Friday, August 29, 2008
YEAH!
Many of you know that we have been working on being approved for adoption. We have finally finished all of the paperwork and have been approved! We are really excited and hopeful. We are going through LDS Family services and they have each birthparent choose the couple they place their child with. We need to be proactive and listen for those looking into adoption. Please help us by keep your eyes and ears open too. These are the collage pages we made. The resolution isn't the best on this, but we think they are fun.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Last Camping Trip of the Summer
Jason and I went on his department camp out over the weekend. We went to Stillwater, which is close to Evanston. When we got there Kristen and Scott where already there with most of their stuff already set up. We staked our claim to a spot for our tent and then got busy putting everything up. Not too long after we arrived Katie and Steve showed up. Kristen introduced us to an amazing thing called banana boats. You take a banana and cut a slit in the peel and the banana and put goodies inside. Then you wrap it in foil and put it in the fire. Wow, what a delightfully fattening treat! 
The next day Jason and I went on a four wheeling ride. We went on a trail called the Wolverine. We had a great time. We went up to Lilly Lake, which is where the first and last pictures were taken. Later that night Sunny and Aaron came up. Other people from his work said they would come up for dinner, but they never showed. I don't blame them because that is a long way to go just for dinner. All in all we had a good time, and it was nice to have one final camping trip before summer is over.
We have now fixed out photography site so check out some of the latest pictures there.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Finally 21
My LB Kurtie just had his 21st birthday on July 31st. To celebrate we (Mom, Dad, Bret, Grandma, Grandpa, Kurt, Shai, Jason, and I) took the fun bus out to Wendover. We had a fun time. On the ride out a crazy man sat across the aisle from my mom. When we got there we were all starving so we used our coupon and went to the buffet. We had plenty to eat. After dinner we went and used our other coupon to get our 5 dollars to play on. The first place we went was to the blackjack tables. Kurt, Bret, Jason, Dad, and even my Mom sat down. They all ended up losing, but played awhile before busting. Then we went over to another Casino and played blackjack and poker on the machines. Jason ended up winning some of the money he lost, but I lost some there. Shai and Kurt went back to the first Casino and Kurt played blackjack some more on the tables. Once we got over there. The table was full and everyone was making pretty big bets. Kurt was able to win there too. In all no one lost a lot of money, and we all had a really good time. 
Kurt is a great guy! He has always seemed older than he really is, he was 16 for two years in a row. I just don't believe that he is that much younger than me. We have had some really good times together. Kurt is a very giving guy and would do anything he could to help someone out. I am just glad that he is my brother!
Family Camp Out
We were able to go on a camp out with Jason's extended family for a weekend. We went up to the East Canyon Resort. This year instead of getting a condo for the weekend they got the family reunion site. It was really nice. We went up on a Friday and set up camp. We were thinking that it wasn't really camping because it was a huge lawn, but we would change our minds later. Grandpa Jay and Grandma Betty brought hot dogs for dinner. It was really fun roasting them on
the fire. A couple hot dogs were lost due to the fire pit being so deep. We sat around the fire talking and having a good time. Around midnight Jason and I decided it was time to hit the sack. We were peacefully dreaming when all of the sudden the sprinklers came on. This was at 5:00 in the morning!!! The sprinkler that was hitting our tent was at just the right angle (wrong angle) that it sprayed the water up and under the rainfly. So we sat there for awhile thinking that they couldn't stay on for too long. After a couple of minutes Jason remembered that his camera was sitting out by the fire pit, so he ran out to save it. When he got back he said that there were about 35 sprinklers going off. We just couldn't understand why they would put the sprinklers on when we were camping there. In the meantime the water is still coming into the tent. I was snuggled in my sleeping bag and didn't realize until the morning how much water was coming in. When Jason get back from saving his camera his sleeping bag was all wet inside and so was the mattress so he couldn't lay back down to go to sleep. I Finally he said that we was going outside. After about 15 minutes we thought that they would be shutting off. We were sure wrong! They stayed on for a whole hour. It was funny because Jason just stood in the middle of the tent for about 15 minutes, just standing there doing nothing. Needless to say we had a huge puddle inside our tent. I was able to go back to sleep after they turned off because only the outside of my bag was wet. 
When I finally got up Jason had talked to his aunt and uncle and it was a big misunderstanding that they went off. The resort thought that we were coming up that morning and the grass hadn't been watered for a couple of weeks so they thought they would take the opportunity. We had to unload our tent and move it out to a sunny area to dry the huge puddle and our sleeping stuff. The cousins went swimming after breakfast and we just stayed around the camp taking and playing with our dogs. It was a good relaxing time. When the kids came back Grandpa Jay and Grandma Betty showed them how to play a new card game. It was fun watching and listening to them play. I spent most of the time crocheting. We did take our four-wheeler up because there are some good trails up there that you can only go on if you have a member of the resort with you, so we thought that it was a good opportunity. We took Jordan on our wheeler and Carey took Kenzie, Brittany and Steveo in his Rhino. The Rhino Got everyone inside extremely dirty!!! 
We couldn't go too long because dinner had to start soon. Jordan had a blast. When we came back we put our swimming suits on and went to the creek at the back of our site. A big pile of rocks was built up so it made a really nice pool to relax in. Some of the cousins came in too. 
