Updates...

We went to Las Vegas and St. George to surprise Heidi for her 30th birthday...

Amy, Alex and their kids came in from Pennsylvania for Christmas...

I've got great sista's...

Sadie missed us while we were gone...



Troy likes to wrestle with the nieces and nephews...

I am not sure they like it...

Juniper doing summersaults...

The Hogle Zoo

This last weekend we went to the Zoo and had so much fun! We had two of Will's kids for the weekened and took Missy's girls. They were so cute with the boys. Carrying them around on their backs and holding hands, I am so lucky to have the cutest and sweetest neices and nephews!

Baby Tay is all growed up

Well he did it. Taylor and Natalie were married on August 26th. It was an amazing day. Natalie is great and it is so fun to have her in my family. Here are some pics, this is all I have seen so far so they may not be the best but I will update it when I get some more.

A day in the canyon

When my family was all in town we decided we would have breakfast up the canyon. Afterward, we went rafting down the Provo river. It was a blast! It was so fun to take all the little kiddies down the river!! It turned out to be such a big success with my family that we decided to do it with the Riley side. We had a lot of fun with them as well! Missy and Savanna were scared to death which was really crazy and funny. We did nearly die a few times and that made it a little risky and super funny because we kept running into trees and people. We had a lot of fun.

Washington

We went on a little Riley family vacation and had such a good time! We drove up the coast and saw some rainforests, waterfalls, and the little town of Forks (for you twilight readers) all on the Olympic peninsula. As you can see below, the scenery was so beautiful. Next was Sequim, where they had lavender farms and pick your own berry fields. It was pretty neat. Then we took a fairy into Seattle. This was so cool! It was so neat to see Seattle for the first time! The view was incredible. We went up the Space Needle and Lorna almost had to lay the smack down on a Parking Attendant, for those you that thought I had attitude, let’s just say Lorna is giving me a little competition. We ate at Ivars, and walked around Pike Place Market. You would not believe what a cool market this was. This is the market of markets. For those of you that know what a good cook Troy is, he was dying thinking of all the meals he could make with the local ingredients! It was so cool. Then on to Olympia for me, this was the highlight. It was so cool to finally see the place that Troy’s family talks about so much. A lot of things had changed since they had lived there, but I loved trying to picture Troy and Lorna there as kids. All in all we ate some dang good food and saw a lot of things that I will never forget. Thanks Lorna for making this trip possible. I realize that I look like I wore the same outfit everyday so just for the record I brought several outfits.

Nicey Nicey's

Ok, so Racquel did this on her blog and I cracked myself up thinking about memories of her so I thought I would give it a try.
Here are the directions:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you know me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.
Just to clarify, "Nicey Nicey's" are what my dad would call it when we had to say nice stories or things about each other.

Jonny & The Slapsticks

Last night we went and saw Jon's band play in Spanish Fork. They had an open mic night and it was awesome! I was so impressed! They are an awesome group and all the music they sing is their own stuff. They are so talented!! A long, long time ago, Amber and I were back up singers for one of his bands. I cringe whenever I think about it because the thought of getting up on stage now scares the heck out of me!! But hey, they were fun times! Sanpete Sizzler baby...

A Rootbeer Revelation

Ok, Where have we been? Troy and I have never heard of putting cream on your snow cone... It is delicious! It's the perfect root beer float... icy, smooth, creamy and cold. These suckers are so addicting! The stands are all over the place, just look for one that has rootbeer flavor and the option of cream. If you really want to go all out you can have a scoop of ice cream at the bottom as well...Yummo!

Weeds

Well the time has finally come to start working on the yard. The girls came down and helped us so much. They are such good workers! We weeded for quite a while and got a lot done. The endless weeds brought back horrible memories of weeding at my home growing up. I am just now realizing how ripped off I was getting paid a penny for each dandelion I pulled just so I could go to a dollar movie... I guess your feelings towards yard work change as you get older because I actually had a really good time. But who wouldnt when you had the girls around?