Utah

In July, Nic and I were fortunate enough to fly to Utah for a family reunion. We learned that neither one of us do well under stress. I booked all the flights, so if something went wrong it was pretty much all on me. Then on top of that, I only had a paper driver's lisence due to finally changing mine over. The security didn't like that too much. However, we made it through where Mama Jo picked us up in Salt Lake City. This was my first time, so I was so excited! My first impression of Utah was not dissapointment, but it just wasn't exactly what I was thinking it would be. I still loved it though. The weather alone would make me move there.

We stayed with Mandi and Thomas and their two kids, Elli and Jackson, and loved it! Thanks so much! Nic's family is wonderful. I really couldn't ask for a better family to marry into, I'm so blessed! We can't wait to go back!

Utah

I really could not get over the view there. This is at the Bee's baseball game!

We also had the opportunity to go to Park City, where the winter Olympics were held a few years back.

On our way up with Holli and Abe to do the Alpine slide. They were so much fun!

Utah-Lagoon

We all went to the theme park Lagoon, and like everything else we did, it was so much fun. Little Drew!

This is the crew that braved the Rattlesnake Rapids.

Nathan was a hoot, he was determined to stay dry throughout the entire ride.

There are no winners on the Rattlesnake Rapids, only wet losers

Utah-Golfing

So this is the view we had during our golf outing. Breathtaking right? I thought so. We had to be on the course by SEVEN! What happened to vacation? Just kidding. It was actually chilly out there, it was pretty great.
There were millions of gophers on the course, and a fox!

We were paired off with Erin and Barrett, and they were a blast. Erin is quite the pro!

And I...I killed a gopher. By accident!! I cried for the next two holes!

Needless to say we ended the 18th hole with smiles. I also learned that Titleist is pronounced TITLE-LIST not TIT LIST.

Utah-Temple Square

At the end of June, Nic and I were able to fly to Utah and during that time I was able to go to Temple Square for the FIRST time! It was truly amazing to see all of these magnificent buildings that I was only taught of growing up.
Sunday morning we were able to go to Music and the Spoken Word at the Conference Center. The music was beautiful, and being the in Conference Center was so weird, I've only even seen it on T.V.

The temple was so breath taking! Pictures do NOT do it justice.

Yet Another Cooking FAIL!

Can you guess what this is???

Well, I'll tell you. A couple weeks ago Nic and I went to eat at Tiff and David's for dinner. I offered to bring dessert. Dinner was wonderful! We had Tacos, which are always a hit. Then it was my turn. I decided we would have Fruity Pebbles Treats! They are SOO good, and easy to make (supposedly). So we start with three simple indgredients:

-Butter

-Marshmallows

-Fruity Pebbles

After melting all the butter and marshmallows, I put in eight and a half cups of Fruity Pebbles, and it did not look right at all. After asking for some assisstance, Tiff came to the rescue!!! She did a quick run through of the directions, and found a critical error. The recipe called for eight HALF CUPS, not eight and a half cups. So really it called for four cups of fruity pebbles.... WHAT? Luckily I had an extra bag of marshmallows, and poured pretty much the whole bag in to try and salvage our dessert. It ended up as a multicolored blob which looked a lot like vomit.....BUT still tasted great!

The moral of this story is to follow the directions, even if they are a little ridiculous.

New Toy

If you hadn't noticed we've been posting much more pictures! It's because of my birthday present! It's SO cool! It's shockproof, waterproof, freeze proof....pretty much indestructible. I would definitely recommend this to anyone! It's called the Olympus SW Series Stylus Tough.