So it’s been awhile. This summer has turned out more hectic
then I thought. It’s going to have to be a quick update of our adventures since
I last updated.
Camping is Grant and I’s thing. We do it as much as we can
whenever my work or his school will let us. That is what we did Memorial Day
weekend. Of course Grant had to go and slice his hand open before our escapade.
I had just got to work and I saw I missed a call from Grant and then another
call coming in. “Shar, can you come home? I cut myself real bad and might need
stitches.” I zoomed home, there was my husband with a make shift bandage on his
finger with it raised in the air, the blood from his face gone. We pulled out
our tiny first aid kit and bandaged it up as much as we could. Neither of us
could tell if he would need stitches or not so I called the wisest person I
know, my mom! I sent her a picture and both my dad and my mom agreed that
stitches weren’t needed. So we went to the store bought more gauze and tape and
went camping. Since then it’s healed really good and is now only a gnarly scar.
Memorial Day weekend was the second time we went camping and
our family came along with us. There is quite a few of us up here in the cold
eastern part of Idaho. On my side I have my sister, Brittney, and my
brother-in-law, Jordan, (who happens to also be Grant's brother, remind me to
tell you that story sometime) and their two boys, Joshua and Jack, and two of
my younger sisters, Josie and Alex. Then on Grant's side there is his sister,
Sarahbeth, and her husband, Tim, with their two boys, Joshua and Gabriel, and
his older brother, Derek. It was definitely a party! It was pretty cool to have
everyone there. We’ve gone camping three more time since then twice on our own
and then with family this great 4th of July weekend. But I am getting ahead of
myself.
The weekend after Memorial Day there was the Grand Teton
Marathon. My sister Brittney and Sarahbeth did the 5k, , Tim and Jordan, and my
handsome husband did the 10k. Grant did great! Unfortunately the crew wasn’t
clear on when you needed to turn and Grant and Jordan ran an extra mile or so
before realizing the mistake. If they hadn’t done so their times would have
been great and that’s the thing, they were great with the mile, think about how
good they would have been without. Last but not least we had one run the
marathon, which was Derek. We were all so proud of him. And me? Well I watched
the kids. There were games and bouncy houses and food. Super easy job!(:
The next weekends went like this: Camping, more camping, a quick visit to Utah for a baby shower and bridal shower and that brings me to this weekend. It was WONDERFUL! Probably one of
my favorite 4th of July’s in a while. We went camping with Tim and Sarahbeth
from Saturday till Sunday. The weather was fantastic, not to hot not to cold.
It was in the beautiful Island Park. There’s just something about camping that
makes Grant and I happy, and not just us but those mosquitos that love to feed
on us. Around 4 oclock in the morning on
Sunday Tim and Sarahbeth’s dog Coco joined us in our tent to finish out the
night. Being the crazy animal lover that I am, I drank it up! I had a little glimpse
of our little corgi coming camping with us and snuggling with us at night.
Sunday we went to Mesa Falls with more of the family. We
were joined by Brittney and Jordan and their kids. Though we were tired and
hungry (our sandwiches had soaked up the ice water in our coolers) I enjoyed
the beautiful falls. Soon enough it was time to go home. Once home we showered
of that smoky smell and took an hour nap before rejoining the family for pulled
pork dinner!
Monday, the wonderful 4th, little Rexburg had a
HUGE parade (I mean like 2 or 3 hours long) which started at 10. Well, Grant
and I didn’t get up till 10 but I’m proud to say we were at the parade by 10:15
showered and hair done! Quite a feat I might say AND the parade hadn’t started!
It was so fun to have the nephews there soaking up all the cool cars, music,
sun, and a ton of candy. I got my first sunburn of the summer. Again we all
departed for lunch and our nap times and were back together come 6 for dinner
and fireworks. Dinner and fireworks turned out perfect. Of course maybe a
little fussing come bedtime but all in all I loved watching my little nephews
glow with wonder at the fireworks. They are favorite. J
