Sunday, July 31, 2011

24th of July Weekend

For once we were in town on the 24th of July, this is a rare occasion! We are always gone. It was a fun filled weekend. We tried to do alot of relaxing. This year my parents along with some other siblings were away so my sister decided to have a dinner at her house. Normally we pass. I dont do holidays with my family but this year there was only a few of us and I knew it wouldn't be a 'bitchfest' I decided we would go. My sister had dinner with LOTS of yummy food and fireworks. If there is one thing that the wards know how to do it is bring enough food to feed an army. literally. If you go hungry it is your own fault because there is always enough food for several meals. I only got a few pics because I was busy cooking away in the kitchen (favorite past time!) so here is what I got (yes I know there are repeats of B but how could you not want to eat this girl?!?!??!)


Kaleb, Lolly and Emi

Chillin'
She was telling me to look up. B loved the aerials!

The next day, my brother asked us if we wanted to go riding. He is always so busy that it is a rare occasion that he goes out riding... I love spending time with my brother. I will let the pics tell you the rest of what our day was like...
Jen and Will
Jen and Lolly

Will
Bryce and Lolly
Nick
Cam
Away we go....
Bryce and I
Jen and Lolly
My dorky brother, Will
And we found mud!
Nick goes in first...
Funny story - Lolly was being a pansy and didn't want to get wet. So my brother caught her off guard, through her into the rzr and we took her through the water... I mean mud. She was so mad at us, but is was worth it.
Will and Jen
Will
Bryce and Cam
Look at their expressions.. they are NOT having fun at all, can you tell???
Will and Jen
More will and Jen
Bryce and Cam
Bryce and Cam
Bryce and Cam
Overall it was a fun weekend. A great way to end a weekend!

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Wednesday Wonder #2

Here is another one of my WW:

I wonder why people complain about their crappy situations about not having things and not being able to pay for things yet they go and buy crap (not small things) like trips, cars, toys, etc... Then complain more that they cant pay their bills.... and then repeat it again.

I am a firm believer in emotional money but go buy a candy bar that is significantly less!!! GOODNESS!

Monday, July 25, 2011

I love this girl!!!

She isn't even mine and I cannot soak enough of her up!!!!!



that tongue... yeah I taught her to do that to her dad. That is what aunts are for!!!!

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Something to celebrate for...




I am behind on my blogging! it is crazy at how time just flies. a few weeks ago we had a really low key birthday and anniversary. Things have been crazy with work so I didn't feel the desired to do anything big. I was spoiled... just like always. I got lots of gift cards, jewelry and other wants that I had. I even gave myself a gift a week late... I got my chair for hair!!! I am very excited!
For my birthday Bryce got me a diamond bracelet to match the earrings and necklace that he had purchased for other 'events'. He also took me to red butte gardens. I have been there before but he hasn't. It was such a nice day! at one point it did get a little hot but it didn't last long when the clouds took over. We also went to dinner at a barbecue place in taylorsville. The next day we did what we do best, riding. We went on a new trail and it was lots of fun! You can never go wrong with riding. Overall the weekend turned out great even though I am NOT a birthday person.



Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Wednesday Wonders...

For a while I have had the idea of doing Wednesday wonders. A thought process of "I wonder why..." so I thought I would start it - if you have some wonders... send them to me!!! I will definitely post them. Today WW is:
I wonder why people feel the need to crowd you while standing in line....??? ESPECIALLY when no one is behind them and they have 50 feet of space... you know, when they are in your 'don't enter my bubble' zone... you step forward, they step forward. Anyone know why... anyone??? That would be our first WW

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Piaute

A couple of weeks ago Bryce and I decided it was way past due for a vacation. I had been working way too hard at work and it has been kind of stressful since last November so I was on the bandwagon! Our original plans failed miserably so we had to make a mad rush to get ready for plan B. The only problem is that we didn't have a plan B. Bryce had seen some forms online about the Piaute ATV trail so we decided to give it a shot. I swear anything that could have gone wrong before we left did but after putting in all the effort that we did for this trip we were hell-bent on going. We left a little later than we wanted to but we made it safe and sound. We stayed in Marysvale since it was central and we had never been on the trail before. We stayed at this cute little KOA type place called Lizzie's and Charlies. We got down there on Thurs night just to set up camp and get dinner going. We went on one tiny ride since it was storming and cold. Friday morning we woke up to sunny and warm - although once we got going we found out that sunny and warm wasn't so sunny and warm. Before we got too far up the trail we headed back to camp for warmer clothes. After we bundled up we headed up some trails and ended up on the awesome trail that had us climbing through the river. Since we were so involved in water I did not want to pull out the camera so we didn't get pics. It was over all a fun day.

On Saturday we had this cute old retired guy come to us in camp and ask where we were going. since we did not have a plan he rambled off some trail numbers that he was taking and told us he would love to have us come with him. People there are so nice! I am amazed. Everyone hooks up with everyone and rides around for hours. Once again we bundled ourselves up for what turned out to be 10 hours of fun! We learned that this guy was retired and lost his wife 4 years ago to breast cancer. His granddaughter thought he was too stressed out and told him to go do something for himself so he bought himself a RZR and has spent the last 4 months riding to his little heart content.



Sunday is was storming like crazy so before it hit us we packed up the truck and left at 8 AM... just in time for the storm to come in and plaster everyone like they stepped in to the shower.

Some of the highlights:
We had all sorts of weather. Rain, snow, sun.


We got stuck in snow. Good think we were with retired guy - he pulled us out of the snow to safety.



We actually made it to the piaute loop. Several passes were closed with up to 30 feet of snow but we tried to go through.




We rode for 10 hours straight and it was awesome!!!



We had to drive in the middle of the river for over a mile. After that we weaved back and forth through the river 4 times.
One of those time the river actually came up and over our seat.


We met alot of new people. Everyone was so nice


We had the chance to use our new 2 pound sleeping bags. That is the moment I learned I can no longer use it. I am way too claustrophobic to use them. I ended up waking up far too many time dry heaving from not being able to breath. Awesome!!


We had a skunk sit out side out tent in the middle of the night. It smelled so bad!!!!!!


We used everything on the rzr except the spare tire.


A full size SUV got stuck in mud up to their door. We were able to use our jack to try to help them out. Once we got them high enough to get rocks under the tires another RZR came and winched it out.



Even though we were camping we manage to find and ice cream stand... YUM!


We found mud!!!!


We had problem after problem happen up until we left but one we got there everything went smooth!!!

Since we were bundled up we didn't have to use sun screen.... or so I thought...



Just a few of the highlights. I cannot wait to go back to this place. We only drove on 5% of the trails that they have down there. For us - we would recommend this place anytime to anyone. It is now a must on our list.