July 24th on Panguitch

Tyson, his dad, and I headed up to Grandma Winder's cabin to celebrate the 24th of July. After spending the weekend up there I decided that I am in love with Panquitch mountain. It is so beautiful up there and the weather feels amazing at all hours of the day.  

One of Tyson's really good mission companions joined us for the day on Friday and we are so glad he did. It was great to have some extra company out on the lake. 

We had a blast fishing together and I had fun showing the boys how it was done ;)

             

It was a fun weekend and I can't wait for our annual trip back there next year, or hopefully sooner!  

4th of July in Idaho

A few weeks ago we got invited to one of Tyson's mission buddy, kyle's, birthday party/4th of July party. It was up in Shelley, Idaho so we decided it would be fun to head up for the weekend and just get away. On the way up we got stuck in traffic twice due to two different accidents. We really lucked out though because the longest traffic stop (of the two accidents) was in Payson. After a few minutes of complaining about our predicament I looked out my window and saw the Payson Temple, which made me really think how pathetic it was that I was complaining about being stuck in traffic. It could have been a lot worse and we could have been in the actual accident, but instead we got stopped at the perfect place to see the temple and enjoy the view. I am so grateful for how blessed we were as we drove up and back on such a busy weekend. 

The weekend kept us pretty busy. First off we stopped in Brigham City at our all time favorite steakhouse, Maddox. We make a habit of it to stop there EVERYTIME we are at in the area. Then that night once we got to Kyle's, we had fun playing games, watching fireworks, followed by a movie projected onto a tramp leaning up against the tree. It was fun to meet so many new people and make new friends. I immediately fell in love with Kyle's parents. They were so sweet to give us a place to stay, not to mention all of the yummy food. 

Saturday we went to a fun placed in Idaho called Monkey Rock. It was so beautiful there! I just loved how green everything was. Plus the water was nice and refreshing. 

Then we walked a little ways down the road and watched people jump off a bridge into the water below. It was much too high for our liking so we just watched.

  

          Tyson has been so lucky to have meet Kyle. He has always been such a good friend to us and we were so glad we got to visit him. 

 

Saturday night we camped out behind a store to get the perfect view of the Idaho Falls firework display. It was so fun to watch a new firework show, since I've only seen Hurricane's for the past 22 years. 

It was so nice to spend time with Tyson and get away for a little while. I hope I never take our time together for granted.