Sunday, August 2, 2009

More Catching Up...

JULY
July has been a very eventful month! On the 4th we took one of our boats out on the lake to watch the fireworks with my mom, Sean & Wendy, & Jeff...
Congratulations to my awesome cousin Eysten & his beautiful bride Sagan! They were married on July 10th...
And congrats to my sister Ronda & her husband Ryan! They are having a little girl and she is due on August 17th! We are all so excited for them! Here are some pictures from her baby shower...

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Lots of Catching Up To Do!

JUNE:

Here are some fun pictures & videos of Gavin playing in Bear Lake. We live a few minutes from the city park and from there you can walk down a boardwalk to the lake. There is hardly ever any people there & it is nice and peaceful. It is so pretty! We love the beach!

One night Brent, Brian & Jaimee's dad, Jim, decided to ride their bikes around the lake! So they got up early the next morning and did it! I think it is somewhere around 48 miles to go around the lake. I know, they are crazy! Good job guys! You are awesome!

We had some friends come over to Bloomington Lake and they invited us to go with them. My cousin, Jacee is working and living with us this summer. She came with us to Bloomington Lake and we are glad to have her around! I didn't think anyone would be brave enough to ride the rope swing, but Brent jumped on & went for a ride and we were all laughing! So the adults gave it a try! We didn't actually jump in the water though because as you can see in the pics/videos it was pretty cold and there was still snow up there! It was so fun and on our hike back we got caught in this CRAZY thunder/hail/rain/snow storm! It was one of the scariest yet coolest things ever! I wish I would have gotten some of it on video but we were too busy running for our lives to the car! Good times!



Thursday, June 4, 2009

The Big Move!

I just wanted to let everyone know that we made it and we are all moved! It is so weird to think that we don't live in Millville anymore. We moved out on May 14th and our renters moved in on May 15th. I don't think it will hit us until summer is over because we have lived here the past 2 summers anyway. So it should be interesting come fall & winter! We miss Millville but are excited for a change of pace. To keep me thinking positive, I am making a list of some of the nice things about living at Bear Lake...
- the lake! (obviously!)

- this beautiful valley! It is really so pretty here.
- living within walking distance to the city park & the beach
- living close to Brian & Jaimee in the summer and Chuck & Ginger the whole year
- living more simply (I can't go shopping any old time - this will be good for me)
- meeting new people, making new friends, etc.
- Being able to spend more time together as a family (after the summer is over of course!) because Brent won't have to drive to Bear Lake and be gone a few days a week with us still in Millville.
- Not having to drive the canyon so much (I hope)


I also wanted to write down a few funny things that Gavin has been saying lately so I have it recorded somewhere. I am not good at keeping a journal so blogging is great for me. He is at such a fun stage right now and he cracks us up. Here are a few funny things he has been saying...
"I did it I be self!" (Meaning 'by myself")
"What's that noisy?"
"Mama, come tuck me in!" He yells from his bedroom after I've already tucked him in...a few times. He has become quite the master staller when it comes to bed time!



That's all for now. It is past my bed time. Good night :)

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Some Pictures & Some News...

That's right, I am just now posting some of our pictures from Easter! SAD, I know. We had a FUN Easter party with my family at Hansen Park in Elwood. We did the usual...ate yummy food, talked, had an Easter egg hunt, etc. Then we drove to Logan and did it all over again with Brent's family! We also went across the street to the park and PLAYED some more. It was a FABULOUS Easter and we are so BLESSED to have such wonderful family around us!
A few weeks ago we made the drive down to HOGLE ZOO! Brent had never been there before and Sean, Wendy, Linsey and their cute nephew Andrew were able to join us. It was a FUN day and as you can see in the bottom right picture, we were pretty WORN OUT by the end!
(P.S. Sorry Sean! I can't figure out how to get this stinkin' mosaic maker to not cut off pictures! So I didn't purposely cut you out, I promise!)
And now for some NEWS...for those who haven't already heard, we are MOVING to BEAR LAKE! We are going to rent out our house in Millville and we plan to live in Bear Lake for a few years at least. I am obviously having mixed EMOTIONS, but I like CHANGE and I am looking forward to something NEW!
The other night at the Hirschi's we were watching some old home videos and one was of when we were building our house. It is CRAZY to look back and think that we've already lived here for 5 years! We love Millville and all of the AWESOME neighbors and friends we have here, but with all of our BUSINESS ventures over at the lake, we knew it was TIME to make the move. So if you're ever in Bear Lake during the summer (and we know you! Ha ha) stop by Blue Water Resort and come see us at our boat and watercraft rental (Bear Lake Water Sports)!

Bowling Videos

Here are a couple cute videos I forgot to post from when we went bowling...

Friday, April 24, 2009

bOwLiNg!

I love it when my husband is spontaneous! The other night we were just hanging out after dinner with no plans in mind. He had watched some show about people who win the lottery (and don't actually blow all of their money) and what they do with their winnings. One guy went bowling a lot. So that night he wanted to go bowling! It was Gavin's first time. He had a lot of fun and had to be Mr. Independent (as usual for him lately) and carry the bowling ball all by himself. Uncle Travis even joined us!
One of Brent's requests for our dream house is that we have a 2 lane bowling alley in the basement. I'm okay with that! Growing up in Tremonton there wasn't a whole lot to do, so we went bowling a lot! I enjoy bowling and pretty much I won this game! Wahoo!

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Baby Animal Days 2009

We went to Baby Animal Days during Easter weekend with some of Brent's family. Here are A FEW (ha ha, more like 30!) pictures we took. We went last year too and we love going (especially Gavin) and so I hope this becomes a tradition!

Monday, April 13, 2009

Kids Say the Darndest Things...

My conversation with Gavin this evening as we were getting him ready for bed...

Me: Are you going to let me brush your teeth tonight?

Gavin: No, Randi

Me: Hey! It's Mom to you, little man

Gavin: No, it's Randi to me