Rafting in the dark.....

Friday night, Cortney,Colton, Rich and I, went up to Silver Lake and went rafting. It was almost completely dark by the time we got on the lake. Usually I would discourage any such behaviour in the mountains at dark, but we had flashlights and there was a board walk trail from the parking lot and all around the lake, so you would have to be pretty dumb to wander off! So Cort and I were in one boat and Rich and Colt were in another. The boys totally ditched us even though there were bats flying around, not to mention it was pitch black outside! We finally caught up to the boys and we hooked the boats together. The guys were using the flashlights and looking in the water, but Cort and I were nervous the whole time so we opted to not to that! (I was especially nervous since a BAT flew next to my ear!) When we were leaving, Cortney and I quickly got out of the boats and went on our way, while the boys got the boats ready to go. Every few steps we would get really nervous (about bears) hold on to each other and run! It was fun!

Saturday Alisha called me, and asked me to go shopping with her and to go see Made of Honor. We had fun choosing a dress for her and went to a lot of stores. We hung out again on sunday with H & A and played Settler's of Cataan. I love game nights!

Monday night we had a family dinner at Copperton Park. We played tennis, soccer, and ultimate Frisbee, and then played on the play ground a little.

Yesterday I went over to Liz's house to visit. She made me cookies while I played with her cute kids. Then we walked over to her friends house, (to borrow some sugar) and had fun chatting with her! We had some cookies and lunch when we got back to her house (she made some yummy burritos). I had so much fun catching up! Thanks Liz!

(sorry this post was so late!)

Kisses and Hugs

Yesterday I went with Sherrie, the kids, and Misa (the wingate's foreign exchange student) to the parade. Rich and James had slept over night... more like stayed over night on the parade route so we would have a good spot! The parade was nice, not the biggest parade fan though, so I was happy to go home!
Ben wanted to ride home with Rich and I, so we put him in the middle of us in the truck. He was so funny, at one point I had said "oh my goodness" to something, and the rest of the way home he yelled "oh my goodness" to everything! Then he remembered my wrist was "broken", and the rest of the way he wanted to kiss the stitch on my finger, and my wrist and give me hugs.
When we got to my house we got to hear Misa play the piano and she was amazing! We were all in awe, except Sherrie who had already seen her play. Sherrie and I took her shopping after that, and I think she had a lot of fun!
After everything, I went home and Rich and I both took 3 hour long naps!!! We woke up, had dinner, and ran to henning's where we were having game night. Rich and I played Settler's of Cataan with H & A and Mom played ticket to ride in another group. I was holding Alisha's neice who is 5 and after her sitting on my lap for 45 minutes, she notices the bulky wrap on my hand. I told her what happened and then she too, gave my wrist "kisses" so it would feel better. :) A little while later Joseph came in from swimming, and wanted to give me hugs and LOTS of kisses! I loved it though because he is at the stage where everything I do is "NOT NICE ROSE!" It was a fun day, but I was glad to get home, take my wrist meds, and go to bed!

P.s Once again, Dont know what happened to comments sorry!

Removal of the Cyst

I won't be doing an actual post for a few days because yesterday I had a small surgery on my left wrist! It hasn't been too hard, my biggest complaint is I can hardly do anything without someone else to help. It's driving me crazy!

Mamma Mia!

Finally! This week went slow for me because I was so excited to see the movie! IT WAS AMAZING! We (at least my sisters and I) were singing the whole time! It was so much fun! I have to say there was a butt scene, and right when it happened we heard Sherrie yell "I knew it!" we all just laughed! Meryl Streep did amazing! There were also a few suprises in it that we did not expect, but I can't tell! Not only was it an awesome musical, but it was hilarious!
Then we went again, tonight with Colton and Cortney! :) It was fun, Cort and I loved it, Rich said he gave it 4 1/2 stars :) and Colton didn't like the boring parts, but he did sing along to Dancing Queen! It was really funny!
Then Claire texts me on the way home and tells me that, she is singing it at work. This movie is so addicting! I seriously love it!!!

Sorry about the lack of pics, we actually didn't take any!

Mamma Mia!.....NOT!

Last week Claire won tickets on the radio to go see Mamma Mia at an early showing for tonight. She then called me yesterday and says that she couldn't get work off, and offered me the tickets. At first I said "no", but then I realized I really wanted to go. So Sherrie invited me to go with her(Claire gave her the tickets). We drove down to SLC to get the Tickets at the KSL building, and had lunch. We got the tickets which were for 7 pm at the Gateway. So alittle before six we left for the Gateway tonight. We are all excited, and the woman tells us they are sold out. We show her our tickets, and she tells us it's limited seating! They were sold out an HOUR before! We were so mad! So we brainstormed at Rumbi, and decided to go to Fashion Place mall. It was fun, we looked at a bunch of stuff and sat in these awesome massage chairs for like 15 min! True Mamma Mia probably would have been more fun, but we did have a good time!

