Rain rain Go Away

Yay it worked! We've finally had some warm sunny days to use our Seven Peaks passes. Em Ange and I soakin up the sun
And baby Talia looking so cute in her swimsuit. She loves the water!

Camp Out

Brandt Family Style

Last week we got to take a few days off work to enjoy the great outdoors!
The crew consisted of the Binghams, me and Greg, and Zack & Kailey the first night, with Grandma Grandpa Emily and Flint coming for the 2nd night.
We had lots of fun despite the rain and hail that greeted us the first day. Luckily it cleared up after a few hours and we were able to do some hiking and fishing.

We were even given a full rainbow to find the end of! (if you look real hard you can see Heidi and the girls hunting for it)

Greg caught a few fish, then showed the girls how to clean it out. Very gross

The first night there was freeeeezing cold, luckily we had our zero degree mummy bags to keep us warm. Dont worry, the preggo lady had an air mattress to sleep on too. It was actually pretty comfortable.

Especially the 2nd night when it warmed up alot.

Here's Flint telling us a ghost story about vampire cows.

Bob showed me how to make a peach cobbler in the dutch oven so I can make it for girls camp this week. It took a long time to cook, and was kind of mushy, but very delicious.

We also got to try s'mores with strawberry marsh mellow, yuummy!
Im all for camping and had a blast, but I think the very best part was finally getting home and hopping into a hot shower!

Summer Fest

Andrea and I went to the Orem Summer Fest parade where we got to see the oldest living Orem native twins Leslie and Lester, many high school bands/cheerleaders, horses, motorcycle cops, floats with miss and little miss girls, and many more festive and fun orem things.

We wanted to stay and go to the fair/carnival and find something yummy like funnel cakes to eat, but it started pouring rain before the parade even finished.

So we went home and had Greg take us out to eat instead.

UP

Went to see UP in 3D with our friends Kelly and Casey, it was a really cute movie. I would have been fine watching it in regular D, I think it looks weird through one pair of normal glasses with the 3D glasses on top. But the other 3 thought it was awesome.

8 thumbs up for UP!

My Baby Sisters Graduation

Ok, she's not really the baby, but shes my baby sister. Congratulations Sierra!! Class of 09!

Dad Bea Me and Mom watching the "thrilling" ceremony

She is so smart, she had every tassel and medal you could get. Top 10 percent of her class!

I love Texas, its going to be so weird going home to visit and being in a completely new state, new house, new country (pretty much)
So I had to soak up all the Texas I could get.
The first two days were overcast and pretty windy, so I didnt hop in the pool with the crazy Lucy. I did get some pool time in later though :-)
I gave her "swimming lessons" aka me telling her where to swim to in the pool.
Swim to mermaid rock.... ok now over to the waterfall.... now jump over the fountain.....

I was so glad to see all of my family

Red Mango?

More like Stink Mango! I heard all this hype about the new frozen yogurt place and decided to try it out. It was gross!
I didnt know it was going to be a tart, real yogurt flavor. I wanted healthy icecream!
Even the mango topping I got on it was way sour, not like jamba juice mango.
Plus it was $9 for the two smalls we got!

Carter's

I forgot to post some of our Vegas pictures, so here's the rest of our trip :-)
We got to hang out with Steve Erin and Raquel for our last day there. It was fun to see them and their cute little house.
They took up to the Bass Pro Shop, which is like 100 x's better then Cabela's! They had stuffed giraffe and lions! Also this really huge fish tank with lots of cool looking fishies. I guess they have a mermaid dive in and swim around every day, but we just missed her.

Fishin'

We had the day off together and decided to drive up to Heber to try some fly fishing. It was so warm and beautiful outside. I set up a little spot with a blanket and chair to read while Greg took off into the wilderness. I think we were out for about 2 1/2 hours, and I made sure we sun screened up. I got a nice tan from about the elbow down, and a little color on my legs. I guess G didn't think his arms needed much protection so he got a nice sunburn.
It was so relaxing listening to the river, soaking up the sun, and reading. I couldn't wait to start my book challenge, so when I went to the library to see what I could check out I got Little Alters Everywhere, the prequel to YaYa, so I could start reading right away.

Southern Reading Challenge

In honor of the glorious summer months approaching, and that fact that I will always be a Texas girl (therefore southern girl) in my heart, Ive decided to take on:

Rules: You may choose to read any Southern book such as Appalachian tales, Civil War sagas, Gothic myths, Grit lit, and heart-wrenching biographies. Just as long as you read three (fiction or nonfiction) between May 15th and August 15th.

http://maggiereads.blogspot.com/ <--- go here for more details

I picked out my three books

First will be

I have seen the movie and really liked it, but I dont remember alot of the details. Plus the book is always different, and usually better.

Next isI had to read this for an English class in highschool, I think it was freshman year, and I think it was actually one of the only required reading books I actually finished. Although again I dont remember the details very well. I always hated being forced to read a certain anything, so I think Ill like it alot more this time around. My favorite book of all time, The Poisonwood Bible, was an english required reading my sophmore year, and I struggled to read it and hated it until I picked it up after highschool. I think Ive read it like 6 times by now.

Last but not leastI found this on Maggie Reads under her suggestions. I figured I needed to pick one book I hadnt read or seen an adaption of. Plus the main character is pregnant, and I like to read about people in like situations as mine.

Im really excited to get started! I just have to wait 9 stinkin' days to start!

At least it will give me time to finish the book im reading now, The White Mary, and get it back to the library on time!

Graduation

I have been slacking off on my wifely duties... I forgot to send out graduation announcements!!

So instead I will just write a post and show you lots of pictures of the big day. G with friends Shawn and Tyler

Ma and Pa

Us

Im so proud of him

It was a loooooong day at UVU. Commencement started at 10:30 where President Monson gave the speech, and was awarded an honorary doctorate. Also Sister Monson and the lady who owns the Holiday Lanes (bowling alley) up in Heber were awarded honorary doctorates.
After we went to La Carreta's, a Peruvian restaurant, with Bob, LuAnn, Heidi, Dave, and Abby. It was really tasty!
Then the buisness department had their diploma handing out ceremony at 2:30. Super fun 2 hours.

Last night we had a few friends over to celebrate with root beer floats and lots of other tasty treats. Thanks for coming Days and Pedersons!