Sand Hollow Boating Trip

Last weekend our friends, the Buells, invited us out to Sand Hollow on their boat. I was a little nervous due to the fact that I have some major motion sickness issues, but thought it sounded fun and wanted to try it out anyway. They are a fun family and we love doing things with them. They came and got us Saturday morning at approx. 9 am. We went out to Sand Hollow and off we went. I did take an anti-nausea pill before we lift and sprayed us all with sunscreen. When we got out there we did some swimming while they got the knee board ready for their son. We hadn't been out yet this year so Brax was once again nervous about swimming with his life jacket. Brandon B. tied him to a rope and lowered him down into the water to ease his fear and it really helped. After that their boy went knee boarding and then Abbie. Branden decided to try it and did pretty well for a first timer. Brax was flipping out that his dad was out there though. He kept crying and saying get my dad back in the boat. I'm not quite sure why that was though. I'd finally decided to try until Brax started crying. Who knows? After that Brandon B. went out on the knee board for a little. Brax really wanted to fish after that so everyone got the poles out and baited them with worms. I was starting to get a little sick to my stomach so I jumped in the water and swam/treaded while they fished for an hour and a half. Brax ended up catching 7 fish and I think the Buell children caught 6 as well. They were all having a good time. We then drove in closer to the center island. Abbie and I took the three kids into shore and I took them to our favorite cliff jumping spot. We did some rock climbing to get our way across to the cliff. Their son and I jumped while Abbie and her daughter, as well as Brax watched and jumped off some rocks. We swam back to the boat after a while and then all they guys except Brax swam out and went jumping. It started to get windy so we all got back in the boat and headed back to shore. It was a lot of fun and I'm sure glad we went. I didn't reapply sunscreen though so my face is fried. For some reason, everyone else was okay. Thanks again Buells for a wonderful day on the water.

Proud little man!
The best shot I got!

Fourth of July Weekend

For the 4th of July weekend we decided to head up and see family. We had a lot of things going on. We were throwing a baby shower for my sister and Branden's cousin got married. We were able to hit all the wedding ceremonies and Cara's baby shower went really well. We were able to visit with family and friends that we hadn't seen in a while. The baby shower was an open house and we had a lot of food. It was good to see people and have them come and go as they pleased. Branden's whole family ended up being there for the wedding festivities and so it was nice to spend time with everyone again. It doesn't happen that often. They had a great fireworks show after the family dinner and that was awesome! Of course you can't go a weekend at the Andersons without playing games either so we did a little bit of that too. I've learned I need to take more photos though. I have very few pictures of everything that we did.

My gorgeous sisters!

All the food at the baby shower!Playing games at the Anderson's.

Sunday was our relax day and then Monday was the 4th. Monday morning we were able to go to the Richfield parade with the Andersons and Arnells. We had fun watching the parade, although this year it was more of a driving advertisement. We normally go to my grandma Spencer's for lunch, but she didn't hold it this year so we went to Cara's apartment instead. We hadn't seen it yet. We then went to our friend's house and visited with them for a while. After that we hit our parent's house to say goodbye to everyone and headed home. We were exhausted because the Cowley cousins had a sleep over and didn't go to bed until about 4 am. I was barely able to get up that morning. We made it home in time to make dinner and for Brax and I to watch the Hurricane fireworks. I must say that I do prefer Hurricane's fireworks display to Richfield's. They did start the hill on fire above the water and power company buildings, but put it out quickly. We are blessed to have such wonderful families and friends.

Rhett and Branden
Can't wait for the parade to start!
Whose kid is that climbing on the sign anyway?

They look much better in person!

Father's Day

Father's Day was a fun one for Brax this year. Branden just wanted money so he can save up for a pistol. Brax is like his mom though and wanted to pick daddy out a present. I had $10 off at JC Penney so I went in to get Branden some shorts that were $9.99 on sale. Brax found some shorts and an Angry Birds shirt he just had to get his dad. Brax was so excited to have Branden open the present he bought him. Branden ended up putting the shirt on Brax, but oh what a proud son we had that day. He sure loves his dad.