Family Camping Trip 2009

This weekend we went and caused some mayhem up Payson Canyon with the Brickeys. It was the much hyped family camp out that we had all been waiting for. Braving our way through thunderstorms, hail, and Neil's cooking (jk:), it is safe to say that it all lived up to the hype. The weather picked up Saturday and Sunday, and we all had a great time. We played a lot of games, went on a hike up the world famous Grotto trail, ate some yummy food, and much much more. One of the games we played was the age old game of Horseshoes. Dan and I played great as a couple and weren't beaten together. As usual there were plenty of funny jokes, stories, and memorable moments. One of my favorites was actually at my expense....we were hiking the grotto when out of the corner of my eye I see a humongeous mountain lion far ahead wondering across the mountains, looking for it's next easy prey, so I yell " AHH! Mountian Lion"! I start to freak out when I realize that terrifiying beast is nothing more than a stinkin' dog...everyone had a pretty good laugh at that one. Saturday night we had delicious, but messy, ribs, amy's potatoes, and peach cobbler for dessert. We can hardly wait til we can do it all again. Check out the pics of all the action. And, warning, there are a lot of them.

Some of the gang taking a break from the sun and chillin in the shade

Neil and Dan playing hacky sack



Neil, Dan, Kelee, under the waterfall

My cute husband



Holly being her usual adorable self


Tada! I make crossing a bridge look easy, don't I?

Horseshoes


All I can say is we like taking funny pictures

The RIBS FACE SHOWCASE:

DJ was so messy Cathy stepped in to feed him

Yuki goes to the groomer

Sometime last weekend I realized that Yuki had a few pretty big mats, and that I was going to need some professional help in getting them out. I called Petco and scheduled an appt for Monday at 11 am. I was a bit unsure of how short I wanted them to cut her, and a little worried that she might look like a giant rat when it was all over. When we got there, I almost called it off because their were so many dogs just barking away in kennels, and I felt kinda bad leaving her there (pathetic I know!) ...but I think she turned out pretty stinking cute! She smells so good and is super soft! To my surprise she even had a few bows behind her ears...at first all I could do was laugh, but they are growing on me!

Dan was the one that picked her up, so when she got home she was so excited to see me...notice that big tongue licking my ear

Out With the Old, In With the New

The ol' Buick just wasn't cutting it anymore she had seen her fair share of days, so with 177,258 miles to her name, we decided to start looking for another car. We couldn't decide what we liked (I liked everything I laid my eyes on that was not a granny car) but we looked at Suzuki's...which we really liked, we looked at Civic's, we looked at Corolla's....and finally we came across this beauty: introducing the 2009 Nissan Sentra SR. We want to get the windows tinted soon...we shall see. It's actually very roomy inside, and everytime I walk outside I think to myself, "Dang who's is that?!" Then I remember it's mine :)

All Dan has ever owned before we got the Buick was Sentra's, and he was origianlly not even considering getting another one. This car is by no means a beamer, but it definitely fits our needs and we really like it!

Sister Sister

Kelee came over to hang out with me this weekend while Dan was in Delta playing softball. We had a great time, as always. Friday night we went and saw "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past".

Dinner at KFC

Saturday we went shopping while Dan napped, then took Kelee out to teach her how to play tennis. It was her first time, and she was pretty good! It didn't take her long at all to get a forehand down; next time we play we will focus more on her backhand and teach her to serve. Kelee, you are so much fun! Thanks for hanging out with your boring ol' sis, and for doing my dishes :)

Here comes the big forehand winner

Oops :)

Keep your eyes on the ball

Killer 110 mph serve :)