Congrats Megan

My cousin Megan got married in the Logan temple last Saturday. My parents and I got to go to the temple ceremony. Megan looked so beautiful and happy and Clayton (her new husband) seems like such a great guy. Even though I went to school up in Logan (Utah State) I had never been to the Logan temple so it was really good to go. Congrats to Megan and Clayton.

4-Way Inspection Passed!!!

4-Way Inspection Passed!!!

Well after 4 months of working on our house, we finally passed our 4-way inspection. For those of you who don't know what that is (and don't worry I didn't know either) it is when the city comes to inspect the rough plumbing, rough electrical, framing, and rough heating & air-conditioning. There is certain things that you are required to have done and they inspect those things and then make sure everything else is up to code. We had the inspector come Monday morning and he found about 8 little things that he wanted updated, then we had to schedule another inspection Tuesday afternoon and WE PASSED!!!

I must admit I did a little happy dance when I found out. What this means for us now is that we can start putting the stucco and stone on the outside of our house and putting the insulation and drywall in the inside of our house. It is very exciting and I am glad that we were able to come through it with flying colors.

Lagoon Revisited

Well we had the opportunity with my work to go to Lagoon again, and this time, I am happy to announce, I did not get sick. Of course, I just went with Logan and Ashton and they don't like the rides that make you sick, but still I didn't leave nautious. Ryan had to work so he wasn't able to go, and my parents took Maren, so that left the boys and I to ride the rides. It was so much fun!!!

Ashton's favorite ride was the Oddessy that is a new ride that flies around like the Dumbo ride at Disneyland but dolphins and whales on the side of the ride try to squirt water at you to get you wet. Well Ashton and I had done a good job at avoiding getting wet and then the ride came to a slow stop and stopped right in front of a killer whale that was still squirting water, RIGHT IN MY LAP!!! So while we are waiting for the ride to release the seat belts, I am getting soaked and Ashton is laughing his head off. The only revenge I got was that the whale got Logan the next time we rode the ride.


My parents took Maren on only one ride, but she wasn't sure that she liked it. We don't think she like riding by herself.

Summer Spelling

I have a funny story to tell about Logan.

So one early Summer morning Logan is up and he tells me that he has spelling words that he needs me to help him with.

I'm like, "spelling words? Isn't it summer. You're teacher didn't send you with homework to do over the summer did she?"

That's when he pulls out a list of words from a folder and said, "these are for Pokemon class, mom." If I really want to do good as a Pokemon trainer, I need to know how to spell these words. (They were words like Johto, Pokemon, Pokeball).

So I said a little dumbfounded, "uhhhh, ok." After several tries he knew how to spell all his spelling words. I guess that this training will help him in his quest to become a Pokemon Master.

Happy Father's Day

We had a nice dinner at my parent's house for father's day. It was a great evening filled with laughter, food, crazy kids, and swimming. My brother Dallin showed us his video of his skydiving experience (he jumped out of a plane on Saturday). I still can't believe he did it. Way to go Dallin!! The only thing missing was Colby's family. We miss them. We want to thank all the men in our lives for what they do! Happy Father's Day!!!

Camping - Sort of

We went camping with my in-laws last weekend up at the Spruces. Well we only kind-of went camping. Logan stayed the entire time up there with them, Ashton spent one night, but Ryan, Maren and I came home and slept in our own beds (Ryan had to work and I couldn't chase Maren on my own). Maren is a terrible camper right now and we spent most of our time saying, "No Maren, stay out of the road," "No Maren, stay out of the fire," "No Maren, stay out of the river." I think that she may have the impression that her name has changed to "No Maren" after this weekend. Although we tried to keep her out of the river, she did slip and rolled into the freezing water and mud. That did help deter her for a while. Ashton and Logan too felt the river calling to them, and we spent a lot of time changing wet shoes, socks and pants when they would fall in.

But over all it was really fun and it was good to make memories. Logan especially had fun with Lu and Chris, reading, hiking and making smores. We want to thank them for setting up this camping trip.