24th of July

For the 24th of July this year we decided to head up to the Uintas and hike a trail to Notch Lake. The trail was beautiful and still covered in lots of wildflowers. We got to the lake and met Jeremy's best friend Brian and

his wife Mandy who had camped there overnight.

The scenery was just great and we had a fun time walking around

and enjoying being outside in the nice cool air.

Brian did a little jumping from the rocks. He did check out the landing zone to make sure it was free of any rocks! (Even though it looks like he is heading straight for that big rock in the water!)

We found a huge rock/bench that was just perfect for being lazy.

Then we headed down to Kamas and had yummy burgers

and excellent shakes after our day of hiking

(I had a key lime pie shake . . . . and in fact it was so

delicious I wish I were eating it right now!)

It was a great day!

Happy Birthday Jeremy!

It is Jeremy's birthday today!

Since both of us are in Primary

the kids got to sing to him last Sunday.

We usually sing to kids and teachers,

but Jer was the only person there to sing to!

I think he really enjoyed everyone singing to him,

while he just stood up there, hoping the song would be over soon!

Happy Happy Birthday Jeremy dear

Happy days will come to you all year!

If I had one wish, then it would be

A Happy Happy Birthday to you from me!

Here are a few things that Jeremy loves and

I am sure wishes he were doing today instead of working and going to school!

Being in Maui snorkeling and playing in the water

Eating ice cream

Hiking, backpacking or anything outside

Building something!

Playing with our fun nieces and nephews

He loves playing with these kids so much

and I am pretty sure they

love playing with him back.

(Maren still giggles every time Jeremy says hi to her!)

Happy Birthday to You!

Don't run in the rain

One night a few weeks ago Jeremy and I were too lazy to go to the gym but still knew we needed to workout, so we decided to go for a run outside. The weather was nice and overcast so we started running. About at our halfway point it started to sprinkle on us. Then 5 seconds later it was a complete down pour, so we sprinted the rest of the way home. It was pretty great, and we got our workout and a shower all in one!

Speaking of running . . .

This last weekend I ran a 5k with a couple of my co-workers. It was a perfect morning . . . (minus the waking up at 5:00 on a Saturday!) and we had a fun time and made it in 32 minutes. Our goal was 30. We blame the slow people in front of us when we started!

Me, Wendy and Angie looking mighty fine at the crack of dawn!

Sweaty and Done!

Happy to you Dad!

It is my Dad's birthday today.

I was going post just a couple of my favorite pictures of him,

but found so many I liked I had to post them all.

He is a great dad and a perfect grandpa!

"Happy to you!" (As Hatee use to say!)

Hope you have a great day!

He is always wrestling with the kids, and they all

ganged up on him at once to get him back!

One year older and wiser too, happy birthday to YOU!

We sure love you!

Frozen Cake

We kept the top of our wedding cake (well let me rephrase that . . mom and dad kept our wedding cake for us in their freezer for the past 12 months!) The cake lady told my mom how to wrap it so it would freeze good. Jeremy was really excited to eat some, since he didn't get any at our reception. After we unwrapped a few layers of foil and saran wrap we got to the cake. It actually kept really well and it still had the key lime taste to it!

St. George & Las Vegas

Flash back Friday (even though it is Sunday!) It was a year ago that we were in beautiful Maui! We loved every minute of it. Jeremy especially loved snorkeling and still wakes up some mornings and asks me, "Can we go snorkeling today!?" That place is just wonderful!

Well we weren't able to go back to Maui for our anniversary, (and we probably will not be able to go back for another 30 years!) but we were able to leave the cold and rainy Spring weather and head down to Southern Utah. We enjoyed the sun and loved just relaxing.

Before we headed down we stopped in Mapleton and said hi to Stacie and her cute kids while they were in town for a minute. It was sure great seeing them!

The first night we were in St. George we went to Tuacahn and saw Brian Regan. He was funny as usual and we had several laughs and enjoyed the beautiful
red rock scenery.

The temple is just so pretty at night!

We were able to do a session at the temple then we headed down to Las Vegas!

We were able to spend some time with Adam and Nichole and their kids. We got to their house and Rylee instantly had several games that she wanted us to play with her. We played a couple fun games then went out to lunch at a yummy buffet!

The Belagio Gardens

We saw these guys on the strip, I bet it sure gets hot in the Las Vegas sun with both of their costumes!

We then enjoyed the next couple of days back in St. George swimming in the pool and hiking around Snow Canyon.

Then we had to come home. We sure had a lot of fun and are already wishing we were back on vacation! On the drive home we saw a motor-home pulling this truck, with a boat in the bed!
Interesting.