Summer Recap

Our summer has been so amazing. I feel like because we knew our time with Ty was limited, we really lived it up and enjoyed every single minute. We went home a lot because there was so much going on, and we had some really great times. Here is a little recap of our Summer 2013:

* Chris Cagle and missionary shopping day-

One Saturday we went up north and bought a bunch of Ty's stuff for his mission, enjoyed a good lunch at Tucanos and went to the Chris Cagle concert in Eagle Mountain. It was so much fun! Riken wasn't crazy about the loudness of the concert, but he was good. I think this day was when it started to hit home that Ty was leaving soon. 

*My Birthday-

On June 22nd we celebrated my birthday. It was an eventful day! We went to breakfast at Das Cafe where I got to see one of my very best friends, Miss Erin. Then we did a little shopping and went to Russ and Devri's beautiful wedding. After that we headed home and started what would be one of many night of playing volleyball outside my mom's place. Eventually they finally just bought sand and made us a sand volleyball pit! Everything went perfect on my birthday until that night. We were playing volleyball and I jumped up to get a ball and came down right on Hemi's right shoulder and broke it. She was a mess. We took her to the vet and he said the only thing we could do would be to take her to Instant Care in Orem and have surgery done that night. When I called Instant Care they said we would need to pay the whole bill up front and it could be up to $3000! I didn't know what we were going to do and I was falling apart because I have heard people talk about things like this happening to their pets and they can't afford to pay that much for surgery so they end up having to put them down. We decided to just nurse it for the rest of the weekend and see how she did with it. She did so awesome and was such a good girl through the pain. Now, two months later she is still favoring the other leg, but she doesn't seem to be in pain. She is doing most of the things she used to do and her personality hasn't changed a bit. This day just changed my perspective on a lot of things. Hemi is a big part of our family and things like this make you stop and check your priorities. I'm so glad she came out of this okay!

* Sand Hollow-

The weekend after the 4th, my mom, Ken and Ty came down to St. George and we spent a day at the lake. It was HOT, but it was so much fun. We were all really sad when it was time to leave. 

* Spending time with Dad-

In the weeks before Ty left we were able to spend some time with dad. We went to Lagoon one Saturday and we got a couple good golf games in. I absolutely LOVE being on the golf course with the men in my family. It has always been something we have done in the summer time. The girls drive the golf carts and take pictures while the boys golf. 

* JASON ALDEAN-

The day Jason Aldean tickets went on sale Zack bought tickets for my birthday. Me, Kenz, Zack, Ty, and Kenna went up and got to see the beautiful Jason. We got there and sat in our seats, which were decent, but then a lady working there came and traded our tickets for floor seats! We had such a good time standing on the floor and jamming out to some of our favorite songs. This was a night I will never forget. 

I know there are things I'm forgetting, but these were some of the really awesome days we had. I love my family so much. This summer has been one of the best yet!