Braking Dawn Girls Night

Okay so I am not done reading New Moon but I was invited by a friend in the ward to join her and some of the young woman and leaders in the ward to go to WalMart at 10:00pm on Friday August 1st. Yes, we stood in line with many others to get the new book. Now those of you who know me know that I am a people watcher and dang were there plenty of people to watch. It was quite interesting. At the front of the line stood....okay sat 3 men. Now were they given the choice to either put the kids to bed or go get the book for their wife? Who knows. But it was fun to be with some of the girls from my ward. After they all got their books and we all checked out, the group of 18 of us went over to IHOP for a girls birthday breakfast. YES, breakfast at 1:00am....crazy I know. Just like the old days, but dang I am to old for that now. I have tried to force myself to sit and read more so that I can get to Braking Dawn but you know when you see the weeds and bushes out of control, laundry piling up as well as the dishes in the sink starting to smell, you put the book down. Maybe one day I will get New Moon finished and attempt to read eclipse. Sorry to all of you that I have offended who have read the book more than once, I promise I will get there and THEN and ONLY THEN can you discuss the book with me.

Yes some could not wait til we were out of WalMart to get started.

Others waited but not long, yes they all had their noses in the book while we were at IHOP. But they did stop long enough for a photo.

Family Festivities

July started out and finished with quite a bit of family fun. We started off the month with my family coming up the second week of the month for a early 80th birthday for my grandmother (my mom's mother). That was a lot of fun to be able to get together with the aunts and uncles and cousin on that side. We used to get together more often but it hasn't been happening as much anymore. We had a day full of fun and a little structure trying to get family photos.

This is grandma and her grandchildren. We are missing 5 of the grandchildren but we had to get a photo with those that were there.
It looks like our engagement photos all over again. Just 2 1/2 years of marriage photos instead.

We even got Grandma to take the first swings at her pinata.


The family then stayed around for that week and we were able to do a lot of fun things.....from going up American Fork Canyon to fish


....family night in the park

Really when was the last time that you got at the top of that hill, laid on your side and rolled down a hill? Yeah it's been quite sometime for me, but let me tell you that was so much fun!
I was unable to join them for the trip to the dinosaur museum but it looks like they had a lot of fun and weigh as much as a dinosaur all put together.

But they did seem to escape the jaws of the shark and get to safety...

We also went to Ragging Waters one day with the family. It's amazing how much fun you can have ALL DAY in the sun.
EVERYONE joined in the fun in the water, yes even Grandma....

By the end of the day everyone is tuckered out....

We ended the week off with a family reunion on my Dad's side. We got quite a few of us there for it being a short but sweet reunion. We went up Provo Canyon and had a nice picnic.
There was plenty of time for lost of visiting and of coarse the family group photos. We had all but three in our family photo, my husband who came and did his part had gone home, Drew had to stay home and work and Elder Scott of coarse was not given permission to leave Veracruz, Mexico for a few hours to come to a family reunion. It's great to see grandpa with his kids, and look he had them all there, all the 6 original.

It is great to know that you have a great family that love and support you. It's also fun getting together for reminiscing and getting a good laugh.

summer activities

I can not come up with enough words to keep saying..."way past due update/post" Yeah I suck!
Any how here we go again....
You know when you have a file of photos on your computer labeled 2008 unsorted, you are behind in life.

Lets go back to the beginning of June. Aaron's parents came and stayed with us for a night after his mom did a 104 mile bike ride up in Logan. She tried to get me to do it with her but yes I wimped out and didn't. You know riding a mountain bike on the road is much harder and since that is all I have is a mountain bike, I didn't want to make the 104 miles feel like 200 miles. I am not up for that yet!
So that Sunday we went for a drive up to Cascade Springs which is up in the Wasatch Mountains only minutes from us. I LOVE living close to the mountains. I really enjoy going up to Cascade Springs in the fall too. Such a great place to take photos. And just to walk around on a nice day for a little fresh air. That is one thing that we do love to do is go up in the mountains and get away from the city. You will notice we do that quite a bit with his parents. Whether it is just for a drive, to hike, camp, fish, or ride the 4 wheelers, we go out quite a bit. The men fish and the ladies visit or read a book. I am okay with that.

