Summerfest

Last weekend was the Orem City Summerfest. There are fun carnival rides, craft booths, lots of food, a night parade and fireworks. I had a really fun time at the parade with my family. My nieces and nephews are crazy funny and were so excited for every float in the parade. When Conli grows up she wants to be a princess in a parade. :) The fireworks are the best around. They last at least 15 min and go non stop, no lul in the show. Ok so they are the 2nd best after the fireworks at Disneyland, but the best in Utah. :) So i'm trying my first slide show to share all the pictures from the fun night.

Posting Slacker.......

Yes I'm a slacker! So many things that I want to post about and then I get busy and then I get lazy, so watch out, take a seat, and be prepared for a lot of stuff. :) oh and more to come later. :)

Our first attempt to open the cabin.

A few weeks ago Brent, Pat, Breanne, mom, Xander, Mara, Max, Conli and I drove down to our cabin to open it for the season and have just a fun time with the family. Well as most everyone knows the weather this year has been interesting to say the least. It had been raining a lot, and we woke up to a fun storm but decided to try and open the cabin anyway. No such luck, rain and dirt roads equal mud. Lots of mud! My mom's 4 wheel drive car made it about half a mile on the dirt road and my little car went just a few hundred feet. So we ended up turning around and going home after a good lunch at TCees. I did enjoy the fun ride with my niece and nephews. They always make me smile. :)

Smooshing the kids in the backseat of my car.

Miss Mara having fun in moms car.

MUD! lots of MUD!

Having fun with the gumball machine at TCees.

I love my cute nieces! :)

Gay Pride

Sunday June 8th was the Utah Gay Pride celebration. I have never been to pride before, I have always wanted to go and support my brother and best friend, so this year when Clayton and Paul asked me to help out and be in the parade with them, I was excited! Really, really, really excited! Paul works for Wells Fargo and he was asked to be a line captain and on the committee for the Wells Fargo float. It was the coolest thing ever! More than 60 employees and friends got to wear different color shirts to make a rainbow and hold balloons while walking in the parade. I got to wear green and carry a 9 foot pole of green balloons. I had the best time ever! We all looked so so cool lined up with our shirts and balloons. Here are some pics from that day. :)

Me, Paige, Clayton and Paul getting ready for the parade.

That's me in the green, Jd and Chris came to the parade and got pictures. I love it!

The Wells Fargo group. Wow look at all the balloons! So cool!

Jd, me and Chris. Having fun at the festival.

Paul, me and Clayton. Thanks boys I had the best time ever! Love Ya!

Kylie's Mission Call

Arkansas!

Kylie got her mission call to Little Rock, Arkansas. She will be leaving for the MTC on September 3rd. Here are a few facts about Arkansas.

Arkansas (pronounced [ˈɑɹkn̩ˌsɑː]) is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River. Its diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozarks and the Ouachita Mountains, which make up the U.S. Interior Highlands, to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River. The capital and most populous city is Little Rock, located in the central portion of the state.
The name Arkansas derives from the same root as the name for the State of Kansas. The Kansas tribe of American Indians are closely associated with the Sioux tribes. The word is a French pronunciation of a Quapaw (a related "Kaw" tribe) word meaning "land of downriver people" or "people of the south wind". The pronunciation of Arkansas (ar-kan-saw) was made official by an act of the state legislature in 1881 after a dispute between the two U.S. Senators from Arkansas. One wanted to pronounce the word ar-kan-sas and the other wanted ar-kan-saw

Some fun photos from that night. :)

In the process of opening the call.

Reading the call. :)

The family looking at the map.

Kylie and Clayton. They are so cute.

THINGS THAT GET STUCK IN YOUR HEAD.

I have had this stuck in my head all day! So here is the story. -

My nephew Max and niece Conli are so cute. They love to always watch movies with me when I babysit. They go through phases with the choice of movies to watch. So it's been fun to watch old movies like Flight of the Navigator, and newer movies like High School Musical with them. The movie they are obsessed with now is Harry Potter or Marry Potter as Conli calls it. (So cute) So last night all of us were at my mom's, we had finished dinner and were playing Catch Phrase and we can hear Max and Conli in the kitchen saying over and over - Snape, Snape, Snape then a random Dumbledore. I laughed, they are being cute and random, all my nieces and nephews are, they make me giggle. My sister-in-law Lisa explains to us that there is a funny video on YouTube that has puppets in it and that is what the kids are repeating. So here it is for everybody to see.

Get prepared to have it stuck in your head forever. :)