Drumroll please....

I was a little nervous at first, can you tell?


Usually I just rock the all-important position of "flag holder"


Almost....


Almost....


And BAM, I'm up on the first try and surfing! Incredible if you know my usual athletic ability. Everyone on the boat was in shock.


And I actually STAYED UP for quite awhile. And then I fell hard.


And then everyone (including me) waited to see if it was just an incredible fluke and if I would get up again. And I DID. And my family and husband were in shock again. And I actually had fun. I've got a ways to go, and it will probably be years before I could be comfortable enough to do this:


But I'll get there!

And this, just because it's cool and my husband is a hot wakeboarder:

(And don't worry, my enthusiasm is bound to wear off and I'll stop posting a bazillion boating pictures)

Oh yeah, and P.S. Thanks to my awesome sister-in-law Callie for taking all of our boating pictures!

A story about a patio

Don't be fooled by the title. This story will get more exciting. So to begin my story, I'll just say I love my patio. When we first moved into this house Mitch insisted on getting quite a large patio. Our nice neighbor helped us do the concrete work and told Mitch how to prep for it, but Mitch and I shoveled and smoothed out an entire dump-truck load of gravel in one night, and Mitch did a lot of work himself. I was sore in muscles I didn't know I had. I asked Mitch many times if we really needed such a large patio, but he insisted. This said, I've really enjoyed our huge patio. We grill all the time and eat outside and I was just starting to think about some nice patio furniture I wanted to get. I recently finished planting my hydrangeas next to the patio, and the day lilies are getting big and blooming. It's quite lovely back there. But alas, I won't be spending as much time lounging on my patio this summer because of this:

Yes, this is the lovely new occupant of our patio. Mitch was probably diabolically planning this the whole time. But fun times have already been had in this beauty and there will be many more to come. So I'll give up my patio for now.






By the way, we're still taking suggestions on what to name this boat!

Reunion Week

My girls and I just spent the past week in St. George. When we left Logan it was rainy and cold and too cold to play outside. We got to St. George and it was 110 degrees, and too hot to play outside. Gotta love my timing. We kicked off the week with my 10 year high school class reunion. Oh my. I have to admit, I was a little nervous for this event. I'm not quite sure what I expected, but it was way better. I had a lot of fun. It was very well planned and it was so fun to see tons of people I hadn't seen in 10 years. I moved to USU the fall after I graduated high school and have not been back, so it was great to see old friends. Oh yeah, and the food was good too. I'm all about the food, he he. Thanks a lot to all of the people who spent tons of time planning the event. I, of course, did not bring my camera, so maybe I'll be able to steal other people's pictures from Facebook or blogs.

We lounged the rest of the week with my mom and dad while Mitch was working in Logan. We swam a lot, ate a lot of Skinny Cows (low-fat icecream sandwiches for those of you not in the know), and enjoyed the sunny weather.

Mitch came back down on Thursday night and the weather cooled down just for him. We had a family reunion with a ton of my mom's family on Saturday that was so fun and now we're home. Can you believe I brought my camera to St. George and didn't take even ONE picture? The only pictures on my camera are of a used boat that Mitch stopped to look at on the way home. Darn it, that boat is not nearly as cute as my kids! I'll be better next time!