Girls Getaway

A few months ago my father in law Ken had a stroke. It caught us by surprise because the guy is so healthy but it put us all on high alert for our own health. Last week my sister in law went up to SLC to have a test to see if she had a hole in her heart, which was the cause of Ken's stroke. It was a quick ten minute test, but we decided to make a little getaway out of it. My mother in law Katie and my sisters in law Bradi and Lainee and I all loaded in the car, and it was nothing but laughter the rest of the trip.
I am so grateful that I was lucky enough to marry into such an incredible family. We have such a great support system and we are all such great friends. I love you girls and can't wait for the next getaway!

C-O-R-N

O-N-E box of corn, shuck, blanch, cold bath, cut, bag, freeze.
This is the second year we have put up corn for the winter and boy was it work. We spend a few hours hard at work, but after all was said and done it was worth it. Garrett shucked all the corn, I blanched it all and then we cut it off the cob together. We got 14 bags of corn and our freezer is officially ready for winter! It's so nice to be able to have yummy corn from the fruit stand all through the winter.

San Diego

ONE hour and fifteen minute flight
Countless HOURS in the car in traffic
FOUR different beautiful beaches
Lots of GOOD restaurants
THREE rounds of golf
Sun, Sand, Waves, Golf, Food, Fun!

Family outing at the Lake

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.

Let Freedom Ring

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.

Top of the world

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're Lake Rats!

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.