Happy Birthday Garrett

It's official! Garrett is closer to 30 then he is to 20! We had the family over for some yummy fruit and ice cream cake, then a heated round of Canasta! We are so blessed to have all our family here in St. George. Here are some things about Garrett in light of celebrating him!
1. He is the most caring person I know
2. He is tender hearted
3. He loves golf - or any sport for that matter
4. He would live in the good ole outdoors if I would let him
5. He is a good provider for our family
6. He likes to be spontanious
7. He makes anyone around him smile
8. He makes me laugh
9. He encourages us all to strive to be better people
10. He is my best friend
I love you Garrett!

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.