Golfing

My brother James came in town last weekend and while he was here my dad took us all golfing at Hidden Valley. As of last year I have picked up this little hobby and really like it (when I'm actually playing decent). This was my first game this year and I wasn't quite ready for 18 holes. Lets just say my best hole was a bogey on a par 3- that being said, I was pretty proud of myself, but I got tired by about the 14th hole and called it a night. I can drive the ball pretty well and my putting game seems to be based on luck, but I am terrible when it comes to using my irons, but hey it's a work in process! The boys however, all played well and it was a really fun day/ night (since it took us about 4 hours)!

Warming up

My dad taking a practice swing

Scott can drive the ball so far!

Zach will tell you, taking this picture distracted him. I've still got a lot to learn about golfing etiquette!

Scott, Zach, my dad and James

I kind of hate the dress code at Hidden...

I promise this is a practice swing, though I have been known to miss the ball.

It was such a pretty night and the weather was perfect!

Newport

We spent last week with Zach's family in Newport. We had so much fun and it was a much needed vacation! Unfortunately, the weather was gloomy and the wind made it a little cold, but we were just happy to get away and have nothing to worry about. We'd usually wake up and take a bike ride over to Balboa, or wherever and then we'd suit up and head to the beach. As you can see from the pictures I wasn't exactly prepared for the cold weather so I wore the same hoodie basically everyday. At night we played card games or watched episodes of Arrested Development. We loved every minute of it and are so thankful to Joe and Stacey for taking us on such a fun trip!!

You can tell from our faces that it's morning

Riding the ferry over to Balboa

My favorite store... the Candy store

Paddle ball

Breakfast at The Greeter's Corner in Laguna

The Wedge

Playing a mad game of paddle ball

Rainforest Cafe

 love it...

Cute family pic

Our last night

Trying to capture the one sunny day we had...

The girls

Just entertaining ourselves

Father's Day Weekend

Our Father's Day weekend was spent up at the Barton's cabin in Kamas with our friends. It was fun to get together with everyone before the Barton's head off to Florida this coming August for medical school. It also gave us the chance to bond a little more with sweet baby Jane. We sure will miss you guys!

Love the camouflage...

Me and Steph

An intense game of FIFA

The Mulcocks

Please note the levi shorts... classy!

The Varleys

The Bartons

Gone Fishin'

They caught a few of these over the weekend

The Hanseens

The Girls

The Guys

The Bickmores

The Hales

Staying Sane

I was going through some old emails the other day and started laughing when I came across this one from 2008. So, sorry if you have already read this…

Ways to Maintain a Healthy Level of Insanity
1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car with Sunglasses on and point a
Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.

2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice.

3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries
with that.

4. Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label It "In."

5. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks. Once everyone has gotten
Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.

6. In the Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write "For Smuggling Diamonds"

7. Finish All Your sentences with "In Accordance With the Prophecy."

8. Don't use any punctuation

9. As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk.

10. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.

11. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is "To Go."

12. Sing Along At The Opera.

13. Go To A Poetry Recital And Ask Why The Poems Don't Rhyme?

14. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area and Play tropical Sounds
All Day.

15. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party
because you’re not In the Mood.

16. Have Your Co-workers Address You by Your Wrestling Name, Rock Bottom.

17. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream "I Won! I Won!"

18. When Leaving the Zoo, Start Running towards the Parking lot, yelling
"Run For Your Lives, They're Loose!!"

19. Tell Your Children Over Dinner. "Due To The Economy, We Are Going To
Have To Let One Of You Go."

20. And the Final Way to Keep a Healthy Level of Insanity......

Send This E-mail To Someone To Make Them Smile....

It’s called..... "Therapy”

sMaLl ThInGs

Starbursts are definitely one of my favorite, non-chocolate, candies! I love it when they come out with new flavors. There have been some disappointments though and unfortunately, every package includes a nasty cherry or fruit punch flavor. Anyway, meet the newest addition to the Starburst family.....

Sweet Fiesta



Flavors include: melon berry, strawberry pineapple, peach guava, and cherry mango

It's a good one! If you're wondering why I'd write a post about Starbursts, you should just know, sometimes it's about the small things in life!