see them every day now. I love all my friends and will miss you tons! Thanks for all the memories, I will never forget you.
I feel so blessed to be able to have the resources to get my food storage going. Lainee called me and said that she just picked all the apricots off Dennis' tree and she had pleanty for us to make jam. I've never made jam before but was really excited to learn; so for family night Garrett and I made 7 bottles of apricot jam. We worked together as a great team and are so proud of our efforts. It is really rewarding to see your hard efforts right in front of you, and it's an even better feeling seeing my pantry full.
The time has come yet again for the annual Kendall family Lake Powell trip. My uncle Rick Adams lets the whole family come stay on their houseboat and always shows us a good time. This is the fifth year we have gone and we have more fun every year. This year was really exciting for us because my whole family was there. My dad doesn't usually come but this year he did and we were all so glad he came. He is always the fun of the crowd making us laugh. Everyone takes their turn on the wake board but it's always a treat when we bust the tubes out. We all pile on and have fun jumping back and forth or even trying to make pyramids. This year we all bought hats at the marina, we looked so cute in our matching hats. We love going to Lake Powell.
