Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Spiritual Pictionary

I've always wanted a dry erase board but never bought one. I found one Saturday morning at a garage sale for $1. Yesterday I was trying to decide what to do for Family Home Evening and decided a game of "Spiritual Pictionary" would be fun. Brian and I thought of words and phrases to draw. We had things like:
Love at Home
Jesus
Temple
Family
Missionaries

And harder ones like:

Noah's Ark
Jesus touches the stones for the brother of Jared
Daniel in the Lion's Den
Samuel the Lamanite
Nephi slays Laban
The Holy Ghost

We made enough so that each person could draw 3 times. It took longer than we thought which was kind of nice. It was a lot of fun! We laughed a lot! The kids had never played pictionary of any kind so it was such a fun time for them. I've always LOVED Pictionary!

Stephanie and I used to play Pictionary for hours on end on many a lllooooonnnggg Sunday afternoon as we desperately tried to entertain ourselves since mom had banned us from watching tv on Sundays except for The Wonderful World of Disney and Little House on the Prairie. We took turns drawing for each other because no one else liked playing Pictionary so much, but we totally did. We had so much fun doing that and I was so excited to play again.

The boys liked it so much that I had to bribe them to stop playing it last night by promising to write up a bunch of random words for them to draw this morning. Brian finished off the night by scooping us up some ice cream cones. It was a fun night!

I'm glad I found the dry erase board. I just LOVE a good garage sale!!!!!!!

Monday, July 26, 2010

GRODY!!!

So, I decided to tackle the pile of laundry I had on my dryer that needed to be stain treated. I picked up one of the shirts Max wore camping and I found one of these crawling around...

A tick!!!
When I was a little girl I had a "scab" in my ear. One day, Dana and I were opening a can of dog food to feed our dog and Dana saw my "scab" move!!! My parents were like, that is not a scab, that is a TICK!!! I remember Stan holding a match to it and taking it out of my ear with tweezers very vividly. Been a bit freaked by them ever since.

Ever since I found the tick this morning we're all a bit jumpy. Brian checked the kids for ticks when he came home for lunch. Thankfully they were tick free. He had checked them all over when we came back from camping but he decided to double check just to be safe. I'm so not a fan of creepy crawlys and ticks are so GRODY!!!

Thursday, July 22, 2010

A Confession and fun...

I confess.......I DON'T IRON!!! I hate ironing! I am terrible at it! Things look worse when I get through ironing them than they did to begin with. If you can't put it in the dryer with a damp towel to get the wrinkles out of it ... you don't need to wear it!  A few months ago I got a wild hair and decided to iron one of Gracie's skirts and my shirt for little Emily's blessing. Emily's mom (my sister Stephanie) irons  EVERYTHING!!!  I think she might even iron her underclothes but I can't be sure! HAHA jk Steph! Anyway, I thought I'd try my best to look nice...BIG mistake!!! Gracie's skirt turned out perfect which is amazing but then I burned a whole in my shirt. My BEST and most FAVORITE shirt! My only shirt I really felt like was stylish, cute, and nice enough to wear to church or nice places. It was white and had cute, girly, short sleeves and cuteness on the front that made it so cute! And it went with EVERYTHING! It looked especially adorable with my cute black, white, and red skirt that I LOVE! And..it was FREE! Last year a friend in our ward in Salem brought us bags of clothes she was planning to take to the clothing exchange. They fit our family perfectly and were WAY cute! And that shirt came from her. Brian is the ironer in our family and I just should have let him do it instead of trying to be all domestic and stuff. WHAT WAS I THINKING?! 

So last night Brian saw the iron cooling on the washing machine and said, Did you actually iron something today?  I said, why, yes, yes I did iron something.  This....

It's really the only thing I should be trusted to touch with an iron!!!



OUR SATURDAY DRIVE

As I mentioned in a previous post, a couple weeks ago we had a free weekend. We caught up on a bunch of things that desperately needed attention around our house and yard and then Saturday afternoon Brian suggested we take a drive up Huntington Canyon. We LOVE doing that! When my family first moved here this became one of our favorite places to be. We enjoyed just driving up for the day and picnicking and enjoying the beauty of everything about it. I remember many hours spent fishing, hiking, playing, and just relaxing and visiting.

