Summer in Review

Summer pictures

Trip to Arches with Tim and Tanaya Larsen

Me and some of my nieces
(Goodbye breakfast for Spencer, Andrea, Kate and Anna)

The lovely desk and paper ladder James built me!

our new car Ruby

Ryan and Natalie's Wedding at the Bountiful Temple

....it was really sunny

Christine and niece Beka

James' brother Blake selling otter pops
and water at the 4th of July Parade

He was later caught by the police
for selling without a permit ... no arrests though

Balloon Fest on the 4th

Printing Ben and Olivia's wedding invites on the letterpress

A tricycle ride through Provo Canyon

James and Blake longboarding in Provo Canyon

Visit from the Austin Family

24th of July Parade in SLC

Family at Provo Falls
Nieces Kate and Rachel playing after family pictures

Sarah and Rachel

Noah and Andrew at This is the Place Pioneer Village

Andrew, Lauren, Jake, and Andrea on a Wagon ride

Nancy and Jerry (my parents) at Provo Falls

Ben and Olivia's wedding at the Salt Lake Temple

Multnomah Falls in Oregon

Kate and I eating biscuits at the
Portland Farmers Market...nice bangs...

The very chilly Cannon Beach

More waterfalls we drove on the waterfall loop
on our way from Portland to Kennewick

James playing a little frisbee golf in Washington...
we have become quite the frisbee golfers this summer

Disclaimer

My summer goal was to start a blog for James and I. Every time I have gotten on the computer to start a blog I have been sucked in by others' blogs and 2 hours later I decide I'll do it another day. But because I have been told at church many times,"don't leave for tomorrow what you can do today," my lack of a blog guilt has been building up. Perhaps it is because I have only kept a journal for one year of my life (8th - 9th grade, believe me there is nothing substantial in it unless you count what I ate for lunch and who I talked to in French class), or perhaps I just want to keep up with the Joneses. So this being the second to last day of summer, here it goes.

Blog Disclaimers:
1. I am a terrible speller (but as my dad says, spelling is not a measure of your intelligence)
2. I am wordy (I'm apologizing in advance for any long and very boring posts)
3. James may or may not ever write on this thing (he says it might be worse if he does)
4. We felt very overwhelmed choosing a blog name so suggestions are welcome (because my brother Spencer has taught me well, I first looked to rap songs for inspiration but none came... I then moved on to phrases from Wesley Willis songs which James quickly nixed...then I gave up)
5. I over use parenthesis and ellipses
6. For some reason I am slightly embarrassed to have a blog but I really enjoy keeping track of family/friends by reading their blogs so hopefully you will do the same