Summer

Ok so our summer has been ok so far. We have done a couple of really fun things but I feel like this summer is kind of lacking. Maybe because I feel like it just started being nice outside where we can actually enjoy it. We tried to go to Black rock for our anniversary and on the way down the battery died in Payson. We stopped at checker and had the battery tested and bought a new one and then continued on our way. We thought we were doing good until we reached Fillmore and then the car broke down again. Well we had to call a tow truck to tow us back to Provo. The trip that never really happened actually ended up costing us about 600 buckaroos! It turned out to be a bad alternator. So much for our ten year anniversary! O well. I was really bummed when we didn't get to go to the Draper open house so when I heard about the Oquirrh Mt. Temple open house I was determined to go. I have been telling the kids for about a month about it. They are so cute, as soon as I told them they both started jumping around saying whoot whoot! I was so proud of them for being so happy to be able to go to the Temple. I don't think they even get that excited when I take them to do fun kid activities. Anyway we went last night and the kids loved it. They could hardly wait to go inside the temple and they kept asking me cute questions about everything with bright smiles on their faces. At Least I have don't something right as a mother and made the temple an important place for them. Afterwards I asked Hayden what the name of the temple we went to was called and he said the Mt. Dew Temple, lol! Maybe I should cut down on the soda. Bryce is here from Colorado so on Monday Mom and I took my kids and Dixies kids to the Payson swimming pool. What a fun place it is. The kids had a blast and so did I. They have a really cool lazy river and lots of other fun things for the kids to do. I will definitely be going back this summer. I was proud of myself for talking my mom into going swimming with me. Her legs have not seen the light of day in about forty years. Sadly they got burned because of this but I think she really enjoyed herself anyway. Today we went to Payson Lakes with Jo and Kayson. I think we are cursed when it comes to that place because it always rains or threatens to rain when we plan a trip there. As soon as we got all of our gear set down in the perfect fishing spot it started thundering and lightning really badly. We quickly ran back to the car and watched the storm from the vehicles. It was kind of fun to be right in the middle of the storm. We are kind of nuts that way and enjoy the thunder and lightening. The kids even liked it. Well the rain finally let up about a half hour later so we went on with our usual plans of fishing. It was beautiful! Everything was so fresh and crisp. I walked around the lake a couple of times and just enjoyed the scenery while the others fished. This is what I usually do because I am not a big fisherman. Steve and the others did have a good time catching about seven fish all together so it turned out to be a success for everyone. This weekend is the forth and Steves cousins are coming down from Salt Lake to watch the fireworks with us. They are really fun to be around and its a cheap fun thing to do. It has turned out to be a tradition in our family and I can't imagine a forth not going somewhere to watch the fireworks. I love the summer and all the fun things that come along with it. So I guess it has not turned out to be a bad summer so far after all.