Slowing Down

Yeah, right. So you know (I could tell you were worried) I AM still here but have been super busy. I'll fill you in when I get a chance to play catch up once again.

Catching up

All summer I've been envious reading everyone else's blogs saying "Oh we've been SO BUSY going (fill in a great blank) and vacationing (insert fun vacation) and I've hardly had time to blog" and I'm going, "YEAH, ME TOO. I've been SO busy...uhhhh picking (weed or garden vegetable) and uhhhhhhhhhhh....canning (choice summer fruit). It's been suck a BLAST I've hardly had time for ANYTHING!" pttthh.


But I finally got to get out and go on our yearly family reunion trip up to Malad, Idaho and make our usual rounds staying with my brother and sister-in-law, visiting temple square, seeing old friends...we had a great time. Other plusses of the trip include being able to see my brother Ryan and his family, a newly engaged brother-in-law, and most importantly, seeing a moose when we went for a short hike at Brighton in Utah. Here are a few pics from the trip:

Carter "fishing" in the creek by the park where we have the reunion. He caught a lunker.
This was really a very rare treat. Nolan never falls asleep on me anymore but I guess we wore him out by staying up until 11:30 the night before. Poor baby.
After the reunion we went to Spencer's cousin's house and rode their ponies. Carter did really well but did not want a second turn.
This is two of my bros and their families with us at Brighton. It was SO gorgeous. Even my husband who isn't a very good photographer (c'mon, you know it, honey) managed to take this picture:
And that is our moose. We got about 15 feet away from him and it was pretty sweet. I think he winked at me. So if you've been wondering why in the heck I haven't posted anything lately, this is why.

p.s. if you want to make a seriously fantastic soup make THIS. (Mom, this is the soup I told you about) I know summer doesn't really make you say "Hmm. Let's have hot soup for dinner" but you can actually make it (without the cream cheese) and freeze it for winter. Anyway, don't know if anyone else has 8 butternut squash sitting on their counter but I do so this is what they will be turned into. I guarantee you'll like it.

YAY for me

25 gophers in my front lawn
25 degrees hotter and I'll melt
25 moles on my arm (is that all?)
25 years under my belt

This is the worst poem to myself I have ever written. Hope you enjoyed it.
Happy Birthday, Self.
Love,
Me