4th of July and Other Things

     4th of July is easily one of my favoritest holidays. Second only to Christmas, of course. Something about BBQs and lighting explosives that strikes my fancy. This year we went to my grandma's house for the 'cul-de-sac of fire' and it every bit lived up to its name. I even had a piece of a mortar fall down my shirt and singe my chest. It was awesome.

My handsome face and I. He is a peach.

Ya know I truly thought that once summer began I would pay more attention to this blog but it has been quite the opposite, so let me update you on the going-ons of the summer thus far.

 I've been back at one of my true passions... riding horses. I so wish that I lived on a farm and could ride my horse everywhere I went but I'm afraid that type of transportation isn't exactly feasible in these here parts. So I suppose I'll just continue to drive my car to work.

He sure does look good in a cowboy hat.

My family went down to St. George last weekend and Nathan and I joined them. It was so nice to hang out by the pool, drink lots of Swig and not worry about a darn thing. Would you like to see a picture of my fantastic diving skills? Drum roll...................

HA! JK I don't have fantastic diving skills. This is the pre-belly flop caught in action. It's been a while since I've been brave enough to actually swim with my head under the water so I have to say my skills are a little er... rusty. Hopefully by the end of the summer I will improve.

I went out to Utah Lake with my family yesterday and it was quite lovely. I swear that lake is the shallowest of them all. Those tiny little specks in the photo are my mom and cousins and they were like 200 yards out there and the water was still only up to their knees! I don't know why more people don't go out there to hang out though. I was thinking about it and they could really turn this place into something really cool. Build some beach front shops... pick up the trash... important some more sand. I mean there's already a bike trail that rides around the lake! It could be a happening place, let me tell ya. Minus the mountains I *almost* felt like I was at the ocean. Almost.

Peace out, loves!