Lets get together... yah, yah, yah

Jay and Sonya!

The tall and the short of things

Anderson Clan

Hacker family

A week or so ago I got together with my old friends from Bountiful (well we all lived in Bountiful once upon a time ago) for a BBQ! What a great night, perfect weather, pleasant shade, yummy food, good people, great conversation and good fun. The kids all splashed in the pool, jumped on the tramp or played in the sandbox while the adults just ate food and chatted. I of course brought my camera and then failed to take any pictures outside... .thus the really bad inside pics. I need to find my camera directions and figure out how to turn the flash on... ya think! Sorry for the horrible pictures, but someone forgot to email me the good ones! Its all good!!

Food - glorious food!

Another sisters breakfast has come and gone! We all wish you
were closer Denise so you could join us. No one still likes the
camera pointed in their direction so I took the pic of
our food instead. So yummy!
Thanks girls for making the effort to get together every month!

Weekend Fun

Friday we went up to "This Is the Place" to enjoy the Free Family Fun day! It was so so great... admission was free for everyone, all the activities were free and they even gave away free bottles of water and popsicles to keep us hydrated and cool! Lots of others knew about the day, it was packed with people, but still a very fun time!

Saturday night I was invited to join Steph's family at the National Guard 23rd Army Band concert at Temple Square. What a FANTASTIC concert! It was my first time going and I hope not my last. We had great seats down near the front. I think my two favorite pieces were the Armed Services Meledies and the Clarinet Soloist they had. So Awesome! I honestly dont think too many people knew about the concert because it was not packed. All those who were not there sure missed out!

American History 101

Any of you who know Mike know that he is a born story-teller. The man can weave a tale and often takes artistic license by telling the story the way he thinks it should be...even if that takes things a little to the left of accurate. Whenever he uses this talent to teach our kids the importance of various holidays or events in our lives, he tries to speak on their level, which is always amusing. Here is what I overheard him telling the kids on the 4th ....

"All right kids ... the 4th of July is a pretty big deal. Why? Because back in 1776, England started pushing us around. They made us pay taxes, they made us wear funny wigs, they made us drink crazy tea, and finally America said, 'Dudes! We're not going to do this anymore.' So on the 4th of July in 1776, we wrote 'em a pretty nasty little letter. It was called the Declaration of Independence. It said, 'Dear England, thanks for Harry Potter in the future but we don't want your stinkin' taxes, your funny wigs or your bad tea. We don't even want to be part of your country any more. So take that. Kiss off. Love, America.' And then they signed it. Some of our founding fathers weren't as brave as the others. They signed it pretty small. But John Hancock signed it in big ol' letters so King George wouldn't have to use his glasses to read his name.

"When King George got the letter, he was so mad that he sent the largest army in the world to come fight our guys. Their army had big guns and matching red coats. Our guys had little guns and no shoes, but they loved America and they were ready to take on that big army so we could be free. Fortunately, we were smarter than the British so we got 'em surrounded and then we said, 'Take your red coats and bad teeth back to England and don't come back until 1812.' And that is how America started kicking butt. "

(I had to steal this post from a friend in my ward.... it so made me laugh!) Happy 4th of July everyone!!!!

The Luck of the Irish....

is with me...
I won tickets to Cirque du Soleil
on FM100.3
this morning!

Wahoo!

What a difference a day makes

Today is a note worthy day for several reasons!

1- June 22, 1996 - I got my first and ONLY ticket on my way to deliver cookies to a dear friend for his birthday! 2- June 22, 1998 - I started back working for Horizon in the accounting dept after the mission. 3- June 22, 2007 - my last day in the accounting dept before I started back doing payroll with Susan (truly the best decision for me). 4- June 22 - every year marks the birthday of a dear friend! ilyamtae!

Sister's Lunch

We had our monthly sister's lunch today at the Wingers in Kaysville today. I brought my camera to work to take our photos and then promptly forgot to bring it when we left for lunch... and since Susan hates to be in front of a camera she would not turn around to get it. Grrr. Anyway, three of us (not five) enjoyed the yummy food of Wingers (that is after our waitress got two of the three orders correct) and some good laughs together. We missed you Kathee and Denise. Heather I really hope you come join us one time... or more if you like!!

Reunion time

Family Reunion!

We had our annual family reunion June 11th-12th. This year we stayed close by so that more family could join us for more activities! Thursdays rain did not deter us! We started out at Classic Fun Center in Layton, moved to a park just west of Wal-Mart for dinner (not a soul in sight but us due to the rain... you gotta love that), birthday celebrations, volleyball, horseshoes and pictures. I attempted to pitch horseshoes but with the pain in my right arm that only lasted for one pitch... I LOVE to play so I made the lefty attempt. Pretty pathetic if I say so myself. I was not any competition for James. So sorry. The next day we started with a yummy breakfast held at James and Judys house, then most everyone headed off to go swimming at the Clearfield Aquatic Center while I went to help with a funeral luncheon in my ward. We met up later at the Pavilion across from our house for more food and getting better acquainted. All in all I would say it was a great sucess... however there were many not able to come... but we so enjoyed all those who could. Cant wait to see what John and family come up with for next year!!

Granny Annie's

I had breakfast today in good ole K-town with a few good friends! I have been so blessed in my life to have many good friends who have touched my heart and helped me become the person I am today. Thank you Marci, Pat and Chris!!

Road trip!

I suppose many of you might say we have played a lot lately. But sometimes I suppose you just need to play. Our road trip came about mostly because May has a 5th Sunday where we did not have to be in charge. That does not happen often, so we took off Friday morning. We headed towards Bear Lake where we stopped for breakfast. We then enjoyed the sites and photo opportunities on our way to Jackson Hole. Next we traveled over the mountain through Newdale (beautiful farm land) into Rexburg. We saw what was left of the Teton Dam and enjoyed a great pizza and pasta buffet for dinner. Saturday started out at the Rexburg Temple and then off to the Twin Falls Temple, Shoshone Falls and then back to Pocatello for the night. Sunday we traveled through Mink Creek into Arbon (again beautiful farming land) where we went to church with some good people Steph used to live among back in the 80's. After church and some good visits it was time to head home. I wish we would have kept track of all the miles we covered in our three days. As much as my rear end was tired of sitting... I sure did not want our trip to end. Here are a few pics from the trip.

We assume this is Pochahontas... way cool.

Almost into Idaho... notice the brick pillar still says Utah

So many beautiful fields...

Rexburg Idaho Temple

In front of the Twin Falls Temple

Little cave at Rick Springs on the way to Bear Lake

We saw both blue skies and dark ones on our trip

Welcome to Afton Wyoming

Shoshone Falls in Twin Falls, Idaho

Steph's new guy friend

Whats left of the Teton Dam... amazing

Wahoo... Jackson Hole (can you see the "w" out the sunroof?)

Kodak moment