Yuba Lake

My Mom and Dad a few weeks ago, inherited a boat from my brother whether they wanted it or not. So they have decided to make the best of it and use it, by taking the different families out, and spending the day with them. We got to go out yesterday, and since we were able to go out early enough and spend several hours just with our family, my mom and dad invited the rest of the kids and their families to come out for dinner and some boating. My kids had a blast. We went to Yuba Lake which until yesterday I didn't realize that it was only 30 minutes from our house. We went tubing, and swam, built sandcastles, and roasted hotdogs and marshmallows over the fire later on. Now that Todd and I realize that Yuba is so close I think we will try and get out there a couple of more times before the season is over. We will take the boat there ourselves in a couple of weeks to have fun just the kids and us. So here are some pictures from our day. The kids that you may or may not recognize or nephews and nieces.

24th of July Celebration

Today we took the kids to the Mona Days! Down here in Juab county, Nephi gets the 4th of July and Mona gets the 24th. That way you don't have the crazy conflict. The 4th celebration is a big fund raiser for the Young Womens program and the scouts and the 24th is the fund raiser for the elementary. So we started off at 9:45 am for the parade, which the kids were in. They were on the Mona 3rd ward float. Todd was one of the lucky judges for the parade. Then the next 5 hours were spent doing a variety of things, including big inflatable slides, a water slide, rock climbing, riding a pony, 4-wheeler rides, face painting, a raffle, talent show, the kids races (which they all got a dollars whether they won or not), and their favorite was when the firemen used their hoses and sprayed all the kids. That was a lot of water and a lot of fun. The two little ones got a little tired without their naps, but did really good. They all had a blast and can't wait until next year, so that we can do it all over again. I decided to do a slideshow, so that it wouldn't take up to pages of space to show you all our day.

We don't very often get Knightin to dance for us. He actually has been our child that dances the lest, even TJ dances more then him. So when he was dancing to the music today at the park, we just had to record it. Sorry the quality is bad, it's recorded off our camera, instead of the video camera. Hope you enjoy, we thought it was cute.

We are finishing the night off by watching fireworks, we can't go to the park because of sleeping babies, so we will see what we get to see from our yard, we don't live but a few blocks away. Hopefully in another couple of years we can go to the park and lay under them. I hear that is the way to view fireworks.

We had to put up our crazy pictures of the fireworks. They are all squiggly, and crazy. I think I'll try a tripod next year, or be a lot closer and not have to zoom in so much.

Mini Me? You decide.

So, today I'm suppose to be doing other stuff like painting, which I have done for a couple of hours already, but I really am not in the mood to do it anymore. I'm a little bored and trying to find something to do. The babies are sleeping and the 3 older kids have been playing amazingly well together today. So I thought that I would play around on the computer and doing some scanning in of old photos. My mom several months ago brought over all her old photo, so that When I eventually got time I could put them on the computer for her. So I have had a little fun Looking at old photos of me and my siblings and getting a kick out of the clothes we all wore especially my parents. Anyway, my Mom and Dad swear that TJ is a Mini Me. I can see that she looks like my daughter, but I don't think that she looks exactly like I did. I think that my parents just can't remember that long ago, after all it has been 34 long years. So I decided to post some of the pictures that I have of me around the same age that TJ is now and see what everyone else thinks. The scans were taken from old Polaroids, and of course just wear and tear from over the years, but I think you might be able to get the general feel of what I look like at that age.

My mom was a big time sewer at the time and I am pretty sure she made everything everyone is wearing in all these pictures. I love my Dad's suit in the picture where we are all dressed up for church on Easter.

OK, I'm playing the memory game!

Here is a fun little game... leave a comment on my blog of a memory that you and I have had together. It doesn't matter if you've known me for a short time or a long time, anything that you remember! Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It is pretty funny to read the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you are playing and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. On your mark... get set... blog those memories!

Since, it pretty much is only Todd's family, extended and so on. It will be fun, to see if anyone has any thing to write. If my family viewed this more, it could get more weird ones.

Girls Camp

When we moved down to Mona, my sisters also moved down here and live a couple of miles from Todd and I. Well, I guess are destined to live close all our lives. We moved from Provo, living next door to each other, which has its good and bad. The bad mostly being we don't get as much done, since we visit to often. Living in the same town, but a couple of miles away is great. We see each other when we want, but it's not as convenient to run next door and get caught in a conversation that could last for hours. There are 3 wards in Mona and because of where we are the 3 sisters families are all in the 3rd ward, which is to the great amusement of the other ward members. Soon after we move in we all get callings. Todd and I in Primary, where we have been more often than not, plus the cleaning building coordinators. Carry my oldest sister and her husband, in Secretary positions, again where they have been before. Roger, Mindy's husband in elders quorum, again the same and Mindy in Young Womens, being the Camp Director, with Carry as one of her assistants. She has has this calling many times. I guess we all must be very good at these calling or very bad and haven't gotten it right yet. Anyway, when Mindy is involved in Girls Camp, it becomes a family affair. She pulls on all her resources that her family can do. The theme of the camp was a Retreat. You go learn, have some activities, and some relaxation. She had the whole thing be on physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well being. The last day was spa day. Which included getting pampered. Hair, nails, facials, and massage. That is where I came in. I got to do a quick demo, of a full body massage, then I gave everyone a chair massage. I ended up giving 25 massages and 6 hours later I was finally done. Wow, I was beat. I didn't feel it as much when I was doing them, but after stopping for a little bit, I got all stiff and achy. Lucky for me after a good nights sleep I was fine the next day. I guess the girls loved it, and I might have got some new clients out of the leaders, yeah for that. My advice for LMT, if you haven't really done massage for awhile, don't start back into it by giving 6 hours worth of massages! LOL!!!