The next weekend his parents were back up for a family reunion. We went to the zoo for the day then back to my house for a BBQ. Turns out it was me with his parents, younger brother and one sister and her 3 boys at the zoo. Aaron was out of town and not home yet, one sister was moving and 8 months pregnant and then one brother and his family live out of state and couldn't come. But we still had a lot of fun. Here is an albino alligator that was at the zoo, kinda cool.

Oh and lets see....biggest news of all, ha ha! Yes I have joined my husband and I am not bowling with him. Back in May he and I joined the couples bowling league. Yeah no worries I am NO good. But I have fun and get better every week. But there is now need to say my average, still not good enough yet. We do have lots of fun though. It's just once a week and it is something that he and I can get out of the house and do together. NO that is not my only form of exercise, you may think it is but I do try to get out a bit more than just bowling cause you don't get that heart rate up that much okay at all, unless you are like me and just worked up cause you are not doing all that well.

Last week Aaron and I took a day off of work and headed down south to go ride the 4 wheeler and do some camping. We meet up with his dad on Friday to ride and then he headed home and Aaron and I found a VERY nice camping spot. We then got up Saturday and rode some more. By the end of Saturday night I was ready for a river to jump in or a shower. So we decided to go to his parents house and clean up and stay there for the night. Nothing like dirt in EVERY area of your body. You can't wash your hair enough after being on the 4 wheeler for 2 days in the dirt. But don't get me wrong, it's way fun! I just can't wait til I get my own.







There is nothing like some of the views and scenery that you get up in the mountains.














Sometimes when Aaron is off fishing I will just wonder around and take photos. Some are of him fishing and others are just of things that I see that I like flowers, waterfalls, animals, the river....just whatever catches my eye.

Well last weekend, Aarons younger sister had her second baby. We were on our way home from camping and I called to see if we could take her oldest so that she could have a few minutes to rest after moving all week. Little to my knowladge she was at the hospital and had the baby. Little behind we are. So we went home and cleaned up and of coarse I was over at the hospital just 6 hours after she was born holding her. Can I tell you how stinking cute she is. I just love holding brand new babies. It was way fun. They have been down at her parents house this week so I haven't gotten to hold her every day like I would have had I had my way.

Then this past Friday night I went out to dinner with the girls from my old singles ward that I used to hang out with and to the Tim McGraw concert. Oh to have a girls night again. That was way fun! And who better to see then Timmy. WOW! He puts on a great show.That is my friend Missy and I. I think she and I enjoyed ourselves the most. The others didn't seem that into it, but it didn't bother she and I, we still had fun. Oh and can I tell you, people watching was great! It's great to have good friends in your life. Some of them are just always there for a good time.

Our New Toy

So we justified buying this toy but I guess we are a few months late. And watch we won't get the snow next year like with did this year. But yes we have added a 4wheeler to our family. We were able to go down to Monroe and try it out with Aaron's parents. Yes it was a lot of fun but I have a husband who totally knows what he is doing but can still get quite a scare out of me. Boy he was trying everything to get that thing stuck and try out all the bells and whistles on it. No luck getting it to stuck, the thing works to well. And I even got to drive it, yes I was MUCH more timed than Aaron was.

So then this is what

I wake up to this morning......
but as you can tell there wasn't enough for
him to get on that new toy of his and plow....
we will wait til next year. I HOPE!
I am so ready for Spring!

For all you in Phoenix, will you please send Spring our way--PLEASE!

