Grandpa's 90th Birthday Party and Football and General Conference Weekend!

Several weeks ago Travis and I traveled on up to good old Cache Valley for some good family fun. On Friday night we went to the Utah State vs. BYU game ... which by the way was hilarious ... for Utah State fans. My Dad, my Uncle Vance and cousin Jeff and Corey and Michael all went with us to the game. It was a lot of fun!

On Saturday we watched General Conference which was amazing as always at Grandma and Grandpa Hendricksons House. In between sessions I ran around Preston getting supplies for Grandpa Winn's 90th Birthday party. He totally enjoyed his party! I also got him a BIG singing card and as soon as he opened it and it started singing he jumped up from his chair and started doing a little  "jig". It was hilarious! 

 
After the party, the boys all went to Priesthood session and I hung out with some of the girls at Grandpa Winn's house and then went and visited with Grandma Hendrickson. It was a great family weekend and we all had a good time and a good break from Las Vegas.

Chris' Memorial Bike Ride

A couple of weeks ago, Wendy (Travis' Mom), organized a Memorial Ride for one of her old friends Chris that passed away not to long ago. A lot of her friends got together that weekend and rode their Harley's around areas in Vegas their group used to hang out at. On Sunday afternoon we went for a ride up through Mt. Charleston and stopped to take a couple pictures of the group. It was so nice and pretty up through the mountains this time of year.

The Whole Group

Brothers

Wendy with her boys

The Draney's

Labor Day Weekend

Over Labor Day weekend Travis and I joined his family up at Panguitch Lake to go camping! I haven't been camping in sooo long and was super excited! The weather was so nice and it was great to get out of the heat. We did alot while we were up there. We rode the 4-wheelers, the boys rode their bikes, we had fun with all the dogs, and helped Travis' Uncle Randy and Aunt Stacey with the building of their cabin. 

Travis' cousins Tyler and Mason have a little boat that we took out on Panguitch Lake to go fishing! It was so much fun too! It was like the "Little Mermaid"! And the boys loved having us girls out there to entertain them ... I just know it! ;) We all ended up catching a lot of fish and eating a lot of fish too.

 

Oh and my favorite part of being out on the lake was when nobody was paying attention to the rivets in the bottom of the boat and then when you realize that the boat is filling up with water ...well... it's not a good feeling but really funny! 

 We also did a lot of hanging around the campfire and making s'mores and playing games. It was a great weekend!

Travis and Mason stole the Camera ...

 

The silly boys ...

it was impossible to take a normal picture of these boys!

The Girlie's ...

Me and Trav

Girls Night!!!

A couple weeks ago it was a very quick random mass text that all the girls got from Ash ... Dinner at Olive Garden at 6 ... and surprisingly EVERYONE could make it! It was a lot of fun catching up with all the girls and needs to happen more often!

Country Fest 2010

Travis and I were able to attend Country Fest again this year thanks to my dad's office and advertising on the Coyote 102.7 Radio Station. We got the hook ups and were able to go up to the box seats where all the DJ's from the Radio station and all the performers go after they get off stage. This year the performers were ...

Blake Shelton (who is my new favorite country singer)

Uncle Kracker (Who sings "Smile" which is mine and Travis' song),
The Band Perry, and several other country singers. We went with Travis' sisters, Tiffany and Amber and his brother Chance. We all had a lot of fun!

Uncle Kracker

Blake Shelton singing to Me (or everyone else in the arena as well :P)

Me and Trav

Tiffany and Amber

The Yearly Trip to Idaho ... and now Wyoming too!

My favorite time of year has come and gone again. Most people might find it kind of weird but I love my summer trips to the good old Preston, Idaho for the Famous Preston Night Rodeo and parade. This was the second year for Travis to experience the awesomeness that occurs in Preston. :) And don't let him fool you ... he loved it! While I went shopping in Logan and to the side walk sales ... Travis went riding, hiking in ice caves, shooting, golfing, ... and I'm not sure what else him and the boys did! It went by really fast but was really fun!

Watching the Parade waiting for Gramps to drive by!

After the festivities in Preston we headed over to Wyoming where Travis' family is from. We took the Harley and drove to Jackson Hole with his Uncle Jaron and Aunt Kerri. I love Jackson Hole, Wyoming!

Then of course Travis needed to go shooting and fishing up at his Dad's property. When we left that morning he said we would only be gone a couple of hours .... 8 HOURS later ... we had only killed a couple of squirrels and NO fish! Longest fishing day ever!

 Travis shooting the squirrels

  Now this next picture deserves an explanation .... it was a really LONG, HOT day with no fish catching going on and big smelly cows getting way to close to me ... so as I patiently waited for Travis to catch at least one fish (which didn't happen) .... I found one of the squirrels Travis shot and ... well ... gutted it. Why you ask?  I was bored but it was actually kind of fun ... then I took a picture of it to share with everyone! :) Overall .... we had a really fun trip to Idaho and Wyoming and can't wait for next year!

All Together Again ... After 3 Years!

After 3 long years, all the cousins on my mom's side of the family are finally home! First Michael left on his Mission to San Antonio, Texas and there were 5 of us left ... then my cousin Brooks left on his Mission to San Francisco, California and then there were 4. But eventually, slowly but surely they started coming back home ... Michael got home last summer and then a couple weeks ago Brooks got home! So now were all home and can finally start having some fun again. First get together with everyone that we're looking forward to ... The Famous Preston Night Rodeo at the end of July! We all can't wait!

This was the last picture we took all together before Michael left on his mission in 2007

Then there were 5 ...
 (Summer 2008 right before Brooks left ... Saving a Spot for Michael)

Then just us 4 ...

And one by one they started coming home ...

(saving a spot for Brooks)

still saving that spot for Brooks ...

..... still waiting ....

And Finally!!

Welcome Home Brooks!!!