Day in the Sun

Boating Fun!

The girls (where's Natalie?) hanging out on the boat

Josh and his brother Ryan

Spencer hangin' out with Karter

Josh and Captain Aubree driving the boat

My Dad surfing the waves of Pineview :)

Josh's family has an awesome boat, and they were generous enough to take my family out for a day on Pineview Reservoir. Most of my family aren't big boaters, so it was fun to get everyone together and out of their comfort zones :) Even my Dad got in on the fun and went tubing and surfing! We had so much fun and even though we were all really sore the next day it was definitely worth it!

American Idol!

Dinner at the Spaghetti Factory

Josh's mom loves David Archuleta! She wore orange in honor of Murray high :)

Thanks Bobbie for such an amazing night!

We had so much fun singing along with all of the performers! We all love David Archuleta!

Josh's cute little sister Rachel turned the big 16 yesterday, and to celebrate we went to the American Idol Concert! We started off by going to the Spaghetti Factory, which is always amazing, and then went to the E center for the concert. I have been in really loud arenas before, but never in my life have I heard as loud of a noise as when they announced David Archuleta was coming on stage! My ears are still ringing... The concert was absolutely amazing, and I was really impressed with all of the top 10. Surprisingly, one of my favorites last night was Carly, who I didn't like on the show, but she sang some incredible songs! David Archuleta was so amazing, and he got all choked up at the end of one of his songs.
We are so glad Rachel is FINALLY 16, and that she let us tag along for her birthday party :)

4th of July Weekend

Our niece Aubree and our nephew Karter are the cutest kids ever, and they are stinkin' cute on their bikes :)

We were so excited to get out of Logan for the weekend and head on down south to spend some quality time with our families. On July 3rd, we had a big family party with all of my Morgan cousins, and it was so fun being able to spend time with family who we don't see as much as we would like to.
The 4th of July was great! We went to the good ol' Layton parade and watched our niece Aubree perform on a float. She was so adorable! We went and saw "Get Smart" with my Mom and Dad and Spencer and Nat. We then drove down to Draper and spent time with Josh's family and watched fireworks from South Mountain.
July 5th was full of backflips and sunburns. We went boating with Josh's family to Deer Creek Reservoir and me, thinking I am above sunscreen, got absolutely FRIED! Almost 3 days later and I can barely move :( Josh landed an amazing flip on the knee-board, which he has been attempting since last year, and yet we didn't have our camera with us on the boating trip so we have no proof!
It was so great to be able to relax and get away from school and the apartments...Thank goodness for holidays!

Ward Softball

Josh knocking it out of the park



Annie hoping that the ball doesnt come her way





We have a really great ward up here and every Thursday night is Co-Ed Ward Softball. Our ward always has the most people that come, so our ward gets distributed to the other teams who don't have enough players. This Thursday Josh and I weren't even on the same team :( It is still really fun, and Josh is the all-star of our team. I heard a roar of the crowd and I looked over and Josh had hit an in the park home run... then a few minutes later I hear another roar and it turns out he made a ridiculous bare handed catch! There are usually a lot more guys than girls, but a girl has to bat every other time, so I was exhausted by the end. It is a great way to spend our Thursday evenings!

Eye of the Tiger

Well, watching the U.S. Open this past weekend got us really excited to venture out to Logan River Golf Course and show our stuff. I'll admit...I am terrible at golf (I can never hit the ball in the air, it just rolls on the ground) but I kept reminding myself what my Dad always told me..."Drive for the show, but putt for the dough" :) I can at least somewhat putt the ball thanks to my many years of miniature golf. Josh on the other hand hit some really great drives and although I hate to admit it, was definitely the master putter. We went with some of our friends, so there was some serious trash talking going on but it was tons of fun! Golf is something both of us want to get better at, so we hope to play a real round soon. Until then, we will keep our dreams alive of becoming like Tiger one day...

Monday Night Hike

Josh and I made a goal to start exercising more. We decided on trying to do something active every other day (every day would have been too much for us to handle I guess :) Saturday we played tennis, which was hilarious and then on Monday we decided to go for a hike. There is a great Bonneville Shoreline Hike in Logan, and it was so pretty! Everything is so green here and we had a blast! I was a complainer at the beginning because it started off pretty steep, but then it flattened out and we got to watch a beautiful sunset overlooking the valley. Of course we had to have a treat after our hike, so we went and got some famous Aggie ice cream!