When I was 8 months pregnant with Matthew my family decided that the family get together that summer was going to be a camp out at Old Folks Flat in Huntington Canyon. One of my favorites. Well, what 8 month pregnant woman in her right mind would want to go camping in a tent, in the woods, without a bathroom!! (Yes there is one in the campground but I'm also a chicken and would NOT be walking to a bathroom in the middle of the night thank you very much! I moaned and groaned about going but went anyway. I was in PURE HEAVEN!!! We didn't have air conditioning in our apartment and it was at least 20 degrees cooler in that canyon than it was in our house. And I slept so well because the air at night gets COLD in that canyon. It was glorious!!! We even stayed an extra night because it was just so wonderful!!! When we lived in Spanish Fork area we had Payson canyon we could escape to if we wanted to take a beautiful drive and "get away from it all" for a few hours. In Cedar City we loved taking drives to Cedar Breaks. What a spectacular drive and destination that is! We would picnic along the way and it was just wonderful. When we lived in Pleasant Grove I missed having a special place like that to escape to. I hear that American Fork canyon is beautiful but I also hear it's WAY crowded and you have to pay to drive through it. I missed our Huntington Canyon days so much!

I was so happy when Brian suggested we take a drive up there. It was so beautiful! The kids had never been except Zack when he was 3 years old and they had such a great time! I was sure to point out how brown and beautiful it was when we drove through Emery County on the way to the canyon and then pointed out how green and beautiful it is in the canyon once we were up there. WOW what a contrast!!! We let them wade around in the lake a bit. We all had fun skipping rocks. We drove through the camp grounds showing them the fun places there are to camp up there. We drove up to Mammoth Lake and got out and walked the little path to where the display of information is about how the Mammoth was discovered and how they extracted it. It was so interesting to the boys. 

Once we left the canyon we drove on over to Castle Dale and visited the Zebra farm and the long horn steers. 

We had such a wonderful day and enjoyed spending time together and being in such a gorgeous place. So glad we live close to Huntington Canyon now and can share our love for it with our little family.


 
Yes I look freaky, deaky! I didn't put makeup on that day. And, yes, I'm fat!! But it's rare for us to have pictures with us in them, especially together, so I thought I'd throw it in...
The zebra farm..I'm glad we went that day because zebras are Zack's favorite and there weren't any at the zoo when we went.

Camping

My parents decided it would be fun to take our kids camping last weekend. The kids were so excited! I couldn't bring myself to let them take Max with them. He is one wild and crazy boy that hasn't learned to listen and I didn't want to put that kind of strain on my parents!! My sister Steph invited him to come to her house and play with Josh while they went camping. He LOVED it!! They all had so much fun! I enjoyed being able to relax a bit! The first night (Wednesday)  I made a delicious and super easy chicken scampi and Brian and I watched Better Off Dead. We hadn't seen it in years and got a good laugh out of it.  I even painted my toenails and fingernails!! Thursday night Brian, Gracie, and I went to dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Spanish Fork. We slept over at my parents since Brian had a delivery in Wahweep Friday. My parents and the boys came back to Spanish Fork Friday morning and they took us all to Hogle Zoo. Steph, Josh, Emily, and KayTee met us there. We hadn't been in a couple years and it was a lot of fun! We always have a great time at the zoo! Our most favorite part was the adorable baby elephant that followed it's momma around and played with it's own trunk trying to figure out how it works. It was adorable! It was 100 + and we were hot but I wasn't complaining because I was just so happy it isn't snowing anymore!!! There were a few freaks that had their poor little kids dressed in fleece hooded jackets or long sleeves and long pants or can you believe...SNOW BOOTS!!! Seriously!!!  Other than that everyone was so nice!

After the zoo we headed to Wendy's for lunch and then back to mom's for a few hours then we went back to the campground in Hobble Creek and camped for 2 more nights. The kids had a lot of fun going for walks, swimming in the creek, roasting hot dogs and marshmallows, eating smores, getting dirty, and spending time with grandma and grandpa. We got up bright and early on Sunday and drove back home for church but missed getting here in time. We had good intentions! We had a lot of fun camping. We don't camp nearly enough because I hate tent camping but my parents took their camp trailer so it was great! We NEED a trailer and a truck so we can do super fun things like that!






The misting fan!!! Gotta love those in 100 degree weather!!!

