It's Time

Oh good heavens, where does the time go? It's time. Yes it's time for me to update. So to summarize... this was forever ago, we had a fun play date with Em and Brenley and Laura, Cam and brand spankin new Chase! It was so fun to chat and watch the kiddos!

We made it out to this lake in our hood...I guess I shouldn't give away our exact location if I haven't already...anyway its just tucked away in this neighborhood, its more like a pond than a lake really. But it has a sandy beach and perfect for swimming. Fun! Of course we had to have a little drama and Easton fell in the water and his little lifejacket didn't work so well and flipped him over. Luckily I was right there to grab him, but from then on we knew that lifejacket wasn't going to work for us! All in all...good day.

This was our nightly summer activity...Easton loves him a good bikeride. And he looks pretty darn cute in a helmet.

We also made it to the County Fair to get our MOO on.

After the five minutes of looking at the animals, it was uh....pretty lame.

No offense to fair goers. Maybe the state fair was better.

Next it was off to Lake Powell with my dad's side of the family. It was awesome. We borrowed a portable DVD player for Easton on the way down. He wouldn't let me help him with the earphones. He prefered it his way. Haha. He demanded to watch Yo Gabba Gabba the. whole. way. Have you ever seen it? Well pretty much if I ever see it again or hear that wretched music I'll gouge my eyes out and cut off my ears. Anyway....

It was a splendid time. Grandpa with Easton

and his cousin Gage on the houseboat.

Easton was content to play in the sand or float near the beach the whole time. We forced him to go on the waverunner for a sec.

That was not pretty.

We had some pretty awesome tube rides. My Uncle Chris is pretty much the death master. Yeah I just gave him a new title. This ride was the mother-daughter with my lovely mother, me, my cousin Destiny and her mom Jodie.

"Wooohoooo this is pretty fun and thrilling.""Yes. We might very well die."

Apparently I don't ride the right way though. In the pic you can see my sweetheart of a husband, my dad and two cousins having a marvelous time. The boat barely had time to start up before someone was pushed off. Psh. Lame. Riding white knuckled, sitting properly is so much more hard core. And mind you, Randon had tore something in his rib area previously wakeboarding. So you'd think we'd take it easy, no? Sigh.

Cass held her first annual Masquerade Ball. It was flippin awesome. I wasn't able to stay long, but watch out next year. I'm goin all out. If you weren't there, maybe I can put in a good word for you and score you an invitation to the HOTTEST event of the year!

Well now, whoever could this be?

Don't be fooled! Its just the Rassy girls.

And boy am I excited about this time of year! And so is Easton apparently. He was so excited when he saw the "baby punkins" in the store. He even took it with him for nap for a while. What a cute kid. Happy Fall!

More Happenings

Its time again for another update. Summer is just flying by. We went with my family for a little camping trip up Fairview canyon. It was so nice to go and relax. It seems like we used to take quick trips all the time when I was little but they happen less often as we've gotten busier. Easton thoroughly enjoyed it. Especially his mini sprites. He refers to everything bubbly as "toke". Hmm. Weird.

Sweeping the dirt is always an enjoyable activity.

The cooler boss.

Helping Boppa with the dutch oven breakfast that I'm pretty sure almost stopped my heart from beating but was sooooooo good.

After that I was able to attend girls camp. It was a blast! We were able to go to the Heber Valley Girls camp that was gorgeous. So fun. I have no pictures. Sad. The day I got home from camp, we headed out to Lava Hot Springs to spend time with Randon's family. We went to the water park which was pretty fun. Easton liked playing in the pool but there wasn't really anywhere to get out of the sun, so we bailed early to try to get him to take a nap. (Unsuccessful.) When everyone got back, they were talking of floating down the river. Sooo.... um.... have you ever been there? Well none of his family had so we had no idea what to expect besides what we saw from the road which looked like a nice lazy river. So, Randon and I think, hey, they have little lifejackets, we can just get a double tube and sit Easton between us. People! Ah. If only I had gone with Jenny and Traci and Emily and known before. Turns out...its pretty much a river full of death rapids. And no one told us it might not be a good idea to take your BABY! (okay almost two year old.) Well we went and took Easton and hit the inevitable rapids. I hopped off to try and get us to the side and well, it was head over heels down the river for me. It was actually really scary, only because I didn't want Easton to get hurt or drown or get upset, but I look up and Randon's trying to keep his footing and keep Easton above water. Ah! We find our way to the side...our tube is gone, our shoes are gone, Easton is okay, but we are pretty scraped up. Randon's back was hamburger (pretty much how I imagine Traci's was when I heard that story so long ago...I don't know why it didn't click that this was the same event that caused it!) We climbed over some barbed wire into a field and luckily two of my sister in laws were there who had had enough and seen my flip flop floating along so they though it might be a good idea to see if we were okay. After walking through a prickly field with no shoes, we made it to safety. I felt like mother of the year, just sick to my stomach I had taken my child on that river, though Easton seemed just fine and happy to tell the story, "Fa! Wa Wa!!" over and over again. And he would see a tube and shout, "Big O!" So I was really grateful he was okay. Seriously though, no warning signs or anything? Really? That same day we saw a girl with a bloody head and one headed into an ambulance. You'd think someone might tell you of the possible risk... Anyway, of course I don't have any pictures of this either. But fortunately I'm a great artist. So....here you go.

Looks like we had a pretty rough go of it, huh? Anyway, it was great to spend time with the Russell fam and the rest of the trip was fun. Then, after some recoup, we headed off to Idaho for the Powell reunion. Randon had to work, so I was mean and left him behind. It was nice, I love it up there. So many of my memories of my Grandma and Grandpa are when we were at the reunion, so it was a little hard to be there without either of them. It was good to see my Grandma's siblings though. (We missed you Mel!!) Easton had fun and had no trouble finding the dirt. By the night before we were ready to leave he was filthy!

At the reunion, they have a raffle to raise money for the next year. I remember getting so excited for it clear on back when I was a youngin. Easton made a haul.


He even got a bag to carry all of his toys.

I love this pic, this is what Easton does when he sees a flower. Gotta smell it! Haha.

I guess that sums it up for the last little while. I can't believe summer will be over soon!

Happenings

I have so much catching up to do, it will have to be abbreviated. In the last little while we...

Visited the Living Planet Aquarium

Easton learned some colors...

...made many messes

...and exercised his cuteness

He got a new sandbox which he loves

and is continually asking to go play in the "dirt"

We broke out the good old kiddie pool,

which Easton lovingly refers to as the "poo"

Randon working on his gorgeous tan. Hehe.

We celebrated birthdays and Easton learned

the joy of "drinking" pop out of a can by himself...

We've learned that Easton's favorite place

is definitely "oushiii" and loves to go on walks

(Waiting for mommy in all his gear)

Easton helped Boppa take care of Abbey's pet turtle

We got away to Mt. Pleasant to enjoy the mountains

...and to get reacquainted with Bob and the farm animals

...and Randon's beloved four wheeler

We had a campfire up the canyon with some

of my fam that was very enjoyable.

Especially for Easton with his smore and water bottle...

...until he bit the dust. Poor little guy.

It was hard not to laugh at that cute little dirty face.

Not to worry. He is recovered 100%.

And we enjoyed the Mt. Pleasant 4th of July parade

Easton was a little concerned with the noise.

All that day we heard about it being loud.

"OUD! Gun! Boom Boom Boom!"

But he made a haul with the candy so he was all good.

And of course, we've all been mourning Michael.

Thank you to all my dear friends for the kind words and condolences. ;)