Our 2 days in the Carribean

After our team left Panama, a few of us stayed behind to spend a few more days there. We drove a couple of hours over to the Carribean side of the country. We then caught a boat and went out to an island called Isla Grande. It was amazingly beautiful. It looked like a postcard. There was hardly anyone there and it was a pretty small island. We just hung out, read books, hiked around the island, and the boys surfed in crystal clear waters....oh yeah, we snorkled too. It was a great time to relax after the mission.

FInally...Jonah's 1st cookie!

After nearly two long years of keeping Jonah away from sweets (as best we could...you know those aunts and uncles...) Jonah got his first cookie. I gave him a burnt one in hopes that he would hate it and never want one again...no luck. He loved it. And threw a huge temper tantrum when it was gone...

4th of July

As usual, the day started off with the boys "Pier to Pier" bike ride. I think this year it was San Clemente Pier to Newport Pier, around 30 miles. And, FYI, Scotty is definately wearing my shorts.


Next, Grammy and Jonah get ready for the beach.
We decided this year to just stay in Newport and hang out at the beach. Parking is ridiculous and it makes it a nightmare to drive anywhere the entire weekend. So we road our bikes all weekend and hung at the beach.
Ryan met us at the beach and dug Jonah a hole so that we could just put him in there and he couldn't get out. It makes it alot easier to relax at the beach....ok, just kidding!

Ryan's 26th Birthday!

We had a great week celebrating Ryan's birthday this year! The highlight was the birthday bbq Ping Pong Tournament Bash at the Bodies' house...Ryan got a Ping Pong table for his birthday so the guys spent all night in the garage playing this huge ping pong tournament.




While the rest of us became obsessed with Rock Band. It is the funnest game ever, and who knew it was such a workout being a rock star?


Of course we had to have a ping pong paddle cake. Although, Ryan made the small mouse next to the ball and he stole the show. I spent all day making this cake, but the only thing that got noticed was the little mouse. What can you do?

Down By The River Trip

We went to Laughlin last weekend with Ryan's family! We had a blast. The road trip out was awesome. We were stuck in construction traffic for 45 minutes, not moving. In 123 degree heat. I loved it. We went to Palm Springs first and stayed one night in an amazing resort so that Ryan could visit some accounts. Here is a pic of the sunset in palm springs.
Jonah did great on the ride out there...
Evidence of the seriousness of the heat wave...what the?????
Here is Jonah and Max...they were so cute together! They were inseperable and had so much fun together!
Here is a view from our hotel room in Laughlin...
Jonah loved hanging out on the river....he was a little afraid of the jetskis at first, but he came around...
Ryan and Jonah floating on the river...

Ron took us water skiing on his boat and it was so much fun! It was a little scary though, with how crowded the river was. We didn't get any pictures of us water skiing though....
To beat the heat, we went bowling one day. It was hilarious!


Here is Jonah and grandma at the bowling alley...

Even Jonah did some bowling!

Here is the rare picture of Ryan...i had to get him in here since he is the photographer of the family and is never in any pictures...he even took this pic himself...

Amanda's Wedding

We went to Amanda and Jonathan's wedding last night. It was so beautiful! They got married at Strawberry Farms and had their reception in the barn. They also had a big surprise in store for all of their guests! They broke out into a huge dance at the beginning of the reception and told everyone that their wedding was being filmed for an episode of "Rock The Reception" airing on TLC. It was a blast!We sat outside at the ceremony and there were beautiful umbrellas to shade everyone from the heat. I was fortunate enough to be able to give a reading from scripture at the ceremony.
Here are our friends, Natalia & Wil, and Isaac & Natalie...Isaac officiated the ceremony. We call him "The Man of the Cloth"...

The big, red barn where the party was!


Here is the wedding cake that I made for them. There was a huge disaster at the last second that caused me to have to bake the top tier over again 2 hours before the wedding! I was freaking out! But it all ended up turning out ok....

Acai Smiles