This is a group shot! Mr. "I'm not afraid of anything, Max" was terrified on this! He's a funny kid! Josh was simply adorable with his "yee haw's" as his hippo went up and down! He is so dang cute! Sorry Steph! I know you aren't a big fan of having your picture on my blog but you look GREAT!!! Can you believe she just had a baby in March!!!
The water globe is always fun!

And of course the train is a must do!


Cute little Emily!!!

 
Gracie was so filthy and LOVED it!! She likes eating dirt. She and my cousin John would get along swimmingly! HEHEHE
Grandma and Grandpa set up a movie outside the camp trailer at night. Matty is behind Max in the picture. Gracie's poor stroller was brown at this point. I was afraid it would never be the same but after some stain spray and a good washing it is good as new!!!

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

It's WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!

Isn't it a perfect day to be alive!!! I marvel at this gorgeous earth that our Savior created for us! It is truly AMAZING!!! From the most breath taking "Wonder's of the World" to the tiniest ladybug. The true "wonders" like snow falling from the sky, green leaves on trees changing to the most magnificent colors in the fall providing the most amazing afternoon drives imaginable. The way 2 of the tiniest things ever, can come together and create a person. A very detailed and intricate person. Every blood vessel, cell, eye lash, fingernail, heart valve, fingerprint, bone, crease and crevice, is in the right place and doing the right thing, working together to make a life.  A PERSON!!! Now that is INCREDIBLE!!! We are so blessed to live in this time of unbelievable medical technology and breakthroughs! And with so many conveniences and luxuries at our fingertips. It is a gorgeous day and I am so grateful for it! Grateful for a loving Father in Heaven who loves me and helps me through this crazy life! Grateful to have sweet little angels to raise, to nurture, to teach, to read to, to encourage, to pat on the back, and kiss and love!! I have a sign in my house that says Life doesn't have to be perfect to be WONDERFUL!!!! SO TRUE!!!! Not always easy to remember but SO TRUE!!!!

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

A little randomness...

~We discovered that a child safety thingy for the refrigerator door keeps cute, silly one year old little girls from throwing random, possibly important things in the garbage if you attach it to one of those handy garbage cans that has a lid that you open by stepping on a little pedal with your foot. It's amazing what a little child proofing can do for a person's sanity! Brian put those little locks on the cabinet doors as well so now the kids still have their plates, cups, and bowls low enough to reach and they can open the child proof locks but Gracie stays out! It has saved me so much time cleaning up that stuff several times a day and rewashing everything that she was dragging everywhere. Especially had to rewash them when we had our dog. YUCK!!!
~2 weekends ago Brian said he would do anything I asked him to. He's been so busy working 10 hour days and then delivering for J.J. on weekends and then we've been running around a lot so it was wonderful to have a weekend that was freed up so we could get caught up on some stuff that has been neglected. He mowed the lawn, bought and put together a weed eater, mowed down the weeds I couldn't cut with the weed eater, put weed killer and fertilizer on the lawn, he built a book case, built some shelves in our closet for our shoes, took a bunch of stuff to the cellar, cut and spliced back together the hose that had a hole in it, helped me hang pictures, fixed the broken handle and the broken shock absorber on the front screen door, took the tv out of the dining room and hooked it up in the bedroom, baby proofed the garbage can and cabinets...I can't remember everything but it has been wonderful having those things done!!! He did SO much and never complained, sighed, or rolled his eyes once!!! I am SOOOOO grateful for everything he did and does for our little family!!! I know I don't say it often enough but I love him and appreciate him!!!
~I cleaned up the boy's room today and it looks so good!!!  The computer is in the kitchen and right by their bedroom door so as I'm typing I sneak a look every now and again. I'm hoping to remember how nice it looks since I'm sure it will be completely destroyed in about 5 minutes when Gracie wanders in there and starts throwing everything around again. It's always nice to enjoy those things while they last!!!
~I'm thinking that pink car seats and strollers are super cute but not very practical. Not for my daughter anyway. We took her poor stroller camping since we didn't have another one. It's DISGUSTING now!!! YUCK-O!!! Keeping her car seat clean is quite the chore, too! But they are SOOOO cute I just couldn't resist!!!!  Oh well! At least she had fun, eh! I refused to try to keep her or her stuff clean when we were camping! What would have been the fun in that?!   :) 
~I'm so glad that I can use the internet to listen to my favorite radio stations, from where we lived before. We can still listen to them even though we can't get them on the radio here. I love the internet! And I LOVE music!!! It makes me happy!!!!

