A Super Fun Weekend

I will admit that this summer has been a little depressing for me. Breaking my foot hasn't helped either. We have been able to do some camping and fun things (as noted below) but with money being so tight and Curtis working so hard to try and make ends meet, it makes for the weekends to be pretty uneventful and kind of boring sometimes. It gets lonely and depressing, but I'm glad I have my kids to always keep me company.

I thought this last weekend wouldn't be any different. Just another weekend home with the kids and just being boring. Quickly that changed and I had plans to go to St. George to see my incredibly talented cousin who is spending his summer down there at Tuachan and performing in High School Musical 2. I didn't think I'd get the chance to see him, which again bummed me out, but luck smiled and I found out Friday night I would be able to catch a ride Saturday morning and make it to the play Saturday night.

I have never been to Tuachan, although I have drove past it a couple times. It is amazing.

SO BEAUTIFUL!

Here is Taylor with his incredibly proud (and beautiful) mom, my sweet Aunt Darla.

Em and Me with our cute Cousin Taylor. He did SUCH a great job as CHAD in HSM2. We are so proud to know him.

It was just a really quick trip to St. George, but so worth it.

Then Sunday night Kylee and I tagged along with Emilee and Jon and went to the Weber State fireworks.

I tried to keep Kylee entertained while we waited for the fireworks to start.

She colored....

ate LOTS and LOTS of sugar, which had her bouncing around, singing, and just being silly...

and ran around like crazy.

We even got rained on a little bit.

Just before the fireworks finally started I looked over to find my sweet girl asleep.

She slept through the whole thing.

It was a lot of fun though and there were some great fireworks.

I love this time of the year, and the firework shows are a lot of the reason why.

So what I thought was going to be a normal, boring, weekend turned out to be an amazingly fun time instead. Thanks to Darla and Emilee for letting me tag along with them both.

Summer - FUN, FUN, FUN

I don't have ANY pictures to post because stinker #1 (Kylee) somehow got the battery out of my camera and then proceeded to LOSE it. I have cleaned my house top to bottom and can't seem to find it anywhere. Which means until I can afford to go to Inkley's and see how much a new one is...no pictures. Which is sad because we have done a lot of really fun things lately and I really wish I could document them with pictures.

One not so fun thing that happened recently was I broke my ankle. Well, technically, the ankle joint. I was starting to feel great and was playing with Kylee and dancing around when all the sudden...SNAP! I was on the floor and in pain. 4-6 weeks in an air cast and I should be as good as new...until something else happens. ;-)

Here's just a small list of fun things we've been able to do recently.

1. Cogdill Family Reunion - Lava Hot Springs - so much fun...even with all the rain.
2. Jackson Family Reunion - Blackfoot, ID - also so much fun...even with all the rain. ;-)
3. Swimming with friends, at Uncle Spence's, and even just in Grandma's backyard - my kids can't get enough of the water and who can blame them. It's been in the 90's here.
4. Stake Lagoon Day with my Family - I was so excited to take Kylee for her first LAGOON experience. She loved all the rides at Bear World, so I thought she would have the time of her life. She cried when they stamped her hand. Didn't like the ink on her. Which made me laugh because she draws on herself all the time. So, needless to say, it didn't start out too well. She went on the cars and then Puff with Curtis (which she cried the whole time) and then the carousel, but wanted to go to Grandma's (which is were we had left Cannon). I think if she would have had a friend to ride with and a better nights rest, it would have been a better experience...maybe next year. Curtis and I had a great time though! Even with my broken foot it was a lot of fun!
5. Lots of Popsicle eating and park visiting.

I really hate that my foot is broke. It is really hard to not go running every day or even be able to ride my bike. I'm trying to look at the positive and at least it was just my foot and not something serious. I hope my luck is changing and that once this heals, I can stay healthy!

Hope you are having a fun summer!