Summer Sabbatical Is Over

We're alive!!!!!!! I know, I know. It has been a decade or so since I have posted. A combination of things lead to that, of course. It was mostly laziness, but we did have house guests for a month, went out of town a few times, thought my computer was broken, and on and on. It seems like I did this last summer too. Anyway, here is a run down of our lives for the last two months. I would love to say I will give you the summarized version of it, but you all know me too well. I will do my best.

After the last post, we had an incredible 80th surprise birthday party for my Grandma Christensen. I have to admit that the best part was seeing her reaction. She was truly surprised. It was so wonderful to have so many family members there to celebrate her life. If only I was as fit as she is now! She is such an inspiration!!! Eliza took pictures, so check her blog out. Uh, yeah, that was in June so you have to scan way back!

July was packed with festivities! It started out with a fabulous 4th of July weekend at the Harber/Nelson compound in Cedar Breaks. There was tons of four wheeling, food, fireworks, and I mustn't forget the sweet scavenger hunt Nola put together. BTW, our team one! I love getting together with those Nelson's. We laugh our brains out!

As soon as we got home, we greeted Mr. Michael Easley to our home! He just got a new job here, and crashed with us until Alli got here and 'till their house was ready. It was fun having them here...kittens and all! Our house seems so empty now! Alli and I had plenty of late nights. I have grown so much closer to her from this time we had. LOVE YOU ALLI!!! It was fun to get to know Michael better too. Too bad Spence wanted to wrestle all the day with him. Too bad for Harper that "Dolly" was making out with him by the end. Sigh. Glad to have you crazies here with us in Utah!!!

We also celebrated Kevin's birthday. Sadly, there is not much to speak of. I didn't really go above and beyond on this one. We did go to a movie! :P Next year? Maybe our Bear Lake trip a few days later made up for it. We had a blast with Kevin's family. We celebrated the 24th with some fireworks, and we also celebrated Big Steve's birthday too!

We also had a bridal shower for Lauren in Las Vegas. It was a busy weekend because we also went to Jason and Jen's wedding too. It was beautiful, and we are excited to see them so happy. The shower was fun, and it was fun to have a party just for the girls!

August came so fast, and we managed to squeeze in baby Taylor's blessing in before we all headed to Mesa for Ryan and Lauren's wedding!!!! What a wonderful weekend. You will need to refer to Lydia's blog for the pictures. Spencer got some interesting shots as he played photographer at the reception. Anywho, we barely made into town with enough time for me to fly over to the temple for Lauren's endowment session. I was so glad I made it in time, but it was sweltering in there! Poor Lauren almost passed out...for the second time that day (you'll have to get the story from her. It's great). Later that night we experienced the full meaning of "monsoon season." Yeah. Really. Flooding and all. It cleared up by morning just leaving behind all the awesome humidity. Oh, my hair was rockin' it. We had a wonderful family dinner with all the family that was in town. Ryan is so blessed to marry into such a great family. They are a blast! Kevin and I are contemplating inviting ourselves down for Christmas. We love warm weather Christmas's!

The sealing was beautiful, of course. The only bad part was waiting outside in the scorching heat during pictures. BLEH!!! I am a complainer, but I did feel worse for Ry and Lauren! All those layers! The reception was fun, and the video was exceptionally excellent considering it had two completely random pictures of Eric...by himself. Hahaha! We loved it all. We especially love that Ryan found Lauren. She will fit in perfectly with our family and he with hers.

Finally, we capped the week off with a couple days in Vegas visiting Stacey and Lance's clan at Cal and Jeanette's house (THANKS!), and then a few days swimming in St. George. It was a fun way to break the week up, but we are so glad to be home. I must say that I am lovin' this 85 degree weather! I am a little sad to see the summer coming to an end, but I can't help but anticipate the fall either...

...and I'm spent!