Utah Vacation

We took a summer vacation to Utah last week. We don't have any family there, we were strictly tourists. It started bad, but ended up great. We flew into Salt Lake then proceeded to the rental car place at 11:00pm. They informed us (and the other 2 people waiting) that they didn't have any cars. NONE! Their lot was empty. Apparently, there was a scrapbooking convention and all the rental cars were taken. (Only in Utah!!!) We had to get a hotel nearby, then wait for our car. AT 10am the next day we got to our hotel we had already booked in American Fork. It was horrible. It smelled like cigars, it had an empty pool with chairs floating in it, and I think we were the only ones there. We ended up finding another hotel at Thanksgiving Point which was so nice. We went to Seven Peaks water park and got rained out. We did alot of shopping at stores we don't have here in Vegas, and spent a whole day at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi. Very fun!! It is so pretty there. Oh... and I also recorded a song for a LDS music competion and attended a workshop.This is a 2 week old pony at Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point. He was so cute. You can also see Mason's souvenier from the museum.
Some of the gardens at TP.

Riding at "real life carousel" at TP. Dallin was a little less enthused.
The museum of Ancient Life. Cody was trying to look scared. Very cool!!

Summer Happenings

Not much exciting going on this summer. I'm just trying to stay sane. We did take a day trip to the Mandalay Bay. We did the Shark Reef for the first time, then swam at the pool there. My brother is a lifeguard there and got us in.

Cody visited the eye doctor and we found that he needed glasses. I think he looks cute.

Speaking of Cody, I forgot to post his induction into the 500 club at school. He scored a perfect score on his Math CRT test. Good job Cody!

Indepence Day Festivities

Sydney on the 4th of July in her cute Pillowcase dress. I made it that morning.My crazy brothers jumping off the sawhorse, onto the trampoline, and into the pool.Dallin loves the 4th of July. It's one of his favorite holidays. He used to get so excited and anxious for fireworks, he would almost always throw up. This year he kept his dinner down, but was lighting bottle rockets before dark.Some lovely fireworks in the front drive.
This may look like fireworks, but it is actually one of our palm trees that Dallin caught on fire. Good times.

THANKS!!!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Summer Craft Boutique. It was fun!!! I heard many questions about if I was going to do it again in the fall. I just might. It would be fun right before the holidays. I'll keep ya posted!!

* If you are a crafter, get busy.

Upcoming Craft Boutique

On July 11th, I will be hosting my first craft boutique in my home. Several crafters are on board to display their wares. Stop by between 9am - 2pm and check it out. Please feel free to email/forward this flyer to anyone who might be interested.

Pancakes for Dinner

Sydney's funny face pancake.
Brandon and Dallin were gone all week at Scout Camp, and the rest of us were lazy. I love IHOP for dinner.
Cody's dinner looked smaller on the menu. He ate most of it.

Livin' Large on the Lake

This weekend we were able to stay on an amazing houseboat at Lake Mead. Along with the luxiourious 4 bedroom "ship", we also had the use of a boat and two Sea-doo's. The kids also had fun in the hot tub, sliding off the slide and tubing behing the boat.

Nice weather + Great friends + Good food + Fun toys = Great Memories at the Lake