ode to VACATIONS!

I think need a vacation, so instead I went back to reminisce about a couple vacations of the past! And as seeing as it is terrible weather outside as we speak it becomes even more of a problem... yeah snowing in parts of the valley already (I think I live in the wrong state)!

Starting from the top - Venice - New York - Prague - Australia - Bahamas!!! All fantastic and would go back anytime!

I LOVE TV!

One good thing about fall is that all my favorite TV

shows come back! I enjoy so many shows it is hard to keep up with all of them, but I do my best... and all I can say is thanks goodness for DVR!

My all around favorite is SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE! I love it so much and keep all of the episodes that my DVR can hold.... I love it and can only aspire to be able to do all of it one day!

So here is my shout out to some of my favs... really I like them all and it would take way too long to list them all so I will just give you a couple GREAT ones!

CBS with "How I Met you Mother" and "The Big

Bang Theory" if you have not seen them they are very entertaining! And to go along with "Project Runway" they have started "Models of the Runway" so you get to see the other side of the show... great who ever came up with that idea!

"Glee" ... is so cute, I loved it after the first episode!

And "Into the Pride", I pretty much could watch any of the shows that have to do with Africa now, but this one was really good! The man in it, Dave Salmoni reminds me of my crazy brother sometimes!!

Of course you can't forget the classic "Grey's Anatomy" and the spinoff "Private Practice" which I actually really like! And can't wait for both of those to start!!

So just to mention a couple... there are so many that I forgot, like "The Biggest Loser" and "Heroes" and thats not to even get into all the Great HGTV and Food Network shows that are always good anytime of the day! And lets never forget the always good anytime always over and over "FRIENDS"!

*Baking*

I volunteered to make Cup Cakes for a friends Wedding Ring Ceremony, why I don't know cause I am for sure not a baker! And I got all stressed out realizing the day before that I had done nothing to prepare to make these 50 to 100 cup cakes! So thank goodness for a co-worker with an amazing frosting receipt and the help of Hannah to frost them, they turned out fantastically! Well at least now I know I can successfully make CUP CAKES! Oh and by the way the Ring Ceremony was beautiful too, I even sent the Bride and Groom with an extra box of cup cakes because there were so many extra!

July 2009

July has been GREAT! Lots of sun and it has been really hot! The 4th of July was so much fun... I love fireworks and Sugarhouse Park puts on a really great show and there are always amazing people watching opportunities, and Utah is great because you don't stop there you also get to watch fireworks again on the 24th! We went to the REAL game and watched a really exciting soccer game that we ended up winning... (although we were sitting on the wrong side of the field for ALL 6 goals)! But really fun and that firework display was amazing! So good times all around and I can't believe it is August tomorrow..

Hudson!

Hudson and her darling mom and Shane's sister Joey!




Shane's niece is the cutest little thing! She has the greatest personality and is so much fun to be around! And we had a great time dancing all around Gateway!

Mini Vacation!

I got to spend a couple days up in Eden with Shane's family at the end of June! It was fantastic, the weather was perfect and it was fun to have his sister, brother in law and niece here too! We played at the pool and at the lake! Played tennis, did some hiking, picked flowers, played games and had some great meals!

Africa .. because I miss it so!

I hadn't looked at our Africa pictures in awhile so I thought I would go through and find some that I had forgotten about! And I loved it so much, and would go back right this second if I could so why not look at more pictures of MY LOVE!

Little lady was asleep in the road!

We got to go on a walk through the jungle... notice the gun in Gordon's hand!

All three ended up with little mud gotee's!

So many amazing sunsets... so we jumped for JOY.. he he he!

Images...

There were a couple more that i thought needed to be posted!

He he he...

Moab

Last weekend Shane and I made the trip to Moab for my old roommate, Tara's Wedding!  I also love weddings so it was tons of fun!  I had never been to Moab before and I will for sure go back because I didn't get to do enough there!  We got there saw the wedding spot and it was amazing... on top of an arched rock on like a lookout point, then went back for the rehearsal dinner and then Shane and I got to escape and go hike up to Delicate Arch!  It was so much bigger than I though it would be!  Next day was full of wedding activities and it all went very smoothly and it was a beautiful ceremony!

Her adorable flower girls were searching for lizards!

The beautiful BRIDE!

I am obsessed with the Colgate WISP... that is what is in all of our mouths! Its like a disposable toothbrush and it happened to match our colors, Love IT!

Look at how tiny I look next to that gigantic arch!

MAY!

I love May, first of all its my Birthday month and second of all its the start of summer!!!  

For my birthday this year Shane, Hannah, Toby and I went up to Jackson for the celebration, mainly because it was my moms 60th Birthday ... yahooooo.... and she was having a party and who is going to miss out on a 60th Birthday Party!  It was so fun to have a combo party and so good to see everyone that was there!  We had some good fun with the Kubota, my dads 4th child!  He was attempting to clear out an area on shrubbery behind the guest house, and needless to say Shane, Bland and I got way too into it one day!!  Had some great dinners and quality time in the sun!