three cheers for the red, white and blue.

Independence Day. Most definitely one of my fav holidays. This was the first year in a long time I didn't get my butt out of bed at the crack of dawn to go dance/watch my sister dance in the parade and I loved it. I went with Isaac to his family's cabin up Fairview Canyon and it was a blast. Here are the pics to prove it.

Isn't this waterfall magic!

Gotcha.

Haha he did this on purpose last time and this one is my bad---I really didn't do it on purpose. But I like the zoomage.

Gotcha again. He really was talking to his brother and I just kept the pics a'snappin.

One of my favs.

4 wheelin fun. He's crazy on that thing but did a very good job at easing me into his crazed ways.

Look how pretty!! There were wildflowers everywhere and it was all so green.

Love.

Don't mind my hair flying everywhere...

Of course the night ended with a bang. I LOVE fireworks. Love them. We watched them over a lake in this tiny little town. I felt so country-ish. Haha it was a fab weekend.

hi tim. (we're on a first name basis)

Tim McGraw.

Quite possibly one of my favorite men alive. My mom and I were such lucky women last Friday night and let me tell you why. It just so happens that my uncle's company owns a suite at Usana (how I never knew this is beyond me) and my aunt wasn't using her tickets and so she passed them along to my mom. And my sweet sweet mother asked ME to go with her. We got VIP parking, a bbq feast, drinks in the suite and such fab seats. We felt like celebs.

And listen to how the luck continues. I was sitting enjoying myself in the suite when this man came right up next to me in the next suite and says...

Man: "I have a strange request of you."

Me: "Yeah???" (sooo creeped)

Man: "How much would it take to get you to sell your hat to me?"

Me turning to my mom: "He wants to buy my hat." (still creeped)

Mom: "How much?"

Man: "A hundred bucks." (shrugging like its no big D)

Mom: "I'd sell it for a hundred bucks!"

Me: "SOLD!"

Man pulls out a wad of hundies and takes one off the top and hands it to me in exchange for my ratty hat and disappears into the crowd forever. I have had that hat since high school. Take a look at the pics above and notice the holes.

ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

Can you believe that? Huh huh huh?

Me with my hundie. I'ma going shopping!

Now lets get to the best part of the night: Tim.

Right after Tim came out. OMG it was so magical. I was fr-eaking out. I LOVE HIM.

Love her.

Let me tell you it was a night to remember. VIP, a hundie bucks and Tim freaking McGraw.

did it.

I finally did it. I finally got Isaac to let me take some pics. As most of you know I am the queen of pics and of course Isaac hates them. Boo boo boo. He's getting better though...

So last week we went up to Sundance for his mom's birthday. It is so pretty up there. Twice a month they do a midnight lift ride when there is a full moon.

Loved it.

Here are my fav pics from the night.

Isaac's dad loves pics and snapped this one.

This is Isaac refusing to let his dad take a pic. He looks good doing it though...

The full moon. I wish it wasn't so tiny.

Isaac zoomed the camera in so it would be just me. He thinks he is so funny.

On the lift with Isaac's brother and sister-in-law.

Cutie.

So those are the only pics I snapped last week. We also went to the Strawberry Days rodeo in Pleasant Grove and loved it. They had the most delicious strawberries and cream. So good. And guess where I'm going on Friday! Oh just Tim Mcgraw. In VIP seating. Yep. Don't worry, its normal to be jealous.

status update!!!

This vid is for all you facebook lovers out there. It makes me laugh every time.

powell-a-rama.

LAKE POWELL.
One of the most magical places on earth, behind Disneyland of course. Jelissa brought her professional camera and we had digi time 24/7. Literally thousands of pics were taken, here are the best of the best. Kind of.

This is me loving it. I looked like a wet creature the entire trip, but hey its no big D.

Sexy babes: agree or disagree?

The first night we had the wildest dance party. I'm only posting the one pic --- trust me, I'm doing it for your own good.

Please look at these boys having the best time.

Here is Jamie, my new bff. (Is that okay with you Jamie?) Isn't he a tiger?

Nate also wanted in on the tiger look and I accepted.

Isn't this a sweet pic. James is practically a pro surfer.

As you can see, Sean really likes us. THANK YOU.

I tried to surf, I really did. What you are about to see is my attempt.





Why my leg went in last every time is beyond me.

Group pic!!!

Let the harrassment begin. They loved ratting my hair and pushing me all over the place. It was like elementary school.

James likes to take control of my limbs and dance me around. Yeah.

Girl power.

That tampon was a highlight.

The guys spent like 30 min anchoring the boat so we could all go on a swim/hike so when we told them (me, mal and brynn) that we were going to hang in the boat imagine their reaction. Not happy. So we came on the adventure and we were very pleased indeed.

Swimming in the canyon. There was so much icky stuff in the water but I just had to man up and deal. I still get creeped just thinking about it.

After our "shower" in the lake.

Tube of death time. Tyler was the worst driver and we were yelling bad words the entire time. I always think tubing is going to be so fun but its just scary/painful.

So there are some fun ones from our trip to Powell. If you are going, take me.

latest haps.

Guess who is a high school grad. Oh just little Jenna. It feels weird, really weird. It seems like yesterday that I was wearing that cap and oh so big gown. She is my favorite sister. Go Jenna, go Jenna, go. She is going to be the most fab grown-up, I just know it. Haha unlike her sister...

Here are the sibs minus little Collin. He couldn't handle the ridiculously long ceremony.

Dallin is growing into such a man. He is now 16 and driving all over the place. It weirds me out. We matched.

The girls.

Guess who went camping!!! We made such a spontaneous decision one night and look where we ended up. Camping in creepster sleepy hallow up Provo Canyon. Loved it. I really think I can be an outdoors woman if it is short little spurts.

Completely candid.

I have the cutest friends.

This is the beginning of digi time. I kept saying digi time and the boys ate it right up. I loved it. I have never met so many men willing to take picture after picture after picture. There were literally hundreds. Yes, hundreds.

Now here is the real treat. As you know, we have a real love of disco skating. So Saturday night rolls around and what could be more fun than getting dressed up and hitting the skating rink? Lots of things. BUT we still love it. I realize these pics are quite disturbing, but there really is nothing more fun than being a giant sickie. We love it.

Jelissa has such a great collection of beautiful goodies. We all have such bright colors on. You go girl.

Look who came!!! Lauren dearest. It was her first time at the disco so she had to ease her way into it and would not dress up. Whateves. But she did do a great job taking our pics.

Brynn was workin' that jumpsuit. You should see whats under it...

Getting ready to work our magic...

So sexy.

Laaaaaadies...

So yeah...latest haps in my life. Guess where I'm going today. Oh just Lake Powell. I'm sooo excited. I better get some sun while I'm down there or I'll be pissed. Jenna got back from Powell yesterday and came back as white as ever, not very encouraging. And you'll be happy to know that I finally picked from my two great things. It was so hard but I did it and I could not be happier. I love my life. More pics to come!!!