eeeerrrrtchhh!....Rewind!!!

Just in case you are like me and find it hard (after 8 o'clock and the kids are in bed) to dredge up the energy to make posts on your blog, scrapbook or be otherwise creative or productive- I have found the solution. Go to Redbox, pick a movie with your husband- lose your appetite because of said movie within the first 15 seconds and VOILA! You will find yourself at your desk suddenly struck with a million things that seem preferable to sitting through some morbidly disgusting movie for the next 2 hours.

My last post was....oh! the River- yeah, there's been a few other things that have happened between then and now- things fun, boring and in-between. As I sit right now- there is across the street the most awesome display of redneck games going on in the form of the fantastically entertaining annual Demolition Derby. I am mildly disappointed to be missing it- but that's life. Next week at precisely this hour however- I will NOT be missing our Mountain Valley Stampede Rodeo!! I am excited too because I will be leaving Owen with the babysitter and attending the Rodeo with my hands free for the first time in 7 months...pretty big step. I won't get too used to it however- I can only pull it off because it's- well, just around the corner. To be fair- he'll be the easiest part of her night...

So here's a recap:

June... Father's Day, Beth's Birthday...oh, we rode the Heber Creeper... had a thousand and one trips to the Doctor for odds and ends...Annual Cousin Portraits, Upper Provo Falls picnic...Beth and I began attending a Photography class (but don't judge my pictures)...yes, that's about it.

July...My Grandma & Grandpa Millers 60th Wedding Anniversary!!...then there was the 4th of July- complete with: Hot Air Balloon Festival at sunrise, Ward Pancake Breakfast AND our first family "Camping" trip- I use quotes because it was (rudely) pointed out that while we WERE most assuredly in the wilderness, myself and Owen were set-up in the ginormous new 5th wheel my great uncle brought to camp for my grandparents to sleep in...and myself, Owen and my 8 month pregnant cousin, Amber. My FAMILY was in a tent without me- and they LOVED camping. The dirt, the freedom, the sleeping bags- it was fun. July... yes, then Morgan's family friends, the Rowans came for a visit all the way from Australia which was a lot of fun, Morgan's sister, Kristen came to Utah for a 3 week visit from Maryland with her 3 kids....Porter got bit by some mysterious bug (twice in 2 weeks)- and it made his head swell up like Quasimoto from the Hunchback of Notre Dame- THAT was weird. Beckie Wolf (an ex-missionary comp) came to stay with us for a couple days with her 2 little boys- we played like crazy and had a ton of fun....oh, and then my ward lost yet another of our really REALLY important (contributing) families- we are the official Amazing Shrinking Ward- seriously, I like to call it our "cute little branch". Yesterday were the Pioneer Day festivities- complete with fireworks- and out of character as it was, I actually let my little naughties stay up until 10 O"CLOCK to see them this year...I know, I'm a nice Mommy...so there it is, our months in a nutshell. I am going to go ahead and post some pictures now too- so look at them if you like and try to match the photos to the corresponding event! This summer has been CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!