Manti Pageant

So let me start this post by saying, it does no good to own a camera if you leave it home when you go places... I win the ditz award this week. Nicole (my sister in law) and I decided in April that we were going to go to the Manti pageant this year. We've literally been trying to go since she moved here. . . that's 3 summers of trying to go. Every year the plans fell through or someone flaked out, but this year nothing was stopping us. I got off work Saturday and packed up the car. It wasn't until we got close to Manti that I realized how crappy my packing job was. First of all, obviously I forgot the camera. Then we got down there around 5 and the sun was still pretty high in the sky, so probably sunscreen would have been a wise idea. Next after the sun went down, there were a ton of mosquitos, so bug spray another good idea. Oh well! If I go next year I'll be sure to remember all the stuff I forgot. Anyway I met Nicole at her house in Orem and we packed up the food and cooler and said goodbye to the hubby and kids and were off. We drove down and found parking very near Temple Hill. For those of you who have been to the pageant, you know that is not an easy feat. We were also parked very near the bathrooms, so we were pretty proud of ourselves. We went in and found some chairs pretty near the front in the center. The only downfall was there was a light tower blocking our view of one part of the hill, but what can you do? We had about 3 1/2 hours to waste before the pageant started so we ate dinner and decided to do some meal planning for our San Diego trip in 2 weeks. We also did a lot of people watching. We started a game of Phase 10 but only got through about 3 phases before we realized that people watching was more fun than game playing. The pageant started. Nicole had never been before and I hadn't been in about 5 years. Some things were different, but the main story line stayed the same. It was a fairly remarkable production albeit slightly overdramatic in some parts. It got over about 11:15 and we headed back to Orem where I spent the night instead of driving clear back to Bountiful at 2:00 in the morning. Today we slept late and enjoyed each others company and Todd's cooking. Thanks Nicole for a fun weekend. Let's do it again next weekend!! :) (Not my picture, clearly shown by the date at the bottom!)

Gearing up for Girls Camp

I finally received a call from the Stake representative over Beehive camp and attended a meeting. It will be a small affair with about 45 girls from about 7 wards. The stake is taking care of so much of it, it will be a piece of cake for this busy restaurant manager. The theme is DOTS which stands for Depend on the Savior. I think it's absolutely adorable and the more I think about it, I can see past the whole doing all the stuff I hate and really get into it. Only 50 more days!! Here we come!

Hanging with the family!

This last weekend, Todd and Nicole headed to Bountiful to attend the graduation party of Nicole's cousins son and decided to stay here with me so they didn't have to drive home at 11:00 at night. We made it a whole weekend and had a blast! They came Friday night and Nicole and I stayed up talking way too late, so I was tired for work on Saturday. Luckily it was just a half day and I got off an hour early so it all worked out in the end. They came to Arctic Circle around 11:30 and then Kris and Mike brought the kids and met us there. After playing on the play zone and eating some lunch we headed home to give the kids naps. When Andrew woke up from his nap he wanted to see the temple, so we called Kris and Mike and headed up to the temple. It was a pretty stormy weekend, but the rain stayed away and we enjoyed some time outside.

Rory

Andrew

Jaydon in the baby bjorn

Andrew in the stroller

Andrew Michayla and Hailey

After the temple we headed to Panda Express and grabbed some dinner and then Jesika (my former roommate) stopped by to say hi. After that it was bedtime for the kids so Kris and Mike left and Todd and Nicole got Andrew and Rory ready for bed. We stayed up late again and then Sunday we watched movies in the morning and then spent the afternoon playing with the kids and the cameras. Rory Elizabeth

Andrew reading his BYU book with Mommy. You should see this poor brainwashed kid dance to the fight song... it almost makes one a BYU fan... I said almost! Andrew, Nicole, and Todd reading the baby bible. Andrew really likes this book too. He calls it his Jesus book.

Rory and a proud Aunt Julie. Check out those blue eyes!!!

Andrew singing Happy Birthday to Jesus in his book.

This is a baby who loves that daddy!!

And her big brother's not too bad either.

Thanks to Todd and Nicole for a great weekend and for bringing up my favorite things to take pictures of!

The new camera's first pictures

Here is what the new camera does... okay so not the best way to see the great features of the new camera, but I promised the pictures of my afghan so here you go!
I totally love this edging and I don't even know how I did it! Someone asked me what the stitch is and I couldn't tell them, but I think it's so cute!

SHE GOT A CAMERA!!!

So yesterday I was thinking about the whole camp thing and decided that I really wanted a camera to document all of the exciting fun that camp will be, (not to mention the rest of my boring life) so tonight I went with Mom to RC Willey and found a great new digital camera. It is a 12.1 megapixel with 5 x zoom and a 2.7 inch screen. It's really cute! Right now the battery is charging so you don't get to see what it does, but very soon the post about my afghan will have a picture included! Stay tuned... the boring life is about to get visual!