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Hooray!!!

We are bottle FREE!!! I'm not a fan of washing bottles so I am always so happy when we kiss them goodbye!!! When we got back from our little trip over the 4th of July weekend I decided to just not give her anymore and see if she cared.  She didn't!!!  She takes her sippy cup just great and hasn't complained at all. She will even drink the milk cold, if you can believe that. I wanted to get rid of the bottles sooner but she was still quite into them and HAD to have warm milk still. I don't know what made her decide she was cool with giving it up but I'm super happy about it!!!

I'm melting...

Wowzers it's HOT today!!! Oh, I'm not complaining!
I welcome the sizzling hot days of summer!!
 It's nice to see a little variety in our lives besides snow and freezing cold!!
 I'm loving it!!! 
Happy hot summer day everyone!!!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Like a bandaid...

Well, we took poor ol' Tex to the animal shelter yesterday. We decided that once we made the decision we better just take him quick and get it over with. Like ripping off a bandaid! There were a lot of tears once we started talking about it but they were actually really calm and great when we actually took him. The people there were super! They suggested that we get a Maltese or a Labradoodle next time since they are supposed to be really hypoallergenic. Brian read online that if you are allergic to the saliva of one dog, you are usually allergic to all dog saliva. We think that is the main problem with our boys. Although Zack had been snuggling the dog in the morning with his shirt off and ended up with HUGE hives all over his upper chest, neck, and face from him so it may just be the dander. We are going to try having the kids spend some time with those breeds and see if they are allergic before we get one this time. Anyhoo, it's over and they survived. I took them for an ice cream cone from McDonald's right after to boost their spirits. It seemed to work!  It's all good!

Monday, July 12, 2010

A bit of a dilemma...

So, we are all having allergy problems because of our dog. Zack and Matthew even have hives all over their faces and necks. Zack and I keep having to use our inhalers. We keep telling them not to let him lick them since we think that is causing the hives but telling our kids to not let a dog lick them is like telling them to not chew hard candy or to walk not run. IMPOSSIBLE!!! If we give him away it will break the kids' hearts but I just can't see living like this forever. We need an outside dog or one that is more hypoallergenic. We've given him 2 baths since Wednesday and it hasn't helped. Other than bothering our allergies and breathing, he has been such a sweet little dog!!! Our kids are going to hate us!!! Oh what to do to cushion the blow....

Saturday, July 10, 2010

What a fun day!!!

So my brother, Rob, his wonderful wife Jenise, their son, Tyler, their daughter, Erin and her hubby Travis and their baby, Noah came to visit from Kansas in June. It was so great seeing them!!! Everyone pitched in on a beautiful cabin in the mountains above Heber for several days...NOT CHEAP!!! We couldn't afford to do that but they were all great anyway and invited us to come up and hang with them even though we hadn't pitched in. They invited us to sleep up there and eat the food they had all paid for and everything but we just didn't feel right about doing that so we decided to just go up for one day. We had SO MUCH FUN!!! It was AWESOME!!! It's so beautiful in the mountains and so relaxing. We LOVE 4-wheelers and J.J. brought a bunch up from his rental company (Toy It Up Rentals in Spanish Fork  :)    )   for us to ride and it was THE BEST!!!! We haven't had that much fun in a long time! We have had a lot of stress and junk going on and it was JUST what we needed!!! My family was so great to let us still participate and were so generous to invite us to spend the whole time with them and we appreciate it SOOO much!!! They even asked us to stay several times more when we were leaving. I know that there are a lot of people out there that if they had spent the kind of money they had for something like that and others couldn't afford to do it too, they would NEVER have offered for them to stay with them anyway. If they did they would have considered them mooches and would have made them feel terrible about being there so I am just so grateful to have such a great family that would be so awesome to us!!! I know they aren't perfect. No one is! I certainly AM NOT!!! But it's great to know that they are good, decent, honest, LOVING, people who care about us!!! It was so great seeing my big brother and his fam! I HOPE they do this again next year and we can save up for the trip!! Just one day was awesome, I'm sure several would be WONDERFUL!!! And I hope next time David can come and Dana and her family, too! Anyway, here are some pics from the fun day!

