Wakesurfing on Utah Lake

Thanks for the new board-shorts Jimmy!

Luvin' the Lake

Clearly it's our passion: Wakeboarding for Jimmy, Wakesurfing for me. Nothing like laying out on the boat all day under the sun, jumping in when it's too hot, the smell of sun tan lotion, music blaring, yummy munchies, kicking it with friends...what's not to love?

Daniel getting some AIR!

Jimmy and our niece

Me and friend Adrienne

Jimmy getting some air

Ruthie! First time!

ME Wakesurfing

He loves his big muscles

katie doing a grab

Jimmy throwing a tantrum

Daniel wake-surfing

White Trash Softball

This summer has been our first experience playing softball in what I call the "white trash leagues" instead of the BYU intramurals. And it was A BLAST! The highlights were men taking their smoke breaks in between innings, asking for oxygen after running with their big beer guts from 1st to 2nd, the crazy amount of swearing at the refs and then going to get a beer with them after the game...oh and of course...Jimmy's OUT OF THE PARK HOMERUN last night under the lights.

Yeah--softball is great! Here is my man in action.

I'm pretty sure this is Jimmy and my favorite picture of him because it just says "MAN" doesn't it? The dirt on the shirt, big muscles, sweaty arms, dragging of the feet, crooked grin...

...gotta love those manly men.

MANIs & PEDIs

Because we looked like this we....

...went and did this!

Boys-don't knock it till you try it! Nothing better than a massage, manicure, and pedicure after being in the dirt and grime for 4 days!

Handcart TREK

So dirty. So cold (it hailed). So long (25 miles). So sore. So dirty. So many meetings. So dirty. So much work. So many blisters. So so so so dirty. BUT...

SO WORTH IT.

Jimmy and I were a Ma and Pa for TREK. To be honest, we were almost burnt out by the time the actual TREK came because of the number of meetings, activities, parties, phone calls, fliers, texts, etc that we had to do. (we got the calling 7 months ago!). But in the end, it was worth it. Such a spiritual experience and I was in such awe watching my husband take over as the Pa of our 10 kids and make it work. He is so incredible!

Push Jimmy!

It was really really dusty!

Our family crossing the river

Pa and Blair

During the ho-down the first night

It was always dusty so we pretty much lived for 4 days with our hankys like this

Can you see the dust above?

We look so clean! This is us before we left on the trek waiting for our kids to arrive.