Thanksgiving Point

My mom had taken a day off of work a few weeks ago and wanted to take advantage of having a little free time. Well...I suggested we take the kids to see the animals at Thanksgiving Point seeming we haven't been there in a long time! Probably not her first choice of things to do on her day off but, she was a good sport and the kids were so happy to have their grandma with them! I invited Tanalyn to come along too! The kids had a great time!!!

Looking at the little chicks with Grandma!!

Ashlynn and Mitch

Feeding the goats!!

Oh wait, is that a fence....we must climb it!!!(big or small)

Ashlynn happy as can be riding the horse!

Mitch loved his little pony!

Crazy kids having fun!!!

Now that looks about right!!!

Crue Fest '09

Greg has one of his trucks on the Crue Fest hauling some of the equipment, which is sponsored by Monster drinks. So when they came to Salt Lake we were able to go to the concert with V.I.P. passes! It was a lot fun!!!

Carley & Sons Truck (Greg had to paint it to match the Monster Trailer)

The group Cavo playing on the Monster stage

Another group Rev Theory on the Monster stage

Theory of a DeadMan playing on the main stage

Vince Neil...the lead singer for Motley Crue. They were AWESOME!!!

Pioneer Day....

The morning of July 24th we headed to Tibble Fork to do a little fishing and 4wheeling with the Parker's! We stopped off at Wal Mart to get some fishing gear and of coarse some treats!! We had a blast!

The kids enjoying a donut in the Wal Mart parking lot!

Mitch and his buddy Nash, gonna do some fishin! This pic is priceless!! (Thanks Tanalyn for letting me still it off your blog!!)

Dad and Mitch going fishing!

Matt taking the the kids out on the boat!

Me, Mitch, Tanalyn, and Nash getting ready to go for a 4wheeler ride!

That night we headed to the Owlz game to enjoy some baseball and fireworks. Well it sounded good but when we got there the weather was looking ugly, so we decided to go get some dinner at JCW's and call it a night! It didn't hurt my feelings that we missed the firework show, It had been a early day and I was ready for bed!!! I think we all were!!!

Tennessee and Alabama....

****WARNING****
This posting may be a bit of a picture overload....Sorry, I don't get out much!!!!

Sasha and I flew out to Nashville to surprise our friend Jessica for her 30th birthday! Jessica's husband Michael set the whole thing up....what a GREAT guy!!! Needless to say, Jessica was SHOCKED when she answered the front door and saw both Sasha and I standing there at 11 pm no less! It took her a good 10 seconds to recognize that we were there but, when she did her face was PRICELESS!!!!

Jessica in shock!!!

Sasha and Jessica

Jessica giving her SWEET husband and big hug!!!

Jessica opening birthday cards!

Jessica's little Olivia...isn't she adorable!!!

The first night we stayed at their home. The next day we headed south to Birmingham, Alabama were we stayed for 2 nights...along with her sister April, who was also visiting from Utah! Jessica's sister-in-law Heather who lives in Tennessee met up with us in Alabama along with one of their tennis friends, Rebeca. They where so much fun to be around, I was so glad I had the chance to get to know them...they are HILARIOUS!!!

Starting our two and a half hour drive to Alabama!

Sasha and I, stuck in the back....can we say, CAR SICK!!! LOL ;)

This is Ross Bridge Resort....the LOVELY place we stayed in Alabama!!! It was SO SO NICE, we didn't want leave when it was time!!! Click on it so you can REALLY see how pretty it was!

When we arrived at our resort, we had to check it out! This pic is in the spa area....SO NICE! You better believe Sasha and I took full advantage of it....massage and all!!!

There was even a wedding going on!

I was trying to get a pic of the bride and groom leaving, but you can't see them all that well! Oh, hey Sash!!


They had a farmers market at the resort one of the days. This guy and his wife was selling Shea Butter straight from the shea nut! That is the biggest nut I have every seen!!!! LOL ;)

Saturday night we went into town to get some dinner, and to celebrate Jessica's birthday! The place we ate at was 26, it was so yummy!! We had so much fun!

April, Me, Sasha, Rebeca, Heather, and Jess

Jessica blowing out her candle...Happy Birthday Jess!!!

After dinner....we were stuffed!!!

Heather and Rebeca

Good Bye Ross Bridge! Yes, we are still dorks!!!

Jessica and April...cute sisters!

Us girls in Nashville, before saying good bye to Jess!

You gotta love the KING!!!

I had so much fun on this nice little getaway! It was kind of like being back in High School with my girls!!! Its nice to know we haven't changed THAT much!! Just add in some husbands and kids that's all!!! hahaha LOL ;) Thanks girls, we really need to do this more often!!!

Happy Birthday Mom....

My mom turned 60 years young on July 8th! She will probably kill me for telling but she did say she was okay with it! If any of you know how my mom is with her age, she never tells you the truth if you ask her! So I was surprised when she said she had come to grips with it!!! Besides, you are only as old as you feel...so my mom is a good 30 years younger!!!
We had a little surprise birthday dinner for her at Olive Garden with the fam! It was a good time, had by all!
Happy Birthday MOM, you are the BEST!! I hope you had a WONDERFUL day, you deserved it!!!!

The Birthday Girl

All Mitch wanted was this BIG sucker!

Waiting for Linda to arrive!

We put the kids in the corner! hahaha

Except Mitch, he had to stay by dad...it is for the best!!!

Happy 4th of July...

We started our 4th of July off with our annual sleep out at Grandma and Grandpa Chipman's house. We all had so much fun. We had some yummy food, the kids played a game of wiffle ball and then we watched Sandlot in the backyard. It started lightening and thundering so all of us headed in, except Greg and Brady. They stayed to ride out the storm...well sort of! It actually didn't end up raining but the lightening was enough for me to say see ya!!!

On the night of the 4th, the Parker's were nice enough to invite us over with Matt's family for a big shindig! We had some good food and fun times! After dinner, Greg and Matt put on their "annuall" firework show!!!

Ashlynn and Mitch...Happy 4th of July!!

Mitch with his sparkler!

Mitch and his friend Riley

Parker's House