Payson Lake

This last week we went to Payson Lake with Sherrie's family, and Henning's Family. It was mine and Rich's first time camping together (separate tents of course!) It was fun though!
It wasn't a long drive, probably made shorter because it was gorgeous! It was so green, and quiet I loved it! When we got to the campsite, I learned that we didn't have a tent for the guys! It was a miscommunication on my part, I felt so bad! So the guys slept under an awning, and the girls and the babies slept in Sherrie's giant tent! My favorite part about both nights was the campfire! I love sitting around them and toasting my feet! At one point though Rich yells, "ROSE!" I jumped out of my chair yelled back "What!?" he then shows me my shoe is literally melting off! For those of you who have seen little women, you know how Jo always scorches her . dresses? That's me with shoes. ;) We had a lot of fun at the lake, especially Friday! Rich and I were in our Raft and then Henning, James, Emma, and the boys were in the Sherrie's raft. Well both Ben and Joseph started crying and freaking out in the middle of the lake. (Joseph just doesn't like water at the moment, and Ben was sick) So they went back to shore to drop them off, and Rich and I jumped in. I am always nervous about jumping in lakes. I always have a little panic attack, I hate that I can't see the bottom. This time though I tried really hard not to think of it and I had much more fun! Rich and I swam for a bit, and then got back in and met Henning and James. Then Henning proceeds to jump out of their raft, pretends to come say "hello", and tips our raft! Right after we were getting dry! It was fun though!

Me and Richard
Rich, Emma, and Me
Ben didn't feel very good so he just hung out in the big chair, and watched Word World

This is my new favorite picture of Ben! He looks so cute!

Aside from all the bug bites, It was a blast!

Crazy Weekend

This is going to be a really long post.... ready, set, go!


Wednesday night it was Rich's mom, Debbie's birthday, so we had a little family party. At around 7:30 Colton text Rich and asked if we could come over around 8. So we left a little early and went to Cortney's house. Before we left though Rich gave me one of the best birthday presents I have ever received! It was this picture frame with a few pictures of us, and then scattered between pictures, were all the ticket stubs of movies we have been to, including the first movie we saw! I loved it so much!

At Cortney's house, Cort and Colt suprised me with the Taylor Swift CD, and a gift card to Target, and best of all an awesome homemade card! It made me laugh so much! After that we went to get dinner at wendy's and back to Cort's. We watched Enchanted, (Colts punishment for losing a bet with Cort) and enevitably Richard fell asleep, as Cort and I sang and Colton looked like he was in hell. We left and went home to our seperate homes, or so I thought. Rich, Cortney, and Colton came to my house, waited an hour for me to turn off my bedroom light, and then chalked my sidewalks! I came out to many "happy birthday"s and "we love you"s. It was awesome and I love them to death!!

So July 3rd, 2008, I spent my birthday working for most of the day, which was fine in the beginning, but then I got really sick to my stomach. So I was incredibly ready to leave when my friend Krisha was willing to take my shift at five. Well we went to Rich's house right after I got off, and while he showered I snoozed on his bed with Gracie (well until his little brother woke me up and took her from me!) When Rich got out we got ready to go bowling for 50's night with Sherrie and James. We got to their house and walked in the door. The first thing I noticed was my poodle skirt (except with cherries) that my mom and Sherrie made. As I was looking at my skirt, I hear a big "SURPRISE!" and turned around to see my brothers and sisters, neices and nephews, and my mom and dad, all dressed in 50's attire! I was so excited! My first thought was "You're all coming bowling?!" and then it dawned on me the decorated house. So for my first surprise party, we had shakes, root beer floats, fries, burgers and hot dogs! It was so much fun! Everyone just kinda goofed around, played Croquet, and ate. Through out the night I learned what it took to make this party so great! All the boys weren't allowed to cut their hair for a month, so they could do it properly! The girls made their poodle skirts, and Sherrie borrowed all these old records from her friend, and hung them on the walls! After awhile we smashed open a pinata. (of an old record) This was the best birthday I have had yet! Thanks to all who made it so wonderful! (especially Rich and Sherrie!)

INDEPENDANCE DAY, we woke up early and went to the parade with Rich's family. It was fun to see all the people in the parade, and looked for people we knew. After the parade we went to Brent's parent's house for some swimming and food! It was alot of fun! Afterwords we played games at Claire and Brents for a bit. Rich and I needed to leave to go to his uncle Derek's house. We had some chips and salsa, and went swimming for about an hour and a half in their pool! We always have a great time with Rich's cousins, Uncle Derek, and Grandma Jolene! Later we watched the fireworks, and went home for some much needed sleep!!


Saturday Rich and I were invited by Chris (derek's son), and his girlfriend Holly, to go on wave runners with Holly's family. I had never been so I was alittle nervous. Holy cow, though! It was so much fun!! Holly's family was so nice and let us go on them several times! Holly and I rode on the tube together, and for some reason Holly always got thrown out! It was hilarious because I always ended up in the bottom of the tube!? We had a great time with them!

Walking the Dog?

This morning I took Gracie for her first walk with Colette and Leyton. We start walking down the street and she decided then would be the best time to go to the bathroom. (and it wasn't pee) well that wouldn't have been a big deal except I had to stop too, and right across the street there were 3 policemen just talking. Of course they all looked at me and I felt like an idiot! Well then Gracie decides she doesn't like walking too much, and when it was to the point where I was dragging her, we decided to try putting her in the stroller with Leyton! She like that much better, and for the majority of her "walk" she sat in the stroller!