Happy Birthday Jared!

My sweet husband celebrates his 35th Birthday today. He got sent out of town to work so he and I are apart on his birthday for the 1st time in over 15 years. He is such a great guy and I love him for so many reasons. One of which is simply because I can......... Happy Birthday Sweetheart!!!! I LOVE YOU!

Lagoon Revisited

So we got word that Amy and family were going to Lagoon on the 26th of July. This is the 1st time she has been in over 14 years so we decided we would all join in. So the entire family went to Lagoon.

It was hotter that day than when we went earl er and it was quite busy as well.

Cheyenne cooling of a bit on the Hydro luge

Preparing for blast off

Amy looks a tad bit scared

The little ones were not quite big enough for the Rocket so Brianna entertained them on the umbrellas. They would have stayed there for a long time if we have let them

It was hard to get a good picture of Austin as he was a little bundle of energy. He did not like waiting in line at all.

Kim humored me by posing in the stork. Quite appropriate seeing that the stork will be visiting her in less than 2 months.

We really are glad Amy let us join her on her adventure. We had a lot of fun even if we didn't stay right up until they kicked us out. We look forward to going back for Frightmares in October. To me that is the best time to visit Lagoon

Fiesta Days Parade

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Fiesta Days

For quite a few years now we have a made quite a celebration out of Spanish Forks Fiesta days on the 24th of July. This year was no exception. It all starts with the Parade. We have sat in the same area for as long as we have been going to the Parade. Years ago you were able to park your vehicles on the rode and we would just watch from the tailgate. Times have changed though and now vehicles are not allowed on the side of the street. So my mom will go down the night before and save our spot. Once someone went through and stole some of our chairs much to our dismay the next morning. So here we all are just hanging out waiting for the parade to start.
It was a really good Parade, full of colorful floats, pink tractors, rock crawlers and marching bands. There was pretty much something for everyone to enjoy. After the parade we all went back to my moms to relax and get ready for the next activity which on this day was a Barbecue. Of course one must nap first.

After a brief albeit refreshing nap it is tine for a Barbecue lunch that consists of all the nummy barbecue food my mom has worked hard to prepare. Hamburgers Hot dogs, salads and chips.

Family and friends are what makes a successful celebration. And this year we were joined by a close family friend and her grandson and Niece. It was a nice relaxing afternoon. After which is more time to relax before the finale of the fireworks.
Amy and some of her kids went home while Kollette and family and I and my mom. Hung around the house. We filled the afternoon with silly childhood games like Mother May I, Red Light Green Light, Red Rover and of course colored eggs. It really was a great afternoon. And we a had fireworks display at to conclude the festivities.

We even spent some time at the cemetery reminiscing about all the good times and being grateful for the time we have together as a family. Thanks mom for yet another wonderful celebration.

You get a line I'll get a pole....

The morning of our Luau Jared and I decided to go to Salem pond for a little fishing. Since we would be going down that way anyway.

We stopped by my mom's house and she and Sadie came along.

We had a good morning of fishing and visiting and watching the dogs play.

My mom was certain there were no fish in the pond, that is until she started catching them.

It really was a anice morning and we had good time. It was really relaxing too. Just watching the ducks play and chases snakes and lizards.

We got quite a few fish but we let them go. It is quite possible that we really only caught one and just kept catching the same one over and over. All in all despite the rocky start our summer as been pretty good. There are still more adventures to come.

Happy Birthday!

So here is the 1st of August and I am still trying to catch up from July. My goal is to do that this weekend. On the 13th July we gathered as family to celebrate my dad's 70th birthday. The st birthday since his passing. I figured it was going to be a hard for all of us so we might as well be together to help ease the pain

The theme we went with was a Luau and that was for sentimental reasons. One night while my dad was in the hospital I called to talk to him. He was being is usually witty self and we were going back and forth about Hula Girls in grass skirts. Knowing that his 70th birthday was approaching I decided to plan a party for him. Looking back I wish we wouldn't have waited but unfortunately he never recovered enough for a party and After he passed away I knew that we still needed to celebrate to help us heal.

We shared a few tears

And a lot of laughter

Even the dogs enjoyed the day

After eating a lunch of Sloppy Joe's chips and cupcakes we all walked over to the cemetery and spent some there.

The absence of my dad and his quick wit was definitely noticed. He will always be my hero an I love and miss very much. Happy birthday to a great man, though it has been tough we are learning how to adapt. I Love You DAD!!!!!!!

Fishing and Fireworks (last episode from Celebrating the 4th)

So to end the perfect vacation we found ourselves back at Otter Creek for some Fishing and Fireworks.

It really is a nice place for fishing and relaxing.

Brain's the serious fisherman

Mom is just content to sit and wait

Chloe likes the water

The kids love to play in the dirt.

Later my mom took my on what was her and Dad's favorite 4 wheeler ride. It was the 1st time she had been there since my dad passed away.

The view is spectacular and it was very peaceful up there. The fire works were really fun to watch and they do a great job. Jared and I had to leave all to soon as I had to work the next day and we had a 4 hour drive ahead of us. I really had a great time and am so glad they let me impose :)