Best Friends...

Krystian and Maggie... the best of friends!

These two go everywhere together...

Krystian decided to crawl into Maggie's kennel with her...

she said that Maggie looked lonely and sad, so Krystian wanted to keep her company!

Starvation Reservoir...

The girls and I took a trip with the family to Starvation Reservoir... and yes, the name is a perfect description of the place! If I had to guess I'd say that anything that comes within 10 miles of this place DIES of either heat stroke or starvation! Starvation Reservoir is about 2 hours outside of Salt Lake City, just east of Heber. To the north is the High Uintas and to the south is Strawberry Reservoir (which is bear country)... so how this barren, desert landscape found it's way to this part of Utah is a mystery!

We had a blast though! We went with my dad, his wife Nette and their son Travis, as well as my brother Corey, his wife Rachel and their boys, Nathan and Jacob. We camped out, fished, swam in the lake and relaxed on the surprisingly tranquil beach.

Good times...

Girls day at the beach...

Me, my sis-in-law Rachel and my step-mom Nette.

Every girl should spend a day at the beach with their girlfriends...

we had a tun of fun relaxing in the shade and watching the kids play in the lake.

Soul Search...

Rehash...
This has been the craziest summer I can ever remember! And though there are times when nothing seems to make sense, I look at what I do have and I realize how incredibly blessed I am! My life is full of unconditional love, never-ending craziness which equals complete happiness, and amazing frienships. I really do have it all...

Reflect...
I used to keep a gratitude journal... faithfully... I kept this gratitude journal during one of the hardest times in my life. There were days when coming up with something was SO difficult, but I wrote down atleast 5 things I was grateful for every day... and you know what? No matter how bad the day had been, I was always able to find the good in things. I'm guessing this is where I gained the optimistic attitude???

Recommit...
So today I begin down that path again... fully comitted and full of gratitude!
#1. I'm grateful for my shopping trip with my dad last night which consisted of buying a fishing license and a baseball cap (for me)!
#2. I'm grateful for playing basketball games with my brothers!
#3. I'm grateful for the ambush I received tonight by my sweet young women!
#4. I'm grateful for crying, then laughing, followed by more crying, followed by peace!
#5. I'm grateful that I wasn't bit by a spider last night in my sleep! (I'm totally serious)

The gratitude continues... I'll be updating my "I'm Grateful..." list (to the left) regularly. :)

Raging Waters

My beautiful little fish...

I call this our "Baywatch" shot...
Kayla ~ 13

Camryn ~ 10

Krystian ~ 6

June 20, 2008

My sister-in-law Elizabeth and me...
We've decided that Raging Waters might be the perfect place on earth to take our kids.
Seriously, we turned the kids loose to ride the water slides and then we lounged in the shade for... um... about 6 hours. It was completely blissful! Should we have been concerned that the kids never came back during those 6 hours... not even to eat? ...kidding... ;)

The Wedding...

My cousin Marni's wedding at the Logan temple.

June 7, 2008

My dad and his twin brother Kent... they act the same, they sound the same... it's kinda freaky sometimes!

Aunt Erla, uncle Kent, Dad and Nette

Nette and me... the Logan temple grounds