Haven & Makenna

Friday night we were invited to crash the Eager's & Grimley's little camping pow wow at a sweet campsite in the hills behind our houses.  (Gotta' love where we live... there are perks to living in the boonies you know... :)  We just went and played games for a little bit while Haven couldn't get enough of Makenna and her little saucer.  Way to think ahead Mikki by bringing that saucer for a little "captured" fun time for Kenna... and letting Haven play in it too!  It was nice knowing where she was :)  I just had to grab this pic from your blog because (although Haven looks homeless...) it is so funny to see how these two look like they could be sisters.  It's cool, I've come to grips with the fact that she's a prototype of my husband in feminine form... and that she now resembles your daughter more than me as well.  Nice.  Ha!

God Bless the U.S.A.!!!

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Having fun at Nana & Papa's

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4th of July

Just a leisure ride on the cruisin' tube.

Surprisingly... Haven LOVED it!

Here's my cute little Mama, me, Haven,

and Vanessa, my cousin Garrett's awesome wifie.

FIREWORKS... my FAVORITE!

Oh I just love our family's memorable trips 

across the lake to see the fireworks... they're priceless.  

Scary, but priceless.

She was infatuated with the water...

The sunset was so gorgeous.

Here's Haven & my cousin Matt's cute little boy Gavin.

She LOVED the "WA-WA!!!"

She was out so fast... and I was loving it because

she NEVER falls asleep on me anymore...

so I was enjoying our little Mommy-Daughter Time.

GO GREGGIE!

Boat Ride = Nap Time for Haven. 

She loves it... I love it!

Her favorite spot on the boat was on his lap.

My dad's still got it... GO FAL!

Just laid back...

She did NOT want ANYONE but herself

steering the boat.  It was hilarious.  

She kept pushing my dad's hand away like... 

"OH NO YOU DIDN'T!  I'M driving this thing!"

It's so funny to see how she gets all giddy when

the wind gets in her face. Check her out.

Family Cruise June '08

Yo ho. Yo ho. A PIRATES LIFE FOR ME!

So we got bored during the whole emergency drill

spiel.  It's not like we were learning anything of 

importance... just how to preserve our lives.

Here we are relaxing by the pool...

Greg surprised me by having a 

scrumptious VIRGIN daiquiri brought to me... 

no alcohol for this mormon 

(& prego) MAMA!

MAKING FUN IN THE SUN!!!

Greg, our nephew Landon, and 1/2 of me!

Don't be jealous of our sweet LANYARDS, okay?

I laughed so hard I almost did what

he was pretending to do with

the streamers and hydrant.  

NEVER A DULL MOMENT

with GREG AROUND.  Love it.

My foiled attempt at making you smile...

at least Greg thinks I'm funny.  Geese.

    Greg and I enjoying the industrial view of

     Long Beach... or not.  We were actually having

     one of our many Haven-missing-moments.  :(

     

Our Dolphin Adventure

This seriously makes TOP 5 COOLEST EXPERIENCES

of my life thus far.

Pretty AMAZING...

"What if I get stuck with the Jeffrey Dahmer of 

dolfins and he drags me under?  Pretty embarrassing

to be at the gates and I have to say, 'Flipper killed me'."

-Greg

Oh yeah... we were haulin'... on dolphins...

WE HAD SOOOOOOO....

MUCH FUN!!!

Keep Cruisin'...

Handsome Updike boys... trying to be tough.

Apparently they wanted to be like Hercules

or whoever that is behind them, (one week

of Disney indoctrination and I'm still not sure.)

"Brotherly Love" 

- Does anyone else remember that show? Ha!

My hot husband... LOVE HIM!

THE LUCKIEST

There was a VERY DETAILED crucifix  

when you first walked in the cathedral, and our 

nieces were too scared to go in because they

said they "didn't like to see Jesus like that."

I just love to hear the way they view things.

Once we got over the scene in the entrance, 

we were able to enjoy the beautiful architecture, 

and some sweet stained glass windows...

Some GORGEOUS cathedral.

Here's Lexi, Gracey (& her cute little wave), and I

Here we are with our ship: The Disney Magic.  

Our cute family...

(minus the babies who stayed home)

We all had so much fun. 

Stake Youth Conference

...and the SELF-PROCLAIMED 

"Coolest Counselors EVER" Award goes to....

US!!!

Here's me & Lori trying to make the 

army-man-girdle/rappel gear look cool.

Mission: Rappelling off of a platform

Minor Details: - 50 feet off of the GROUND!  

Yeah... FIFTY FEET.  Above the ground.

-I did the free fall first... oooohman.  I was "scurred."

-Some army man sargent's yelling at you to "just do it"... not cool.

(Last I checked it wasn't Nike camp... it was a youth retreat at an army base P.S.)

- The person belaying pretty much has your life in their hands.

-I mustered up enough courage assuming it's some pro army dude

below who does this 80 trillion times a day... wrong.

-Take a wild guess as to who my belayer was...

you'll see in the next picture...

FREAKY FRIDAY!!!  

IT WAS BISHOP WILKINS...

it was a true leap of faith, I'm not gunna' lie.

(And here I am to tell the tale, so he wasn't half bad. :)

Still though... it was super scary.

Here I am on the wall... "like whoa"... 

but still nothing compared to the free fall one, I thought.

Greg would've been so proud... 

EEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeWWWWWWWwwww!

Lori and I couldn't stop laughing when we had seen

she'd taken this picture without us knowing!  

Not the most flattering attire... but whatev'! 

It kept us from falling 50 feet while repelling!

Yes... Nacho Libre paid us a visit.  

Hilarious.

Here's me and Linds about to take a dip...

thanks to Lindsey packing an extra pair of 

her man's shorts, I was able to swim.  

(Everyone was asked to wear shorts and shirts over

their bathing suits, and the clothes I brought were being 

put to better use and were being loaned elsewhere... )

so here we are in all OF OUR JUMPING GLORY!!!

I was really worried about Havers relapsing into 

the same separation anxiety she had a couple weeks 

earlier (from when we went on the cruise... 

she was NOT a fun girl to come back to) so I asked Greg 

to bring her for a few minutes during the pool party

so I could munch on Her.  Here she is trying

to walk in my shoes.  It was a funny sight.

Here's Marshelle and the most talented little

girl ever playing their violins.  It was beautiful.

There were so many great speakers... as for this one:

He had 4 golf balls.  In his mouth.  At the same time.  

I'm still not sure whether to be disgusted or amazed.