Our Busy Weekend

This weekend has been one of the funnest weekends I have had in a long time! Let me break it down for ya'll:

Friday: after work we headed down to Payson Hospital to see our new cousin, Melia Dawn Rindlisbacher. She is adorable!!! With lots of dark curls, and a perfect little nose! I forget how tiny and precious they are. Dan couldn't even resist holding her :) He will be the best daddy someday!

Saturday: after sleeping in, we spent the afternoon at the Spanish Fork Resevoir. Bridgette and her hubby Brent met us down there. It was a lot of fun! Dan fished a little bit, and I got to lay out and read my book. We spent a lot of time in the water...mostly because it was so hot, but also (as you may know if you have been to the res yourself recently) because it took us forever to get out of the water...the concrete bank was extremely mossy and it was so steep that climbing out was almost impossible. If we didn't have our huge floaty to help us, I would probably still be there! We had a lot of fun, but paid the price with a hefty sunburn! Later that night, we had a game night with friends. Casey works for a multi billionar (in my opinion) named Dee; she has her own gia-normous ranch up Hobble Creek Canyon. It is exquiste. If I were a horse, I would be Dee's horse...the stables have heated floors, and they also release a fly killing spray. Casey gave us a little demo of what he spends his time doing...working and training the horses. After the grand tour, we played Pictionary Man, and Catch Phrase. We sure love our friends and are glad for the frequent game nights!

Dan chill-axin

After about twenty minutes of trying to climb out of the lake with no sucess, Brent had the novel idea of using rocks to help him get out. It was hilarious! I almost peed my pants, BUT it worked. This is not posed, it was the actual face he was making.

The boys, Tyson, Casey, Dan, Ben, and Ben

Casey, doing his thang

Easton

Ace

*Let me tell you that being surrounded by such cute babies all weekend doesn't help my baby hungry-ness :)!

Sunday: got up on time for Sacrament, for once! We taught our primary class about being a missionary...I get a hoot out of some of the things they say; for example, during sharing time the teacher asked if anyone had a good memory and could remember what they talked about last week. A sunbeam raised his hand and said, "I have a great memory, that is all I wanted to say." It was hilarious. Kids crack me up. After church we took a two hour nap...what more can I ask for from a weekend?

Lagoon

"It's what fun is!"

Yesterday Dan and I had the chance to go to lagoon with Dan's family. It was SO SO much fun! We got there about one and spent the afternoon riding all the rides, and playing a few of the booths. I didn't want to take the chance of my camera getting lost/stolen/broken, so there are no pictures :( but we had a great time. Roller coasters are probably my favorite thing ever. My favorite rides have got to be the Wicked ride, and both Rockets. Cheyenne was barely tall enought to ride all the rides, and she was fearless! She rode the Wicked three times! Cheyenne had never been on the Mighty Mouse because no one else likes to ride it, I don't mind it, so I told her I would ride on it with her. While we were waiting in line, Dan and Jake decided to try a ride of their own... The "Rock- O- Plane" It wasn't the brightest idea my husband has ever had...it's the kind of ride where you sit cruched together in a small cage while you spin around a million times and get so dizzy you almost barf...well, in the midst of all the spinning my phone, which was in Dan's pocket, got cracked. I really can't say I'm too upset; I have had that same phone since I was 17... that has got to be a world record for longest kept cell phone. I also got quite a bit of sun, which is always a good thing! Dan threw a softball 71 mph and won a baseball helmet. There is no way to go wrong when you spend an afternoon at Lagoon.

Stadium of Fire

This year Dan's dad got a bunch of free tickets from Novell to the "Stadium of Fire" so we were able to go. It was a lot of fun listening to SheDaisy, and the Jonas bros. . . I actually knew more songs from both bands than I thought. Dan's sisters, Whitney and Chey, were singing at the top of their lungs to all the Jonas' songs...as was the rest of the audience under the age of 15. It was pretty funny! We had the cutest little girls behind us who kept asking their mom, about every five seconds, "Is it time for Jonas yet??" "When is it going to be Jonas' turn??" For the first time ever I actually felt like I was going to win big...a Harley Davidson! They announced the direction: ours! They announced the section (out of all the hundreds of others): ours! They announced the row: not ours :( but the winner was only a few rows down from us! We were so close, yet so far... They also burnt the big Stadium flag because it was no longer in great condition, it was a very cool thing to witness. The fireworks were of course amazing! And even though it took us about an hour to get home, the Stadium of "Fun" (as Glenn Beck called it) was well worth it!

