BYU Lacrosse Camp 2012

Chris had a good camp at BYU this summer.

It was the same week as the 4th of July.

 

After the first day the girls got WAY too much sun.

That's not a good thing when you have 4 more days to go!

And yes, they used sunscreen.  Just not enough applications during the day.

OUCH.

Well, We Know The Alarm Works!

.......even when it's turned OFF!

 

 

About 2am one night, we were JOLTED out of slumber by the alarm horns shrieking.  And I mean SHRIEKING.  I don't think I have ever heard anything so loud in my life, ever.

 

In those first seconds after waking up,  I was sure we were on fire, or an axe murderer had broken in downstairs and we were all going to be killed!

I sat bolt upright in bed and screamed at the top of my lungs!  Nervous reaction.

 

I know it wasn't funny at the time, but I'm cracking up writing about it now.

Josh ran upstairs and he and Duff went around looking for any signs of trouble.  We were half asleep still and couldn't remember the code to turn off the alarm.  I don't know what happened, but finally I just stepped up to the panel and put in the number that came very clearly into my mind.  At least the shrieking was off.

Now to figure out what happened.

 

Ainsley was sleeping in the pack and play in Shaun's room, which is across the hall from Josh and Meredith's room.

It's been an especially dry summer season, so we set up one of the humidifiers in the bedroom so the baby would have some moisture in the air.

 

Well, it had put out so much humidity, that when we opened the door it billowed out like fog.  It triggered the smoke alarm.

 

So now we know that works.

Really, really well!

 

We turned down the output of the humidifier.

 



Alpine Quail Fire

While we were in Utah, the Alpine Quail Fire broke out.

Tuesday, Lisa, Linda and I were driving back to the cabin from a trip into Heber to do some grocery shopping and get a Dairy Keen shake.

Lisa noticed the smoke starting to peek over the mountain and I said naw, it's just an afternoon cloud.

By the time we got home, it was definitely not a cloud and a huge fire!

It took DAYS to get it under control and out.  We had the smoke over into our valley.

Thankfully, people were safe and no important structures were lost.

It started by some sparks from a backhoe in a local park.

 



4th of July--Cabin

This just might turn into a tradition, who knows.

But we spent the 4th of July in Midway and Lisa and Craig and Linda and David made the trek from Arizona again this year for the holiday.

Josh and Meredith and Ainsley came too and we caravaned with them.  Ainsley was a champ in the car!

 

Lots of visiting.



Miss Sydney Birk in her holiday outfit.



The Birk Family.



Maxine enjoying the deck and fresh air.



Christine and Sydney at the player piano giving us some tunes.



Josh, Mere, and Ainsley.



 



Megan and Dan (Mere's sis) came up one day.

Meg's baby girl is due in September.  Playing with Ainsley being silly.

 



Daddy kisses.

 



Auntie Lisa kisses.

 



Enjoying the view from the deck.

 

 All the guys doing their thing on the deck and cooking up the grub.

 Linda and our patriotic centerpieces....

 

 Yes, the holiday we are celebrating is the 4th of July.

But it's always Christmas in Midway, so the tree stays up year round.  Gotta love the ambience of the twinkly lights, right?  And yes, the mantle says autumn.

Hey--it's a cabin in the mountains.  We kinda do what we want/feel.  Haha!

 

 Miss Ains.

 

 Auntie's 5th of July breakfast:  Seafood Pasta Salad and a Diet Coke!

 

Josh's 5th of July breakfast:  Jello Poke Cake.  Hahaha.....!

 

 Dinner at one of our family's favorites:  TUCANOS.

 

 She wasn't too sure about all the noise.

 

 Yes, bring on the dinner....

 

Stop, please.

We're very full now.

 

Good times.  Good times.

 



Adrianne's Family Baby Shower

Adrianne's sisters and Meredith hosted the family baby shower on June 29th.

We had lots of family there and it was a lot of fun.

A mid-morning brunch with quiche, belgian waffles, lots of frest fruit, juices, and family favorite goodies.

 

 Adrianne LOVES Sock Monkeys!

 

 I totally remember this story and it was one of my favorites growing up.  After half a century of being Little Black Sambo, people decided it was a racial slur so they changed the title to Sam and The Tigers (remember they run around the tree and melt into golden butter...).  I will always think of it as Little Black Sambo.  Funny thing--as a child I never thought anything about race. 

 

 Candy station.

 

 The theme for the shower was a vintage ABC's with books.  We used glass milk bottles for the vases with Gerbera daisies.  Adrianne's sister, Apryl, is incredibly creative and visionary.  I borrowed these banner holders from my friend, Jamie, and they added a perfect touch.  We strung a cute banner between them and had balloons from the top.

 

 Plenty of baby bath supplies!

 

So many darling outfits!

 

It was also a book shower.

On the invitation was a book plate to sign and put inside a book for baby girl.

She has a great collection started.

 Meredith made all these onesies for baby girl.

 

 One of Adrianne's favorites:  A collection of Golden Book bedtime stories.  Including The Pokey Little Puppy--a treasured story to her.

 

 Baby blankets and burps from me.

 

 The white one is for her blessing day.

 

 I found this Pokey Little Puppy fabric online and couldn't resist!

 

 Same with the pink sock monkey fabric!  She was so happy.

 

 Grandma Liz's traditional gift for the great-grandchildren.

A silver dollar with the year of their birth.

 

 Grandma Liz, Apryl, and Bernadette.

 So sweet outfit!

 

 Mere and Ainsley.

 

 Cute vintage collection of books.

 

 Art runs in Adrianne's family.

Her cousin drew this on the card.

 

 Monkeys--of course!

 

Autumn doing the game.

Have to have a game.

It was a gorgeous day and we did most everything outside.  The tables were darling and Apryl decorated the trees with paper lanterns and banners to match the one in the house and across the patio cover.

Now we are just waiting for baby girl to get here!