38 Years and Counting.....

On August 17 we celebrated 38 years of marriage.

In 1973 following our SL Temple marriage and

reception, we hopped in our car and made our

first trip to Jackson Hole. We were SOOOO

young, but we made a great choice in starting

a tradition of visiting one of the most

beautiful and breathtaking places on earth.

We fell in LOVE with Jackson Hole

and we have made the trip countless times

since, with friends and mostly with our

own family. This place holds a special spot

in all of our hearts. It seemed only right

that we make that trek again to celebrate

#38. It's still a GREAT choice!!

We usually stay in Teton Village and

we have never been disappointed.

Jenny Lake is a favorite spot as

is the Jackson Lake Lodge.

And of course, the town of Jackson.

We have to get a picture with all the elk

antlers every time!!

This sculpture was new since we were

there last and I loved it.

It was a wonderful weekend. We love the drive,

we love the scenery, we love the atmosphere,

and we loved having a little down time to

just remember how this all got started.

Thanks for 38 great years. It certainly hasn't

been boring!! I think we have another couple of

decades in us. What do you think???

Happy Anniversary, Honey!

XOXOX

July and August.....Summer Slips Away

Summer has literally slipped away without

so much as a moment's notice.

Here are some of the highlights

of the past 6 weeks or so.

Silly, giggly dress-up princesses

just chillin' in my back yard!

I LOVE little girlies...

Poor Jude is SOOOOO outnumbered

most of the time. We need Gil to

move up north to even the odds!

SIDEWINDER FALLS:

Sidewinder Falls in Nannie's backyard

on a hot summer afternoon....

TREV TURNS 30!!

Gretsie up to bat while Grandpa

Rog pitches to the little girls

at Trevan's 30th Baseball Birthday party.

(He may be the most patient and

best grandpa I know!)

All the littles got in on the action...

Terri made this awesome cookie bat with

cupcake baseballs...she is clever like that!!

MIKE AND LIZA MORELL VISIT:

My cousin Mike Morell and his wife Liza

stopped to see Mom on their way through.

It was so nice of them to make the effort!

(And when did Mike turn into a

Ted Morell look-alike?!)

CANYON COOKOUT:

The raging waters finally subsided enough

for us to feel safe making a trip

up the canyon for a cook-out.

Oh...and somehow Ezzie grew up in

the past few weeks!!

I LOVE that we have our own

personal pre-school whenever we

have a family get-together!!

HANGING OUT IN THE BACKYARD:

Just chillin' in the backyard

with the fam.....

(Uh-oh...I think we might have a Nate

sighting in this photo!)

We had a VERY brief visit from Mr. Brig

and his Mommy & Daddy. He thoroughly enjoyed

his first ice cream cone in the back yard.

Contrary to popular belief...Brig likes

hanging at Nannies!

THE GREG'S CAMPOUT:

Mike and I joined Kennan and Trev

and their family for dinner

when they were camping out

in AF Canyon.

This girl loves herself a little fishing.

Grandpa took it upon himself to keep Ezzie

nice and warm. Turns out he was

totally down with the idea!

Thanks for the invite, Gregs...

A TRIP TO THE ZOO:

Then there was the trip to the zoo

with the Lamoreaux fam...

It was a super hot day so the

dinosaurs that squirted water were

a welcome relief!!

These HUGE moving dinosaurs are

at Hogle Zoo on loan for a short time.

All the boys loved them...and Robyn

and I were quite entertained just

sitting and watching kids freaking out

when they walked by and realized they

were MOVING!!

The zoo train ride is always a favorite!

SCRAMJET AT 7 PEAKS:

Brad's band (Scramjet) performed at the

7 Peaks Waterpark so Mike and I

went to listen to them.

And we got the bonus of watching beautiful

Gabi and Bella and their Mom enjoy the water

while Daddy performed....

LAST DAY OF SWIM LESSONS:

I also got to go to the last day of swim lessons

for these four water-babies!

And this little man....well he just

makes every good thing seem even better!!

I HATE to see it come to a close so quickly.

I for one am praying for a long, warm

Indian Summer!!

XOXO