Annual Camping Trip to Flaming Gorge!

As usual, we had an amazing time. We went to Diamond Mountain near Flaming Gorge, Utah. It's is so beautiful there, one of those places that is heaven on earth. We've been going there to camp with my grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins since I was less than a year old and it's a tradition I plan to continue until my kids can take their kids! We had lots of great food as ususal and tons of fun riding the 4 wheelers, etc.! The boys built a swing with Zane's air chair and Jason's climbing rope - they hung it over the power line poles (a little scarry but it worked) and it turned out to be so much fun - hours of fun in fact! We were a little bummed it wasn't constructed on the first day we were there instead of the last, but next year it will! Our little camper had a great time, she loves being outside and attached to her Dad! All is well in her world when she's in the front pack with him!

Random Pics!

A couple from the 4th of July and playing grandma and grandpa Rogers' house!

Swimming on the Back Porch and Auntie Jills!

We have a water baby - anytime, anywhere she's ready to swim! This summer has been so much fun with her, we've hit more pools in the last two months than in the last 10 years! That's the amazing thing about having children, it opens a whole new world of fun! It started on the back porch with this cute little pool Zane found, we filled it with warm water and she loved it! Then we moved to the splash pool at Auntie Jill's house which is adorable - it starts out at 0 inches and only goes to 12 I think but it's the perfect place to crawl around and have fun! And, she gets to play with her cute cousin Spencer whom she loves, they've become pretty good pals! We've been to several pools around our home and the regular pool at Jill's. Lots of fun and still a couple more months to play in the water!

The Move to Utah!

So I'm playing major catch up today! This blog has evolved into a journal which as you can tell is mostly about Daysha! Jill's sister-in-law has been printing her blog as a journal for her son and what a great idea - there's a website you can just send your blog address to and they print and bind the blog for you - I love it. It's incentive enough for me to be better about keeping it up to date. So in an effort to capture as much as I can of her first year I'm going back in time a couple months to our move to Utah. The road trip wasn't bad at all - thanks to my amazing parents who flew out to help us pack and make the drive! My Dad and his buddy Scott drove the UHAUL, Zane drove his work truck which was packed to the top of the ladder racks and Mom and I drove the green truck with the camper and pulled the trailer with Zane's street bike and anything else we could stuff in there! We broke the trip up into two days and stayed in beautiful Rawlins Wyoming for a night which worked out perfect for Daysha, who as always, was a trooper on the trip! She did really great with Grandma giving her snacks and changing her Baby Einstein movies regularly! Ahhhh thanks Baby Einstein we love you so! We were almost home, near Park City and the trailer Mom and I were pulling got a flat, thank goodness Zane was behind us and saw it so he pulled us over, we didn't have a spare so he drove to Park City to get the tire fixed, we were on the road in no time! We rented a warehouse/shop for work before we left Utah while visiting before the actual move so we luckily had a place to store everything from the trucks while we looked for a place to live. Somehow we still have all kinds of household items at the shop but it's big enough to handle a little storage so that's probably where it will stay for now! Well as stated in the last post, we're here, found a place and all is well!

Last Weekend in Colorado Pics!

Well we've made the move, it was so much work, it's amazing how much "stuff" you own you don't realize until you move. We thankfully had a garage sale the weekend before we left and got rid of that "stuff" - it lightened our load and made us realize - there's something to be said for the simple life...all those things we had to have, we don't miss and can't remember even what they were! We've found a house in Sandy, close to the house Zane owned when he lived here before moving to Colorado. It's a super cool area, from our back porch it looks like you can reach out and grab the mountains - I forgot how close they are everywhere you look here, it's amazing and beautiful! The house we are renting has turned out to be so nice, our landlord is such a great lady, we've been really lucky - she had the entire house re-carpeted the day before we moved in! It's really nice and peace of mind while our little crawler is cruising! She's almost mastered the stairs and is walking around furiture while holding on, I can't believe it! I feel like I always say "I can't believe it" but these little people are amazing and these milestones seem to happen one right after the other. I have to remember that anytime may be the last time I see the things she's doing now and just enjoy every moment!