Rafting Trip

Several weeks ago we took a family vacation and rafted the American River.

None of us had ever gone and we had a blast!

Emily, the guide Hillary, Bryan, Uncle Mark, Casey, Dana, me, Aunt Jill and photographer Jeff Richardson

The Whole Group

Angels v Rays

Tuesday night after
an afternoon at the beach,
soaking in the sun,
playing in the waves
and developing our drip castle talents,

we did
did another CA "must do"
and went to an Angels game.

Although the first half of the game was
extremely uneventful
(only one hit with no runs),
the Angels kicked it into gear and won
6-0.

Our view from the nose bleeds.

Not pictured here:
our promotional bobble heads
and the traditional tossing of peanuts at other onlookers.

Pageant of the Masters

Laguna Beach

Mom, Dad, Brandon, Rach, Bryan and I had a Kentucky Fried Chicken picnic on the beach before the art show.

Lotsa local artists exhibit their original artwork, this one was one of my favs.

{It's a bunch o' screws.}

What is Pageant of the Masters you may ask?

It's a "live" art show at an outdoor ampitheatre in Laguna beach.

Basically, they take classic and contemporary art and make it the size of the stage.

They then place live people in their painted equivilant.

It's pretty amazing to see 3-D art made to look 2-D like the original paintings.

I wish I could've taken some pics, but cameras are highly prohibited.

Bummer!

CA YSA Conference

One of my good friends helpd to plan a CA (all statewide) YSA Conference.

I wanted to be part of the fun and see how it all came together so

I "dragged" my friends Lisa and Jaime along.

We drove over on Friday night and went to the Conference on Saturday and Sunday.
We had a great time being fed...
spiritually and physically!

Lisa, me, Jaime wishing we were
fulltime Californians.
The weather was absolutely amazing!

I love to see the Newport Beach Temple!

It was also fun to have them meet the fam.
They had a great time listening to my dad tell his embellished stories. :)

Home Again

There's no place like home.

Remind me. Why did I leave this place?

CA Here I Come

I'm getting excited for my trip to California this weekend.

Here's just a few reasons why:
Almost 9 days of "funness"
Road trip with 2 AZ friends
Attending the YSA Conference
Partaking of Mom's home cooking goodness
Get to hear from an apostle
Hanging out with CA friends
Spending time with the fam
Hanging out in the CA sun
Going to the beach
Pagaent of the Masters in Laguna
"Working" from home
Camping
Rafting down the American River
Uh-mazing camp food
Chilling with Steve and Heather in their "hood"
Spending time with the ENTIRE fam

I CAN'T WAIT!

Camping

This weekend I went {roughing it} in the woods.

We escaped the heat and cacti

and went up to the mountains

outside of Payson, Arizona A view looking out over the rim.

Forest, Gooch, Nate, and Katie playing hearts.

Stacey, Chad, Lisa and I played a rip roaring game of cribbage.
We bet that that winners would get homemade cookies from the losers.
Chad and I won...
by a landslide
aka we {skunked} 'em.
So the wager turned into cookies and ice cream.
Stacey and Lisa are providing the pizookies tonight...
and now the whole ward gets to enjoy the fruits of Chad and I winning :)


Katie pointing out the tin foil dinners.
They were pretty much amazing.

Nate, Katie, and Gooch

Lisa, Chad, and Lisa kicking back at the camp fire

Katie and Forest sporting their head lamps.

Lisa and I slept under the stars. We had the best star lit sky...ever.

We also spent some time at Knoll Lake.