another holiday weekend!

Well another holiday weekend has come and gone!

Happy July 4th! :)

We had such an awesome weekend up in Pine Valley with my family! I feel so blessed to be able to spend weekends and holidays up there. It's such a beautiful and special place! For the weekend we mostly just hung around the cabin and Adam went fishing and we went riding. We did have a few accidents up there this weekend that we could of done without though. My sister on Friday night was changing and standing on a mattress.. she then lifted her hand up and waked it in ceiling fan, haha. Yes it's hiliarous and I did laugh when it happened but she really did hurt herself. So Saturday we went and took her to insta care and she had to get this little brace on her hand, luckily it wasn't broken though. Then on Sunday Adam was wearing a viser instead of a hat, him and Parker were fishing and was walking in a bunch of trees/bushes and he split his head open on a tree branch. It really scared me when I saw him because there was tons of blood. Parker was the only one with him at the time and he really helped Adam a lot, Parker even took off his shirt and let Adam use it to wipe the blood off and hold it from bleeding more. Thank goodness Adam didn't have to be rushed to the hospital, but we did go visit the Fire Chief that my parents know there in PV and he looked at it for us and gave Adam bandages and everything.

Besides those eventful stories we had my sister's boyfriend come up and stay a couple nights with us, and then Linzi & her little brother Parker came up and stayed on Sunday night. Our good friends Kris & Ladd came up on Saturday to hang out for awhile. Adam and Ladd went fishing while Kris & I sort of went on a little hike! Then we all went to dinner up there at one of these little restaurants. One of Adam's good friend's Mel came up also and so all the boys rode around for awhile! Mel took us girls for a ride on the rhino which was super fun.. until he decided to be hilarious and drive at an excessive speed through a puddle of cow poo/pee/water ...SO gross. And of course I got splashed the worst. I had it all over my shorts/legs/arms/face... Once we got back to the cabin my mom said she could smell me and that I better go shower right away, haha.. so glad for her honesty though cause I'm sure I did!

Adam cooked a couple of amazing meals on Sunday that were delicious! And we had tons of yummy deserts, lots of chocolate, huge breakfasts and much much more.

On the actual 4th of July my family always hosts a huge BBQ up there with family and family friends. It has been a tradition for awhile now. Usually about almost 50 people come and it continues to grow as families get larger w/marriages and children. This year was fun we had the usual group of friends and we had awesome food! Adam of course got stuck grilling as usual, but I know he secretly enjoys it. We also had Corn Hole up there or Corn Toss whatever you call it, which is a huge hit with everyone! We had some really intense games.. as you will see below in some pictures. Adam also always somehow gets suckerd into playing with all the children and giving rhino rides to everyone! I really love watching him interact with the kids though! and i love catching up with old friends so I'm glad everyone can make it upt here!

Of course that day was also my brother's 20th birthday! My dad was inisiting that we would all call him that morning.. at first I figured he was joking.. but if you know my dad at all he is rebelious and doesn't care about any rules he may be breaking.. so bright and early at 8 a.m. we called my brother in Flordia and sang 'happy birthday'. I think he was shocked we called and then said well.. 'i'm with so and so vice president so yeah...' Everyone was like, 'oh okay we will let you go then' :) it was good to hear his voice though even if it was just for a minute!

After the BBQ and games we headed into town around 8 to watch fireworks. My parents decided to not go to their usual spot and instead go to their new house. (They are building a new house on this hill by South Gate Golf Course with a gorgeous view of St.G) So we met up there to watch them. It wasn't a really bad view the fireworks were just a lot smaller than usual and it wasn't noisy at all. I was sad to have the weekend go by so fast and get back to work on Tuesday! But I was so happy I had such a great weekend with family and friends! hope you all had a safe and wonderful weekend! Below is all the pictures I took from the weekend, i took them with my iphone but they still turned out pretty good!

Sorry I can't seem to turn this one around!

Eating Dinner in P.V.

Corn Hole Game

beautiful view of Pine Valley

Adam & Kevin grilling

Linzi & my dad playing Corn Hole

Adam and his little buddy getting ready to go fishing

Granddog Tana



Ladd & Adam fishing




Pine Valley Resevoir



Tana was SO tired from the weekend.. she couldn't keep her eyes open



beautiful sunset leaving