Moon Lake "Out of this world, but still in Utah!"

Warning: There is A LOT of pictures on this post! :0) Every year my mom's family (her siblings and their kids, and their kids etc) go camping for a week at Moon Lake! I love this freakin place, it is so pretty, and so much fun to be with everyone. Unfortunately Riley and I were only able to go down Thursday-Sunday!Friday I got up and made cinnamon rolls! Joslyn loved them so much, she ate 4 of them herself! You can't really tell, but her face is covered with icing! She even stole Grandpa's out of his hand!The girls had fun all week "painting rocks!" Joslyn, Kate, Kaylee and I!

Apparently the fishing wasn't very good earlier in the week, but there were lots of pot-guts! So dad decided to show the kids how to fish for pot-guts! It's kind of hard to tell in this picture but Riley is holding Joslyn's Princess fishing pole with a pot-gut on the end of the line by it's foot! (don't worry we didn't hurt them)While Riley was catching pot-guts I was making a family favorite! (peanut-butter rice krispies with chocolate/butterscotch icing)! I left a little icing in the bowl and handed it over to the kids with spoons! This is just one result! Notice the sugar pixie stick in her hand too! She ate 3 of those while we were there!Friday we had a family Horseshoe tournament! We draw names out of a hat who are partners are going to be, and Mom creates a tournament board! Dad takes this very serious, and the rest of us just have fun, except for those who want to beat dad!!!! But that didn't happen this year! Dad and Heidi (my cousin) were the Champions!!!Kate, Cambree and Joslyn entertaining each other while the adults played the tournament!After the tournament we decided to take Gus down to the lake for a swim! We bought him a duck to fetch with, so we can train him to hunt! He wasn't so sure about the cold water at first, but after Riley got in with him for awhile he was loving it. He did awesome retrieving his duck! We are so proud of our little baby!!!Mom, Joslyn and Dad came down to the lake with us, to see how Gus would do!Friday night the entire family joined at Uncle Alan's camp and had a pot-luck dinner! There was enough food to feed an army! It's so much fun to sit in a circle and enjoy everyones company! After dinner the kids went crazy in the middle of the circle playing with some soccer balls. The biggest kid of all "Riley" was a huge instigator in this!I hurried and ate my dinner then stole Baby Penny from my cousin Chad and held her the rest of the time! She is such a good baby!Saturday we all gathered at our camp for a bottle rocket!!! My uncle Marvin built this rocket launcher that launches 2 liter bottles! He would put a bowl full of candy on top of the bottle so when they launched it the candy flew everywhere and the kids could race to get it!The little ones also had fun taking turns pushing the button!Gus-Gus was such a good puppy! He loved all the attention he got from everyone too!!!

Most of the family headed home Saturday, but we stuck around until Sunday! So Sunday afternoon we decided to head back to the lake for one last dip!

Riley, Joslyn, Kaylee and Jake (cousin)

Josh, Gus and Riley!!!! Josh took Riley down in the lake, it was really funny! He also got my dad too! If I can figure out how to post video I will post some later!

And this is where I sat, (tailgate of daddy's truck) The water was a little to cold for me!

Me, Kaylee, Joslyn and Mom!

Okay so check out my outfit! I was wearing pants, but it was too hot, so I went in the trailer to change! Riley had given me a hard time earlier about wearing my "comfort cloths"! So this is how I came out, all just to embarrass him!

This was my inspiration!!! Riley helped her put her shoes and socks on and he pulled her socks up as far as they would go and sent her off to play!!! (so yeah my outfit creation was all Riley's fault)

Here we are in our "comfort cloths!" Aren't we cute?

We can't wait until next year!!!!

Mobile Home away from Home!!!!!! :0)

A couple weekends ago Riley and I traveled to Montrose Colorado to pick up our new trailer!!! We met the owner of it when we were in Lake Powell, he emailed us pictures and we thought it was a good deal for us! So one Saturday we drove there to get it.

It's a homemade trailer. He took a truck camper and mounted it on a gooseneck trailer, then made storage compartments underneath. There is enough room on the back for us to haul our Jeep or 3 4-wheelers! It will be perfect for camping and Moab!!!!

We didn't want to drive all the way home, so we stopped in the bookcliffs and camped that night! Gus was in heaven, he loved running around, specially after being in the truck for so long!

We camped by these old little Indian homes! They were following apart, but they were cool!!! It was a short trip, but a fun one, and now we have our own trailer to take whenever we want!!!!

Happy Pioneer Day!!! (I know a little late)

Every July 24th we attend Riley's Family Reunion! We get together for some yummy food, games for the kids, and a Raffle!

Lot's of visiting!!! Calvin, Riley, Rich and Chris
Grandma Crandall!!!!
Callie and I!!! (self-portrait)
Pap Rich, Chris, Lesa, Eric and Riley enjoying the yummy yummy food!!!!

Weekend Getaway....

