Bear Lake Part II

Okay, so here are more of the pics of our trip to Bear Lake...(There are more, but the blog uploader is DRIVING ME CRAZY, so I am giving up for now...)  

**Click on the pics to get a better view**

These first ones are of Lill and her Mommy...PS...for those of you who don't know. I am going to be an aunt again in January..CAN'T WAIT!!

Lilli had a BLAST playing in the sand...throwing the sand...and eating the sand...As for that ring, I have no idea what she is doing with it. So has a mind of her own, that's for sure...

She also had a fun time chasing the seagulls. She would run after them, and after running on the HOT sand for a little, she would start crying saying, "Ow, ow, ow," until someone came and saved her..(Usually me, since I am her favorite!)

Mom and I pulled Lilli out in the water. She was a little worried at first, but after a while, and us telling her to pick up her feet, so let us pull her in the water. We took her out to where Kenzie and Kennan were, then pulled her ALL THE WAY back in..Even until her bum was scraping the bottom... The first pic is of Kennan, Lilli and Mom when we were out in the deep part. #2 is after we met up with Kenz, #3 is Kennan with his goggle lines around his eyes. Poor kid. He was the only guy there. We would often look out to see him sitting on a tube with his head down, just letting the waves take him away. It was quite funny actually...#4 - Lilli got tired after a long day of swimming, so after we cleaned her off, she laid on the blanket, and ate some almonds...#5 is of Kenz and some of her friends that met up with us. (Do you see now why Kennan would feel out of place?!)
Alright, well that's it for now, until I get patient enough to try and  upload again. It was a fun day at the lake...and I am happy to say that my sunburn is SLOWLY turning into a tan..(and is fading...haha..)

Random Pics

So, here are some pictures I took the last time I was visiting family in Star Valley, that I forgot I took. Greg and I went for a walk to view some of their property (since I had never seen much of it) Needless to say, the hike KILLED me...haha, and we didn't even make it to the top, but I snapped these photos of the view. Such a pretty area. I love it!

Bear Lake...

So, I was able to meet my mom, Shari, Kenzie, Kennan and Lilli at the lake today. I haven't been to the lake in FOREVER, so it was fun to be able to go and spend some time with my family. Shari and Lilli have been here for about 2 weeks I think, and they go home next Wednesday, so it was fun to be with them too. Here is just one picture of Lilli for now. I have a lot, so I'll get them posted later. I'm TIRED, so here's one. It's so funny. Lilli is such a nerd! But I still love her! Alrighty, so here ya go for now!

By the way...I was hoping to get some sun today because I'm super WHITE...well, let's just say it's  hard to walk...and I'm BRIGHT red! At least I put sunscreen on my face! lol..oh, and I have some super cool tans lines...(Okay, so they're not really cool. they're those fun sunscreen lines...ya know, when you run sunscreen in random spots. yeah. fun stuff. Hopefully I TAN!)

Happy Fourth of the-ly

Don't ask where that comes from...I really don't know. Greg just says it all the time, and it's kind of stuck! Anywho...

Our 4th of July wasn't too bad. We slept in until noon, then hit all the super 4th of July sales....Okay, so they weren't that great, but we still were able to get some things. Clothes, really is all. Greg gave me a $150 limit (which I DIDN'T spend all of...I'm glad to say...) I feel so guilty spending money on clothes, but I did get me some super cute shirts, and Greg even bought himself some (which made me feel less guilty!). So that was exciting...then Greg had to work. After a couple of hours of no calls, they let him go home, since he is the top employee. That was fun, cuz I hate when he has to work on holidays..We spent the rest of the night watching movies and eating food. It was such a nice and relaxing day. I love the first week of July, can I just tell you. Two great days in just four...(July 2, and July 4)...What's not to love about it! Anyway..so that was our eventful 4th...

Oh, we did watch some fireworks. However, Logan is a retarded city and does them on the 3rd...(I really don't get it...but...) We didn't go up to the stadium or anything, we just climbed on our roof and watched them from there. It was some exciting stuff, I'll tell you what....I wonder how much the show costs...hmmm....okay, but yeah...so that was all the fireworks we watched...Our neighbors have been shooting some off at 1 in the am...so that's cool too. What a great weekend!

