Lots of fun activities

 Red, white, and blue day for band at the football game. 

Latest paint by number done. Maybe I should have taken the picture on a less vibrant background, haha! 

Bill and I went to the Queen Tribute concert in Daybreak this week. It was fun. And more fun than the concert was running into my old roommate from get this, 22 years ago! She recognized me faster than I recognized her, but it clicked after chatting for a few minutes. We lived together just for one summer. Such a fun blast from the past. 

We got to go to a Bees game this week too. Actually two! This one we had great seats some friends shared with us since they couldn’t go. The tickets are a little pricier than I’d like, so we actually haven’t gone to one yet. This was super fun. 

My sister in law had some friends cancel going to a concert with her, so she invited me and Genevieve instead and we had a great time Saturday night at Genevieve’s first concert! 

Marina put on a fantastic show. 

This was amusing. We came across some ducks walking down the road towards us instead of crossing. Bill actually hopped out and herded them across so us and the white car could drive through. The ducks were pretty cute! 

We sat on the grass with a bunch of friends at this baseball game. Didn’t see as much of the game, but we had a great time with all our friends! 

Happy birthday, Genevieve!

Bill ran a dusk to dawn team relay out on the Salt Flats. The pictures from it are so cool. It looks like another world out there. 

Happy birthday, Genevieve! 13! 

Braces are off! He looks SO old without them. 

Comfy reading on the upstairs porch. Chloe looks SO much like Bill in this photo. 

 

Mt. Timpanogas

I haven’t done much hiking this summer. I’ve run, but not as much as normal. I’ve been doing physical therapy for an injury but haven’t really seen it heal yet. So when my friends in run club said should we hike Timpanogas this weekend, I of course said yes! 😁😁😁

It was absolutely worth it. 14.6 miles? Sure, no problem. Actually the whole second half was kind of torturous, but whatever, totally fine. It was so much fun. 

Goats! We saw some triplet baby goats in the way. Adorable! 

I woke up at 3am, met up with 16 friends, and headed up. We got on the trail at 5:16am. We got done at 1:30pm. I was pleasantly surprised how fast we got to the top. 7.5 miles went shockingly fast. And then it sort of slowed down, ha! The hike back I was so sore. It was so incredibly beautiful. There were still so many wildflowers. The weather was perfect. Unseasonably cool for an August day. I almost forgot to grab a jacket, but went back for it before I left and I’m so glad I did. It was cold at the start! And then cold from the saddle up to the summit. But the rest was just a super pleasant temperature. Clouds rolled in the second half, so it didn’t get hot. 

Go us!

And done! It felt so good! I may or may not have walked around hazily crippled the rest of the day, but all worth it. 🤣 I’d do it again. 

Happy 40th, Bill!

 Remi is so long suffering. Genevieve has no idea what a great cat she is, hahahaha. 

Happy 40th birthday, Bill! 

I finished this painting yesterday. Bill’s uncle started it but decided he wouldn’t finish it, so passed it on to me. The paint was well on its way to drying out, but I was able to eke out enough to finish the paint by number. 

The cats won’t touch this cat exercise wheel yet, but the kids had a great time with it all day yesterday! 

More cute Remi 

She loves the ottoman and she didn’t care that it was set up on the chair for the vacuum to run. 

Pioneer Day hiking

Bill had a miscommunication with his hairdresser and ended up with the shortest haircut he’s had in years! I actually think it looks great. He looks good with short hair! 

 Chloe asked me to French braid her hair last night. Her hair has finally started growing in and thickening up and it was super easy to braid. She has so much hair that had grown in throughout her hair and along her hairline.

We headed out to Lamoille Canyon, near Elko, NV to hike this week for Pioneer Day. The camping didn’t work at all. We couldn’t find a place, so we stayed at a hotel. But the hike was great!  

New plant that just somehow jumped into my cart at the store. Too cute not to own and I had to buy some plants to fill it and some other empty pots, of course. 

Chloe collected these flowers as she deadheaded the day lilies. They were cute even all dried out and dead. 

New bike organization in the garage! Super nice to have them not falling all over the place in the way. 

This plant has the prettiest leaves and it turns out the blooms are plain white and I adore the balance that provides. I love when it blooms. 

Spencer has caught some nice fish lately! Particularly this 8-lb catfish! 

Progress on the basement workout room. Drywall is about 2/3 done. 

Saw my sister while she was in town for a family wedding and got this fun shot of all the girls. I dunno how I ended up being the tallest of the girls in my family. We’re all still shrimps, though, hahahah!