Bear Lake 2010

This year the Boston clan headed to Bear Lake for 5 days.  It was a GOOD time! Unfortunately, because it was so close, or poor planning, we ended up not all being able to be there the same days. Me, AJ, my dad, Andria and her girls were the only ones there the whole time.  We started off the adventure by going to Bear Lake Pizza. 

Of course, even though there is one in Logan, no Bear Lake trip is complete without a shake from La Beau's.

On the second day, even though it was SUPER cloudy, it was the only day Joe was going to be there so that was the day we decided to get the sea-doos.  I did not want to ride them.  After Joe hassling me too much, I decided to hop on.  BIG MISTAKE, ok, it wasn't horrible but Joe goes a tad faster than I dare.  And he almost tipped the dang thing.  My nieces LOVED the speed and getting splashed. 

Every night we played some sort of game.  80's Scene It, Apples to Apples, or Trivial Pursuit.   This is what we (Andria, Joe and I) came home to the kids doing after our 4.2 mile run (yes be impressed..)

It got kind of cold so I liked to lay in the sun....

We went to lunch at Cafe Sabor and the Motor Lodge

Audrey really liked doing peoples hair.  Here she is doing Mikey's. 

On Friday, Daren finally joined us, and we went to the Bear Lake County Fair.  OH MY GHETTO! It was fantastic for a good laugh.  We went to the FREE hypnotist, and let me tell ya, I'm glad I didn't waste one dime. Daren was really excited to buy this hat, he wears it every chance he gets now. 

Kelsi and Andria volunteered to get hypnotized. "My mom is totally asleep....*Andria laughs*.....ok maybe she's not"

Here is where the guy FORCED, with much force, them to lay down.

It really was the worst thing I have ever been to.  But it was good for many stories.  The littlest girls thought it was a good time.  Daren and AJ ended up getting up to leave. 

We got to see some animals.  We saw the biggest sheep I've ever seen.  Audrey really wanted to ride one of the cows....but only if they got bathed first. 

On Saturday, we rented bikes to ride around.  It was the highlight of my trip.  Avery loved it.  She was Dorothy and Audrey was Toto and we kept singing the Wizard of Oz song. 

Sydney, Kennady, Andria and I were on one carriage bike. AJ was on his own little low rider bike.  My mom and dad were on another carriage bike.  We did switch around.  The low rider one was pretty darn fun, some man laughed at me while I was on it. 

...Ignore my finger, who knows how I didn't see that it was in the way....

After our bike ride we played some mini golf at the KOA.  It was pretty hilarious.  I was the only one to get a hole in one.  AJ won over all though!

Then Saturday afternoon we hit the beach again.  And built the most awesome sand castle with a moat.  I was sad to have the trip end.  But more than happy to see my pups and sleep in my own bed!

It's A Great Day To Be Alive

Well wowsers, can't believe it has been a week since I last posted.  I've been up to lots and lots.  Some worth documenting, some were lame. We went down for the official Gordon Family Reunion at Cherry Hill this year.  I'd never been to Cherry Hill...and I'll be honest, I'm good with that being the first, and only time. Daren was being ornery for some reason.  It was incredibly hot/storming when we were there so he just wanted to sit in the trailer.  Oh well.  It's always a good time getting together with his dad's side of the family. It's so big, something which I am NOT use to.  I don't think Daren realizes how much fun it is for me since I have less cousins then he has aunts and uncles.

 

On Saturday, Kelsi, Chris, Mikey and I went on an adventure to Pepperidge Farm.  We left a little disappointed so we went to Gossners and 711 to make it worth it.  My, oh my, Gossners have jalapeno cheese curds.  Seriously, I'm in love!  Slurpees...not so much. Anyways, I forgot how much fun you can have going on the adventures around Logan.   I also attempted another "remake" from the thrift store up here.  Notice, no picture.  Yes, it ended up in the garbage.

In other news.  We got air conditioning installed a couple weeks.  Oh my glorious air.  Best money we've spent all summer.  Thank goodness our neighbor has a yappy dog, meaning it makes noise in the middle of the night when our windows are open(which I still make him open them during night, so it doesn't help necessarily) so it finally broke Daren down enough to get it installed. 

And also, I wanted to post pictures of my current living room.  I feel like it has changed so much, yet not at the same time.  And I'm sure there are some people out there who care....especially since I very rarely have visitors. 

I'm Daren's Little Mistress

Ok, he really meant seamstress but I'll take whatever Daren wants to claim me as.  Alright, so back tracking quite a bit.... Kelsi and I both managed to run into this website.  To give you the gist of what the website is.. this girl gave herself 365 days with $365 to make a new item of clothing out of something else.  Did that make sense? Wow, maybe you should just go look at the website.  Anyways, Kelsi and I both have come across that website and thought it would be an awesome project to try.  However, it was prior to Kelsi's wedding and she wanted to wait until after the wedding.  I said ok, little did I think it would get put on the back burner.  So, this past weekend.  I decided to forge ahead alone. 

I made my brother go to the DI with me to find my hidden treasure.  There were some GREAT fabrics to work with but I decided to go with an actual fabric I thought I would wear rather than material.  So, I got this awesome dress for $5 bucks.  It seemed obvious what I had to do to get it something I would wear.

 

I was excited and got working on it asap.  I unstitched a lot and cut away quite a bit of material.  I even sewed my finger in the process.  I'm impressed I didn't use any sort of pattern I just winged it. 

This is the end result.  Did I learn from some mistakes of what not to do next time? You betcha! But I'm currently wearing this shirt at work and I think it's super! Less than 24 hours time and only $5 bucks and you get a new shirt! I'm definitely going to be stopping by the local thrift stores more often.  This really was SO much fun!