Last Summer Vacation

Last weekend Logan, Blake, Julie and I met my parents in St. George for a little vacation. It was supposed to be my entire family, but my oldest brother Zac just started his Master's Degree program at UofU and Ryan's wife is about to have a baby. I guess they had good excuses not to come ;) Luckily we found out that Sand Hollow Lake in St George is an awesome lake to go to so now the whole family can go there another time. Through my high school years my family vacationed in Laughlin every summer, it has been awhile since we did that so this trip to the lake was very exciting. I LOVE being at a lake, I am not an ocean/beach girl in any way, I love knowing there are no sharks in the water I am swimming in!
Logan's parents were coming down for our brother in laws demolition derby so they came a day early and spent the day at the lake with us. It was fun having them there and we're glad they made it!

Logan and I looking very lovely after a long day at the lake



Our niece Presley loves the water, I had just tried water skiing ( I didn't get up unfortunately, it's been a few years since I last did it) so when I was about to get out Presley decided she wanted to swim with me.



Blake & Logan both jumped off this cliff



This picture was taken right after we set up our day camp, notice how Logan is not sunburned? Well he got fried that day!



Logan's parents joined us for the day and brought this water weenie...
it was definitely the hit of the day.



Logan, Blake, Lorri, & Lynn



Almost everyone who went, Brandi & Presley joined us later
in the day for a couple hours of fun



Logan, Lynn, Blake, Julie and Brandi
(of course the times I went on I didn't get any pics, I promise I did go :))



Tough Guy ;)


Well Friday was a wonderful day on the lake but we were not up for another day. Saturday we spent the day driving through Zion's National Park and relaxing before the demolition derby. I've been craving Mexican Food for about 2 months now and finally I got to have it. We ate at a delicious Mexican Restaurant just outside of Zions, finally got my fix!

Me and Logan



We stopped at one point because there was a whole
family of these guys, so cool!


Our brother in law Roudy was in a demolition derby on Saturday in Hurricane. He has been working on his car for a year now so we were all pretty excited to go. This was my second demolition derby, if you can call the first one that-it only had 4 cars in it! It was a lot of fun, the trucks were our favorite by far because they went a lot faster and hit harder. Good time overall!

This is Roudy in his car just started out in the derby



Sadly Roudy's car didn't last very long...here it is being dragged out of the arena

finally an update for July

So it's been awhile since I last updated, we've been busy with work and enjoying the warm summer weather we've had. The end of June we went to my In-N-Out store picnic at Seven Peaks Water Park. I had never been, I'm not a huge fan of water parks-germs, but we had a good time none the less. It was a bit overcast which was nice cause we didn't get sunburned but it also made the water feel a bit chilly!

A week or so later we spent the Fourth of July in Salina, Logan's hometown. We spent a lot of time with family and did a lot of things I don't usually do on the 4th. We had the traditional lunch BBQ at Grandma Robins' and watched the parade from her front porch. I found out at the parade that I really like salt water taffy-at least the chocolate ones and the blue ones (blue raspberry?)! After the parade we went to the rodeo, my first one might I add, and watched the fireworks right above us from the bleachers. It was a great 4th :)

A week later I hoped on a place to California for my friends wedding. I've know Savannah Robbins since she was in her moms belly, in fast I used to sit on Debbies lap and laugh when Savannah would kick! Her dad is my dad's business partner so we've been really close for a long time. I decided last minute to go but I am SO glad I went. I got to spend a little time with my parents alone and enjoy the beautiful weather in Lake Arrowhead. I love Lake Arrowhead!! It is so relaxing and quiet up there...it is missed for sure.

My dad's beautiful pond, the mint smells so good!

Savannah and I outside the Redlands Temple after she got married

Savannah & Casey

Logan and I at the INO picnic

Cute little girl at the rodeo ;)

Logan, Grandma Robins and I

the parade

Happy 4th!

June Happenings

We've been pretty busy these last two weeks and have had a lot of fun. Two weeks ago we went to the Coral Pink Sand Dunes with Logan's family for the annual father's day trip. I didn't take as many pics this trip but got a few good ones of Logan jumping on the dunes. We were unlucky in that it stormed a bit while we were there, but we managed to squeeze a few good rides when the weather was beautiful. We ate s'mores courtesy of Brandi, ate a TON of good food and had a lot of fun with the family.

It had just finished raining before we went for this ride so the sand was super dark, it looked sooooo cool!

This past weekend my parents came up for a little vacation. We got to do some fun things while there were here. Logan and I had 5 Guys for the first time, and really enjoyed it. We spent a little time in the pool at Zac and Kara's, floated down the Provo river, went to the carnival in Pleasant Grove and saw Toy Story 3. My brother Blake is a river guide on the Provo River so he was able to get us in for a nice float down the river. The scenery was gorgeous and with the beautiful weather it reminded me why I do enjoy living in Utah (I am not a fan of the winters here).

