This is what summer is all about!

JOE'S VALLEY
Over the past week we have been lucky enough to enjoy some camping! Last weekend we went to Joe's Valley with Dave and Calie and stayed at Calie's parent's cabin. In the day and a half we were there we were able to squeeze a little bit of everything in! We enjoyed some time on the boat, did a little four wheelin' and the guys went scouting for the big hunt!

The guys playing in the snow

The perfect Christmas card photo of all of us :)

A view from about the highest point we rode on the four wheelers

The girls chillin on the boat

A big thanks to Dave and Calie for making it an awesome weekend, and thanks to Calie's parents for letting us stay up at their cabin, and for dinner Sunday!

PAUNSAUGUNT

Then after just a couple days back home, we set off on Wednesday to go camping with my family and some family friends down in Paunsaugunt. I've heard all the hype about this place, and about all the huge deer you can see everywhere, so I was really excited to go down. I have to say, I wasn't disappointed! We got to see alot of deer, elk, turkeys and antelope...and even some we called Deeralopes (Just as they sound..deer that look a little like antelope, and antelope that seem to resemble deer)

Another awesome thing about this place is that you can ride your four wheelers anywhere. We went on plenty of fun trails and got to see alot of amazing scenery!

Me and Jarrett

On the wheeler

Me and the Hubby

My dad


We did get a little bit of fishing in at Tropic Reservoir; however, we didn't catch much. The average fish we were catching were about 7 inches.

Jarrett and My Dad

One day while we were down there we took the short trip down the road to go see Bryce Canyon. I was a little leery about venturing down into the canyon because the only memory I have of Bryce Canyon was when I was about 9 years old and we set off down into the canyon and a giant storm came through causing flash floods and we had to have the rangers come down and rescue us. But it was a beautiful day, and so we set out. It was the first time my nephew Jarrett had been there and as we went down the trail into the canyon he kept saying, "Guys! This is going to be so awesome!" We loved going down, but coming back up was hard! I was really wishing there was an elevator at the bottom like Paul had said! But after the trek was over, it was well worth it!

Jarrett at Bryce Canyon

The gang under the ledge where I got trapped when I was younger

The only thing I didn't enjoy about this trip was the first night...I think it might have dipped below freezing !IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER! It was way to cold at night to be sleeping in a tent, but the second night we bundled up with our wool socks and stayed a little warmer!

Jarrett, Dominique and Keagan letting the minnows nibble thier toes!
There was never a shortage of laughter and fun on this trip! Whether it was while out looking for the deer that turned out to be rocks and stumps, the chipmunk that was thought to be a scorpion or searching for the lone yellow flower on the side of the road that Gale swears she saw, it was all a good time! Thank you to everyone who went with us and made yummy meals! Thanks to my parents for taking us on this fun trip!

It must have been my lucky day!

For Billy's mom's birthday we got her tickets to the Martina McBride concert. So yesterday Monica and I set off to go see the show. We made our first stop at yummy Cafe Rio for dinner. Then went to get in line at the concert so we could get decent lawn seats. So, while waiting in line (we were there about 45 minutes before the doors even opened) the radio station started giving away tickets. The announcer said, " I have second row seats for the first person to bring me a dollar bill with two 9's and two 3's in the serial number." So I checked the dollar bills I had gotten for change that morning, and sure enough I had one. I ran over there and showed him and he traded our lawn seats for second row seats!

Anyway, Chris Young opened up. He's not very well known, he won Nashville Star a couple years ago. I have his cd so I knew most of his songs so it was fun. Here we are with him behind us...

Next was Jack Ingram. We knew quite a few of his songs, so it was fun to sing along.

Then it was time for the big show...the one we were all waiting for! We had both seen Martina before and enjoyed it alot, so we were so excited to be this close! When Martina started we were able to stand up and go to the front of the stage... we were literally 5 feet away! Martina always puts on a good show, because she has so many hit songs herself, but then she threw in a little Pat Benetar, Phil Collins and Bryan Adams. It was so much fun! It was definitely one of the funnest concerts I've had the opportunity to go to!

Here's a little tidbit of Martina...

Thanks so much to Monica for going with me! It was so much fun to have a girls night with you!.

Also a big thanks to everyone who let me butt in line with them at the bookstore after the concert so I could get my copy of Breaking Dawn! You girls are great!