Arg! Can't Sleep

I am having problems sleeping the past few nights. I think I am a little anxious that our house might actually sell! That's right - we got an offer on it about a week and a half ago and last we heard from our realtor is that it's looking pretty good. I am pretty excited to finally sell the house and get on with life with ONE mortgage payment a month, ONE power bill, ONE water bill, (you get the drift) and thus the sleepless nights.

I was just catching up on reading friends Blogs and I love this little game that Annie did on hers...I usually don't post stuff like this, but it seems interesting enough...Annie explains it well - so - in her words:
Feel free to join in the fun. Here's the rules:For each question, look up the answer in a Google Image search. Then choose your favorite image from the first page of results only. You get some fun and often CRYPTIC answers. If you need clarification on any of them leave a comment.

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The town where I was born:

The town I live in now:

A past pet:

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A bad habit I have:

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Cutie!

It's a RARE thing to see Avery in a hat with out trying to rip it off her head. It's an even rarer thing to see Avery sitting still for me and allowing me to take pictures!

This was just a boring day -- nothing special, but for some reason she let me take some pictures of her and she was in an exceptional mood. That is reason enough for me to post these.

Utah Lake

You'd think that almost a week on a house boat would be enough for us, especially considering we brought the stomach flu home with us, but it wasn't...Yesterday we spent the day at Utah Lake boating.

Since Angie has moved to Utah, I am learning that a lot of my friends from my singles ward in CA have moved to Utah! Chelsea and her husband Josh live in Provo about a mile from the lake. Josh took us out for the day. I had never been to Utah Lake before, we always drive past it, but never go on it. I have heard some crazy stories about the murky waters...but it was actually quite nice. A little odd - but nice all the same.

Avery is the best sport! She loved it.
So, one of the weird things about Utah Lake - well weird to me anyways, is that the deepest part of the lake is only 9 feet! So, most of the time you can touch bottom.

So, this was the point in the day where Angie felt the need to drive in circles for minuets on end...Did I mention that we had the stomach flu earlier on??

And, yes. I am a victim of peer pressure. I couldn't be the only one that didn't go out on the tube. I am kind of weird about things like this. Not weird, just a wimp. But, they talked me into it and I will admit it was fun.

You can tell that Avery is glad to be home and on solid ground. I think we will try to be homebodies for a while and catch up on real life...

Lake Powell

It's official! Avery is a water baby! We made our way to Lake Powell for our annual trip with Sid's family last week. I was kind of worried about how it would go and had to psyche myself up for it in the days that led up to it - but she did really well. She loved being the center of attention and loved that we got to play in the water so much. This year was unlike any other that I have spent there, but it was also the most fun.
When we got to the house boat the battery was dead so we stayed on the buoy the first night. We all got a little bored, so the boys decided that we were all going to use the raft and paddle onto the house boats that had slides that weren't occupied. The boys were hilarious. Annie was laughing uncontrollable and I was laughing at her until our sides hurt.

When we got the House Boat going we found a pretty cool spot to park. We had it pretty much to ourselves - my only complaint was the fish. For some reason we had some attacking Blue Gills. That's right - I was attacked by a Blue Gill! It was only a little cut on my foot - but enough to draw blood! Ew!!

Avery had a blast hanging out with everyone and I am proud to say - didn't get burnt at all! That was my biggest concern...She fought us on wearing her hat, but eventually gave up. She spent most of her time sleeping on all the life jackets on the boat.

Avery helping Drive the boat. She's so serious.

Avery's First ride on the Tube with Sid.

Brad, Tony and Sid in their suits with their "goggles"...long story...ask Sid.

It was a great trip. Thanks Steve and Naomi!

Angie's Married!

One of my best friends dropped the big one on me about a month ago.

I hadn't talked to her in months and then when I do, she tells me that she just moved to Utah (WHAT?) and on top of that she is engaged. Now - you are thinking, wow, that's a little crazy...but it gets better. Not only is she getting married, but she is getting married in THREE WEEKS! So, needless to say, Sid and I jumped in to help where we could, since her family is all in California.

Sid threw an impromptu Bachelor party for Derrick - inviting all people Derrick had never met in his life mind you - and I did my best at a Bridal Shower. We had a really good time helping Angie with what we could. It was fun to be in Wedding mode again.

They were married on July 15th at the Salt Lake Temple. Andrea babysat for us in the morning during the sealing (THANKS ANDREA!) and the reception was held at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. Angie was beautiful, Derrick was proud and it was a prefect day.

Congrats Angie and Derrick!!