Sunday

D and I got up early (for a sunday) and went on a walk up Provo canyon, then he made us breakfast at home, and we went on a ride out to the Salt Air Marina, to check out the sailing club...it is pretty run down place, and alot of the boats are rugged looking compaed to the sail boats in SanDiego...ha ha...afterward we watched the Bees baseball team lose to Colorado, but it didnt matter cuz the weather was perfect, and we enjoyed each others company.

Staci's Bridals

Jory Staci and I went to Fillmore and met Caralynn, their photographer, to do their bridal photos. She is such a creative photographer. The pics are really fun!She took some at the race track, the movie theater in town a few old walls, lots of them kissing, and lots of Staci on her own, and some with jory looking at her from a small distance, just FUN!!!! I am so glad they asked me to go with them..
I will post soon!
We saw Granny and Pa, Terri and Braigon..and took a picture with them because they most likely wont make it to Wyoming for the wedding.

Jory Staci Jaci and Callan

Well after a whole summer of not getting much time with my kids, we spent the day together Saturday. Staring with breakfast at One Man Band. We took the 4 wheelers up Poll Canyon in Santaquin, Jory led us on a great ride, Jaci shopped for the snacks to eat when we stopped. We caught up on a few things we have all been doing, had some good laughs. Later on we went to the movie Step Brothers.....it was a movie for the light hearted for certain..ha ha ...
We went back to Callan and Jacis and played phase 10 until midnight and slep over.
I love getting together with my family!
It was Callans birthday in the 7th of august, he is now 22!
Unfortunately no one took a camera!!

California

To top of our summer we continued south to Norther California. Our first stop was the Redwood Forest where we camped for a night....BEAUTIFUL! I am sure there are more adjectives I can use to describe this area.... majestic, ominous, ancient, enormous, I could go on, (but I wont) ha ha ...
The northern beaches are a wonder as well, I wonder why they have to be so damn cold!! I suppose beauty has its place no matter the climate...
We went to an Oakland A's game, on to SanFrancisco, then to Santa Cruz, Monterey area. Paige and Kaden will be living in that area now. It is also an attractive area, filled with pine trees, and beach.
We went to the Monterey Bay Acquarium and really enjoyed the wonders of the ocean through this fabulous arrangement of sea creatures etc.
We camped in northern Santa Cruz near the light house at a KOA called Castanoa. Honestly not my favorite KOA, usually they are quite equipped with things to do and great showers etc....like the Hyatt of camping. This was a bit more likened to being in the great out doors with all the stinky smells of sewer next to our camp, and no shade trees, one shower...may I repeat...one shower! But on a higher note, the beach was only a half mile walk and it was beautiful!

Oregon

We spent a great time in Oregon with the Eastman Family! I am so hppy we took the time to go this summer. They showed us some really good times.
We went on the Hells Gate Rogue River jet boat dinner. These boats only need 6 inches of water to go in. They hold over 60 people and they go up to 60 mph. We did 360's on the water, weaved back and forth , raced the other boats on the tour, and got 100% soaked! At least those of us on the front row! Everyone else gets 50% soaked....what a riot! We had a blast..and the dinner is all the yummy food you can eat at this beautiful large log cabin they built especially for the Hells Gate excursions.
We spent the next day at Gold Hill, at a true energy vortex....it was really something. They have a mystery house that slid off the hill side during some bad rains quite some time ago, and it landed in this vortex, it is totally crooked and they show some amazing demonstrations of energy insie of this house. Like a ball rolls up hill, water runs up hill, when inside we stood at a total slant, and it felt normal, but looked slanted to others. The batteries in our camera and Lee's phone were charging. Lee's cell phone continued to turn on, no matter how many times he shut it off, and it would say "battery charging".
We went to a reservoir with the family and boated in Stacy and Shayna's boat for half a day. Stacy is a great wake boarder. The kids rode the tube, well actually we all rode the tube, even Lee and Shary!
We went to church with the family, and then went to see Donovans Grandpa for a bit.
We played dominoes, ate food out doors, and had a talent show that was MC'd by Paige and Sarah on Sunday evening at Stacy and Shayna's.
There is so much to tell, we had a wonderful time and made some amazing memories!