Today we had our friends Steve and Chelsey over for a bbq. We had some SUPER YUMMY food and played trivial pursuit on the Xbox. It was a LONG game, but it was really fun. It's amazing the useless trivia my husband knows! :) haha...jk...he's just really smart, and I love  that he knows so much. I told him he can put all that trivia knowledge to good use by getting on a gameshow and winning us some money! :) 

But yeah...so I'm kinda tired, so I'm just kinda rambling, so I'm gonna go to bed. but I want everyone to know how proud I am to be an American, and I'm grateful for the freedom that we enjoy, and often times take for granted...What a great country we live in!

---goodnight everyone...love you all!

Pics from our Volleyball Trip

Alright...here they are! I told you there were a lot. Click on them to see them larger...

We decided to make our own "jerseys" so we bought black shirts and bright colored puff paints. Each girl made their own, and I think they all had fun doing it. They are all so creative, and so different. It was fun to see what they came up with. The last night we got some red shirts and used the yellow paint to draw numbers. They called them their "McDonalds" shirts, but they really turned out nice. Sorry, I didn't get pics of them playing or of  the red shirts...but here they are in the motel making their shirts...

Since we had a lot of extra time (we were done by 2 each day...) We decided to take the girls and do something fun. We kept it a surprise, but gave them a few hints at a time. We told them it had to do with heights and was close to an airport. They came up with a lot of random ideas, but decided we were taking them sky diving...to make it better, we got a little lost and did end up at the airport. Haha...but..we didn't go sky diving. instead we took them to a ropes course in Provo. It was so much fun. We didn't get to do many of the activities, but it was still a lot of fun. It would be a great place to go for family reunions, if anyone is planning one...Anyway...The first thing we did were some team building activities. I don't really want to explain it...so use your imagination to figure these first ones out! :)
The funny thing about these next pics is these two girls are BEST FRIENDS...haha...fun fun...

This activity was a  good one...It took forever, but it was a good one. They had about 6 stumps in the ground and 3 boards. The boards fit into slots in the logs, and they girls had to get EVERYONE across...The trick was not all the boards fit, so they had to figure out which ones did, and there was NO TALKING...lol, that was hard for our girls..but it was a good one for them...There were a lot of funny moments...and for those of you who know about the drama we had...i find the second picture VERY IRONIC! :)

This one I HATED! One person would climb up the tree to a little platform, then jump out to a ring while the rest of the team caught them...Though we were all scared, we all did it. I was the worst though...I told them I wouldn't do it...but they were super nice and kept encouraging me. I did end up doing it...I shook the entire way up the tree. and I wouldn't jump...I just walked off the edge with my eyes closed...I bawled like a baby...haha...but when I got down, the girls were right there to pat me on the back and tell me how proud of me they were...It was a great experience...though I'd probly never do it again!

Here are the steps...Heidi and I (pics 4&5) shows what most of us really felt...Pic 6 is of Felicia, who has been helping us with summer training. We all had to say a goal when we got up there...hers was to finish nursing school (I believe...) lol...She's one of the nicest people, so I wish her the best of luck!

This last one was fun...scary, but more fun than the last one...It's just a swing...Everyone pulled one person to the top, and once you got to the top, you let go and you go swinging...like the one at lagoon, only smaller...about 43 feet I think...It was fun though...

This is me...haha...I couldn't move when I was swinging...I like this picture though...good job to whoever took it!

Rakelle and Heidi...two of our juniors...I love them both to death!

Heidi again...I love this pic of her

Here's Mariah...Love her too...She was one that kept encouraging me to do the one. She was gonna let me go in front of her to make sure I did it...but I told her she had to first cuz we were running out of time and I wanted all the girls to do it...haha, but it didn't work. I still had to do it, but she's a sweetheart...

Here's the team that went! We had so much fun. and this experience really helped us a team. I love these girls to death...and I'm excited to be coaching them...

Back: Michelle, Whitney, Mariah

Front: Rakelle, Heidi, Dylan, Krista, Lauren