Summer 2010

It is a little late, but happy 4th of July!

Trevor and I have been enjoying this summer so much. It feels like a lot has gone on and its only half way through the summer. I figured I would just put up some of the activities Trevor and I have gotten to be a part of so far this summer. There is definitely more to come, but for now here is what we've been up to...

First, Trevor started complaining one morning that his stomach wasn't feeling very well. He went to work and he said by lunch time he felt pretty sick. He stuck it out though and made it through the day. He ate dinner, hoping that would help out, but it didn't. Things just got worse. His pain progressively got worse right over where his appendix is at. We started looking up what could be causing this pain and we kept reading symptoms for appendicitis that matched exactly what he was feeling. So finally we went in to the E.R. and Trevor definitely had appendicitis. They gave him pain killers for the night and then operated on him the following morning. He was in so much pain before the surgery, I was relieved when they brought him out of surgery and he looked at me and said, "I feel like I could get up and do jumping jacks." We spent the rest of the day in the hospital recovering. Trevor has been great ever since. We'll see how much of a scar he'll have. Right now the scars are still pretty bright. It is amazing what the medical world can do these days though. Trevor has his appendix removed and all there is to show for it are 3 small incisions, no longer than 2 inches long. Amazing!



I have been able to talk different family members into going swimming with me as much as possible. The pool feels great these days...especially for my back. My sister has been great to swim with me most of the time.

We've gone to several campfire evenings. You can't ever get enough of those though! I love being up in the canyon. It has been so green and the rivers have been really high! It is beautiful. Trevor went rock climbing outdoors for the first time, with our brother in law, Jamon. He loved it! When he was finished he decided we needed to buy him his own rock climbing shoes. (He has several toys right now that he would LOVE to go out and buy... para-gliding gear, rock climbing shoes, a boat, 4-wheelers, a dirt bike and the list goes on...Not to mention he just got a whole new set of golf-clubs for Father's Day.) Anything Trevor can do to be outside, he'll jump at the chance to go!We also got to go camping over night with our friends, Danny, Amelia and Hannah Morgan. (Thanks for bringing us along on that guys!) Trevor and I had a blast! It was a great experience to realize what we do and don't have for camping trips. Maybe we'll start making a Christmas list...



Here is my sister trying to roast marshmallows while the guys rock climb.




My little brother graduated from Skyline High School. He was very anxious for that. I remember the feeling of being excited to move on with my life, but not being able to until high school was finished. I believe he has been feeling like that since before his senior year. He is in that stage of trying to figure out what direction he is going to go in for his career, schooling and all of those major decisions that start to creep up after high school. I'm proud of him though. He has got a very level head and wants to do things the smart way!



My Dad had his birthday on June 30! Happy Birthday Dad! I have always been impressed with the ambition that my father has. I don't believe that he'll ever let age stop him from doing the things that he loves. He talks about how he is turning into an older man, but I don't see him like that at all. He has enough desire to be on the move and experiencing things...especially with the family. We all love him and look up to him so much! For his birthday we had a big bbq at my parent's house. Afterwards we watched a movie on a projector, against the side of the house. I think we'll do that more often, now that we know how much fun it can be! Trevor proved his cooking skills once again at the birthday. I think he stood by the grill for over an hour, bbq-ing the entire dinner!






Trevor had to re-paint the baby's room. It was a little painful, having to paint over the room that we painted for our little boys. It was so cute too! I made sure to get a lot of pictures before we painted over our blue room. Now it is ivory-yellowish and I think it is looking more and more ready for our little girl to come! Speaking of which, I have had some requests to post some belly pictures on here. So you get to see my prego-belly at about 28 weeks. Now I am 31 weeks, so I should get some more photos. Trevor is telling all of his nieces and nephews that my belly button sticking out is actually just the baby's nose pressing against the inside of my stomach. They always look up at him with a look that asks, "Are you serious or is this a joke?"





We've also been lucky enough to go boating this summer...and we have some plans for the future weeks ahead to go boating again. But the Morgan family was nice enough to bring us along, again, on their boat! The best boating trips are with the Morgans. Trevor so desperately wants a boat. He watches for anything he can to learn about keeping good maintenance up on a boat. Steve Morgan said at one point that Trevor was "trying to be the crew" on the boat. Really, Trevor's great passion is to be out on the lake! Thank you, thank you for bringing us with you! I have to fight back my jealousy on these boating trips though. I want to get behind the boat so bad, but there is no chance that I'd even be able to sneak a small ride on the wake board. I have too many people looking out for the baby's and my well-being. The water was freezing and choppy, but we wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere else! Tiffany and Mark Frogley were able to come along also, with their baby girl, Ashlyn. I was impressed that Tiffany was able to get up and wake board, after healing from a broken tail bone! Way to go!




And lastly, this last week we were able to spend some much needed time with Trevor's sister, Suzy and her family Brent, Megan, Joseph, Sarah and Daniel. They live in Iowa and they drove 2 days to get to Utah for a visit. We went to the aquarium and to the visitor's center downtown. We had s'mores and taught the grandkids how to play some night games. We ended their last evening here by watching as many comedian clips as we could fit in. The most fun part of it all was having the whole family here to hang out and catch up! We miss you guys!


Here the kids are at the temple square visitor's center.

Well, our summer adventures will continue, I'm sure. Until then...I hope you enjoyed this long post!