Rick and Bridgette explore Cabella’s in Lehi Utah

In Utah for some festivities! (Pictures of that to come.)

Helping papa prep for his run and eating brekkie on his lap.

My dear sister met the man of her dreams and after 2 years of long distance dating, a lot of sacrifice of time/travels, being apart so much, they were engaged in April!We were so happy to be able to witness their wedding in August.

The sealing took place in the Draper Utah LDS Temple.

The details were amazing and the day was so perfect!  She was the most beautiful bride and her dress was simple stunning.

She was the mind behind her entire reception/decorations/details. She made all her paper chandeliers, centerpieces, signs, decor, etc. It was breath-taking!

Congratulations to Eddie & Megan! We love you guys!

Our family visits the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah

Our visit with Grandpa Alan and Grandma Pam

Bridgette about died and went to heaven when we arrived and she heard their dog, Stix, start barking. She loved all the slobbery kisses, the playfulness and showed so much affection for Stix with logs of hugs!

Here we’re showing grandpa and grandma how Bridgette is learning to fold her arms for prayers.  It’s pretty serious business!

HA!!!

Thank you, Grandpa and Grandma, for being such gracious hosts! We love you and miss you.

Our family went camping with some members of our church at Devil’s Lake in Wisconsin. It’s a beautiful destination, and we were excited to go back and stay the night. We arrived Friday, around 6 pm, and unloaded coolers and tents. I filled the chimney with charcoal and unfolded camp chairs around the fire pit. Children gathered sticks/leaves and someone built a teepee in the pit for our fire.  The men got to work on setting up our 10 man tent for our 3 person family. Ya, don’t get any ideas, we’re not having 8 children. We’re really happy with 1! 🙂  I was in charge of dinner and prepared a dutch oven lasagna complete with Italian sausage and garlic bread. We made cherry cobbler for dessert, in the dutch oven. MMMM! Some of the children roasted hot dogs, and ears of corn were roasting on top of the dutch oven lids. We were feeding 8 adults and 8 children. Dinner wasn’t ready until close to 8, but it all turned out great. We retired to bed around 11, and after finding a comfortable position in my sleeping bag, I dozed off to sleep by 11:30 or 12:00. Ahh, I reeked of campfire and it was awesome.

At about 12:30 am, I hear Bridgette cough  and cough. I ignore her and hope she goes back to sleep. She does. Now I try to get back to sleep. It’s after 1:30 am when I hear her cough again and then I hear gagging and the sound of vomit! I quickly sat up, “Rick, she just threw up!” She’s now screaming and in tears. I dash out of bed and pull the blanket off the pack ‘n play and she sits up and reaches for me, in tears. I try to dodge the vomit, it’s everywhere. I peel off her sleepsack and lay her on our bed, taking off all her wet layers. I clean her up, all by the light of our cell phones. We snuggle her next to us. She is still hysterical. Screaming. In tears. Still coughing. I worry we’re going to wake up the entire camp with hundreds of campers near by. Nothing is pacifying her. We try snuggling her more and  I try nursing her. Nothing is calming her down. I whisk her out of the tent and into our truck, to contain the noise. I rub her back and “ssshhhhh” her. She then pukes again, all over my lap and the car. I am so sad for her upset stomach. I just broke my heart. This is the first time she’s really thrown up and I think it was the bites of hotdog that did it to her! DANG THOSE DOGS!
After she puked the second time, she calmed down and we took her back into the tent. It’s nearly 3:30 am now. She finally falls asleep next to us, but I’m not sleeping. I can’t sleep next to her. I can’t even breathe because she’s such a light sleeper, I worry if I even blink, she’ll wake up. So I am wide awake, while Rick and B snoozes. Like clockwork, Bridgette wakes around 5:15 am,  despite the fact that she didn’t get to bed until 9:30 pm. This camping trip was no exception. She was babbling and wide awake by 5:30. Needless to say, I got about 1-2 hour of sleep that night. We decide to drive the truck down to the lake and go on a walk, so we don’t wake other campers. RISE AND SHINE: 6 am walk on the beach. She fell asleep on our hike, to our surprise and to our wishes!It was a great 24 hour getaway. We love camping/hiking/being with friends!