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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Sweet Summa Time!

I have kind of fallen behind on blogging, so here is a little catch up.  We went boating again with Tanner and all those guys.  I was another beautiful day on the lake.  I waited til most of the other boats had left so that the water wasn't as choppy to ski on.  And it was worth it.  The water was amazing and I enjoyed every second of it!  Andy and Jabin wakeboarded, along with some of the other guys that were with us.  Tanner tried to get up on my ski, but gave up after a couple of tries.  After the lake, we headed back to our apartment and jumped in the hot tub to warm up from the cold lake water.  I absolutely love having a pool and hot tub at my apartment!

I think that everyone who skiid or wakeboarded that day had a major wipe out.  I rolled across the top of the water while skiing. It then took me way too many times to get back up (I must be getting old!).
Me and Andy soakin up the sun

we finally got her in the water!

tearing it up

contemplating life...or how cold the water will be

Hyrum dam at sunset 

Jabin's biff...haha


I was not able to go home for 4th of July this year, but it was still a wonderful weekend.  We kicked off the festivities on Friday night with the Logan fireworks.  They have a big show inside the football stadium and this year Diamon Rio performed.  We had saved seats on the hill right across from the stadium so we still had good seats.  Saturday afternoon Jabin and I headed to the Cruise-In.  This is a huge car show that is put on every year in Logan.  We love going and admiring all of the sweet cars.  We walked around for a while until we were nice and sweaty then headed to my pool.  We played in the pool for a couple of hours and got nice and fried! We then got cleaned up and headed to Main Street to watch the Cruise-In parade.  They block off a huge section of main street and all of the cars from the car show drive up and down the street for everyone to admire.  We left that a little early and grabbed some yummy food.  We had planned on going to Transformers, but were a little too pooped so we didn't end up going.


fist pumping in the pool
watching the parade :)
Sunday was a typical Sunday.  Went to church, took a nap, and then watched a movie.  Monday we hit up the Hyrum Parade with Jabin's family.  Luckily, it was cloudy that morning and afternoon so the weather was bearable for the parade.  After that we headed to their house for a bbq.  We enjoyed some delicious food and great company.  After lunch, we headed to play in the pool with Jabin's siblings, Lyndi, Corbin, and Donni.  By this time, the sun had come out so the pool felt so good.  We had loads of fun playing in the pool.  That night we headed back to Hyrum to watch Lyndi's band play and then watch the fireworks.

It was such a fun weekend and I was not ready to go back to work on Monday.  I wish I could have been at home with my family so we could have gone to the lake like we always do.  But luckily, I have Jabin and his amazing family here in Logan to still make a fabulous weekend!

Sunday, July 3, 2011

AFS Annual Meeting in SLC

Every June my dad has meetings down in Salt Lake for the Associated Food Stores Annual Meeting.  It has kind of turned into a tradition to go down to SLC and play all week.  I normally go with my family an enjoy the week of shopping, swimming, good food, and other great activities, but now that I have a grown-up job I was not able to do all of that.  On Tuesday night my parents, Jill, and the boys came up to Logan to see me though! We all went out to dinner at Cafe Sabor and then just hung out at my place for a little while.  I was so glad that they decided to come up for the evening so I could see them.  It was killing me knowing that they were just over an hour away and I could not see them. Bummer!

On Thursday it was the big fancy dinner that AFS puts on for everyone, so I decided to drive down after work and go to that so I could the fam some more.  Kyle and Jason were there by this time too.  I made it down in time for dinner and the boys and Jill convinced me to just stay the night with them and drive back home for work in the morning.  It was so fun to get to everyone.  Jill said Carson and Travis had been asking all week why I wasn't staying with them and when would I be able to go swimming with them.  Sounds like they missed their Auntie Butts :) They are so cute and I couldn't pass up the chance to stay a little longer with them.

We get to stay in the Grand America Hotel in SLC and the dinner is one of the ballrooms there.  It is tradition to take pictures outside in the gorgeous courtyard.  It was such a beautiful evening that my mom, Jill, and I sat out there for quite a while and let the boys play.  It was fun even though I wish I could have spent more time with the fam in SLC.

Me and the boys hanging out at dinner

The fam!!


What good looking boys!



The beautiful flowers in the courtyard