Logan and Lola chillin' at the pool

Me and Lola (yes my hair is darker, it was time for a change)


The carnival was for lack of a better word...ghetto! Sorry to say it but carnivals bring out the most interesting people, of whom I had no idea lived here in Pleasant Grove. The most interesting part is that if you were to go to this carnival you would probably have no idea the economy has been in such bad shape. Most rides cost 3-5 tickets, tickets cost $1.50 each! And most kids were going on all the rides...about 10 of them. Now that's a lot of $$...plus all the little booths where you could try to throw a ball in a bucket, get a ring on the bottle etc. So we ended up only staying for about 20 mins, just long enough for Ryan and I to waste some money on a few booths to try for an x-box, get some strawberries and cream and a funnel cake (Logan's first time trying one). It was fun, but I probably will never go back, at least not at night!

I have always been scared of rapids in rivers so luckily the Provo river is like the calmest river out there. I did get a little nervous when there were a couple little rapids (we're talking tiny), I don't know why, it just kind of scares me. Anyway a few of us went and had a good time. Sadly Julie, Kara and Logan had to miss out on it-we wish you guys had been there...we love you :)

Zac and Mom sporting the stylish life jackets we had to wear ;)

Everyone that went, how cute is Lani's little belly?! She is 6 months pregnant already...pretty crazy how fast that has gone by!

Zac was elected as our captain and had to steer on the back of the raft...good job gettin' us down safe captain!

Blake our doing his job, we didn't get to have him as our guide, but we floated down close to him

Ryan and Lani :)

Three More Birthdays!

Logan's birthday is May 21 and my brother Blake's is May 23, for the third year in a row we celebrated them together. I only got one good picture from the day but we got together with some friends and family for a little BBQ and some delicious cake.

Don't they look so excited to blow out their birthday candles? They both turned 24 this year!

This last Sunday, June 6th, was my niece Lola's birthday. She was born the same day Logan proposed to me so the day is extra special to us. Lola's party was "Princess & the Frog" themed, we got together with some of her neighborhood friends and family, had cupcakes and opened some gifts.

Lola was really good at blowing her candles, but she didn't blow quite hard enough so Kara helped her.

Zac and Kara made these adorable cupcakes, aren't they SO cute!?

I made Lola a little shirt with a heart on it, here she is opening it.

I only got this one picture of the shirt before we left for the party and it is with my cell phone camera, so it's a little hard to see.

Me and the birthday girl

Logan and I are headed the dunes again this weekend so I should have another update on the blog soon!

Presley's 2nd Birthday

Last weekend we headed down to Salina for our niece Presley's birthday party. We had a great time, as did Presley with all the presents she had to open.



Logan, Presley & Brandi



Logan and I picked these up for Presley when we were at Disneyland, it worked out perfectly cause the party was Minnie Mouse themed and we didn't even know it. Her name is embroidered on the back, so cute!



Brandi & Lorri made this amazing Minnie Mouse cake! I had to get a picture of it cause it was incredible!

Blake's Wedding Weekend / Disneyland

This past weekend was my brother Blake's wedding. I was so happy to take a week off work right after finals to go to the wedding. We had a great and busy weekend and are happy to be home (well somewhat)! We drove down Thursday after finals and made it to Lake Arrowhead at about midnight. The next day we didn't do too much, mostly just got ready for the wedding and the boys had a bachelor party that night for Blake. Blake's friends and a bunch of our cousins all went to Speed Zone and drove race cars all night. Logan had a great time!



Zac, Blake, Dan, Dad, Ryan, Dustin, Brett & Logan



Zac and Ryan


Saturday was the big day for Blake & Julie! We drove to LA for their wedding at the LA Temple and had the reception later that day in Lake Arrowhead.


The Happy Couple!



Logan & I were married here too just over a year and a half ago-it was nice to be back :)



Dad & Mom with Blake & Julie



On our way back we ate at a restaurant my family has been going to since way before I was born. Here's Logan, Kara, Lola & Zac at Rosies.



All of the kids-we're all married now!!


Sunday we all went to church and had a nice evening together just relaxing.


My parents drink an herbal tea called Mate and Lola LOVES it
(I personally think it's the most disgusting thing haha but not Lola)


Monday was one of the days we had all been waiting for-DISNEYLAND! We used to go pretty often since it's so cheap for SoCal residents, but since we all live in Utah now it had been a long time since we last went. We had a great day with everyone and were very glad we all went.


Space Mountain-with a bunch of random people-but Logan's face was so funny I had to put this picture in!



Tower of Terror (one of my fav's!)



Our silly pic from Tower of Terror
front row-Logan, Me, Mom, Dad, cousin Mario, Lani & Ryan



I love my Mom's face!! Haha Dad had to get Lola a cute balloon,
she loves Minnie



the "R" in California aka Robins



Disneyland has the best corn dogs and you have to get one when you go



Me, Kara & Lola



Logan on the Finding Nemo ride - I had never been on it before, I was really impressed!



The whole gang (minus Dustin who was taking the pic) waiting for Toy Story in California Adventure