Thursday Thought

August! Can you believe it? Summer always flies by but this one, holy cow! I hope everyone is enjoying summer. It sure has been a crazy one! Just wanted to share this picture. . . 

I love this picture for sooo many reasons! Letting go, forgiving, and turning over problems that I just can't solve to a higher power. I think it's something that we, as humans have a difficult time with. Some (cough, myself, cough) have a tougher time than others with this concept. It's just a great reminder that our Heavenly Father is right there waiting for us to hand it over to him. . . and might I add, letting go is a scary feeling, for me anyway. Coming from a control freak, I know that letting go feels really out of control. . . but I just have to remember to trust what I know; and I know that prayer works and I always have somewhere to turn to "talk it out". It always feels like once you let go that everything will fall apart, but it won't, because the big man upstairs always has your back!

Enjoy summer. . . blog to you soon!

Summer

Summer is just flying by and I don't like it! I want it to stick around for awhile. I have been sooooo busy lately. Never take classes in the summer. You think it would be less-busy. So not true. Anyway, I do have to say that this summer I have been doing so many different, fun things. It seems like every weekend there are some big plans happening. I love it! 

I have been doing a lot of fishing. . . and I just love it. I'm a weirdo I guess but I really do think it's good for the soul for several reasons. I took advantage of Eagle Mountain days and Lehi Days. Unfortunately, no pictures. For Eagle Mountain, my mother, grandma, and I attended a concert with fireworks and it was really good! For Lehi days I attended the parade at my Grandma and Grandpa's house. Because their house is right on the parade rout, it makes it so easy. I do have to say the Lehi parade was SO much better than Pleasant Grove's this year. I really enjoyed it! Recently because Jodi and the kiddos are in town, I have been spending a lot of time with them and it has been so great! We have been to Seven Peaks, ran through the sprinklers multiple times, had a gigantic water fight, and played on the swings, a lot!

 It's been such a fun summer so far and I have done so many fun things! I know the rest of the summer will be just as fun! I really do need to be better about taking pictures of all the events that are happening but for now, enjoy. . .

This is a flippin' gigantic fish that I did not catch. Well, I assisted. Caecee caught this beauty and it took her a good 5 minutes to reel in, it was a fighter! Caecee's husband, Zach was down the shore fishing in a different spot. Umm, us girls don't know what the heck to do when you get the fish to the shore without a net! So Caecee gets the fish to the shore and "snap", her line broke. Without going into too much detail let me just say, there have been SO MANY dang fish that we've lost year because of lines breaking. That was NOT happening again. So I showed that fish and jumped in the water and caught the little turd with my bare hands.  Then a I freaked out because it was a wiggly, slimy thing so I hurried and threw it onto the shore. No joke. Awesome team effort Cace!

No pictures of Marshall because he is too busy and too cool for pictures, of course. But he was on my water fighting team and I do have to admit, we kicked bootay. 

 Ava and Elijah enjoy a hot afternoon running through the sprinklers!

 Baby Amaya loves to swing. "Want schhwing" she will say to you. So we swing!

Ava and Elijah at Seven Peaks.

Amaya is obsessed with sunglasses. She rips them right off of my face and puts them on her face. I do have to say that she looks much better in them than I do! Such a cutie! 

Rhonda the Honda, celebrated the forth of July in style, no doubt!

Strawberry Days

I love Strawberry Days! I just can't help it. It really is a huge highlight out of my year. To me it's like Christmas, minus Jesus. 

I looked and looked for pink wranglers to wear to the rodeo. No luck. Next year though-you just wait. I'm going to be a real cowgirl and buy some white ones and die them pink. I love rodeos! I definitely should have been a cowgirl. Anyway, I went to the rodeo Friday night with the whole fam damily because my cousin did the wild cow milking. What a riot! No pictures, I was filming and well, really it's just video of the ground and me screaming. I was in the moment! My cousins team did not win although, he did awesome! His job was to hold the head of the cow and he sure did just that! Too bad his team member who was supposed to actually milk the cow was too chicken and just stood there! I'm still mad about that. Anyway. . . it was hilarious! 

Then Saturday was the parade which I have to say was quite lame this year. Nonetheless, I thoroughly enjoyed my corn dog, strawberries and cream, and the boutique shopping after the parade. Then Saturday night I attended the rodeo again with friends. All decked out in rodeo attire, no doubt. The rodeo is most definitely my favorite part of Strawberry Days. I love me some cowboys in wranglers. . . . yowza! It was so fun!!! I love Strawberry Days and I am sad that it is over already! I think I had 6 strawberries and cream total. . . if I'm counting right!?! Mmmhmm! I hope you all took advantage of the festivities! Until next year. . . 

Def Leppard

The week of Strawberry Days was fun-filled, no doubt. One of the main events that had nothing to do with Strawberry Days was the Def Leppard concert. Oh, what good times! First of all, I love me some Def Leppard! I seriously should have lived in the 80's, but I digress. . . I debated wearing my leather pants but I decided not too. What a mistake! There were so many crazy people dressed up. Seriously, it was like walking into a different decade. I thought the concert was going to get out of hand, and walking in and seeing all of the characters I was a little nervous. Have no fear, it was actually quite calm. I think country concerts are wayyyy more crazy! I do have to admit, for how old Def Leppard is they put on a GREAT show! I was really surprised. Poison opened for them and they were alright, I had a hard time even hearing the singer, I think their sound was messed up. Salt Lake City was the first stop of their tour and I think it helped getting Def Leppard on opening night before their voices were wore out. It was such a fun time. . . Enjoy the pictures!

 Poison

Zach and Caecee  

Caecee and I 

 Def Leppard putting on a great show!

 One of the many people who looked like they came right out of the 80's. Yes, that's a dude. He was jumping around the entire show, it was hilarious!