First Camping Trip!!! (Finally)

James found out he had a vacation day that had to be used and we were feeling bad another summer had past and we still had not taken the boys camping. We planned a spontaneous trip down to Moab where it would be a little warmer. The weather was beautiful and we had a blast. We decided this trip needed to be documented so we went out and got a new camera. We knew the boys would love it, but we were not sure how James and I would do, so we decided for our first time we would just get a campspot at a paid campground in Moab. (Its nice to camp and be 100ft from flushing toilets and warm showers--especially when you are potty training your two year old). The boys did great both nights and with the purchase of earplugs James and I did better on the second night--RV campgrounds are noisy!!!! The first morning We woke up to 3 farts from Mo and him rolling over to ask "Is this our tent?"We spent all day saturday hiking in Arches. The weather was beautiful and the boys are awesome hikers. We probably went about 4 miles by the time the day was done. They loved scaling the walls up to the arches and finding caves to play in.

They even let us take another hike sunday morning before we left Moab. We caught lizards, threw rocks in the stream, and of course found sticks for weapons.

Flowers at Temple Square

Heidi took this picture of my boys on Temple Square when they were visiting. I love this picute and am amazed they were still long enough for her to get some cute poses. I think its because they watched her well-trained picture posing family do it first. Thanks for the picture Heidi. We had so much fun with Reed and Heidi's family when they came up. Sam loved having sleep overs with cousins in his room. He was devastated when they had to go home.

Music that moves me.

I was totally sick of my running mix. I am always looking for good music to work out to. Thank goodness my husband has a good selection to browse through. I have recently added these to my mix. They rock and they move me. Even the words to Stand are great to listen to.
* Stand-Blues Traveler
* Scartissue-Red Hot Chili Peppers
*Could You Be Loved?- Bob Marley
If you have good music that you love to listen to, that gets your butt up and exercising, please share.

James' work summer party

James has been with Master Control 1 year. They put on a fun family party each summer at Thanksgiving Point. The boys had a blast. They jumped, played in the water, got a balloon Spiderman, and ate snow cones. Our camera is still broken. Thank goodness for digital cameras and email.

Pictures from a friend

So we went to this most excellent reunion concert last saturday. The Police worked out their differences (not really-they just love fame and money) and put on a concert. We were all pleasantly surprised. You never know how bands are going to be when they reunite. It was so much fun. We went with a group of friends. We were a bunch of 30 and 40 year olds rocking out to a group of 50 and 60 something year olds. Good times!!!!! Usana theater parking sucks!!!!!! Anyway my good friend Rachel sent me pictures since well I have no camera at this time. By the way James' shirt is 22+ years old.

4th of July

Our Ward does a fun primary parade and pancake breakfast on the 4th. We wanted to participate in this before we went up to Bear Lake for the Jardine family reunion. Our good friend took this picture for me, because my camera is broken. We had a lot of fun on the 4th. The boys loved tubing behind uncle Glenn's boat with their cousins and watching them knee board and ski. They even got to watch mom ski (or at least try to). We rented a surry (bike with a cover on top and bench in front for kids to sit on) and biked around Garden City with the kids.

Our Summer

People have been giving me a hard time because I have not updated my blog. In June I put it off because I was busy with YW's Wilderness camp and Youth Conference. At the end of June we went to the SL Art's Festival and had blast. We got the boys' faces painted, ran through the fountains after spilling really expensive smoothies all over our wagon, and listened to our family favorite band, Atherton. While we sat there listening to great music, I thought this will make a great blog. I will finally update it. Mo was getting restless and grabbed my camera. At first I thought oh no, get it away from him. But it seemed harmless enough, he started to take pictures and was sitting there content. Well, 2 years should not handle expensive electronics period!!! He broke the shutter and my camera is out of commision. No blog for the arts festival, the 4th of july, or the police concert. Well that is my sad story. I will work on getting my camera fixed and getting some posts by the time Reed and Heidi come up to visit.