The Buxton's came!

Wade, Jodie, Rachel, Aubrey, and even Buster {their dog} came up from California for a short visit and we were so excited that they were able to make it! We don't get to see them too often because they live so far away so it was nice to have them here. We played for days with them and Mackenzee and Buster got to get reacquainted. :0) We all took a trip over to Hop 2 It, which is a ginormous bounce house. Ok, so it is a building that has a bunch of different inflatable bounce houses/slides/obstacle courses. I forgot my camera {dang me! Jodie...don't forget to send your copies my way!} and so I have no proof of the craziness that went on there. But, we did have a good time.

Everyone had so much fun hanging out and spending time together. I learned that the fish at Bass Lake are always biting.....as long as you are always offering them hot dogs. Crazy, huh?

After our swimming adventures we all went to Breanna and Hayley's softball game out in Jerome. Breanna is #4 and Hayley is #11. Both girls did great!

Bill Engvel

That's right people.....the comedian/actor. I saw him {from a distance} and got to watch him perform his "routine". Our friends, the Dixon's, let us know several months back that he was coming to Cactus Pete's in Jackpot, NV and so we called in and reserved tickets. We had so much fun despite the hot sun and laughed our tails off. Such a funny guy. Although.....I will tell you that I have never seen so many mullets in one place in my entire life. Wow....apparently they are not just for middle aged men, but women, children, and the elderly as well. I almost took a picture of some of them, but thought that might be a bit rude of me. :0)

Jaysen and I at the show.

Our friends, Rob and Montay Dixon, that went with us.

Bass Lake

We went for our first official outing down to Bass Lake this last month. My nephew, Talon, was down visiting and so we took him along with some friends to go play in the water and have a picnic.
Cole

Mackenzee and Maggie

Jaysen even came down to the lake to have lunch with us after playing a "strenuous" round of golf. :0)

Rhett tried out some flippers and found they were a bit harder to walk in than he first thought...

Mackenzee changed her mind once we reached the top of the slide...So we had to climb back down.

Sadie double fisting it with the juice boxes......

Landon trying to get Brayden to enjoy the water.....

Talon coming off the slide....

We had so much fun enjoying the cold lake on such a hot day. We love spending time down there throughout the summer enjoying the relaxing atmosphere. The scenery is just gorgeous and it's so nice and quiet down there.

What do you do in the summertime?

Gotta love it!

Father's Day

What is the best gift you can give Jaysen for Father's Day?

An afternoon of watching golf in his Man Cave......

Happy Father's Day Jaysen!

Thirty, Flirty, and THRIVING

So, I had a birthday even though I told everyone that I wasn't going to have one. :0)
But, I must say that I have some pretty wicked awesome friends and family. Friday night I had plans to go out with my friend, Montay, for a fun non-birthday dinner. While eating some fabulous pasta at Tomato's we decided it might be fun to go to the movies afterwards. Well, instead of driving to the theatre, Montay started to drive me out to the country. She swore we were going to go to Jackpot and that her hubby, Rob, and Jaysen were already in Jackpot waiting for us. {That was my first clue that she was LYING!} But, I went along for the ride. Why not....right? Then, my dear friend, Montay, turned on the EXACT same road that you would normally go down to get to my grandparents house. When I asked her if we were going there she said "Maybe". {Honestly Montay, you are a CRAPPY liar!} Of course, when she turned down my grandparents lane and I saw oodles of cars parked outside their barn I realized what was going on.
There had been an EVIL scheme going on behind my back to make sure that I really DID have a birthday!

This is my "SURPRISE!" picture....look how EVIL Montay's grin is. PUNK!
What happened after that? The DJ showed up and we boogied down all night. Oh....and ate chocolate cake and cheesecake. It was wicked awesome!
My friend, Jenn, drove all the way up from Salt Lake to come and celebrate with me. I haven't seen her in over two years and it was so much fun to shake our booties together again {like in the good old days.....when I wasn't 30}

My grandparents even joined in on the festivities....

Thanks for letting us use the barn!

Yes, we even danced the Macarena. Honestly, I think it has been nine years since I did the Macarena. I couldn't even remember all of the moves....

Here are the slacker boys pretending that they can't dance because they are so ravenously hungry that they must consume mass quantities of MY chocolate cake. :0)

The Jaques family....Amy did all of the decorations. Thanks so much Amy!

Landon has some wicked awesome dance moves......seriously. He danced the night away with me.

Princess Mackenzee even graced us with her prescence. :0) I love how she's got the fork in one hand, but has chosen the more "Proper" approach to inhaling chocolate cake......using her fist.

Ben and Heather Bingham

Who was the mastermind behind this whole crazy thing? My dear hubby, Jaysen. He thought of everything from the chocolate to the cheesecake to the music and dancing.

And babe....I forgive you. :0)

Turning thirty isn't so bad with you around. Thanks so much for putting all of this together for me. I love you CRAZY!