Where have I been?

Where have I been? Nobody asked, nobody cares, but I'm going to blab about it anyways:) We have been busy going to the pool, going 4- wheeling, spending a couple days at Lagoon and Lagoona Beach, couple days at Bear Lake, and most recently Yellowstone! Robert's uncle Bob drove to Utah from Michigan on his Harley with his 21 year old daughter. This is the first time I've met this part of the family. While they were here in Utah, his cousin got in a 4-wheeler accident and had to fly home early leaving her dad alone on his Harley the rest of their trip. So, Robert and I followed his uncle the first couple hundred miles home. We went through Bear Lake, up to Jackson Hole, then into Teton and Yellowstone National Park.

With blue skies it was a beautiful and fun drive...for a minute... once we got into Yellowstone we got poured on. We all think their was a little hail mixed in the rain because it hurt so bad hitting our arms and legs. Then we dried up quickly just to drive into another rain storm. Not so fun...we were freezing, and all the rooms were sold out. So, Robert and I hurried and bought ourselves a souvenir (aka, COATS) and headed home. We started our journey home at 9:30pm and made it back to our warm bed at 6:30am. Why did it take us so long to get home? Chelsie's bum hurt so bad from sitting on the motorcycle for so long that she made Robert stop every 15 miles. NO LIE I wanted to cry because my tailbone hurt so bad. We drove towards the worst lighting storm we had ever seen. The lighting was touching the ground every 10 seconds it was sooooooooooo stickin scary to be on a motorcycle exposed to it. Thanks to our prayers, it parted and we were able to drive though it.

After this little journey we've decided we will wait til we retire and we'll buy a real Harley with a big bum seat for me:)

Camping, Summerfest, nothing

The second week in June we went camping with the Brown family at our cabin. We went on lots of 4-wheeler rides on the 1 warm day we had and enjoyed each others company indoors the rest of the time because of the weather.

It was a little chilly as you can see below:

The third week in June, I spend endless hours getting ready for the SummerFest!!! This was the night before making sure everything looked saleable:) I had a blast and it was the most amazing feeling to see the way people reacted to my work. I want to thank my amazing husband for the countless hours he spent helping me with the whole project, to my parents for helping design and build the frames and the many, many, many hours of babysitting, to my sister Audrie for babysitting and helping me with all the magnets, grandpa and grandma Brown for babysitting Payton, and Stu for letting me share the booth with him! And I want to thank all my friends and family that came and supported me even in the rain. You guys all ROCK!

And now this is the fourth week in June and I get to do nothing but, sit and do NOTHING:)

First tooth and a puppy

Zack got his first tooth the day he turned 8 months. He's a cutie!

Grandma Brown is getting a puppy!!! We got to go pick it out with her, and this is the one she will get in a few weeks. We'll be spending lots of time with grandma when she gets this little thing. I think puppies are just about the cutest thing EVER!

What do I do while camping?

CRAFTS!!!

These are cute blocks with the 9 B's. Thanks Mandie for bringing them for us to do! I LOVE EM:)

These are cute flower magnets that my ward did for a craft night. I was busy helping with another craft that night so I wasn't able to make these then. So us girls made them while we were camping:)

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

BEAR LAKE

this year we had a Pirate theme!

My parents put together a big Treasure Hunt for us all. We had to hike up hills, 4-wheeler around the mountains, cross the lake, drive several miles, and dig for our treasure. We had 6 "mini" treasures that we found that gave us more clues to our "big" treasure. This picture is of us after we found our first treasure by 4-wheelers and digging. The whole hunt took us around 12 hours!

Our final treasure was a treasure chest full of Gold and Silver! (Sacajawea dollars and jewelry)

This is how Payton looked the entire 4-day weekend! He made sure he was ready for 4-wheeler rides AT ALL times.

All the kids got to make marshmallow shooters! Most of them kept eating their ammo. (Kylie especially)

This here is my dad, AKA, Captain Jim!

We had a pinata for the kids...
Payton needs to learn how to hold a bat! He didn't do any damage to our pirate.
The kids with their loot.
By this last picture you'll understand that I need to stop blogging and go do laundry.
Thanks mom and dad, and everyone else for making this a memoriable Memorial Day Weekend!

Trying something new...AGAIN...

I'm trying something new and this all started with the idea to give a Temple picture for my Mom for Mother's Day. Instead of paying $500 at Deseret Book I decided to take a picture myself. After it was printed and framed, I had some interest in it and have been selling a few of my pictures. I just got word today that I get to sell my pictures at the Logan Summer Fest on June 18th, 19th, and 20th! I'm just a little excited:) You can view my work at: ldstemplepictures.blogspot.com. Or, click on the link under "My Blogs" in the right hand column of this page!

Feedback will be greatly appreciated!!!

Free KFC dinner!

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If you haven't heard, Oprah is giving every one a free dinner at KFC. You can only download the coupon today and tomorrow, and it is good for 2 weeks! Gee, I wonder what to do for dinner tomorrow?