Dan was a little skeptical before the show...but once Jonas started singing, even he was singing along :)

SheDaisy

Jonas..can you tell?? :)

Chey rocking our with her electric guitar :)

Lorin and Sue with their 3D glasses

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 :)

First time for everything

So...I was bound to give in sometime or another. Especially with Daniel as my husband, and almost two years to the date after our marriage it did. He dragged me, practically kicking and screaming, all the way down to Gladstan. I am not sure why I had such an anti golf attitude, maybe because of how BORING it is to watch on tv, or how EXPENSIVE of a hobby it can be, or how I hated the idea of WALKING a few miles with a heavy set of clubs tied to my side....BUT all my complaining was to no avail...Dan had forced my hand, and I finally gave in.

In all actuality my first time golfing was not that bad, it was really pretty fun. I never made par, but I did bogie once. We only played nine holes, and to make my first time more enjoyable we even got a cart! I borrowed clubs from my cousin Misty, and they made things a lot easier because they were actually my size! Putting my pride aside (seriously, Dan is going to die when he reads this...I gave him a lot of crap about him golfing so much) I have decided golf is something I want to learn and get better at...so if any of you ladies golf hit me up!

Girls night

Saturday night I left my hubby behind (in pain, soaking in the bath tub, mind you...cruel I know) to go get some yummy food and visit with the girls in the family. Matt and Adam were at father's and sons, so Misty/Mandy decided it would be a good time for a gno. We met up at Wingers and ate, then got desert at Cold Stone. It was a fun night full of laughter, mostly at Kelee's expence ( and I quote) "You know what's weird is I only get claustrophobic in small spaces." -Kelee Malan I am pretty sure I didn't go through that bad of a ditzy stage in my life lol... jk Kel, I love you and I always end up getting a pretty good ab workout when you're around :)

Kelee, Misty, Amy, Me, Cathy

Everyone else, and Mandy

Memorial Day

Memorial Day was a lot of fun for us! We started off the day by going up to Dan's grandparents house for his traditional memorial day breakfast, which btw was delisiouso! Thanks gpa! After we ate we visited with the cousins and played scum, I was scum or butt maggot mostly every hand, but ended up being the king the very last hand! Dan and I then headed down to Payson and hit the driving range with his family....little did I know I was actually pretty good ( or so I like to tell myself). We spent the rest of the afternoon playing volleyball, which can get pretty heated when you throw Dan's highly competative family in the mix :) but we all had a lot of fun! I got some sun, which I am excited about! A freakin good BBQ ended the night for us... ribs and potatoe salad, yum. Hope everyone enjoyed their holiday as well!

Another puppy post :)

I am pretty sure no one wants to read another post about us playing at the park with Yuki, and it's nothing new and exciting for us either (we do it on almost a daily basis) BUT it's not every day that I get some sweet pics while we are there, so, unfortunately, for my few select readers, you do get to see some more pics of my cute puppy at the park :) Afterall, this is really only for me and my posterity to look back on one day and enjoy, right?? Oh, and last night we went and saw Angels and Demons... I have read the book, and even though the movie told things a bit different that they were written in the book, it was still exciting and overall a good show. I recommend it to you all.

It's That Time Again

Softball season has started again. Dan is playing on two teams, Monday nights with Brick Sports, and Wednesday nights with On Track. He is really excited! Both teams will be championship contenders :) He bought himself a new bat...and if you ask me is a little obsessed with the thing...seriously, after every game he brings it home and cleans it, then just sits there cuddling with it for a minute. ( He thought I hadn't noticed). But at least he is taken care of such an expensive commodity. If you ask me, he is the hottest player, on both teams, and looks mighty fine in those basketball shorts, and long baseball socks; although they didn't offer much protection to Dan's leg last week. It seems like almost everybody who does/has ever lived in Payson somehow or another ends up down at the ballfield, so hopefully we will run in to some of you this summer! All in all, this softball season looks to be promising and filled with action!