Then And Now....

Tara and I met in the 10th grade when I was 15 years old. (That was 20 years ago!!!!) Her family moved into our ward and we quickly became inseparable. We did everything together. I taught her how to drive a manual transmission in my little Mazda 323. Believe me, looking back, that is a scary thought! Disneyland, girls camp, youth conference, shopping, toilet papering teachers houses, just hanging out! We had so much fun!! My family moved away a few years later and she went to live with her mom in Newport Beach. Even living so far apart, we still found ways to get together and we would see each other quite regularly. She always had the funnest beach parties to go to!!! Over the years we had kept in contact, but then life just got in the way. I went on my mission and afterwards moved to Utah. After Mark and I got married, Tara and I lost contact for several years. While we were living in Texas she found me again and we’ve had so much fun catching up!

Last week, Mark finally got to meet her! Tara and her husband and kids were vacationing in Utah for a week so of course we had to get together. We drove to Park City to see them. We let the kids run and play while we made dinner and then sat and talked and took lots of pictures! It was so fun to see her after so many years!! I think it had been like 10 years since I’d last seen her. It was before Mark and I got married and we are celebrating our 9th anniversary this month. It was probably right after I came home from my mission. Wow, time certainly flies! Anyhow, it was so fun to see her and just catch up! Today I had to go digging through all our old pictures and oh, the memories came flooding back! We had way too much fun together!!! I wanted to post some pictures we’d taken over the years! And then some from Park City last week.

Then....






And now....

What A Summer!

It has been one crazy month! There is so much that has gone on and I have so many pictures to post! Here it all is in a nutshell! The Steele's are here to visit, Delta Res, Park City, Jackson' Itty Bitty T-Ball and Mark's Softball. Oh, and of course, Allison had her baby on Wednesday!! We have been going non-stop the last few weeks, and there is so much more to come! It's been a great, but busy summer so far and it's not even half way over!!

Our good friends are visiting from Texas for the summer. We went swimming with them on Tuesday. The kids had a blast! It's been so fun to visit with them! We miss them dearly!

Delta Res

Yeah, I didn't know it existed either! Our neighbors, and dear friends, took us boating for the weekend. What a super fun blast! We left Friday morning and stayed with Brad's parents through the weekend. There were three couples and tons of kids. We had such a great time waterskiing, wakeboarding, kneeboarding, tubing and riding the jet skis! I left my camera at the house on Friday, so these are all pictures of Saturday. Sunday we all got dressed up and went to church. After church we ate a yummy lunch and drove home. We had such a great time!

Park City

It's so good to be home! We went to Park City with Mark's family a few weeks ago. We stayed at our condo, did a little shopping and just hung out at the pool. It was nice to get a little R&R. Some of the guys tried their hand at tennis and that was hilarious! It was so relaxing to not have to worry about anything, and as always it was fun to hang out with the fam! Have I mentioned how good it is to be home?

Softball Anyone?

Since Caden and Jace both play soccer, I thought for sure that Jackson would want to play soccer as well. Nope! He was adamant about playing t-ball. Maybe it was because we watch his dad play softball. That was the sport he picked. He was so excited about it! It has been so cute to watch him concentrate so hard on hitting the ball. And then to watch him run around the bases! His coaches were so cute with him! We get to go every Tuesday and Thursday morning. So fun!



Then there's Marks Softball games every week. They are in the tournament now. Their team is pretty good, we all have fun watching and cheering them on!

Preg-Nut!

Look how cute Allison is!! She's like 20 months preggo and so stinkin' cute! We met in the MTC, served our missions together - we were never companions, but we went on splits all the time. We lived in Salt Lake City (with Angie and Anna) after our missions. I just LOVE her! This is her first baby and I am SOOOO excited and happy for her. Her cute hubby is awesome! He is serving in Iraq as you read this...What a stud!


I have never lived this close to BYU before, so Al thought it was important that I experience the BYU Creamery. Here we are in the ice cream isle!

Schools Out - Don't Forget The Shaving Cream!

It's Summer Time!!!! Friday was the kids last day of school. They went from 8:45 to 10:15...long day, I know! At noon we had a huge party in the park behind our house complete with water slide! Each person brought a can of shaving cream and everyone went crazy!!! The kids had a blast, we all did! Even the moms got involved! (although some were more readily involved than others!) It was so fun!