Camping in Utah's Outback

Hopefully this is one of many post since August was crazy for us. Starting the month off, Brad and Adam took a little hiking trip into the wild to camp for a few days. They headed up into the Unitas not to be heard from for a few days. Many people asked me where they went. Being the caring wife that I am, I said somewhere in the Unitas, who knows. If there was a problem with them not returning on time I knew Brad had some maps of the area of where they were at on their computer so there wasn't a huge worry. Anyway, their planning for this hike started way back in January. Needless to say they were very excited for this trip. The purchasing of many hiking items began as well as talking about where they were going to go, downloading of ariel maps, and then came the test run to make sure they could hike with all the weight of their packs. Well the highlight of their trip to me anyway was that they made it home in one piece and lived to tell about and take pictures. SO here a few of the shots they took while enjoying the great outdoors!

American Traditions

Everyone loves a parade except for my husband. So on the fourth of July, I usually go with my brother and his family to the Provo Freedom Festival Parade and that's what I did again this year. We start by getting breakfast at Gandolfos and then trek it over to watch the parade. This year was fabulous because even though it was suppose to be 101 degrees, the sky was overcast during the parade. It was perfect. After the parade we went to Heather's parent's house for a BBQ--they are my adopted parents, Brad and I always eat at their house for Sunday dinners. So after eating the traditional burgers and hot dogs, I went back and relaxed at my house for a few hours and then went back up to Provo to watch the fireworks from the the Stadium of Fire. I love fireworks. I love this holiday. And I love this country. It's the best!! Enjoy the pictures! (P.S. Sorry this post is so delayed)

Lavender Days

My mom was in town this last weekend, which is always loads of fun. On Friday, I had the day off so my mom, sister-in-law, and her three kids went to Lavender Days down in Mona, UT. Ohhh, and guess who forgot to bring the camera!! This seems to be the reason for why my blog isn't that interesting, no cool pictures. By the way, this state has tons of cities that celebrate the most random things, i.e. summer days, onion days, strawberry days, swiss day, fiesta days, etc, which is great because each "festival" has lots of things to do. Anyway, we decided to go check this one out. We got there in the middle of the afternoon--the hottest part of the day by far, always a smart idea. Started off with the kids riding the sad, hot little ponies. Poor little guys just go around and around in circles with kids just getting on and off their backs all day long. Oh what a life. After that, we went to the "fairy tea party" where the kids danced around with grown-ups dressed like fairies and then had lemonade and really good frosted sugar cookies. Then on to the little vendors booths to buy some fun crafty things, later I tossed some rings around to win a huge bottle of some energy/health drink. Haven't tasted it yet so we'll have to see if it is even good or not. I then watched some hot shot gun slinger guy twirl some guns in his hands. Impressive but kind of boring after a half an hour. We wanted to go on the paddle boats which I was looking forward too but the stupid line was forever long and with three kids 4 and under, we weren't about to stand in the line with it being as hot as it as. At that point we had enough, plus we were hungry so we headed pack up to Provo. Anyhoo....that was one of the exciting things I did this past weekend. For all of you who check my blog every day and have told me I need to update it, I hope this satisfies your request for now. I will try to remember the camera over the 4th of July so that I can take some pictures and post something that is more exciting than just words and a downloaded picture. By the way, I tried to make my own pictures in paintbook but with the mac it wasn't working as well as the PC program so I gave up. I tried to be more exciting but like always, it tanked. Sorry!

What I am apparently good at blogging....

Is tags, my friends Wendee sort of tagged me and I haven't done this one so I thought what the heck.
Four jobs I have had:
1. Being a hygienist at multiple offices
2. 1st grade teacher's aide
3. Nordstroms
4. Honey Baked Ham

Four movies I have watched more than once:
1. The Notebook
2. The Patriot
3. 28 dresses
4. The Wedding Date

Four places I have lived:
1. Aloha, OR
2. Provo, UT
3. Laie, HI
4. Spanish Fork, UT

Four TV shows I watch: Kate
1. The Office
2. Grey's Anatomy
3. Friends Re-runs
4. Prison Break

Four places I have been:
1. New York
2. Mexico
3. Belize
4. Mexico

Four people who e-mail me regularly:
1. Wendee
2. Cassie
3. Facebook.com
4. Kris

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Cafe Rio/Costa Vida shredded chicken salad--Yummy!!
2. Red Robin fries
3. Corn on the Cob
4. Ice Cream

Four places I would like to visit:
1. Australia
2. New Zealand
3. Italy
4. Africa (anywhere), perferrable one that is not at war

Four things I am looking forward to in the coming year:
1. Running in the Hood to Coast in OR
2. Fourth of July--I love the holiday
3. Going to Lake Powell
4. My husband finally graduating

Not going to tag anyone and here is a picture since it has been quite some time since I have posted one.

Utah's Disneyland for Women

So I experienced Gardner's Village on Saturday with my mom and I LOVED it!! It is my new favorite place--the only downfall is that it isn't close to my house, it's a little bit of a drive from the boondocks of Spanish Fork. I hear they have a wonderful sale over Memorial day weekend and I have every intention of going. I'm am so excited. I purchased a beautiful white antiqued quilt for my bed and then some wall hanging thing-a-ma-bobs for the kitchen. I so wish I had more money to spend there. Anyway I was in heaven and since nothing else really goes on in my life, I thought I would blog about this fabulous day I spent shopping. It is my personal disneyland and considering I have never been to the real place I can't really compare anything to it but this seems like what I would have experienced had I gone to disneyland as a child.