For the 24th of July we went to Jackson Lake in Wyoming. The lake is colder than I usually enjoy but it is the most beautiful scenery that I can get past the cold. Plus it gives you more insentive to ride the surf board as long as possible so you dont have to fall in the water :) We also spent the day and went to Yellowstone national park and had a blast!! We saw all different kinds of animals and got to enjoy the many wonderful areas of Yellowstone. I just love the great outdoors and really enjoyed my time here.

Me, Brinsley, Amy and Kevin with the beautiful mountains and Jackson Lake behind us.

Surfing on the cold water!!

Yellowstone National Park

Walking around the stinky hot pots. Brinsley loved looking at everything that she wouldn't pay attention to the camera.

Me and my mom enjoying a beautiful day

We saw lots of Buffalo

and even a Mama Bear and her cute baby cubs

We had dinner at the old faithful lodge and watched Old Faithful go off while eating

Me and Brinsley saw deer at our cabin so we tried to get as close as possible. She would get a little nervous getting that close but loved seeing the deer.

enjoying a beautiful sunset by the lake

How is that not the most amazing view!!!!! (me and my parents)

Me and Brinsley cuddling for nap time... I think she put me to sleep... ha ha

Brinsley helping me brush out my hair... such a good helper

This trip was such a blast and I enjoyed every moment of it!!! I loved the beautiful scenery and the yummy food and fun games we played. Once again we are so lucky to have amazing places so close by!!

Seven Peaks of Salt Lake

This summer a few of us bought season passes to Seven Peaks Salt Lake (formerly known as raging waters). It was really cheap and we figured why not. We went many times and had a blast each time!!! I think this water park is really great and you can't beat the price!!! So much fun to have a Saturday activity to look forward to most of the summer... Here is one trip to the waterpark!!






Sliding down all together- Lesley, Lacey, Amy and me

I love the tube rides, which is good considering almost every ride you needed a tube :)

This ride was a blast!!! But carrying those heavy things up there was a work out!!

Little Brinsley joined us for a couple hours. I think she liked it!

Playing around in the kiddie section

Me and Amy traded a double tube with two little kids who desperately wanted to go down the single tube ride (we are nice) lets just say thanks to that trade I had the best water slide experience!! We got so much air and went flying across the water that the life guard had to stop our tube which made us fly (and gave us this picture) anyway, it was a blast and I'm so glad we traded tubes so we could do that!! ha ha

Sun Valley

Over the 4th of July my family went to Sun Valley to bike, eat, shop, and enjoy life. I love Sun Valley... Its just a fun little town with so much to do. It was so nice to get out of town and enjoy a quick weekend in beautiful Sun Valley with the fresh air and mountains!!! Im so grateful to have places this close to home to visit!!

Waiting to get picked up. Brinsley got so excited when she saw grandpas truck so started waving like crazy! It was so cute!

Stopping for lunch in a really small town. This was the only food joint around. But it was yummy!!

Entertaining Brinsley in the car ride with my iPad. She loved watching short movies on it.

Bike ride down the mountain... talk about and adrenaline rush!

Some parts were really intense!!

Me and Amy and the beautiful view!

Family bike ride to Hayley to eat lunch at Shortys.

The crew... Greg was tough and dragged Brinsley along

Ice Skating!!! This was my most favorite thing to do in Sun Valley when I was little so it was fun to do it again!

We ran into Hoda from The Today Show-Kathy Lee and Hoda. She was super nice and talked to us for a bit.

Playing at the park.

Testing out the fake Gondola

Brinsley driving the train (or she thought)

We got pints of Ben and Jerrys ice cream and then sat on the grass waiting for fireworks!! This was a highlight of the trip for me. I loved it!!!

Picnic lunch on the drive home... After visiting the ice caves (which I dont have pictures of)

Such a fun trip!!! I love Sun Valley so much!!!

So Far Behind...

Im so far behind its ridiculous. So I am updating my blog for the soul purpose of making a blog book when the year ends. So this is some summer catch up and hopefully I will finally get totally caught up.

Disney World 2011

I love Disney World and I especially loved this trip because everything was perfectly planned out for me :) The food was amazing and the company was a blast!!!! I was lucky enough to go with Allison, Cameron, Vickie and Vallie. We all had so much fun and really enjoyed forgetting my age for a week :) There isn't lots of room to post tons of pictures so just check my facebook for more!!! LOVE YOU DISNEY WORLD!!!!

Rope Drop at Hollywood Studios

Toy Story Mania... So cute!! Felt like I was in Andys Room :)

Backlot tour... I made my first movie!!! Too bad I laughed the whole time... Not very good acting... ha ha

Drawing Class

All our Minnies!!!

Everest Expedition!!! One of my new favorite rides!!

Shout out the Beiber!!! We posed on every ride... Hilarious!!

The Famous Cinderella's Castle... She still lives there you know...

Vallie and her Pirate make-over... Me and my patch :)

Blizzard Beach!!! One of my most favorite waterparks!!! (ok actually my favorite!!)

Typhoon Lagoon!!

Rockin Roller Coaster with the girls!!!

Star Tours 3-D!!! Such a great update to an old classic!!!

Tower of Tower!!! Favorite group shot of the trip!!!

Tower of Terror!!!! 9 times in one day!!! SO MUCH FUN!!!

Werthers Carmel Sweet Shoppe!!! YUM YUM YUM!!

Me with my two FAVORITE Mouse Friends... Mickey and Minnie!!!

and yes my wonderful mother made me a Minnie Mouse skirt (for my birthday) ha ha

Eating inside Cinderella's Castle!!! AMAZING!!!

Splash Mountain with props!!! ha ha... Cameron a sword, Vallie ducked down (ha ha) Vickie had her fan and me and Allie had our wands!!! Turned out awesome!!!

Im so grateful for the Dawsons for letting me join the party!!! It was beyond my expectations and I loved every single moment I had being a kid again!!! The best part is no one looked at me like I was crazy!!! Oh the joys of literally being at the Happiest Place on EARTH!!!!!!!!!

The BIG 27!!!

Yes... its true... I turned 27 on May 19th... ahhhhh!!! Even though I get major anxiety the night before my birthday I have finally come to terms with the fact that indeed I am a year older, and I'm ok with that, for now :)

For my Birthday I got a day with my niece :) (and others)
My dad got me this balloon that he put at my desk at work so that everyone would know it was my "special" day.

For lunch Amy and my mom and Brinsley took me out to lunch at Great Harvest...YUMMM!!! We had yummy sandwich's and chips and Key Lime soda and Cookies and a cupcake!!! Lets just say it was great!! My mom gave me the best gift!!! She found red with white polka dot fabric and she is making me a Minnie Mouse skirt for my upcoming trip to Disney World!!! Im super stoked about it :)

For Dinner Me, my Parents and Brinsley went to India Fusion (which is the best Indian food)

MMMM!!! Brinsley kept dipping her naan in the sauce even though it was way too hot for her and she made a face and spit it out everytime... ha ha!! But it was not too hot for me!!! I loved it!!!

Then after we went to Leatherbys and got a sundae. Brinsley does not like Ice Cream... but she likes playing with it.

and she thought I needed help eating it too.... Ha ha!!! Love that girl:)

Overall my Birthday was great and memorable... Im glad for a great family who made sure to make it special. Especially to my sister for letting me get time with Brinsley basically all day. I even got to cuddle with her and put her to bed when it was all over :)