"Camping"

The fam when to Diamond Fork to spend a lil quality time bonding with nature, each other, and the various spiders, rocks, bats, snakes, voles, and mice...wait...that's only ME that isn't a fan...
Okay...let's try that again....
So, the REST of the fam took their tents, their 5th wheels, bikes, etc. up Diamond Fork Campground.
(Yours truly chose to go up and spend the day pretending she was a camper, and then snuck off with all the stealth of an inept ninja under the cover of night-and a little firelight- to head down the canyon to her NON-rock infested bed, and then snuck back up in the morning in time for breakfast... which is always yummy when "camping" by the way!)

There were stories told.
There were items broken.
A few things that are placed with positive accuracy in their proper
"will burn"
or
"will NOT burn"
categories.
There were new spaces explored.
There were old embarrassments re-lived
and new embarrassing moments created.
Some new games learned,
and LOTS of laughing!

I have to say- I love this clan! :)






LOL! (apparently I really like the shot with solar flare!)

"ME!"

Okay, so just a little somthin' for y'all while I'm processing pictures from Diamond Fork and the Cedar Fort Rodeo....




Coop is a funny little man...
His newest thing when he sees something he wants is
to yell "ME! ME!" until you give it to him.
I realize this isn't so cute as one gets older,
but for now...
well- just LOOK at that face and tell me you wouldn't be
willing to give him whatever he wanted! :)

Bring this monkey a banana the next time you see him and you've just made a new best friend! :)

Happy 14th Birthday Brooklyn!!

14 years ago today our family grew +1! Amanda Brooklyn Frisby was born...and we have not been the same sense. :)
My Favorite stories of her growing up are:

1) when she was about 3 and potty training, she DID NOT want to wash her hands. Not sure why, but there you go. She walked out of the bathroom, and Grandma Kay asked, "Did you wash your hands?"
"Yes.."
Now, grandma Kay was not born yesterday, and knew she had not heard the water running. "You know, Jesus sees everything you do."
Booklyn stopped back into the bathroom mumbling..."That Jesus isn't a very nice man."

2) I took her to lunch once. She wanted McDonalds- I said no. We tried Barry's. She pulled her food out looked at the patty and informed me that her's was burnt. I told her that no, they are just the grill marks.. it makes them good, try it.
I then hear a little mumble from the back seat (not intended to reach my ears) "McDonalds makes a perfect cheeseburger."

3)From a very early age, B has been artistic. In fact people used to tell her this and she would go crying to Denise because she thought they were meaning she was AUtistic.

4)When she was in about 3rd grade her school sent home an invitation for her to join PALS... Brooklyn cried because she thought that she was not doing well in school, but actually she was so smart that they were inviting her to join an advanced group!

5)The day she got to announce that she was officially a published author!

B-
I LOVE that you are so creative, artistic, and amazingly kind hearted. You are going to change the world someday and I feel so blessed that for some unknown reason I have been given a front row seat in your life to watch it!
Never change, never give up, and never never forget how much you are loved!
-Aunt Dawney