 
Rob and Jenise
Max, Brian, and Matthew
Me and the gang I rode with.
The whole fam.
Zack and Grandpa
Josh and Isabelle playing
Josh and Isabelle. Aren't they adorable!!!
The rides

We saw a moose on our 4-wheeler ride. I was STOKED!!! I have always wanted to see one!!! I used to decorate my living room in wilderness decor and I mostly used moose because I just like them so much!!! It was just right there off the road. So cool!!!

Adorable Noah!! He is such a cutie pie!! Look at those chubba wubba legs! TOO CUTE!!!



Jenise and Noah, KayTee and Emily, Me and Gracie
What a great cabin!!!
Getting ready for the guys ride
This dirt doesn't taste as good as I thought it would...
Little Mikey doing what guys do..playing with trucks in the dirty outdoors! :)


Friday, July 9, 2010

Be Careful What You Wish For...

We (mostly Brian) have always wanted a dog. Our boys REALLY wanted one and have begged relentlessly for years for one. When we rented this house the realtor told us we could have a small dog or a cat which prompted an almost daily beg from the boys. Brian was listening to Barter Bar on the radio on Wednesday and heard about a little one year old Shih Tzu/Chiuaua mix for FREE!!! Well, we drove over right away and checked him out and in a moment of pure insanity I decided we could keep him. He's pretty cute. He reminds me more of a Terrier. I think of Eddie from Frazier. But he's not his mom is a Chiuaua and his dad is a Shih Tzu (or vice versa).

Gracie was positively TERRIFIED of him the first day but by the end of last night was chasing him around trying to "love" him. With 4 kids vying for his attention and showering him with "love and affection" (I guess that's what you'd call it) I have the same fear with him that I had with Max and Gracie when they were tiny babies...that he'll be loved to DEATH!!!
The kids have been so happy! Matthew and Zack have both at different times said, out of the blue..I can't believe we actually have a DOG!!! 

Zack even cleaned his room so the dog could come in there the first night. WOW! I've been trying to get him to do that for weeks! Once he cleaned half of it. Literally half. There was practically a line down the middle. It was pretty funny. 

The biggest problem we've faced so far is that he keeps running away constantly. We have a fenced front yard but he's small enough to squeeze through. We're working on it. He took off this morning and ran across the highway. Zack took off running after him...without looking...across the busy highway...giving his parents heart attacks!!! Luckily there weren't any cars coming which is unusual! What a blessing! We explained to him that if that happens again he needs to just let the dog go because although the dog is important he is no where near as important as Zack is!!! Seriously...what was he thinking?! Zack was upset and scared and frustrated when he came back and said he hated the dog. He can't understand why he keeps running away even though Zack loves him so much. SAD! 

The thought of a dog is much better in a lot of ways than actually owning one. For me anyway. The best part for me is that he's house broken already and he is very sweet and loving!!! He is scraggly looking and we want to let his hair grow out for a bit and see how he looks. The owners had him chained up in their back, dirt yard, on a short chain and he was FILTHY and pretty neglected looking. He needed us I think! They had a child or grandchild that was allergic to him so they put him outside and decided to give him to someone who could care for him better and give him more attention. He's definitely getting attention!! His name is KuJo...we're changing it to Tex (Brian grew up in Texas and I think it's sweet and kind of manly).

We (again...mostly Brian) also wanted a yard. WHAT were we thinking?! We've managed to live only in apartment complexes or houses where the HOA fees covered lawn maintenance so we've never actually had to care for our own yard. We've experienced caring for a yard when we lived with Brian's mom in the past and mowed, weed eated, weeded, planted flowers in her HUGE yard. Our yard is tiny! Brian mows it in like 5 or 10 minutes. It's awesome!!!

 But the weeds!

 It's ridiculous! And there isn't a sprinkling system. But at least it's a yard and even though it's lots of work we are happy to have a nice place for the kids to play. We have already spent a small fortune between the weed eater, fertilizer, and weed killer. Thank heavens my sister KayTee and her husband Chris had an old lawn mower that only works part of the time so they bought a new one and gave us the old one. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL!!! There is NO way we could have afforded a lawn mower!!! Next spring we are planning to plant a nice little garden in the garden spot to the side of the yard (once again Brian's dream!!!)

It's kind of fun having added adult responsibilities of a dog and a yard.  Lots of work and patience but still enjoyable!!! 

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Give away!!!

