As of Lately...

Well, it's no big secret that I'm not a regular blogger. I'm lucky if I blog once or twice a month. This summer has been busy and I can't believe how fast it is going by. Here are a few of the things that I've been doing lately...

We had a Wilson family reunion at my Grandma's in Alta, Wyoming over the 4th of July. We went on a hike, Emily has a bad back and so I packed little Wyatt!

Some of my cousins and Emily The Spud Drive-In4th of July Fireworks!2 of my 3 sisters...we missed you Brit!Uncle Meredith took us on a buggy rideMe & Andy after getting frozen yogurt at Red Mango...we love Red Mango!

We had a cookout with Andy's family at Tanner's Flat. We rode Andy's 1973 Honda up the canyon...don't worry mom we did wear helmets on the actual drive!Lagoon!

Cami came to visit from Arizona...miss you Cham Cham!!

My dad had some discs in his neck burst and it was putting pressure on his spinal cord. The doctor said it was the worst case they'd seen and that he was very lucky that he wasn't paralyzed. They did an emergency surgery. I was able to go home and see him at the hospital. He is recovering very well. Love you daddy!!

Me and Kassi in the parking lot of the hospital after visiting my dad and Kassi's papa! After she saw him she kept saying, "I feel so bad for Papa, do you feel bad for papa?" We went to the demolition derby in Heber with some of Andy's friends
We went to Lake Powell with some of Andy's friends. It was a lot of fun! I've never been able to go to Lake Powell twice in one summer and I was so happy I got to go back!!
Andy put in some of my hair extensions and did a little Brett Michaels impersonation! They had the hugest tube I've ever seen!My hot boyfriend Andy wearing my hat!!I wore this helmet to wakeboard because it matched...I was glad I did though because I crashed hard and hit my head.
At Bonsai Restaurant with Andy and his family
BBQ for Andy's roommate Nate's birthday

Lake Powell

My favorite place to go is Lake Powell. A few weeks ago our family went and I'm finally just getting around to posting about it! Here are some pictures from the trip....

We climbed to the top of a huge sandhill
Kassi loved the tube!!

Me wakeboarding

Andy is a much better wakeboarder than I am!

Me and my cute niece and nephew
Dad and Kassi on the waverunner

Cool picture of Andy going off the houseboat slide
Me and my lovely sisters!

Me and Andy
Me, Em, Bri, Brit, Kassi, and Wyatt
Doing the wakesurf...I still can't throw in the rope!

Me and Andy on the boat

I love Kassi!

At the marina, getting ready to go home
Me and Andy

Weekend with Kassi aka my favorite niece!

Kassi came to stay with me last weekend and we had so much fun. Megan was sweet enough to watch her while I was at work on Thursday and Friday. Kassi had a lot of fun with Livie and Megan. Thursday night me, Kassi, and Livie went to Andrew's softball game and to dinner. Then we went with Meg and Livie to Hoggle Zoo on Friday Evening and then went to Lagoon on Saturday. Saturday night me and Kassi went with Andrew to see the movie, "Up." On Sunday the fun ended and I took her back to Idaho!!

The Twins Graduated!!

I still can't believe that Brianne and Ben are old enough to graduate. It seriously doesn't seem that long ago when my mom was pregnant with them...but I guess it has been 18 years! I was glad that I was able to take a half day off work to go home and see them get their diplomas, even though it meant waking up at 5:15 am the next morning to hurry back to Utah for work. Congrats Bri and Ben, I love you guys!!!



Getting their diplomas!!

Andrew came to Idaho with me. As a side note: No, we didn't match on purpose!

It was fun to see Malory and Jana at graduation. Malory is one of my best friends from high school and Jana was our roommate at BYU-Idaho and then married someone from our high school.

I love New York!!

I was so excited when one of my friends invited me to go to New York City with him and a few of our friends. I’ve always wanted to go to New York and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. I am always hesitant to take time off from work, but fortunately we were leaving on a red eye on Wednesday night and I could come back on Sunday, resulting in only missing 2 days at work. New York is unlike any city I have ever been to. It’s so fast paced and there is so much to do there. My favorite part of the trip was going to a Yankees game at the new stadium, I had never been to a Major League Baseball game and it was so fun to be surrounded by tons of diehard fans. I also loved riding bikes in Central Park. Some of the other things we did were: shopping in China Town, walking the Brooklyn Bridge, riding in taxis, rode the Subway for the first time, ate at yummy restaurants, got a pedicure, went to Times Square, and walked around the city. There were so many other things I wanted to do but there just wasn’t time…guess I’ll have to go back another time!

Rode-o

I'm behind on blogging so now I'm playing catch up. A few weeks ago I went to Idaho to the Dodge Circut Finals Rodeo in Pocatello, Idaho. My Grandpa Hillman buys tickets for us every year and it's so much fun. This year I bought Kassi pink cowgirl boots and she looked adorable.

San Fran

Recently I got to go to San Francisco for a very last minute work trip. This was my first time in San Francisco (unless you count the time I had a layover there). I got to stay at the Four Seasons and the guy at the front desk gave me a complimentary upgrade to an Executive Suite. I was also able to spend an afternoon walking around Union Park. My mom was very nervous to have me wandering the city all by myself but it was a cool experience. It probably would have been a little more exciting if I was with people, but I still had a good time. I'm off to an even bigger city tomorrow...New York City!!