Girls Weekend!

We had such a great girls weekend a couple weeks ago.
After we went to our golf tournament we started our girls only weekend!
I posted something a few posts ago with the start of our girls weekend at Gardner Village.
The next morning we had an early start and headed up to Park City. My sister is a sucker for garage sales so we stopped at a few once we got up to PC. We then had a delicious pizza lunch out on the patio and headed to the outlets for a full day of shopping.
That night we went to a fun play my aunt JoSam found.

We got back to our hotel late but luckily the pool was still open for a dip!
We went down and swam and sat in the hot tub

The next morning we went to the Park Silly farmers market.

If you havent been up to the Park Silly you need to go next year. Its so much fun. They have so many fun vendor booths and really good food, and bands...its a lot of fun.

While we were on main street we stopped by Kimball Art Center . I really enjoyed that. Probably my favorite piece of the whole center was by this artist who would make an image out of spools of thread. Each spool was different colors to make up an image. The image was upside down, but there was a glass ball you could look through and the image would be right side up.
Example: The last supper

Made up of 20,000 spools of thread!



I thought it was one of the most creative pieces of art Ive seen.
I cant image the hrs something like that would take.

On our way home we dropped my sister off at her inlaws where her husband and kids were for dinner. When we came down the mountain we could see all this smoke. At the time we couldnt tell where it was coming from but as we got closer to her inlaws house in Herriman we could tell it was coming over the mountain.
That night I could not believe what it turned into.

I feel so bad for those that lost their home, or had smoke damage.
I remember reading on KSL a story of one of the homeowners that lost his home who was out of town when it all happened. I think luckily the others were able to grab as many personal possessions as they could before the police evacuated them. But I felt so bad for this poor guy who lived there 30+ years that had his whole life in that house. Yes, its a miracle more homes didnt go, and no one was seriously injured, but can you imagine losing everything you own? I would say that man deserves a Homemake over Mr Ty Pennington. It wont bring back family photos and heirlooms, but the guy could probably use a nice place to call home right about now.

Summa time

I am so sad summer is over. I love summer with my whole heart, I really do.
There were a few little things I did over the summer that I didnt blog about but want to touch on, for my own memories sake.
My cousin Kelly and his wife were in town for a couple months and they own a very nice boat. They invited us out on the water a couple times.

I love to go boating. Even if I didnt do a dang thing but sit on the boat and be the flag girl I would be completely happy. This time out with my cousin we surfed behind the boat. SO much fun!
My 24th of July this year was perfect.
We went out on the boat first thing in the morning, then went to lunch with my good friends Tiff and Mitch, and then ended the day at the Real SL game with a concert and fireworks.

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One day this summer it was SO hot. I felt really bad for Ecko because she is dark and has a ton of fur. We decided to head up for a quick swim at East Canyon reservoir to cool everyone off.
It was so relaxing and fun. We brought some hummus and crackers and ate on the beach, and then went for a swim. While we were out in the water a cute but naughty little dog came and ate all of our hummus. But he and Ecko became friends so it all worked out.

Russ taught us how to skip rocks.


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My work had a fun outing at the baseball field one night in the summer. My sis in law had just had her baby so their other kids tagged along with us for the night.
They are such good kids.

My boss's daughter got clocked in the head with a fowl ball, yikes.
Bel & Mei wanted to ride the little yellow train that goes around the baseball park so bad. After we watched a little of the game we decided to head over so they could ride the train. They werent taking any new riders, and was shutting it down for the night but we were lucky enough to squeeze on their last ride.

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Em came in town for a short little trip and I went to my first 3D movie!
I think the glasses rock. Who knew that they were normal looking?

All I know is I got super motion sick, and didnt know if I thought it was worth the price, but Im so glad we got to go after we enjoyed a delicious banana nut crunch french toast breakfast. Miss you Em!

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My brother and his family went down to St. George one weekend and invited me to tag along! My sis in laws parents have a super cute home we were all able to stay at. Mei wanted to ride with me in my car and we had a great time!

We danced to Miley Cyrus, she watched a movie, and asked me about a hundred times, "Bubba? Are we getting closer yet?" I thought it was adorable. I thought that only happened in the movies.
The weekend was exactly what I needed. We mostly hung out at the pool the whole time. Mei learned how to swim without her floaties. I was pretty proud of her.
I cant believe I only got 2 pictures of the whole weekend!


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My parents shared their 35th Anniversary this summer.

I love you both! Congratulations! You give me a lot of hope and inspiration.

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My friends from high school still get together often. We try for once a month but cant always make it.
We had such a nice dinner out on the patio. Its always fun to catch up and talk girl talk :)


Summer was really good to me. In fact, all of 2010 has been good to me. Im sad to see it almost over. But like I said before, I feel like I have properly mourned summer so Im ready for fall. So much to enjoy about the fall season!