Check out this fun apron give away!!! Good luck!!!  http://www.holidaywithmatthewmead.com/

Monday, July 5, 2010

An adventure...

This is the dam. The view on the other side of the bridge and dam is absolutely gorgeous!!  That canyon is beautiful!! Wish I had better pics!!!!


My brother in law J.J. (Stephanie's husband) asked Brian to take some jetskis to Wahweap at Lake Powell this weekend for him for his "Toy It Up" rentals business.  He would have to get there Saturday night so he could deliver a boat by 6am Sunday morning so J.J. got a hotel room in Page, Arizona for Brian for the night. I've been wanting to go on one of these trips with Brian but hadn't been able to yet. Usually he just drives down and back in the same day. Not fun with a new baby so there was no way we could do that last year and usually he drives a truck that doesn't have a lot of space for 6 people. Well, when I looked at the confirmation email from the hotel and saw that kids were free and there was a free continental breakfast and a swimming pool I jumped at the chance to go!  It was the closest thing we would be getting to a vacation this summer and all we had to spend money on was food! It had been a LLLOOONNNGGG week of being cooped up in the house staring at sick people, and being one of them, and a trip sounded so incredibly fantastic I just can't tell you! I had never been to Lake Powell before and thought it would be a fun adventure! We excitedly left home at about 10:15 Saturday morning.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the drive between Spanish Fork and Beaver! When we lived in Cedar City we made the trip oodles of times.  It's only about 2 1/2 hours from Cedar to Sp. Fork so the kids don't have time to get too crazy and the gas wasn't too costly and we live in such a beautiful state that just about anywhere you go is going to provide you with gorgeous scenery. I have missed those trips. We would hook the kids up to their dvd players and head phones and Brian and I would take turns picking music from our cd collection. We would sing together, visit with each other, and eat sunflower seeds. It's hard to find  the time to just sit beside each other for so long and catch up and reminisce and just BE!

I had only ever been as far as Panguitch before this weekend so it was exciting to see a new area of our beautiful state.  It is a simply gorgeous drive! The little towns from Panguitch to Kanab are so charming and cute. I thoroughly enjoyed the drive! Singing and visiting and seeing part of this great country we celebrated this weekend. We didn't get to light fireworks, attend a bbq, or see a parade but we had a lovely holiday.  We saw an absolutely gorgeous sunset, saw some of the most beautiful creations on this earth, listened to our Lee Greenwood's "American Patriot" cd and thoroughly enjoyed singing along to all those great patriotic songs, and we even caught a few illegal fireworks in the sky as we drove along in the dark. (We got home around 12:15 early Monday morning.)

The Glen Canyon Dam is so incredible to drive over. It is breath taking!!! The lake is so pretty too. We were going to take some pictures from the dam but didn't get a chance. Saturday night poor Brian was hit with the virus the rest of us had had during the week. It made Sunday's 3 deliveries interesting and the poor guy had to suffer through it while being in a car most of the day. He said he was glad I went with him since he really needed my help. I was so happy to be able to!!!  Can you believe I backed a boat trailer in the water while he loaded the boat on?!
 
Steph and J.J. let us take their Yukon on the trip instead of the truck Brian usually takes. It was so roomy and nice and we are so grateful to them for being so thoughtful and generous as always!!! We are just praying they don't get this virus! NOT FUN STUFF!!!

After taking this fun little trip I have decided that one of these years I want to take a trip across Utah. I want to not have a single agenda. I want to just go where our curiosity leads us. I want to stop at antique stores, and little museums, and tourist attractions along the way. I want to know the story of that big ol' bell in one of those little towns we drove through. And that cute church! I want to know it's story! I want to see the handmade porcelain dolls and stop at Cove Fort again and go to Jabob Hamblin's home, and stop at pioneer museums.  I want to stop at scenic overlooks and eat at mom and pop joints. I want to hike. I want to put my feet in rivers and swim in lakes. I want to sleep in mountains and go to Lagoon. I want to eat cheese curd from that cheese factory. I want to EXPERIENCE this gorgeous state!  There is so much to offer here! We can't afford to go to Europe or New York or even to Lagoon this year but I had so much fun just experiencing a bit more of this great state. I look forward to exploring it more  some day.  Hopefully we'll have a truck and camp trailor by then and we can just sleep where ever the road takes us. Just take it easy and relaxed and just ENJOY!! Wouldn't that be FUN!!!!