Lava Hot Springs

We went camping a few weekends ago with my mom’s side of the family to Lava Hot Springs. Holy crap, it was soooo much fun! There is so much to do in this tiny town (in Idaho). The hot springs are so clean and relaxing, they have a fun swimming pool with platform high dives and some scary waterslides and the best river to tube down. We had some huge rainstorms that I loved playing in too. We were tubing the river when a huge storm hit, and yes, it was freezing. It made the hot springs feel even that much better after words. I want to give props to Boo Boo, Jordy, Sara and Ben for going off the 4-5 ft. waterfalls on the river and only having a few bumps, scratches and bruises (Boo and Sara). Russ and I did get stung by a bee on the river and I think it was our punishment for not being brave enough to take on the falls. I wish I had pictures of the river so you can see how much fun it is, but I guess this means you will need to find out for yourself.


Our cute cabin that we shared with Russ and Boo Boo


Chillin' in the hot springs


Cole's crazy gainer






One night after dinner we played the funniest game. It’s a eat, drink, wear game. As you can see, our attire definitely turned some heads at our campground. Yes, we are all crazy!


We celebrated my mama bear’s and Boo Boo's birthdays! Happy Birthday to you! Brooke is still wearing her sexy blue eye shadow from our game. Wahoo!

It was so nice to spend such quality time with my family. They are all so much fun to be around. Thanks for all of the good times and laughs! I love you all!

New York - This place will inspire you...

Jordy is such a ROCKSTAR at his work (yes, I’m bragging).  To reward all of his hard work, ACS took us to New York for a long weekend. We went during the first weekend in August. It just so happened that the Yankees were playing the Red Sox this particular weekend, so we were even extra excited about that! When I found out we were going to New York, the first thing that came to my mind was seeing Wicked. We went the night we arrived and it blew my already high expectations away! Seeing Wicked was definitely one of my summer highlights. Another weekend highlight was seeing one of our best friends Tolley. He currently lives in DC and took the long bus ride to come play with us on Saturday. We love our Tolz! Thank you Jordy for such an amazing time in New York and for letting me eat at John's Pizza every day! :-)





Our hotel was incredible (especially for New York). We stayed at the Ritz that is right in Battery Park. You could see Miss Liberty in all her glory from our hotel room.

St. George girls trip!

A few weeks ago, some of my girlies went down to St. George for some fun. We spent our days lounging at the pool and our nights eating out, seeing movies and staying up all night talking and having a GREAT time. Did I mention the amount of junk food that was consumed…




Pool time!




Sneaking into the pool during the middle of the night.. enough said! ha!


Enjoying some Golden Spoon


Lovin' on sexy Zac! This is where our movie poster picture shoot began, and as you can see below, we had some fun with it!


Classic!


Ummmm...


Heath and her gorgeous sis, sooo cute!


and my personal favorite... me and Lac being the bad asses that we are!!! ha ha! Mark Walberg is my Hollywood boyfriend, so I couldn’t pass up this opportunity.

Thanks girls for such a fun weekend! I love you all!

Summer Highlights

As you can tell, I am trying to catch up from all of our summer fun. Below are some of my favorite highlights…


Lots of great dinner and movie nights with my girls!




BBQ's with our best friends




Seeing Kings of Leon with Ash and Pattrick (Wade and Corey came too). An amazing night!


Enjoying several nights of Wade's delicious pizza up American Fork canyon


Watching the craziest rain storm up at our cabin


Skipping rocks at Shockers lake, great form boys!


Enjoying nature


Pretty waterfalls up at our cabin

"Sweet Summertime"

Over the 4th of July weekend, Wade, Corey, Suz, Jordy & I (my summer crew) went to Vegas to celebrate. We were originally going down to see Kenny Chesney perform at The Joint, but found out tickets were super expensive, so we didn’t go to the concert, but still used the excuse to go to Vegas. Wade and Corey went to the concert, and of course loved it. We stayed at The Trump, which I looovvveeeddd! There is no casino and no smoking at this hotel, so you don’t feel like your dirty and can easily stay a few nights (which we did). I think my abs are still sore from all of the laughing that went on this weekend. Thanks summer crew for one heck of a weekend!

A very bittersweet day...

Aloha, Elder Neilson

Jordy’s brother Sean returned from his Dallas, Texas mission the end of May. Our family left for Hawaii the following week. It was so nice to be able to spend time with Sean and Jordy’s family. We all had such a blast and played from sunrise to sunset every day. Thanks for such a great week! I am so lucky to married into such a incredible family. I love them all so very much! Can we go back soon!!??


Welcome home Sean!




Andrew with his favorite girlfriend :-)


Andrew loved to be burried in the sand


Laie Temple


Chinaman's Hat

Beautiful Monica ~

My dear sweet Monica returned to her Heavenly Father peacefully on Monday morning. She battled breast cancer for 19 years and never gave up. Monica will be deeply missed as she made a difference in so many people’s lives. Monica’s love for life and her contagious laugh and smile will forever live in my heart. She always lived life to fullest and her compassion for others was endless. She is a gift to the world and what she did in this life will spread through the years. Her inspiration to me was to love life, be passionate in what you do and always to take time to help others. Her example of how to live and love will reside with me forever. Thank you for leaving such a legacy of love behind. I love you dearly! You are at peace now, my dear friend.



Race for the Cure, 2010

Mexican Rivera Cruise!!!

My family returned a few weeks ago from a Mexican Rivera cruise. Our sweet parents surprised us on Christmas with this trip (yahoo). This was one of the best trips I have been on…

Our first stop was on Cabo San Lucas. I haven’t been there since high school, so I was really excited for this port. We took a water taxi to Lovers Beach where we get our booties kicked in the waves and found ourselves a beautiful secret beach. We had to climb through huge boulders to get there, but it was so worth it! After the beach, we explored downtown Cabo and had the best chips and salsa ever! The second stop was in Mazatlan. We went to a really fun resort and chilled at the pool and beach and our last stop was in Puerto Vallarta. Save the best for last… we went on the best adventure! It started out with being picked up on a zodiac raft (my favorite) and they took us on a fun ride to the other side of PV. We then rode in a huge hummer type truck up this mountain to where the truck could no longer go. We then rode mules tot eh top of this huge mountain. My mule ran the whole way up, it was crazy fun (even though I couldn’t sit for a few days after that ride). Once we reached the top, we went on lots of crazy zip lines through the jungle, rappelled down waterfalls landing in a huge pools of water and had so much fun! If any of you go there, this is a must do! The company we used was Vallarta Adventures (http://www.vallarta-adventures.com/) and did the Outdoor Adventure.

Not only was the cruise a blast, but spending time with my family was the best part!!! I seriously laughed so hard all week that I went home with no voice. Thank you so much Mom and Dad for such a great week full of memories that we will never forget! We love you!

Best News Ever!!!

Fantastic News…… Kings of Leon are coming to Usana on July 19th! Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning at 10am. Yes, I am totally obsessed… and you will be too, after their concert (if you’re not already)!!!

Let me know if you end up getting tickets and we can meet up. We will be sitting in the grass….