It's all fun and games....

Until someone falls off the blasted monkey bars and breaks their arm! Poor Morgan! We were all having a good ole' time at our Stake Pioneer Day picnic until Morgan's friend came to me and said "I think Morgan dislocated her wrist." What??? So I ran to her and found her ghost-white and holding her wrist that was swollen almost to the size of a tennis ball. Apparently she was jumping for the 4th bar, missed, and came down backwards on her arm. So Quinn and our good Bishop (who happens to be a doctor) took her to the clinic and got her a splint for the night. It was after hours so we had to go back today for the x-ray and a more permanent cast. Looks like she may become a "lefty" after all! We love you Morg!

Is this the saddest face you've ever seen??

This is a slightly happier face after a FULL day of watching TV and being waited on hand and foot by the best brother and sister in the world...


Surprise Morgan!! We even cleaned your room and made your bed!

4th of July recap

I love the 4th of July. Definately one of my favorite holidays. The weather is usually awesome, the food is fab, and there are plenty of fun things to do to keep us all busy! This was our Saturday in a nutshell....

Quinn and I started our day at 7 am with a 5 mile trail run at Kelly Canyon. We ran this race last year and I think it will become a tradition...such a fun race!

After a nice hot shower to wash the mud off our legs, we headed out to the Menan community picnic and parade. Lots of good food, and fun games for the kids, not to mention the pockets full of candy after the parade!

Ahhhh... NAPTIME! (at least for SOME of us)

Then, my favorite part, the fireworks. I love a good firework show, but after experiencing Thunder over Louisville, nothing quite compares. So we just have to take what we can get. It's still fun, especially when you have awesome friends and neighbors to share it with.


Anyone ready for bed yet?

Girls Camp 2009 -- Island Park Scout Camp

Ahhh...nothing like life in the outdoors. Especially when you have an amazing outdoor kitchen...thanks to Sister Miller it was almost as good as the real thing!



The girls were able to participate in a lot of team-building exercises like having to retrieve this rope hanging in the center of this pool and then swing across one by one. It was fun to see them be so inventive!

Our awesome Priesthood Leaders...amazing that he can sleep among all these loud girls!


For our craft the girls made wedding cans that were filled with letters from special people in their lives, keepsakes and cutouts of their favorites dresses, flowers, cakes, and rings and then were sealed up with a dry-pack canner. When they get engaged and start planning their wedding, they can open the cans and cherish the contents. Sooo fun!


This was one of my favorite parts of girls camp this year. The High Rope Course. It consists of about 8 telephone poles all connected with a series of ropes about 35 feet in the air set up in different obstacles. You have to put on a harness and clip into the ropes and make your way through the course...it was hard and scary! I am so proud of these girls! They really conquered their fears and had a great time doing it!






LOVE THESE GIRLS!!!!

All in a days work...

This is my amazingly talented mother,who one day, decided she wanted to make wedding cakes. No classes, no training, just pure creativity. So I enlisted her help with a pre-girls camp activity centered around temples and weddings, and this is what we came up with! It was so much fun to do and surprisingly easy! Who knew! One thing's for sure, making a wedding cake for no one in particular was really fun! I may just have to do it again...someday.

Meet Jack...

"Wait til we get out of school..."
"Wait til we get a house..."
"We don't have our yard in yet..."
"Ummm...

After 6 years of begging, we ran out of excuses and we bUcKLEd! And ya know what? I actually kind of like him! He's such a sweet little guy and so far proving to be pretty mellow..I wonder how long that will last?


Layton was so excited that we got a boy, now he finally has a "brother"!
(Not sure what Kate's up to... :)

He SOOO deserved the title!

I love American Idol and watching the contestants progress throughout the season, and this season the talent was amazing! Kris Allen was one of my favorites from the beginning. He has a great sound, and seems like a genuine, nice person. I really liked Adam Lambert too, and so many think that America got this wrong, but I think Kris deserved to win. And I love that he was so humble about it!

What's your FAV???

I'm headed to Sottsdale next week for a Dental Meeting with my husband, and there's not a whole lot on the agenda for the wives. So I'm thinking I'll be spending the majority of my time hanging out by the pool...more than likely by myself. Nice I know. I'm actually really looking forward to some quiet time. So here's my question. What is the best book you've read lately? I'm done with the Twilight saga, so on to bigger and better things...I need suggestions ladies so get typing!