June Happenings

June ended up being a pretty busy, fun month!  I wish I could say the same for July.  So far July is killing me.  For reals.  Anyway, the Balls came to town for a week.  This is a real treat because they haven't come for a while.  One of the few good things to come out of Corona is seeing the Balls more.  Things are still totally shut down in Washington, so they came here to actually be able to have a life.  And it looks like we'll even see them one more time.  A record!  My kids were so excited for them to come.  Ok, they were mostly excited to go to Lagoon, but having the Balls there was an extra bonus.  Lagoon was fine.  Going once every few years is more than enough for me.  Right now you have to make reservations and wear a mask to get in.  They also have nasty smelling hand sanitizer at the end of every ride.  The kids loved every second.  I loved spending time with my family.  The day  ended with a delicious BBQ at April and Toby's.  That was my favorite part of the day.

June brought more Jeep rides, covering the garden so it didn't freeze (this happened while it was pouring rain.  Super not fun), puzzles, and trying to survive the daily grind and kind of enjoy life even though all fun is cancelled.

This puzzle almost defeated me.  It was hard!

The garden covered.  We better get some good veggies because that was painful!

Sage decorated Grandpa's house for a grandkid party.  She was in heaven

So many kids!

We got stuck in line on Colossus forever.  At least we were in the shade

Sage and Georgia swimming in the pond.  Who needs a pool?!

Jeeping

Up above Strawberry Reservoir

Sage did a hip hop dance camp

Zack is working full time framing.  He has a major farmers tan

Jeeping with friends is fun!

Fish Lake

We celebrated making it through June by going camping.  We had a little Alan/Tracy Jorgenson Reunion up at Fish Lake with Mike and Laura and their 9 kids (God bless them) and Greg and Tracy.  If how dirty you are equals how much fun you had then I think it's safe to say a great time was had by all!  The location was beautiful, but the wind.  It just didn't stop blowing, thus there was dirt everywhere.   This was our first time to Fish Lake, so we had a great time exploring and just soaking in the beauty.

It took us a second to make it out the door because Jake and Zack were wiring the truck so that we could take the portable fridge with us.  I don't understand how people survive without a husband who knows how to do things like wire the truck for a fridge, build a camp trailer, put in a pond, build a house....the list could go on and on.  I guess they pay for people to do all of that?  Most of the time I'm very glad for Jake and his skills - just every once in a while it would kind of be nice to pay people;)  Anyway, they got the truck wired and we took off to camp in a tent, but without a cooler and ice to deal with.  So that was awesome. 

While at Fish Lake we ate lots of good food.  This is a must when camping.  Jake and Kate worked hard to make bacon potato deliciousness.  I felt my arteries clogging, which means it was good.  I'm learning that when Jake goes camping he likes to eat well.  My idea of camping food is hot dogs and s'mores.  That doesn't cut it for Jake.  I told him that's fine, but he has to cook it and clean it up.  We went on razor rides.  Super fun, but I think I prefer the Jeep because I don't get covered in dust.  We did some fishing in a beautiful creek.  We did some fishing in the big huge lake.  We played on paddle boards for a bit and then went on a little fishing boat that Greg and Tracy rented.  That was fun and hilarious because it was so small.  On the way home we went the scenic route and explored more of Fish Lake.  Then drove home through Manti and Moroni.  Jake's family is from those little towns, so we read some family history stories to go along with the drive.  All in all, a successful trip and fun reunion.  Can't wait to do it again!

Evening walk

Sage loves to make us pose

Hanging out while the boys fish

This creek was so muddy!  Sage couldn't figure out how to clean her feet off and get out of the creek without getting covered in mud again.  It was amusing.

Paddle boarding.  The weather was crazy.  It would rain for a second, then be super hot.  

The huge fishing boat

Skipping rocks on the way home