Cabin Trip!

We left for a little get away for a couple days up to the grandparents cabin in Soldier Creek. It was nice just to relax and have fun with family and friends. Sunday night we went up with Corinna and Jordan, Jana and Chris, and Nicole. We played "Rate the Mate" Lol my Aunt Lottie told us to take it up there and play it, its pretty much just like the Newlywed Game. Kyle and I didn't do too hot on some of the questions. I think since I was frustrated with both of us not being able to answer some of the questions my emotions were a little on edge. One question asked "If your spouse would be any type of cartoon character who would they be?" I like cats so I wrote down that I would be Cat woman, when Kyle said that he thought I would be Minnie Mouse that was the last straw for me... I don't know why I started crying but I did. The funny part was right after that Jordan wrote down that Corinna would be Minnie Mouse as well (she took it way better than I did, good for you Corinna)! The emotions were high in that game, but surprisingly I learned a lot of things that I didn't realize about Kyle and I. Monday Morning the rest of the family came: Dad, Mom, Michelle, and Bryce. The next couple days we played the Candy Bar Game (cabin tradition), played pool, went fishing (only caught seaweed), and just relaxed. It had been a while since we'd  taken a picture of Kyle, Nash, and I so we all went out and took some pictures (Thanks Jan Jan :) Everything was fun besides the fact that Nash wouldn't go to sleep and poor Kyle was up with him till about 2 am. The joys of parenthood! But overall it was a good trip. 

Splish Splash!

Nash has really liked the water lately! Now when he takes a bath he can't stop rolling around and putting his mouth in the water. It's funny but kind of scary because he swallows too much, he's just really hard to contain sometimes. This past week while Kyle was camping with the young men Nash and I went to Seven Peaks with Corinna, Jordan, Corinna's sister, brother-in-law, and their little daughter. It was fun and Nash loved being in the water. At first he was kind of lazy and didn't want to do anything but eventually he was kicking and throwing his arms in the water, he was ready to swim! I still haven't worked up enough courage to go on the orange and blue slide this summer but I've gone on all the other rides.

4th of July in LaPoint

It was definitely an eventful 4th of July weekend for the Wright family! On Saturday we went to a family reunion from the Walker's side of the family. It was down in Altamont (inbetween Roosevelt and Vernal) and they reserved a cabin with a big pond and a big area to play and have fun. We showed up late and I guess we missed out on a big water fight and the raffle drawings but we still had fun in the kayaks and hanging out with family. Everyone was trying to knock everybody off their kayaks (well mostly just Kyle ;) Also that day some of us went boating. Win got some good air while he was wakeboarding. It was Kyle's first time wakeboarding and he was a pro! He got up the first time and was going over the wakes and stayed on really good. It was my second attempt at wakeboarding (the first time I tried was probably five years ago and I barely got up). Surprisingly I got up real easy this time and stayed on for a while.
Sunday we went on a tour of all the dams around that area. It was awesome! Because of all the flooding and all the water in the mountains the lakes, rivers, and dams were raging full. You could just feel the power and force standing next to the water fall, it was definitely a cool experience. We got to Lapoint after seeing the first dam. Of course we had our usual games of Rook, and I must say I'm getting a lot better at it.
On the 4th of July we went to the LaPoint parade. It's definitely the smallest parade I've ever been to but they throw out tons of candy! I swear I had more candy in my bag then at Halloween. Afterwards they had a raffle giveway and a little program, we put in some raffle tickets for the quilt but didn't get it. The most eventful part of the day was lighting off fireworks. Kyle and I bought a couple fireworks that go in the air and a bunch of little ones. The craziest part happened when one of the big fireworks tipped over as it was going off! Kyle, Win, and Will took off in all different directions (I've never seen people move so fast). Nash and I were in the Rhino and got front row seats to all the craziness. The fireworks were blowing up everywhere, then one shot underneath Grandpa Walker's chair and everyone scattered except him. The firework blew up under his chair and he had the most shocked face, it was hilarious! Everybody couldn't stop laughing. Needless to say it was an eventful 4th of July.

