Family Reunion and Fun!

We had our Lewis family reunion this weekend at our usual Bear Lake location. I grew up having the Lewis family reunions at Bear Lake with many cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. For the last few years my own family has resumed having our immediate Lewis family reunions at Bear Lake. It was fun camping and playing in the water this weekend.

The water of course was cold until you got used to it (or your body just froze to the water temperature so you couldn't tell). The sun was hot, but there was a slight breeze that kept it cold if you were in the shade and had previously been wet. I ended up with my usual Bear Lake sunburn...but the consensus was that my eyes didn't get sunburned as bad as they used to when I was younger. I'm sure that all my extended Lewis family knows what I'm talking about.

We left early on Sunday morning so we could be back and showered for Madison Reading's blessing. It was a fun baby blessing and she looked so cute in her blessing dress!

Look how cute this little family looks!

Happy 4th of July!

We had a wonderful 4th of July being with the Lewis side of the family. As a tradition growing up, the Lewis' would go to the Provo parade and then have a big lunch afterwards. Usually the lunch was at the grandparent's house (three blocks away from the parade), but this year we went to the Bluth's.

I loved this cute little old man who has served our country and survived Pearl Harbor.

Mike even found a new friend. This is my cousin's kid Nathan.

After lunch there was much fun at the Bluth's house. They had a zip-line from the second story of the barn that went all the way across their yard. Then there was also the bungee trampoline set up that they had.








































There was fun for all ages and it was great to see extended family that were in town for the week. Happy 4th of July!

Farmers Market

Yesterday I had a fun day of going to the Farmers Market downtown Salt Lake with my mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and niece. It was a very hot day and we took a break to cool down (and feed the baby) in between all the shopping fun.

As we were sitting down a group of Hispanic singers came and "serenaded" us. I think that they mainly came over because of the shade. It seemed that everyone flocked over to see them perform. They were really good and it was fun enjoying the entertainment.

I would highly recommend going to the Farmers Market on Saturdays at Pioneer Park if you don't mind an occasional vagabond snoozing under the tree.

No Call of Duty

So, I've been meaning to post about this for the last week....but I was able to avoid being called in for jury duty. I was juror number 174 for the week of the 9th through the 13th. They only got to the 96th juror by last Friday. So, I'm hoping that I'm out of jury duty for good for a while, but then again on the lovely recording message that I got to listen to every night last week said that I could serve later in this month. Let's just say that I'm glad that it wasn't last week though because I had a lot of appointments, court, home visits, and meetings scheduled for work and I didn't like the "well...I might not be in tomorrow" and having the uncertainty of needing to reschedule meetings or visits to trying to see if my supervisor or coworkers could cover court for me. I'm hoping that I won't get summoned again for jury duty for a while, but I've heard that I could get out of it by telling them that I'm a social worker for the state (people say that they don't like us social workers...it's probably because we're biased and realize that the court system is never fair and lets people off WAY too easy!). If that really is my ticket out of it for the future, then I really do love my job!

Newly Engaged

So my little brother, Tyler, got engaged to his girlfriend, Lisa, last night. It has been so cute to see the two of them be all twitterpaited about each other as they've been dating. We (the Readings) knew from the first time we met Lisa that they would end up getting married. It sounds like they are aiming to get married in August. Congrats to the two little lovebirds!

The BEST Husband!

I promise you...I have THE BEST husband ever!!! Yesterday when I got home from work he had cleaned the entire house except the kitchen floor (which is wise not to do when I cook dinner...I always make a mess!). It really meant a lot to me that he would clean the house especially since we hadn't cleaned it for a few weeks and it was nasty. Cleaning the house got put on the back burner for a few weeks since he was sick for about a week and then I got sick and then vacations. I love my husband so much and am so thankful for all that he does for me. Thanks Love!

Jeepin' Moab

This last weekend was one that was looked forward to for the last year. It was our annual trip to Moab to go jeeping. It was a memorable one as they all are.

Day 1: We carpooled (to save gas money) with my brother and his wife and their 2 1/2 month old son. We left Salt Lake City around 4 o'clock. About 2 hours later we finally made it to Spanish Fork canyon because everyone seemed to be going south. Then about half way through the canyon traffic was stopped. We found out that there was two separate accidents that closed down the eastbound. Sitting in one spot for about 2 1/2 hours wasn't quite what we had hoped for. But I have to say that my nephew did amazing during the entire car ride! We finally arrived in Moab close to midnight.

Day 2: Met up with our group of people and ended up having 10 vehicles in our group. We did the trail Hell's Revenge. It was a cold and windy day, but nothing stops us from taking the top off the jeep and enjoying ourselves.

The beginning of Hell's Gate that my uncle Rick decided to try.

Then Tyler decided to let Lisa "drive" while jeeping for the first time...all while doing it from the passenger seat.

There are some trails that are very obvious where it goes...can you see it?

This is Tip-Over Challenge...where a friend of ours notoriously broke down and spent some time repairing his Jeep.

Day 3: Went for a drive on Mineral Basin Road. It was a much warmer day and the sun was toasty. Of course on the trail the Bluths like to make things more exciting by going through the washed out road rather than going around. They had water all up in the engine and inside the jeep getting their feet wet. Needless to say, their rental jeep stunk of the nasty water for the rest of the day.

See how happy they are while waiting in the water to be winched up?

Since we got done early we decided to hit another trail....Fins and Things. This is the obstacle called Kenny's Climb.

Day 4: This day was full of packing, shopping, and heading home. Not such a fun day...it's always hard to leave Moab. We especially didn't want to come back once we came back to cold and rainy weather.

So, all in all...there was fun in the sun and we can't wait until next year!