Campfire

Last weekend all of our tin foil dinner dreams came true. After driving up and down Big Cottonwood Canyon for quite some time we finally found a free fire pit. Curtis built a fire and we started cooking. Since we were short on time we had the s'mores as an appetizer - twas a good choice. 

 

 

Fresh Air

We've been trying to spend a lot of time outside lately. I love Utah in the summer and I'm SO glad we moved home in June instead of January! The other night we had dinner on my parent's back porch followed by S'mores on the BBQ. Nothing says summer like S'mores.

 

Last night we had a family party at my Uncle's cabin up Big Cottonwood Canyon. We've been going to the cabin since before I can remember and it brought back so many fun memories.

When I was really little we even had a kids club every summer. In order to be in the kids club you had to be a cousin and be able to cross the stream by jumping from rock to rock. The club still exists and luckily Rod passed his entrance exam last year.

 Rod and I still have a craving for a camping trip and some tin foil dinners. We're hoping we can make that happen soon!

White Blank Page

I love this song. And the tear on his face at the very end.

Drive-In

This weekend we went with Curt and Ash to the drive-in. I hadn't been in years and it was actually really fun. We had chairs, blankets, diet cokes, and candy - twas perf. C & A were smart enough to put a mattress in the back of their truck, GENIUS!  We watched Transformers 3, which was okay. The second movie was Super 8 (which we had already seen and LOVED) so we didn't stay for the whole thing. We're happy to have friends who like to do fun summer-ish things. Keep em' coming, keep em' coming!

Walking The Dog

We're pretty much obsessed with this music video right now. 

How did we not know it existed before?

Happy 4th

 Our 4th of July was very low key this year. We went to lunch with Rod's family and had a BBQ with mine that evening. We played games and lit some fireworks. It was fun to be with family and relax (we're really good at relaxing these days) . . . Let the dream summer continue!

 

 I missed this smelly pup very much while we lived away. His name is Winslow and he is adorable. He wakes us up most mornings with a kiss just like this! 

LP

We spent the past week in Lake Powell for the Rasmussen family reunion.  Despite some windy conditions at the beginning of the week, we ended up having a great time.  The food was the tops, the games were non stop, the tube wars were competitive, the surf was always up, and the company was everything we could have hoped for and more.  We have an unusual amount of fun cousins, aunts, and uncles. 

Here are some highlights of the week:

Picturesque sunsets nightly

Xander is a one man show and kept us in stitches.  He has a way with words and could talk ANYONE into taking him out on the jetski when he wanted.

We tubed until our arms turned into jello and we got tossed like rag dolls across the channel. 

We did lots of wake surfing

  

 

 

We played Ticket to Ride at least 20 times

 

Cousins - right before jumping from the 3rd level

My Uncle Rod's houseboat is nicer than any house we will ever own in our lives.  

Gang's all here! (for the most part)

 

Perfection

 

Let's do it again.