After we bumped the volleyball back and forth and played a little badminton. That night we sat around the fire again, and luckily the sprinklers were shut off. The entire time up there Malory wanted everyone to play a big game of volleyball so that morning we got a group together to play, but not for long because more people wanted to go on the wheelers. So Jason and I took our four wheeler, Carey took his Rhino with Jordan and Brianna, Mason took a four wheeler, and Marshall took the dirt bike. Marshall has just started learning on the bike so we were planning on taking it easy. Well the trails weren't as easy as Carey had remembered so we went a while and then headed
back. I was really impressed how well Marshall did on the dirt bike. He took a hard fall, but when we got to a meadow he got back on to try some more. What a trooper! When we got to the meadow Brianna was riding with me on the four wheeler so I thought that I would teach her to drive it. I showed her where the gas was and how to make it go. She started out slow and kept getting faster and faster when all of the sudden I wasn't comfortable with how fast we were going. I told her to go slower, but she just kept pushing harder on the gas, so I had to take her
hand off the gas to stop us. I guess I didn't explain how the gas worked well enough, so I tried again and she did really well. I even let go and had her steer too. Carey took Jordan on his four wheeler and had him drive it. The kids absolutely loved being able to drive! It was cute because Brianna was scared at first on how fast it could go when she was a passenger, but when she was driving she told me, "I am going to get one of these when I grow up." Sorry Jessi! All in all we had a really fun time. It was really good to spend time with family and get to know them better. Thanks for putting such a fun time together Denna, Carey, Kris, Coy, Grandpa Jay and Grandma Betty!!!
the fire. A couple hot dogs were lost due to the fire pit being so deep. We sat around the fire talking and having a good time. Around midnight Jason and I decided it was time to hit the sack. We were peacefully dreaming when all of the sudden the sprinklers came on. This was at 5:00 in the morning!!! The sprinkler that was hitting our tent was at just the right angle (wrong angle) that it sprayed the water up and under the rainfly. So we sat there for awhile thinking that they couldn't stay on for too long. After a couple of minutes Jason remembered that his camera was sitting out by the fire pit, so he ran out to save it. When he got back he said that there were about 35 sprinklers going off. We just couldn't understand why they would put the sprinklers on when we were camping there. In the meantime the water is still coming into the tent. I was snuggled in my sleeping bag and didn't realize until the morning how much water was coming in. When Jason get back from saving his camera his sleeping bag was all wet inside and so was the mattress so he couldn't lay back down to go to sleep. I Finally he said that we was going outside. After about 15 minutes we thought that they would be shutting off. We were sure wrong! They stayed on for a whole hour. It was funny because Jason just stood in the middle of the tent for about 15 minutes, just standing there doing nothing. Needless to say we had a huge puddle inside our tent. I was able to go back to sleep after they turned off because only the outside of my bag was wet. 
When I finally got up Jason had talked to his aunt and uncle and it was a big misunderstanding that they went off. The resort thought that we were coming up that morning and the grass hadn't been watered for a couple of weeks so they thought they would take the opportunity. We had to unload our tent and move it out to a sunny area to dry the huge puddle and our sleeping stuff. The cousins went swimming after breakfast and we just stayed around the camp taking and playing with our dogs. It was a good relaxing time. When the kids came back Grandpa Jay and Grandma Betty showed them how to play a new card game. It was fun watching and listening to them play. I spent most of the time crocheting. We did take our four-wheeler up because there are some good trails up there that you can only go on if you have a member of the resort with you, so we thought that it was a good opportunity. We took Jordan on our wheeler and Carey took Kenzie, Brittany and Steveo in his Rhino. The Rhino Got everyone inside extremely dirty!!! 
We couldn't go too long because dinner had to start soon. Jordan had a blast. When we came back we put our swimming suits on and went to the creek at the back of our site. A big pile of rocks was built up so it made a really nice pool to relax in. Some of the cousins came in too. 
After we bumped the volleyball back and forth and played a little badminton. That night we sat around the fire again, and luckily the sprinklers were shut off. The entire time up there Malory wanted everyone to play a big game of volleyball so that morning we got a group together to play, but not for long because more people wanted to go on the wheelers. So Jason and I took our four wheeler, Carey took his Rhino with Jordan and Brianna, Mason took a four wheeler, and Marshall took the dirt bike. Marshall has just started learning on the bike so we were planning on taking it easy. Well the trails weren't as easy as Carey had remembered so we went a while and then headed
back. I was really impressed how well Marshall did on the dirt bike. He took a hard fall, but when we got to a meadow he got back on to try some more. What a trooper! When we got to the meadow Brianna was riding with me on the four wheeler so I thought that I would teach her to drive it. I showed her where the gas was and how to make it go. She started out slow and kept getting faster and faster when all of the sudden I wasn't comfortable with how fast we were going. I told her to go slower, but she just kept pushing harder on the gas, so I had to take her
hand off the gas to stop us. I guess I didn't explain how the gas worked well enough, so I tried again and she did really well. I even let go and had her steer too. Carey took Jordan on his four wheeler and had him drive it. The kids absolutely loved being able to drive! It was cute because Brianna was scared at first on how fast it could go when she was a passenger, but when she was driving she told me, "I am going to get one of these when I grow up." Sorry Jessi! All in all we had a really fun time. It was really good to spend time with family and get to know them better. Thanks for putting such a fun time together Denna, Carey, Kris, Coy, Grandpa Jay and Grandma Betty!!!
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