Ashley's Wedding

Just a lil' moment between Father & Daughter...Butterfly Kisses...Wow,that song always tugs @ the heart strings! Jared leaned over and said,"It won't be too long before one of our girls decides to do this...yikes...I'm NOT ready for that!












My first niece, Ashley got married in June...Boy do I feel old! It was just what she had hoped for. The weather cooperated and she's now happily married! It was a fun time to see family and friends! Only in Idaho would you have an outdoor wedding with the background music being a farmer out plowing his fields!

Family Reunion...

At the beginning of the summer we had a family reunion up at Sundance with the Lunquist family. We ate TONS, played TONS,laughed TONS and slept very little. It was a good reunion...I think we'll try it again in a year or two :)

Family Night KickBall...

Monday night for Family Night we decided to play Kickball with the Hales family...to make things a little competitive Jared said whoever loses buys Coldstone for the other family...Game on! We went to the school fields and started playing and suddenly the sprinklers turned on...We thought about moving to another field but no...We added excitement to our game...Slipping ,sliding, soaking wet...We had a blast! The game ended 15 all!!! We were drowned rats as we headed to Coldstone for treats...The kids are still talking about it! What a great night!


The only thing that would have made the night is me remembering my camera!!! I asked everyone to reenact but noone would...

Gone-A-Float...

Okay...My first week in YW as the new Mia Maid Advisor and our Tuesday activity is floating down the Prove River...I'm adventurous so I found inner tubes @ Big O for a screamin' deal I might add...and off we went! I decided to ride at the end to make sure everyone was okay. Taylor's last words were,"Hurry Mom, I don't want you to be alone"...little did she know...I jumped on my tube and almost made it to the first bend maybe 100 yards when my tube caught on a rock or tree branch and I heard the dreaded hissing sound of the tube deflating! I quickly pushed to the side and realized I was in trouble...Everyone gone...the truck locked and I couldn't swim upstream...nor could I climb over the huge rocks on the side to get out! What's a girl to do????I waited as a few floaters went by and told them to tell my group I popped my tube and would hopefully be down soon! I saw a couple that was fixing their tube upstream and after 20 min or so, they came down and as they were going by asked I needed help...I tried to climb in with them but they were going too fast so they told me to climb out and climb to the next bend...I felt like I was on "Survivor" using my tube to push through the stinging neddle and other stuff...I finally made it to them and they rescued me!!!They were a couple from Orem on "Date Night"... Nothing like a third person :) Luckily, we chatted and I made it to the end. I was glad to see all the girls made it okay! I wonder what the activity will be next week...Rappelling???

Graduation...

The big day came too soon for Kennedy...She loved kindergarten and thought she could stay in the same class forever. Her teacher was the best! Graduation day came and Kennedy was sad to see the year end. She performed with her class and it was great! I love Kindergarten programs...The kids are so cute...If they perform or not:) Wow...I can't believe another year has gone by!

Riding Home In Style...

Kennedy had one request before the year ended and that was for her Dad to pick her up after school...On the Harley of course! They almost missed the picture...or maybe the photographer almost missed the shot! Jared took Bethany the next morning to school and she was mortified...What about my hair...I'm not getting on there...Oh, No...not a helmet!!! That's what I heard as they rode out of sight...I'm sure everyone heard them coming between Bethany giving orders, Jared saying '"What, can't hear you!" And the purring off the Harley! No time for a picture...Tay convieniently had a ride that morning... Ohhh girls...

Field Day...

Kennedy had a great time running around everywhere...They wore me out! They have TONS of energy! Just a little attitude coming out:)