I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenck's lawn. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children. I want to be there with a little dirl under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."
~Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Vick Family Reunion

The Vick family had a family reunion July 8-12. It was a blast. We camped out at the Pineview Reservoir Wednesday and Thursday. Our camping spot was right on the edge of the lake, so the kids were able to go down to he water and play.


Alyssa eating a red vine!
We have one tough Daddy! Look at those muscles!

Anthony kayaking
Ashlynn playing in the water!

Hailey... playing!

Anthony took Alyssa into the water,which she seemed to love!


Uncle BJ brought his girlfriend, Shay, and her cousin Courtney. Hailey loved them to death! Hopefully Shay will be apart of our family soon.
She's such a sweetheart!
Shay and BJ

Sunday, July 12, 2009

new blog...

I have a new blog to follow. In it I will be making a photo diary of everything I eat during the day. I am really trying to shed some pounds and I need something to keep me motivated. I'm really hoping that this will help me stay on target. Wish me luck!
http://myhealthydietdiary.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

July 4th, 2009

After leaving Melissa's house in Park City, we headed down to Kaysville to spend the evening with Belinda and her family. We watched the fire works with them at Davis High school. We watched them there last year to and boy do they put on a show! They have free bounce house's for the kids and you can get really close to where the fire works are. So close that by the time they were over, my neck hurt! After the fire works we headed back to their house and shot off the ones that Anthony and I had bought. We didn't get home till 12:30. Boy were we tired! It was really great getting together with Anthony's sister and her family, and tomorrow we will be headed to Pinview Reservoir for Anthony's annual family reunion! It's going to be great!
Hailey playing soccer
Alyssa in her Uncle Sam hat
Ashlynn...just excited to be with cousins!
Olivia~Sydney~Ashlynn~Hailey~Alyssa
Hailey with a mouth full off Butterfinger! Yum!
Alyssa was so enthralled with the fireworks! She's never sat so still!

Happy 4th of July!

a visit to melissa's

Since Melissa is getting married on July 11th and we won't be able to make it, we decided to go up on the 4th and see her. I never got a picture of Chad, her fiance, but if you look closely in this first picture, you can see him in the mirror! Pretty cool huh? Melissa and Chad live in Park City. I had only been there once before and had forgotten how gorgeous it is. What a lucky girl to get to live up there. I should have gotten a picture of the view they have, it's heavenly! We also got to see Skip & Lori while we were there. I forgot how funny they are! Great times! The girls ran around after Melissa's dog, Abby, all day long. It was her first birthday and I think she thought we were there just for her! She's one spoiled little pup! So cute! Melissa bought the girls the head bands they're wearing, painted their faces and put hair mascara in their hair. I'm not sure who was more tired when we finally left... Abby, the girls or Mellisa! Anyway, it was good to see them all. We'll definitely have to go back when Chad is off duty!





Monday, July 6, 2009

July 3rd, 2009

The City of Logan does their fire works on the 3rd of July every year. At first I thought this was really dumb of them, but I've since changed my mind! We can still see the fire works as a family and then the next night, which is actually the 4Th, we can either do fire works at our house, or we can go down to Anthony's sister's house in Kaysville and watch fire works, again, with them! Which we usually do.
This year, like the few years before, and we're hoping to have it be a family tradition, we stopped by KFC and grabbed a bucket of chicken with all of the sides. Then we went to the park and set up. I guess it's not actually a park though, it's a middle school. But which ever, it's the perfect spot. The grass is green, the tree's give us shade,and there are never very many people there, which gives the girls plenty of space to run around and play for a few hours before the fire works start. We brought the girls hoppers and their velcro mitts and balls and a cooler full of pop and ice! This year we had the pleasure of Anthony's boss and his family coming with us. It was a blast and the girls had fun playing with their kids.
I love being up here in Logan for many reasons, this being one of them, and I hope that when we move back to St. George, we keep up with the traditions we have started up here.

My pretty girl Ashlynn
My little monkey Hailey
My little bug Alyssa, who is always chewing on something!
All that slobber! Dang those teeth, wish they'd get here already!
Alyssa and my Hailey girl