Summer

These last couple of weeks have flown by and I can't believe we are already into July. I love July! It is such a fun summer month and there are always lots of holidays to celebrate!

Things have changed a lot in the last couple of weeks. We have moved from student apartments and are now living in my Grandpa Yates' basement. It was a last minute decision and we are glad we made it. We just barely finished cleaning our old apartment and we will be checking out tomorrow! As soon as I Brighton and I have unpacked all of our boxes I will have pictures of our new place to show.

This last week we have been on several vacations. Can I just say that life needs to be full of more vacations! What a fun way to celebrate time with family and rejuvenate! Our first vacation we went on was to Bear Lake. Thanks to Brighton's sister Kendra we were able to stay at an awesome resort and have the best time that I have ever had at Bear Lake. Also, thanks to her blog I have some pictures. (My camera was packed away at the time.)

Here is a picture of Brighton's Brother, Mindy, and Kendra's family - Pierce, Maleah, Kennedy, and Dayton. Dallas and Mindy could not stay very long but it was fun while they were here.

While we were at Bear Lake we had a chance to visit Minnetonka Cave and it was awesome. It was a short little hike to the mouth cave and then about an hour and a half "walk" through the cave. The cave was awesome but one of my favorite parts was getting the chance to hold my nephews hands. There is something about my nieces and nephews that makes life so much more fun! They were my favorite part of the whole vacation!

Here is our whole group at the opening of the cave.

The next day we went to the beach. We had fun playing in the sand, playing bocce ball, and enjoying time in the sun. The water was a little too cold for my liking but it was fun to watch the kid play in it. :)

Here are my nephews Dayton and Jayden.

The only other time I have been to Bear Lake was with girls camp. So I would have to say this was by far the best trip to Bear Lake I have ever had. Thanks Kendra for an awesome time! Lets do it again! (Tomorrow. :))

After Bear Lake I came home and worked one day. I didn't have enough vacation time so I had to work one day! I realized when I got up that morning another fun things about vacationing at beach is not having to do your hair or makeup. Such trivial things. :) It was heaven to skip them in my daily routine. Guys have it easy! The next day we went on another small vacation. We went to Moon Lake. It is a vacation my family takes every year with my Mom's side. It is up in the Uintah Mountains and it is gorgeous!
Here we are right before we got to our cabin. Watch out Moon Lake, cause here we come! My whole family wasn't able to make it so it was just Brighton and I and my mom and Steph. But we had a blast.

The first day Brighton took a nap. It cracked me up when I went in the bedroom after he woke up to find this... A bad of starburst half eaten. Who feeds this boy.

This is a picture of my cousins Ann and Meghan, and sister Steph and my Mom. They are just chillin on the beach. I don't' know if you can tell from this picture but the beach this year was very limited. Due to the high waters beach space was first come first serve but when you got it, it was prime real estate.

On Saturday after all of our cousins left the beach to go get lunch Brighton, Steph, my mom, and I all stayed behind and played some SWEET speedmitton. It is just like badmitton but with racket ball rackets and a weighted birdie. We played for three hours!! My team - Steph and I- lost two games to three. By the fifth games I was really hungry and losing my energy so I kind of lost the game for us. But, we will avenge next year.

My cousin Jeff rented a boat for a couple of hours and this is a picture of some of my cousins and their kids coming in from their trip. They were a little over capacity and it was hilarious to see the boat barely floating about the water.

We then went out on a boat ride with some of my other cousins kids. It was amazing to see all of the green up there. This boat ride was almost like a first. It was a whole different view of the lake that I had never seen before. The water was so high and everything was alive.

This was our captain-Jeff. Life jackets, need I say more. While we were on the boat we enjoyed singing the star spangled banner, Jesus wants me for a sun beam, and Book of Mormon Stories. (It was Sunday). And let me tell you, we sounded good. :) The people on the beach could even hear us.

It is tradition every year to get pictures taken right before we leave. Here is a picture of Brighton and I.

Here is a picture of my side of the family who came. We may be a small group but we had fun!!

It was sad to leave Moon Lake for another year but we will plan for another fun time next year!