A Fun time in the Mountains of Utah

A few weeks ago, we went to Utah for my brother's wedding party (which was tons of fun). We were also able to see a lot of family and friends. Since there are so many pictures, I'll let them do most of the talking (especially the super cute ones of Adriana)

The wedding party was up Big Cottonwood Canyon at the Brighton Ski Resort. My brother is on the ski patrol there and met his wife while she was working there as well. Before the party we took a small hike with some family members around Lake Solitude. Here are a few of the shots.

And on to the party! Adriana and Kat always have a good time together!

A great waterfall and we didn't even have to hike to it!

Adriana was examining the rocks - much to Emily's delight - and even tried to eat a few.

Here is the crew!

And the happy couple, Chris and Di!

Adriana had fun while the band took a break.

And at the end of the party!

While in the mountains, we also went to my family's cabin. It's up in the Uinta mountains and just the perfect place.

The real photographer!

I love this one!

We stayed with Mark's brother Hyrum and his family. Here are his cute kids. Adriana had tons of fun playing with them.

We also went out to the park with his sister Amy and her family.

Lincoln and Adriana.

Aleia and Adriana.

How much is too much?

Mark's Grandma Bartholomew (90 years young!)

And Grandpa Tanner (91 years young!)

Then we stayed with my sister-in-law the last few nights after Mark left to go back to Dallas. Adriana loved playing with her cousins and they were like big brothers to her!

In addition to seeing lots of family on both sides, we were able to visit several friends.

This is our friend from Monterrey who came up to Provo to learn English.

Some of my favorite roommies!

A mini Jerusalem reunion with my roommates. All 4 of us together again after almost 10 years! And of course we had to take a walk down memory lane.

Here we are with some members of the Romero family. Mark taught them in El Salvador on his mission more than 9 years ago!! They are a golden family. Tricia (on the right) served her own mission in Washington DC a few years ago and now lives with her husband (Mike) in Orem. We were very luck because we also got to see Belma (Tricia's mom, in the red) who was visiting from El Salvador!

It was a great trip and we really enjoyed seeing so many people. These pictures are just a small sample of the people we saw and the things we did. And we wish we could have seen more of you folkies in UT. At least we can exchange blogs!

BYU at the Cowboys Stadium

I know this game is old news, but we went to the BYU Oklahoma game at the new Cowboys Stadium. It was an amazing game and stadium. The stadium seats 80,000, but can expand up to 100,000 seats. The HUGE HD TV is 160 x 72 ft so no matter where you sit you've got a great view. I must say that our seats were at the top, but they were still good seats. The game surprised us all and we were cheering with all the other BYU fans!

Here is the outside of the stadium.

The inside. Mark's brothers came for the weekend so we all enjoyed the game.

Check out that TV!!

Adriana had fun playing with her uncles and showing them all the things she can do!

On Labor Day we had lots of fun at the pool!

It was a great game and we had tons of fun together and with Nathaniel and Matt. A good close to our summer!

Is this heaven? No, it's Iowa!

That's right. They said it on Hollywood so it must be true! And if you're wondering why you can't see us at the top of our blog.... We disappeared in the corn!

We went back to Cedar Falls to surprise my dad for his 70th birthday! Unfortunately Mark had to stay home and work. Two of my siblings live there and 4 of us flew in so we had quite the crowd. Then my mom had planned a surprise party for him with all the friends and neighbors.

Here is the birthday boy.

Here are all of us that came for the event!

Then we had another surprise... Sarah had baby Charlotte on my dad's birthday, Aug. 8th! It was so fun to be there and see the brand new baby. Macey already loves being a big sister.

Another shot of Charlotte.

Adriana loved playing with all her cousins!

These 3 were all born 3 months apart! Lots of fun to come!

Grandma with her grand babies!

Of course I have to put one of the fields of Iowa.

We picked corn from our friend's farm which was a first for most of us. It's totally different than detasseling. We picked enough for my parents to freeze a bunch for the winter and when all was said and done we had 400 ears! 

The girls had fun playing in the mud while we picked.

 Look at those muddy shoes!!

Mmmmmmmmmmm the fruits of our labors. Adriana has developed a love for corn on the cob!

Aside from picking corn and having fun with the family we did a small sewing project making decorative pillow cases, took a girls afternoon to the movie Julie and Julia, which we loved, and I got to see one of my best friends from High School! I forgot to take pictures, but it was fun to catch up. We hadn't see each other in 5 years so it was time!

Here are a few more fun shots of Adriana

This smoothie is sure delicious!!

We had a little issue with the smoke alarms and Adriana loved helping grandpa as she modeled Kathryn's swimsuit over her clothes. She went to the very top of the ladder, no fear.

Our future seamstress!

Our adventures continue next month when we go out to UT for my brother's wedding party. This time all three of us are going!