Are you in? Crafts!

Back in March I participated in a blog tag called "Are you in?" where I gave 3 friends the opportunity to win a homemade craft by me! Only 2 responded so those who didn't missed out! I've finally completed the first craft for my friend Jennie (the craft is really for her daughter Makayla). My 2nd craft isn't quite completed, I'm going to work on it Sunday so I should warn my other friend, Jenny, it's a comin'!! Here are some pics ot the tutu I made all by myself! (Special thanks to Kiersti for showing me how to make these!)

This is the tutu I made for M (it's not a bracelet for Shawna!)

And these other pics are of my sister and me being silly, and Kiersti "teaching" us how to make these cute cute tutus!

This was so much fun! I can't wait to get together with Becky and Kiersti to do something like this again! Thanks for a great afternoon girls! I love you guys!

Diamond Fork Canyon

We're planning a trip up Diamond Fork Canyon with the Byers clan! It's going to be a lot of fun but since none of us have ever been up there we made a quick trip this weekend to see what we were getting ourselves into. I really want to try this hike...

http://www.utahoutdooractivities.com/fifthwater.html

And I want to take a quick trip here...

http://www.utahoutdooractivities.com/redledgespicnic.html

All in all I like the campground, it's pretty nice and right by the river so hopefully Darrell will catch some yummy fish! Here are some pics I took while we were on our drive!

Shawna by the river

Annie by the river

Darrell walking by the stream on the roadside

Fresh Garden Veggies Anyone?

Early Spring arrives and I'm all excited! I can't wait to till the garden and plant our pea seeds! I start planning what else we'll plant and I watch, anxiously waiting for those little baby plants to peek up through the dirt so I can welcome them to the world!

A few weeks later it's warm enough to shop for tomato plants, pepper plants, zuchinni, watermelon, and the many other fabulous things I think we'll plant. I go crazy weeding and planting for a whole day and I watch for the buds that will indicate fruits and veggies soon on the way!

Early Summer arrives, I carefully glance at the garden and try to see past the weeds. I search for the baby watermelon and count how many we have, I rush in to tell Annie (since these are hers) and we celebrate a little. I occasionally water, harvest the zuchinni and tomatoes and a few peppers, but mostly I wonder "WHY WHY WHY didn't I insist on a pool this year instead of the damn garden!?!?"

It's the same every year! At this time I absolutely loath the garden, I hate harvesting, I hate watering, I hate weeding, AND I especially hate that I go through this phase every stinking year!

On a brighter note... If anyone wants tomatoes, I've planted 6 plants, some cherry, some cute yellow bell looking things, some early girls and some beef eaters (we don't even like tomatoes, but I make a mean fresh salsa!) If anyone wants peppers I have anaheim chilles, jalepenos, banana peppers, serrano peppers and bell peppers. If anyone wants zuchinni I have it! And in a few weeks we'll have watermelon too! Just let me know when you'll be stopping by to pick them up!

And here's some fun pics...

Swimming... Maybe not...

I drove the girls to the Kearns Rec Pool. They wanted to swim outside and since I didn't have cash and thought they could use their County Rec Pass at the Kearns pool I drove all the way out there, should've just went to the bank. When we got there I dropped them off and started on my way home when my cell phone chirped, I answered and Annie informed me that the pools at the Kearns Rec Center are NOT county pools so their pass is no good there. I picked them up and told them swimming today would have to be indoors so I drove them to Gene Fulmer where we always go (so I know their passes are good there!) I pulled up to the doors, dropped them off and headed home again, and again my phone chirped at me and this time Annie informed me that the indoor pool is closed for 2 weeks due to maintenance. WHAT!?!?! So again I headed back to get my girls and this time on the way home I stopped at the SnoShack because I had just enough cash to get 2 Snow Cones and a punch card for a freebie! We ate snowcones on the way home which made the last hour not so bad. We got home and I worked for a bit then the girls pulled out their old blow up pool and this is what happened...

Crazy girls! At least they made a fun day out it!

18 and going strong!

August 2nd was our 18th Wedding Anniversary! 18!!!! It's unbelievable that we've been married for 18 years and have they memorable! I've been so blessed to have found my hubby at such a young age, we practically grew up together! (Which is probably why we're both trained to the other's quirks and will make this marriage last!)

We don't usually do a big celebration but this year we thought it'd be fun to go out of town and just enjoy being with eachother. We picked Vegas! It was great! We got a fountain side room at Bellagio but unfortunately we didn't spend as much time as we would have liked hanging by the window and watching the fountains! Instead we did a little gambling, a little shopping, and saw Rodney Carrington! We had so much fun for the short time we were there! We missed our girls but thankfully we knew they were in good hands with GG! Thanks so much for taking them so we could have our little getaway!

Here's some pics...

The view from our room...

The fountain show from our room...

My charming hubby in front of the Paris hotel.

And if you wanna see more go to my facebook page! It's a lot easier and faster to get pics on there!