True Friends

You know it's amazing to go home to Phoenix and to see so many friends and to know that they really do care about you and no matter what has happened between us we can still call each other friends. I went home with my grandmother for my spring brake. It's nice when you have a boss that takes time off when his kids have time off. Yes its a lot of time and the pay check stink, but it's so nice to be able to have sometime to do things you want to do. I was able to have dinner with some girls from high school, lunch with a high school friend and spend a few minutes talking to some other high school friends while I was at a church function. No matter if we had hours to talk or just a minute, it was so good to reconnect with them all and to know that I have friends back home that I love seeing and catching up with. Now that most of us have jumped on this "blogger-wagon" it will be so much easier to feel apart of each of their lives and know what is happening with their lives and growing families. No matter which way our lives take us, I still feel a closeness with all the girls I was able to see and visit with. Thank you all for being such great friends and taking time out of your busy lives to see me and get together with others. I really do cherish the friendships that I have even though we are miles apart. PLEASE feel free to come visit anytime....with your family or just yourself. I love having visitors. I have made some great friends since I have moved up here to Utah but I know that I will always have true friends from back in high school. Is that not amazing, as I look back at my time in high school, we had our rough times and our petty little girl fights but you know what, we have gotten past that and we are still great friends. It's just wonderful to know that we can forgive and forget and move on. I do have to say that I wish I would have taken more photos with the friends that I got to see. Pictures are priceless. Thank you all for being such great friends! I love you all girls!

I was able to spend sometime with my sister and her family on the way to and from Phoenix. It had been about 6 months since I had seen them and I am so happy I got to see them. They are such a fun and cute family. My niece and nephew finally got me to see high school musical which I had never seen. It is a cute movie, the part I saw. We didn't watch it all cause those poor kids were quite tiered. It was fun being able to see them play soccer and see how much they have learned. I love you kids!

Ready to Ride

That is right, spring is TRYING to begin and I just wish that it would try harder. I am so ready for it. Last weekend I was in Phoenix and it was WONDERFUL! Nice and warm and spring feeling. I guess I will get to experience spring twice this year, once it hits Utah.
But you best believe it we are ready to get out there and enjoy the nice weather.
The motorcycle has had its makeover and we are ready for a nice ride.
Here are the before and after pictures of the bike. Yeah not a huge difference to most but we sure like it.

Yes Phoenix was GREAT! I got to see a lot of friends that I haven't seen in YEARS. I went down for a reunion with friends from the other ward that I hung out with the most. And I didn't take one picture that night. That makes me sad. But I know others did and I have seen them and they are great! Thanks Gary--Party Planner.
I did get to see some friends that I used to work with and we have our ritual every time I come into town. Yes Macayo's is my all time favorite Mexican resterant . I just wish Utah had them.
Well I hope that you all are doing well and are as excited about spring like I am.
Take care!

over due update....

Life has been full of fun since I have updated, ummm lets see, 7 months ago. NO NO NO there is not an expected baby. You know me, I would have posted that for sure.

First of all we were able to spend a week in Yellowstone with Aaron's family back in June. You know Aaron would live there if he could. Yes we have talked about being park rangers when we get older....not about going on a mission. He just loves the outdoors.

We also went got to spend time with my sister and her family up in Beaver at their condo. Once again Aaron was totally in his element....nothing better than being in the mountains fishing and getting dirty. It's fun to see my niece and nephews love being outside and fishing.


From there we were able to continue over the mountain to his parents house and continue or fishing adventure. Now we have to go hiking first to get where we are going to fish when we go with Aaron's father. Its always an adventure with him.



We have done a few benefit rides for things like Make a Wish Foundation as well as Ride for Life--cancer rides. It is always fun to get out and ride on a nice day. Not all of our rides have been on nice beautiful days. This one was a wonderful day. It was the Ride for Life. It was totally cool. They blocked off State St. in Salt Lake City and the fire truck raised the flag that we all road under on our way out. Then the roads were all blocked off for the first 5 miles or so. Makes you feel important.


We made a trip down to Phoenix in August for Scott's farewell. It was fun to be able to spend time with him and the rest of the family before he left. He is now serving in Veracruz Mexico and is doing very well.


On our way home Aaron and I took our time and saw some places in Southern Utah that he nor I have seen. We went to Goblin Valley and that is a really cool area. A place to go back to NOT in August. It was way hot. They were filming a movie there when we stopped and we ate lunch just down from where they were shooting. It was quite interesting.

Then we--okay I decided that we were going to go up the canyon one night after work and take photos in the fall leaves. I just love the seasons up here and love being so close to the mountains.

Oh but the most updates are not done yet....but I am done for the night, but is my update for a long time of not updating. I hope that I will not let it go this long again.