Last weekend we had the chance to go the cabin with Riley's entire family. (except for Mel, we missed you tons.) We had a lot of fun...

Friday night the kids decided they wanted to sleep outside in a tent.
How many guys does it take to set one up????

Jantsen, Gracie, Nic & Brooks
Riley decided to sleep out with them in-case they needed anything, but he slept on a cot right outside the tent.
Okay so he went inside the tent about 5:00 a.m. He had to recover Gracie, and get Brooks out of the corner, so he decided to just squeeze in with them.
Saturday we all went for a ride. We had 4 four-wheelers, 3 motorcycles and 16 people! You do the math... We had 3 people on each 4-wheeler. Luckily Riley had his motorcycle so I ended up with 2 of the kids instead of having to ride with him. ( I like to be in control of the machine)
This is just one of the Amazing views from our ride!
When we made it to end of the trail everyone decided to catch some grasshoppers in this field.

Ryann and I sittin on the four-wheeler. (I know this is a horrible self-portrait of me, but doesn't Ryann look adorable)

When we got back from the ride the kids wanted to go fishing at the gate! Surprisingly Riley caught the only fish!!!!
Then he decided that Gus needed to go for a swim so he threw him in. I know it looks mean, but he hates when we squirt him with the hose, and he needs to learn to be a waterdog with our family!!!!
After throwing him in, he had to give him some lovin so he knew we still love him!!!
After fishing Riley and I went to shoot my gun! You can't really tell in this picture but this is the pink & purple gun Riley built me for my birthday. This was the first time it has been shot, and I LOVE IT!!!! It only jammed the first few bullets, but then I shot through 40 rounds no problem! Thanks fam for a really fun weekend, we need to do it more often!!!!

Memories!!!!

Here is a fun little game...Leave a comment on my blog of a memory that you and I have had together. It doesn't matter if you've known me for a short time, or a long time, anything you remember! Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.On your mark...get set...blog your memories!!

Lake Powell Vacation!

Curly-Jo

This is my sweet little adorable niece Joslyn! We were getting ready to go to a friends wedding. Mom had to go early to help with the food so I got to get Joslyn ready to go! She actually set so still and let me curly her hair into these tight little ringlets. She looked so adorable!
She just loved posing for the camera for me and Grandpa! I love this little girl so much, she has been a huge blessing in our family!

Gracie-girl turned 7!!!

Our niece Gracie celebrated her 7th birthday on June 29th! I got to make her a Luau barbie cake before we left for Lake Powell! It was my first time making this barbie cake, and I was really happy with the way it turned out!
Gracie loved it too!!!

Happy Birthday Gracie-Girl, we love you lots!

Brittany's Baptism!!!

On Saturday June 28th one of our really good friends, Brittany S. was baptized by her father Brent. It was such a spiritual experience. I love seeing how happy these kids are when they become members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Brooke, Brittany & Brent (Brooke I stole these pictures from you I hope that is okay)
Caroline, Brittany & Paige (Sisters)
Brittany and My Mom, we gave her the cutest little necklace that had a mini CTR ring on it, some "I Am A Child of God" chapstick, and some candy.
Linda (Riley's aunt), Brittany, Calvin, and my Daddy!
I love this girl, I remember the day she was born, it's crazy to think she is old enough to get
baptized. But I have to say I'm excited she'll be old enough to babysit for us one day!
CONGRATULATIONS Brittany, We love you!

Girls Night Out!!!!

So Friday June 27th some of my Girlfriends and I went to the Tim McGraw Concert! Totally Love him!!!

Jason Aldean was his opening act, and he was Awesome! I love his song "Hicktown"

How could you not love this man? We just wish we could have gotten our picture taken with the real thing. Lacey, Me & Carly Mmmmmmmm... Carly, Me & Lacey
Our seats weren't too horrible. At least they weren't on the lawn. (Usana)

Sad thing is before the concert started we were hanging out by the k-bull 93 station and they had this contest where they had 5 girls racing to get frozen t-shirts untied out of a knot. Carly & Lacey were both picked to play and surprisingly Carly won! She won 2 8th row tickets. Unfortunately there were 3 of us and she was kind enough to give them back so we could all sit together. All and all it was an AWESOME night out!

Fishing Tournament!!!

A couple of weeks ago we went to our cabin up at Scofield for the annual Scofield West Fishing Derby! It starts at 8:00 A.M. and stops at 3:00 P.M. Well we went out in the boat about 9:00 and we weren't having any luck! We went in to the cabin for a potty break then, went back out. At about 1:30 I caught the first fish of the day! Right after I caught mine, my mom caught one just smaller than mine. Then Dad caught one too! We hurried in to weigh in before the tournament ended!

My fish is the fist one, then Moms, and Dad's would be the most colorful one. Yep Mine was the biggest! At 6:00 everyone got together for a pot-luck dinner, and they announced the winners! Well low-and-behold.... I won the women's! I was so excited!