Lake Powell!!

We just spent the last 4 days in Lake Powell!!! What an awesome break!! Friday I went in to my store at 1:00am to get all of my reports done and my daily books done; I finished around 3:30am. My morning baker was suppose to be there by then but didn't show up until 4:30am. So I didn't get home until 5:00am. Once I got home I woke Jeff and the kids, loaded the car and off we went!! I hadn't had any sleep so the plan was that I would sleep in the car...ha ha!! We met Jeff's parents at their house at 6:00am and by 7:00am we were on the road to Lake Powell!

I finally fell asleep around Hanksville and slept the rest of the way there!! Once we got there we loaded up the houseboat and I finished up some last minute work related phone calls..then the phone service is gone and the vacation begins!!! Here are some fun pictures....

Kasey Diving off the Diving board on top of the houseboat!!

Jeff still has game!! Check out that wall of water!!

One of the big things in Jeff's family is water sports!! They all seem to have the gift of water skiing, wake boarding and slolemn skiing. I do well just to take their pictures!! I am not really big on water sports myself! Luckily for my kids...they all have the gift!! This was Kennadie's first time trying to water ski...and look what she can do!!...

UP for the first time!!!

And staying up on her first try!!!!

Talk about PROUD parents!!! It was so awesome to see her be brave enough to try it!! Kasey was like that when he first learned how!! Kylie got up..for a second and refused to try again!!

Kasey did really well for not getting out last year!!

Jeff's sister Melissa was sweet enough to take her puppy with her....oh and her friend went to...with her puppy!! The puppies are brother and sister and are the cutest things in the world!! SSHH don't tell doc!! We are getting our puppy or puppies in 2 1/2 months!! We can't wait!! We are trying to find another breeder to get a boy puppy from but if we can't then we will just get two girls from this new litter. When our puppies are born and we can bring them home they will be named Thunder and Lightning!! Here is an adorable picture of Maxi and Elliott...

Maxi is on the left, Elliott on the right!!

Jeff and I even took out some alone time and went exploring on the wave runner!! We found this awesome rock formation...it totally looks like Optimus Prime on Transformers!!

Can you see the face, the arm, the body...kinda neat!!

Well, I am sure I could write for hours on our trip but I will leave you with just one last picture!!

This was our view from the living room window!! Enjoy!!

Our Weekend...

This weekend was probably the best we have had in a long time!! Friday night we went to my Great Nephew's first birthday party...so CUTE!! Saturday morning Jeff got called in to work for a couple of hours...UGH!! Then we took the kids to my parents house for their fun sleepover with Grandma and Grandpa!! That is when my weekend really started!! After we dropped the kids off we were supposed to go home and clean..."UMM HELLO!!" we said. No kids, no work....MUST SLEEP!! So we crashed for an hour!! We met some friends down at the Jazz Festival in downtown Salt Lake. We had never been to it so we were a little excited! While we were there I managed to get strawberry juice on my WHITE shorts! I rationalized saying it would cost more to drive home and change than to just take trax over to gateway and find another pair. HEHE!! I was right though! I found the cutest white shorts at Abercrombie for only $18!! We went back to the festival after wandering through Gateway for a while!! Around 9:30 we decided that we needed to go dancing!! I am not really the type to just sit and listen to music...Jazz especially!! So we went on the search of a fun place to dance. SOOO....I don't recommend randomly choosing a place!! We accidently ended up in an alternate lifestyle club for men! So after we realized what it was (luckily before we paid)...we took off. Jeff was quite uncomfortable...to say the least!! We ended up going to Port O Call! An interesting place but the music was awesome!! It was a live band and they were playing alot of music from the 90's and Neil Diamond and just really awesome music! We danced together for hours!! It was an amazing time!! We picked up the kids sunday afternoon...just in time to take them to another birthday party! Then to end up my weekend the perfect way...I got to babysit my sweet Great Nephew!! So...that was our awesome weekend!! I love reconnecting with my husband!! We get so caught up in work and kids that we often forget about each other!! We are going to strive to be a better couple during the week and not just on the weekends!!

6 Months!!

First Surgery! January 3rd, 2008




Second Surgery! January 20th, 2008




So last Thursday marked my 6 month anniversary from my first brain surgery!! My hair is slowly yet surely growing back...I have about 3 inches of regrowth!! YEAH!!! We were actually at Jeff's family reunion that night!! I attempted to play volleyball...quite well I might add!! Other than when I fell backwards and practically got whiplash!! It was a four day long reunion...UGH!! It was actually kinda fun but after 4 days of non stop activity with the same people...we are GLAD it's over!! Our favorite part was Saturday night when some of his cousins that he hadn't seen for years were there! He loved re-connecting with them!! I hope everyone had a great 4th!! We sure did!!

Timpanogos Cave!!

So as part of our summer fun with the kids, we trekked up to Timp Cave! Actually, we have been wanting to go for a very long time, we just never did it! Well, when I woke up on Saturday morning; I sat up in bed and said "today is the day we go to the cave". Jeff was obviously confused as to that comment, so I had to explain! A few hours later we were on our way!! As we were packing for our day in the mountains, we received the call...Angie was having her baby!! We knew she didn't really want alot of people up there so we voted to go ahead with the hike and go to the hospital later. We were SOO glad we did that!! When we got up to the trail there was a 2 hour wait just to start the hike!! So we went accross the street and had lunch by the river!! We started our hike at about 3:00. It was a little tough but we all managed just fine. Jeff and I agreed that within 10 minutes Kennadie would be asking to get on his shoulders. She lasted 12 minutes!! So periodically throughout the hike he would lift her up on his shoulders!! What A Trooper!! We took Kallee up with us of coarse!! We got up to the Cave at 4:20pm!! We only had to wait about another 10 minutes before we got to start the tour of the cave!! While we were waiting Kasey had a Chipmunk run across his foot!! So Fun!! The cave was awesome inside!! Very cold but so worth it!! The kids thought it was "AMAZING"! When we came out of the cave Kylie put her arm around me and said "that was amazing mommy" then she said "I can't wait to tell my class about my awesome summer"! We were sooo happy when she said that! Kylie is getting older so it is getting harder and harder to convince her that family activities are still fun!! The hike down was a little tough on my head. With each step it was like a pounding in my head!! I made it and when I got home I for sure took some meds!! We stopped at Arctic Circle on our way home for dinner and shakes!! It was an awesome day!!! We did not make it up to the hospital that night but I went up the next day!! I LOVE babies!! He is sooo adorable!!