The first week of summer break brought us to Zion's National Park, were the Nichols Family held a fantastic family reunion. We all camped outside the park and enjoyed the beautiful park on a daily basis. We enjoyed camp cooking, being out in nature, four wheelers, hiking, driving through the LONG tunnel, and playing in the river, going over mild rapids on tubes. We all had a wonderful time and the kids look forward to being able to camp, reunion, and etc... with the family again soon!
One night the girls, Jeremy, & I went to Chick-fil-A, not too exciting, but they had an awesome balloon man. He made just about anything. The girls got a very cute Jasmine and Rainbow.
4th of July isn't much to speak of here in the 115 degree temperatures, but we always find a couple fun things to do. Anthony spent his morning making this fancy desert cake to be festive for the holiday! We also enjoyed a BBQ with friends and fireworks that night!
On July 17th we enjoyed celebrating Chelsey's 6th birthday. Wow, was she excited. She loves her birthdays from birthday breakfast to spankings, to presents, to going ice skating!
After her birthday, on the 18th, the kids and I headed up for our annual visit to Utah to see the grandparents and cousins. We went to St. George first and visited, enjoying swimming everyday in Grandma & Grandpa's pool, going to the movies, to the Tuachan (we saw 'Annie' this year-mom also got to see 'Footloose'), shopping, and many other many fun memories with Grandma & Grandpa & the Wall cousins. After the Wall family went home, we went to Cedar Breaks one day and enjoyed exploring and hiking through some really fun caves. Aunt Julie & Boston joined us we enjoyed lunch in Cedar City and a full day of awesome fun hikes and explorations!
After that, I was to drive to Las Vegas, so I could meet Jeremy and bring him back the next day to join the family for the rest of our Utah vacation. So, in a rush, an hour or two later than Jeremy wished for me to leave, I was on the road to Vegas. I got there and got off on the wrong exit and it took me over an hour just to travel about 10 miles or less to the Luxor, where I'd meet Jeremy. I got there and put my stuff in the room about 10pm. Jeremy had made reservations at a very fancy restaurant inside the Luxor. (Can't remember the name). But this was a fancy place, once inside and seated, we read over the menu and I felt like the options given were foreign. The steaks all had fancy names, with the actual type of animal it came from and how the animal was actually fed. The prices were out there, way outta my ball park, but that was what Jeremy wanted. He wanted to make me feel very special and he wanted to eat at a very NICE restaurant. I'm sure the bill was well over 250.00 and that was just two of us for dinner. We were both way too full for desert. It was a very nice dinner and the atmosphere was wonderful. We felt like time had stood still for a while as we visited and enjoyed this wonderful meal. Around midnight, I think we nearly were finished (hence, time standing still...)
We enjoyed a night by ourselves and then Jeremy rose up early to visit with clients before we headed out of town. He wanted to treat me to a nice breakfast, but being still full from the nights dinner, we opted out of town and grabbed a quick Jack In The Box, just before getting out of Vegas. The kids were excited to have their dad join us. We hung out in St. George for the day and then up early the next morning to head to Orem. We enjoyed a nice week in Orem, with Jeremy's family, visiting Grandma & Grandpa, and more cousins! We especially enjoyed Beautiful Weather - being able to be outside at night and not feel like you were in a sauna! We also were able to celebrate Jessika's eightth birthday. She had a great day, as she also loves her birthdays! We had a party/BBQ for here. She had a great party with the families and cousins, ending with Ghost in the Graveyard!
We had a great vacation, visiting all the grandparents and cousins. We headed back home on the 5th of August, so we could get Jeremy back to work, and the kids ready for their first day of school on the 10th.
August 10th brought the first day of school. The kids were excited, but mom, maybe, was more excited! Each of our kids got in classes with excellent teachers and we were really excited to be off to a great start to the new school year.
The 15th of August, was a very special day! BAPTISM DAY! Jessika was baptized by her dad and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by her dad also. We were very blessed to have both sets of grandparents here and many aunts/uncles/cousins. It was a great day and Jessika was so happy. She will remember and treasure that day forever.
Jeremy's parents left Sunday. We were able to have my parents stay for a week afterwards. So, as the kids were in school, we enjoyed shopping, going to lunch, and painting our living room/downstairs hallway with the help of mom. She really goes to town when there is something to be done. It was great to have her here for her motivation and hard work. She got things moved, walls cleaned, edges taped, and got to work on painting. I helped when she would let me, and Jeremy helped with rolling the two coats of paint on the big walls. Mom worked on the detail, trim, and stuff that takes more time than rolling. It was so nice with the help we were able to have the rooms done in about 2 days. Something, if I had started on my own, would've taken me weeks, probably!
Aug. 18th we attended Anthony's Court of Honor. He recieved many merit badges and his LIFE Scout Rank. Way to go, Anthony. We were also very proud that Jeremy was able to recieve an award that night also. He was awarded an award for three years of scouting service and completing all of the training. It was also a very special night!
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ok I swear I just posted a comment on this post but where did it go?! ah well! Anyways can't believe I missed this post - I swear I had read them all - sorry! I had fun reading through this one and remembering that summer. I have some dang cute nieces and nephews!
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