Wow! So it's been a long time since my last blog, I know, and a lot has happened since. We had 4 weddings within about a 2 month span, our anniversary, and a great July 4th! We are almost experts at traveling now. So, we will begin in March....
March 21We went down to Denver for the weekend of our spring break and had fun with Michael's family. ATVing was on the list of activities. Actually, it was with just his dad Kerry who came with us. We drove to Devil's Head, a big mountain with snow still on it. They let people drive their ATV's on the"closed" snowy road up to nearly the top of the mountain during the winter. Let's just say, I never knew you could drive so well on snow. It was a blast! Michael drove most of the time and fishtailed a lot on the snow. I was on the back holding on for dear life and laughing histerically--because for some reason it was just sooo fun and funny! When it was my turn, I probably scared Michael. I got us stuck 3 times in the deep snow on the side of the road, but we always got out of course. Doughnuts in the snow were also very awesome with snow flying out everywhere! It was a great time and I highly recommend it!
A Massive Hexagon Boulder Standing Idly By--So COOL!
Michael & Me
April 18
We drove down to Denver for Michael's sister Stephanie's wedding. She married Brady Wood. Michael takes all the credit for introducing the two, who don't really ever remember meeting eachother at beach volleyball. The wedding was beautiful and they are very cute together! They had a huge chocolate fountain at the reception which was very....chocolatey!
Brady & Stephanie Wood
May 23
We drove to Sandy, Utah for Michael's sister Amber's wedding. She married Briton Wright. Now there is only one Amber Huntington, to make things less confusing :) She and her hubby were married in the Timpanogos Temple. They had their reception at a decked-out garden greenhouse. It was beautiful, and smelled wonderful with all the plants around! We had a lot of fun dancing and the food was so good.
Briton & Amber Wright
July 2 -- July 7We made our second trip to Utah, this time for an extended vacation at Grandma's with nothing planned to do than eat Creamies and light fireworks. We of course stopped in Evanston to buy some fireworks, as Michael calls it... "family tradition". I have never spent so much money on something that was so, well...short lived. Yet, we had a blast and spent time with family hiking up to Lake Blanch. On the morning of the 4th, Michael and his dad, brother, and sister Amber ran the Murray Fun Days 5K. Michael placed 5th overall, and second in his age group. It was fun to watch everyone come in. The oldest man that ran was 93 and finished just as they were giving out the award for the oldest runner. It was pretty amazing. We also had the opportunity to visit my Hurst cousins with my sister Courtney and her husband Keith, who were in town for a family reunion. It was so good to see Courtney and Keith, since we only have that pleasure about twice a year.
Michael sporting his silver medal.
The traditional "TANK WARS"
July 12Again, we made the trek to Utah for what?, yes, another wedding. This time it was on my side. My cousin Katherine Hurst married Shiloh Mecham in the Timpanogos Temple. It was especially special because my Grandpa Hurst was able to seal them. It was so beautiful and the room was filled with so much love. It was also so great to see my parents and my sister Ann. We even had time inbetween events to just hang out in the hotel and act all sisterly and such. We have such a ball together being silly that I really miss my sisters, being so far from them and all. Anyways, the reception was fun and it was just great to mingle with the whole family.
THEN my parents and sister came up to visit us for a day and a half in Laramie. We played a gruelling game of Risk till late Sunday night, and ventured to Vedauwoo for a fun hike on boulder mountains. It was a great time.
AND NOW we are just happy to have stayed home for these past two weekends. We suffered out first week back with "travel lag". No doubt, this has been the most traveled summer....thank goodness that we get good gas mileage!
And so the wedding march
finally comes to an end.
We also went camping for our first time (with just us) at Happy Jack. We had so much fun riding our bikes on all the awesome trails and taking a hike by a lake. Making smores was fun too. They were so good, we had them as part of breakfast the next day. I love roasting mallows!
On February 20, 2009, my sister Courtney gave birth to a handsome little guy Grant Stanley Jackson. He is so adorable. We spent our spring break down in Arizona and saw just how fast he grew within a week. If only we lived closer!
April 18
And so it begins! A family tradition of sillines made up by of course, us girls! It actually started with purple grapes, which you will find rolls off the tongue a little funnier, when your mouth is full of grapes. Plus, purple grapes are smaller than the green sort, therefore, you are able to reach a higher amount and set a better record, which is, by the way, 40 purple grapes, a record set at girls camp by Tricia Burrell!
It is just like playing chubby bunny, except using grapes instead of marshmallows. Ann reached 28 green grapes before chewing. Amazing! Dad even tried but ended up launching a grape across the table, sending us roaring up in laughter, while Ann and Courtney just tried to hold the green balls in! A highly recommended game for a good time! (however, I wouldn't let young children attempt in fear of them choking).
