Catching up on my blog is an impossible task, so I've decided to summarize a few months.  This summer we went camping in Moab and got eaten by tiny gnats that drew blood when they bit.  We still had a lot of fun hiking and enjoying the beautiful scenery though.

We also went to Lake Powell in July and had an amazing time there (as usual).  The weather was amazing for the most part.  We did have 1 night with really strong winds that shook up the potties on board and caused quite a stink in the house boat.  Literally.  It was gross. When we said our dinner prayer we asked for the winds to subside and the smell to go away and about an hour later our prayers were answered.  We were pretty relieved.  My little girls were so brave and decided to try a little cliff jumping.  The cliffs were only 3-5 feet, but it was enough to scare me.  It also made me feel like a wimp because I didn't want to do it; but I did!  Gotta be brave for the girls.  Other than that we spent most of the time relaxing on the ski boat, playing in the sand and jumping off the house boat.  I even jumped off the diving board on the house boat.  It's about 10 feet above the water, so that was quite an accomplishment for me.  Once again I didn't want to look like a wimp when the 7 year old with us was doing it.  Kaitlin and Cadence had fun going down the slide which is about 4 feet above the water.  Kaitlin was a little nervous and wanted Steve to catch her.  He did, and hurt his shoulder.  (We found out in October that it actually tore his rotator cuff.  He ended up having surgery on Nov. 1st to fix it.)  Our guests on the lake this year were: Brett, Cori, Lexi, Ashlyn, Reece, and their cousin Allie.  We also had Steve's cousin  RJ and his wife Kirsten there for a few days.  It was a fun trip, and probably our last Lake Powell trip for a while :(


We went to several Bees games over the summer and had lots of fun with family and friends at those.  The girls and I went to 7 Peaks 1 time & Trafalga 1 time to use our Pass of All Passes.  We gotta get more use out of those next year.

The girls performed their dance at Lehi City celebration, and also up in Salt Lake.

We spent a week down in our Zion house in August with Matt and Loni and their kids.  We had fun hiking, swimming, eating good food and being with friends.  Loni and I hiked to Angel's Landing one day.  It was a really fun hike, but a little scary.  The view was amazing though and I would like to do it again one day.

That is all I can remember at this point, and will try to find some pictures to go along with it.

Barbie Pary

Yep, I'm still playing catch up I kind of use this as a journal also, so I try to get a little bit of everything in here.  The girls dance studio Showcase USA held their Christmas  recital at Lehi High school.  The girls were so excited to perform and watch the other dancers.  They danced to "I'm gettin' slippers this Christmas".  Their costumes were Pink and Purple Christmas pajamas, and their Thing 1 and Thing 2 slippers.  I think I was more nervous than they were.  I was afraid that they would get up there and be too scared to perform, but they did great!  Kaitlin especially loved watching the other dancers.  Cadence stayed  back stage after their performance with her class and just had a lot of fun socializing.  They both said it was really fun to dance in front of an audience.  I think we've had a little break through in dance.  I wasn't sure if they were going to like it, but they seem to now.  I think they like the attention.