Michelle's Graduated!!

Crazy, my little sister (well I guess not so little anymore) is graduated from High School and ready to face the world! The day of her graduation was a really pretty, sunny day. Their graduation was out on the Salem Hills High school football field and it was a good graduation :) Michelle graduated with High Honors, Way to go Michelle! Im so proud of you sis and Im glad we could be there to support you on your big day.

 

Texas

This past week we went to Texas, where Kyle served the second part of his mission. One of the people he taught was getting married in the temple and we were invited to go. I thought it was really funny because his fiances name was Michelle Marsh (my little sisters name :) They got married in the Houston temple, it was a small but very beautiful temple. This was Nash's first plane ride at 4 1/2 months old, he was really good and only got a little fussy because he was tired.

We also visited some families that Kyle taught on his mission which was really neat to meet them, they were such nice people. Before coming here I thought I could understand Spanish pretty good. I could understand half of the conversation when Kyle was talking with them, but I couldn't understand anything they were saying when we went to the Spanish ward on Sunday. I guess this means that I need to learn Spanish.

We went to this huge outdoor shopping center which was cool, it was SO big! I guess I found out pretty quick that Texas is a lot bigger than Utah when I saw like 4 or 5 Kroger grocery stores just in Houston. We ate some good Texas Barbeque and also some good Mexican food at the Guytan's house. The Benitez family were really fun to hang out with (that's who we went with to the outdoor shopping place). The mom also fed us TONS of fruit, Kyle was loving it! It was fun to see the people from Kyle's mission and also what the area was like.

St. George

This past week we went to St. George to hang out with Des, T.C and some people from the Czech Republic from his mission. It was a lot of fun, and Casey and Sydney were nice enough to let us stay at their place and we got to hang out with them as well.

On Wednesday we went to Zions. The last time I went was probably when I was a teenager so it had been a while. It's so beautiful there and it's so diverse; you can see the big, beautiful red rock mountains and on the other hand you can also see a lot of greenery. My favorite place for sure was the Emerald Pools. We had a good time with everyone. Poor Kyle was hiking with Nash the whole day without a backpack to carry him so he definitely got a good arm workout. Nash did really good the whole day (besides the fact that his hat kept blowing off of his head because it was too big). That evening we had a barbeque with everyone. Shelby came over with a guy she was dating also and everyone had a good game of silent marco polo. The game got pretty intense, and I have a couple battle wounds from running into the sides of the pool lol I swear I can't play a game without getting hurt. But it was a lot of fun!

Thursday we went shopping and pretty much just relaxed and hung out by the pool during the day. At night Kyle, me, Casey, and Sydney played tennis. Besides the fact that I'm terrible at sports it was pretty fun. Kyle was good at couching me.

Friday we went swimming some more and just soaked up the sun. In the afternoon we went golfing at Red Hills golf course (where Casey works). Thanks to Casey we got the hook ups to get in free! I think out of all the sports, golf is one that I could maybe get good at. Golf is the best! By the end of the day everyone except Kyle was sunburned. Then we went out to eat at Osaka. It had been too long since my last sushi fix and it definitely hit the spot! Kyle is not a fan of sea food, so I was proud of him for trying some of my sushi.

Saturday morning Sydney made us a good breakfast and we hit the road. It was SO nice to get out of the house and have a little get away for a couple days. Thanks to Des and T.C we had an excuse to do it!

Zoo Trip!

I felt like a little kid on Christmas when I found out we were going to the zoo, I know that sounds pretty pathetic but it had probably been 5 years since I'd been last. I tried talking Kyle into going for the past 2 years but he said "Once we have a kid then we can." Yes, I finally have an excuse to go now :) It was so much fun! The elephants were being funny.. one of them kept picking up sticks and throwing them with its trunk and the little baby elephant was running around everywhere. The monkeys were really active and so were the gorillas and the rest of the animals were awake as well. I was a little sad that the tigers were sleeping but overall it was a fun day!