Last the best of all the game!!!

Last night we had what could possibly be the last watermelon of the summer months! My Awesome Dad brought me back a Green River Watermelon from his golfing trip to Moab. It was the most incredible tasting watermelon EVER!!! It was like eating candy it was SO sweet!

I had to take a picture to remember it! (Kevin finished it off for lunch). Goodbye summer!

Thanks Dad!!!!

I hope you bought one for you and Mom!

Best teenage boys in the WORLD!!!!

Mitch's friend Adam is leaving tomorrow for the M.T.C then off to Stokholm Sweden on his mission. A few days go his friend Connor's Mom took them out to take pictures before Adam leaves. Connor is next, he is going to Argentina in November. Mitch will miss them a TON but it will be him before we know it! They really are the most amazing group of boys and we are SO thankful Mitch has had them as friends since he was a little boy. Connor is the dark haired handsome one, Adam is the blond handsome one and if you are reading this blog you should know that the other handsome one is Mitch!!! We LOVE these boys!!!

Before and After

My table and chairs have had a rough time after the past few years of torture from the kids, so since we can't afford a new one right now I thought it might be fun to paint and re-cover them. Well , I think they look a ton better but it is not so fun! I will be glad when they are all done, then I will paint the table!

watch out!!!!!

Maddi finally passed her driving test!!! Yay and OH no!!!! I don't know if I am ready for this!!! She took her first trip to the store alone and made it back O.K so that is a good sign! Good job Maddi!!! Oh and she wants to point out that it is raining today and that 's why her hair is floppy!

Here is Maddi!!!

While we were at the Hillbilly Hoedown Maddi went to the football game with her friends and then her and her BFF went to St. George with her friends parents for a quick trip to see Aida at the Tuachan theatre. She had a blast but was super excited when the play started to find out that Thayne Jasperson, her heart throb (see earlier post!!) was in the play too. Mitch was hanging out with his buddies, Adam leaves Wednesday for his mission in Stockholm Sweden and they are getting in all the buddy time they can.Fun weekend for all!

Boot Scootin Boogie

He is really getting his money's worth on the 25 cent mustache he bought in St. George

We had a ward party tonight, first one in a gazillion years! It was a hillbilly hoedown. They had a live band and games and everyone brought their own dinner and then a dessert to share. It was really fun and Jacob even learned the Boot Scootin Boogie!!!

Oh my goodness!!! KEITH URBAN IS AMAZING!!!

I wish we had snuck her camera in, these are from her phone so they are not as good, but we were really that close to him!! It was crazy!!!

Maddi and Keith Urban! That shot was when he was far away, he spent most of the night right in front of us! She was SOO excited!

Before the show

Maddi was on facebook a while ago and selected a thing that she is a fan of Keith Urban. It asked her if she would be attending the concert in SLC on Sept 9th. She said no and then it asked her if she would like to go, she said YES!!! Well she ended up getting an E mail saying that she had won two tickets to the concert. She told me and was really excited but I wasn't so sure it was a real thing until she got an e mail yesterday that was from Keith Urban's entertainment co. that said congratulations and that she could pick up her tickets after 5 the day of the show. We went in ( skeptical) and asked will call for her tickets and they actually were there!!! Better yet they were for row 2!!! Well it didn't matter because we didn't sit in our chairs all night. We stood next to the stage and saw him up close!! It was AWESOME!!! He even threw out a guitar pick and yes, I dove down and got on my knees to retrieve it for her!!! It was awesome to see that he really isn't so perfect looking all the time, he has wrinkles that can't be airbrushed out in real life!

She was able to touch his leg at one point and he spit water out and it got on her(GROSS , but she thought it was way cool), he also came up after his last song and shook everybody's hand so she got to hold KEITH URBAN'S SWEATY HAND!!!! It was a really fun unexpected night for me and Maddi! I don't think she will ever wash her hand again!! Thanks Keith Urban!!!

Where's Waldo

You can't tell in this light but Kevin had make up on to make his skin really dark.

Mitch dressed in his skater outfit and a pair of Maddi's really tight jeans

Whew whew!!! who are these babes??? My friends Hailey and Jaycee, they don't normally look anything like this... Thank goodness!!!! Although they were getting a lot of attention !!

Kevin had coveralls on and went around gardening , I think only two or three teams even found him!

Kirk had a short gray wig on (bad lighting) and tattoos all over his arms, when we got to the mall we had been standing near him for a while before we even figured out it was him!

My friend Sondra, head to toe in black, it was awesome!!

We took all of the Youth to the Gateway tonight and played Where's Waldo. We have Ward members dress up and roam around the mall. The kids have a list of who the need to find but have no idea what they are dressed like. It is always a super fun activity and we had tons of kids show up. It was awesome!

The MUSS

Mitch went to the first University of Utah football game last night! The students sit in the Mighty Utah Student Section or MUSS for short. He had a great time with his buds and the Utes were victorious over Utah State- 36-17...GO UTES!!!

lunch with the girls

Yesterday I got to go to lunch with my highschool best buddies! We haven't been together for over two years so it was way fun to see each other and catch up on life!