Park Fun

A few weeks ago we went to a park we had never been to by the Jordan River.  The girls had a great time and loved swinging, going down the slides, looking at ducks, and just being outside.

Camping ... Finally!!!

We were finally able to take out the Flying Dutchmen this past weekend, we have been too busy and the weather has been too stormy before now.  It still rained on us a little, but we survived and the tent trailer survived the winter with only a few minor repairs.  We went to Wasatch Mountain State Park, just a few miles from the town of Midway.

We had fun hanging out at our campground.

We took a self-guided tour around the Huber Home in Midway.

We hiked to see an overlook of Heber Valley, the girls actually made it most of the way.  Thanks goodness for cloud cover!

It sure warmed up in the afternoon and since we had a water spout in our campground, the girls decided to make the most of it ... several times.  The cold water was very refreshing!

We decided to take advantage of having the town so close and chose to eat at Cafe Galleria one night.  They specialize in wood-fired pizza, it was pretty tasty. 

We were so close to Guardsman Pass so we drove from Midway to Park City one morning via the pass.  It was very pretty!  We saw a few snowmobiles that looked as though they had been ditched in the winter, they were in the strangest places and positions.

View from the top...

We completed our trip with a visit down memory lane for myself by eating at Dairy Keen in Heber.  Growing up I would stop here with my friend and her family on the way to her cabin several weekends every summer.  The food tastes the same and the train is the same, the restaurant has expanded a bit.   We loved our camping trip and will definitely camp here again in the future.

4th of July Festivities

We spent the 4th of July by going to the Murray Parade, where the girls loved collecting all the candy that was thrown at us.  We then went to a BBQ at my parent's house, where we celebrated one of Addie's cousin's birthdays and ate some yummy food in the rain!  We took a break for Izze's nap then headed over to Andrew's parent's house for another BBQ and some fireworks.  Addie could hardly contain herself all day wondering when it was going to be firework time.  She loved setting out the fireworks and playing with the sparklers.  Izze was unsure of the whole thing and chose to sit on my lap most of the night, which was fine by me.  As we were driving home we had another firework show as we watched all the aerial fireworks from lots of neighborhoods.  Once we hit our neighborhood we could barely make it to our house for all of the fireworks in the streets, it sounded like a war zone out there. 

At the parade, Izze still in shy mode

Ben and Addie

Addie playing in the pool at Grandma Jensen's house

Izze refusing to play in the pool

Our Family

Sparklers!

Family Reunion

My family reunion was in Park City this last weekend.  We stayed at Westgate Resort and had a blast, as usual.  We went to the Olympic Park and watched the ski jumpers practice, rode the chairlift, hiked around a bit, and checked out the museum.  We also did a lot of swimming, the boys went golfing, ate some yummy food, and we rode the Alpine Slide. 

Some of the clan at Olympic Park

On chairlift to Alpine Slide

Park City

Izze learning how to golf

After reunion was over, some of us went to see Cars 2, this is Izze before the movie started, sure wish she had stayed this way throughout the whole movie!

Wasatch Back

My sister's friend threw together a Ragnar team at the last minute, and I was lucky enough to be a part of it.  I found out exactly a week before the race!  It was an incredible experience and I loved every minute of it, well maybe not running up a canyon road for 7 miles, but close to every minute of it.  The backside of the mountains are so pretty this year from all the rain and I enjoyed traversing terrain I haven't seen before even though I have lived here most of my life.  I had so much fun getting know some fun new people and of course spending time with my sister!

Van 1 - Ben, Trisha, Cyndi, Zalia, Tamra, Anna

It was so cold in Logan at the start line, we were all freezing!

Line of vans on tough uphill run, so glad this was my sister's leg and not mine!

Going into Liberty and Eden

At Snowbasin

We love those Honey Buckets!

Team Name

All finished and waiting for van 2 to finish

Super Silly Sisters

Here are some random pictures of Addie and Izze being silly or just being themselves ...

Addie dressing up and ...

showing off!

This is how I found Izze eating her lunch one day,

and because it was so funny Addie joined in on the fun.

I banished Addie to play in her room one afternoon and this is how I found her.

The girls and I went to Lagoon one afternoon, they both love this ride.

Izze's first time on the bumper cars and every time Addie ran into another car, Izze would just laugh and laugh.

There was no line so we ended with a boat ride.

It's What Fun Is ... Again!

We had so much fun at Lagoon last year, we decided to get season passports again this year!  We surprised Addie and when we drove into the parking lot she was so excited and didn't stop talking until she went to bed that night.  Izze was equally excited and does not like to wait in line, but loves every ride.  It was a cloudy, cold day but we made the most of it, we had a few hours before it started raining. 

Girls patiently waiting in line

Helicopter Ride

Airplane Ride

Izze with the "All Day" mug

Addie on Flying Aces, she loves this ride!