Thanks

Hey Everyone. Thank you for the suggestions on the photography. I needed them! Sometimes you get one track-minded and you forget that there are other features to use. So thank you. As you can see I need to improve a lot, but it's been quite rewarding to learn and try again and again. So I'll keep doing that.

I'm off to girls camp for a few days this week and I am really excited. I have an amazing ward and I am lucky to be serving with the young women at this time. I'll post some more pictures when I get back. Pray for Cache. He is with Wes this week. :) Joking...love ya all.

Being Brave

Hey Everyone!

I am trying to be brave and start up one of my interests: photography. I have been taking a few shots here and there, practically begging people to be my subjects and models. Thank heavens I have wonderful family members who graciously endure a photo session with me for an evening of their lives. :) It's been challenging and super fun, but I'd sure appreciate some feedback (honest but not too brutal) before I start my own site and try to get more people on the books. If it doesn't work out: oh well. Life goes on and I can always learn to knit.

Loveage

Lake Powell and Park City

Hola!

This last week and a half has been super fun! Wes and I were able to leave Cache with my family for four days so that we could go to Lake Powell with his family and our friends. Honestly, guys, it is my heaven on earth. I love Lake Powell. It is so fun and also so relaxing to me. Some of my best memories are from there.













This week we were able to go to Park City for one night with my family. We have our cousins from Oklahoma in town along with the regular cousins, cousins from Florida, and cousins from Canada. Can I just say it is one big party?! I love it. So we went to stay up there just for a little break and some fun shopping, swimming (Cache's first time in a pool!), and laughing. I love my family and I love summer time. It's the best.

You will notice that Cache had more fun in his sink pool than the swimming pool. We are easy to please. :)

My New Bathroom

Hey all! I promised pictures so here you go. I am not quite done because I hope to change the counter tops and flooring at some point *(and add red and black towels)* but it is mostly finished! Here you go!

BEFORE: ugly peach-tan walls with no flava. The knobs were old-school too.



AFTER: A "London Mist" Grey on the walls, black and red accent colors, with brushed nickle hardware. (I still need to frame the mirror with molding too!)

Oh no. Cache can climb.

Enough said. I came to the stairs just in time to see Cache turn and almost die. I caught him. Our lives are ten times more complicated now.

I love America

I am so grateful for this wonderful country that we live in. I know that God divinely inspired the brave men and women of this country to fight for a free place that is home to all of those with a dream and some hard work in their bones. I am so grateful to live here with the family that I have and with the opportunities and choices I have available to me.

This fourth of July has been super fun, with many family parties on both sides of the family and the chance for Cache to watch his first fireworks. HE WAS MESMERIZED! :) I'm so blessed to be able to raise my kids in this great country. God bless the USA.

Update

Hello! I just wanted you all to know that the porch is painted (thanks to the help of my lovely sister-in-law, Caryn!) and the bathroom is painted. I am almost complete with all of those projects. That didn't take as long as I thought it would. :) I thought since home improvement can ONLY be SOOO entertaining, I would just update you on the summer so far.

Wes and I have been back and forth between home and Wyoming again. Living in Wyoming is very relaxing and carefree--but it can get lonely too. I guess that is why we switch weeks because we just need a good mix of life. Cache loves Wyoming because he gets my undivided attention all day long and also because of his new favorite toy: The 4-Wheeler. He loves getting jostled on that bumpy ATV. He also loves to hold the handles and "steer" while Wes and I are trying to keep us from going into a ditch. One thing is for sure: he just keeps getting cuter as the days go by.



It's about a three hour drive from Wyoming and usually Cache sleeps on the way home. Wes and I time the water and chores to leave at his nap time and then take off. Well, Wes and I drove separate this time and I thought I was right on schedule for Cache to sleep the whole way home. Of course, he only slept twenty minutes. And screamed the entire rest of the way home.I tried everything! The only thing that worked at the end was handing him oreos to try and keep his mouth busy. I was at the end of my rope when I pulled into the drive in Springville and then I had to take care of him alone for the rest of the day. Thank heavens he looked like this when I got him out. How could I thrash this? :)



We have had a lot of fun at different events such as the Art City Days Parade, family bike rides, the Children's Museum with Emery and Quinlee, and just a lot of family time. We also went boating for the first time with Cache. He wasn't sure if he liked it, but the second time we went for seven hours and HE LOVED IT! He liked to splash in the water and he loved tubbing with Wes and I. We liked the surfing too. :) Love you all! HAGS.