Funny Story now...but it wasn't at the time!

I have liked being home because I am getting to know my nephews better. (I promise I will take pictures of each of them and post later!) Long story short...I was watching Logan (Steven and Kelly's) little boy the other night (his mom and dad were around but doing other things) and he locked himself in the car!

I had just locked Scott's keys in the trunk and was sitting up front in the car trying to figure out how to pop the trunk. I had Logan in the car because I was worried he would run into the road while I wasn't watching. He was having fun pushing buttons and "driving." I closed my car door and in the time that I was walking around to get Logan out he pushed the LOCK button in the car. I panicked because the keys were still locked in the trunk and I had no idea where the spare set of keys were located (they are still packed). I was also worried because although it wasn't the hottest part of the day, it was still VERY warm in the car. At first I wasn't going to tell anyone because I was hoping that I could try to teach him how to unlock the car...but after a short time I got worried. I had to go tell Kelly that her son was locked in the car. Kelly tried also to coach Logan on how to unlock the car. Eventually she went to get Steven and Chuck (Scott's dad) for help. Chuck found a slim jim and got the car open. Two things I learned. I am glad that Chuck is a "pack rat" because I am sure that he can figure out a solution to any crisis and secondly I should never be left in charge of children!

Shooting the Tube and floating the Provo River

I love Utah in the summer! There are always so many things to do! I took Crystal to "shoot the tube." In short "shooting the tube" includes walking up a small creek in a huge aluminum tube that directs the creek to run under the freeway. You damn the water at one end and when the water is deep enough and there is enough pressure it causes you to shoot out the other end into a small pool of water. It is like a man made water slide. Describing it does not do it much justice, but it is amazing!

We also purchased one of these...(car tire inner-tube)

and floated down this....(Provo river)

The river is FREEZING cold! A lot of the adventure when you float the river has to do with how fast the water is running. It is running fairly fast right now. It was so much fun and I think Crystal and her friends enjoyed it! Utah Summers are the BEST!!!

Sweet, Sweet Sixteen!!!!

Crystal (sister in law) turned sweet 16 on July 16th! I was so excited to be home

and help plan her party. She invited 5 friends along with family members inviting themselves to go to Lava Hot Springs (including myself). Again, I wish I would have taken pictures.

The pools at Lava are naturally warm and so much fun. Obviously this picture doesn't do the water park much justice. The day we were there, there were sooooo many people! They have added an awesome water slide that give massive wedgies! We spent most of the day at the water park, but Crystal her friends and I did attempt to "float" down the rocky (lava rock) filled river! We suffered from many bumps, bruises, welts and scrapes, but I think everyone thought it was well worth it. Usually a person would use a tube to go down the river...but we did it without tubes. Don't know if it was smart, but it was sure fun!

We spent the night camping at the Portneuf camp ground which was right next to the railroad tracks. We probably had 10 trains go past during the night, and each time the train went by it tooted its horn and the ground shook. It made for a long night. Luckily it didn't rain.

I was so impressed that Chelsey (sister in law) camped by herself in a tent with her two kids (Boston and Jeter). She reported later that she didn't sleep very well because she was so worried that someone was going to come in her tent in the middle of the night. Steven (brother in law) drove the motor home and brought his wife (Kelly) and their two kids (Logan and Annalynn).

The rest of us (8 all together) squished into a large tent! It was so much fun! I was so surprised that the girls went to bed so quickly I thought we would be the one's up annoying others around us, but to my surprise it was the people that were next to us that were noisy all night.

It was really pretty where we camped though and looked something like this!

Horrible picture taker, but info nonetheless

I have to start out admitting that I have been horrible at taking pictures over the last few weeks, and for that I am super sad!

We moved at the beginning of July! It was a long 5 days as we trekked across the country! I want to thank Scott for driving the Jeep and the trailer the whole 5 days! The trailer could only go 55 on the freeway and usually could only go about 35 on any big hills, which only got worse as we hit the Rockies!

I attempted to drive the jeep with the trailer attached once but it swayed so much that I was sure that I was going to roll the jeep and the trailer! I was so scared that my heart was racing the whole 10 minutes that I helped drive! I am grateful to my beautiful sister-in-law Crystal who was such a trooper the whole trip. She helped pack, and she helped drive (even thought she wasn't 16 yet!!!) :)

We camped two nights and stayed in hotels two nights, the last night was spent at the Pugh's cabin in the Uintah Mountains. The last night before the cabin, we camped at a little spot called Mormon Island. It was apparently named because it was a winter stopover used by Mormon emigrants heading westward. It was a neat little spot but was miserable because of these little bloodsuckers!

There were so many of them. We all suffered from several bites, and they were brutal! We also thought it was going to be a clear night, so we didn't put the fly on the tent. It started raining in the middle of the night and we had to get up and put the fly on. Everything got soaked inside the tent and in the car carrier that we left open on the jeep.

Since being home I have spent time with some dear friends including Miss Kari Campbell, Miss Chelsey Butchereit, Miss Meili Ware, Miss Brittany Hammond and of course my wonderful family! Scott has spent the last two weeks working with his brother Jason in New Mexico.