Kolob Pictures

I guess I better update the blog!


This picture is too funny! Shellie and kids were all on Chris' bed, reading. I thought I'd jump on and join them. Jameson was 'coughing' on purpose, so he looks like a dork!


These next 2 pictures were taken on Kolob, my favoritest place on earth!!!! I wish my family owned land up there, it's the one place where I really feel at peace. I look forward to going up there whenever possible! Luckily I've had the opportunity to go up twice so far this summer!



So, we got really slow at work and they decided to shut down the outbound side on my shift, for 8 weeks. I had the option to go to 1st shift(knowing me, you know I will never do that), go to weekends or take TLO(temp. lay off). I decided to do TLO. Which I've never done before. I go in on Tuesdays from 5:30 am till 11 am, to cover my benefits. It's hard! I hate early mornings. So I pull all nighters Monday night, I'm afraid once I fall asleep I won't wake up because I am such a deep sleeper. I've only done it 2 times so far, the first week wasn't so bad, I fell asleep in the bath tub. But this week, I was a little more tired. But then again I am getting a cold and had the joy of getting a HUGE cold sore.
At first I was so frustrated over being forced to change my hours or get laid off. But now I am kinda glad I have 8 weeks off to play. In August I will go back to my shift, but at least I get the majority of the HOT summer off!
I still don't know what I am going to do with all my time off. This week, nothing, because I feel horrible. But I am going to make a quilt, or try anyways. Work on another quilt. Put all of my music on the computer. Work on getting my temple recommend(still). Try a whole ton of new recipes(if my dad will buy the ingredients). CLEAN!!!! I'm having a hard time coming up with cheap things to do that will keep me busy. Lucky for me I already have the stuff to do my quilt, I just need to get it started, which I was going to do this week, but I feel so horrible, so I've been doing a lot of reading and drinking tea! Yay for me!!!

Crazy pictures!

Here are some pictures of the last week.


Our property. The HUGE shade pinion in the middle of our camp ground sorta had a few branches break off and they fell on the table and broke a few surrounding trees. My dad said "good fire wood"!!!


This picture was taken at our ward camp out with the Hurricane singles ward on East Zion at the Clear Creek ranch(?). I don't want to put other pictures on here with out anyone's permission. So this is just a random picture of the fun we had!


Edwin and I went up to Kolob this Saturday in the evening, this is one of the lovely pictures he took! I had to delete a few pictures he took of me! They were so bad!!! But was GORGEOUS up there! The reservoir is clear up to the road! I've never seen it that full before! FISHING here I come!!!


We had a HUGE freak storm a few hours before we went up to Kolob, this is the hail that came off the roof out of the gutter. Crazy!!


This picture was taken down by Chevron, holy lake!!! It as crazy!!! LOVED it! We had a small pond on the side of our house. If Wade and Cory can remember how the water would collect on the side of the house, it was about 6 inches deep, but soaked in really fast. LOVED that storm!!!

Relay for Life weekend---

This weekend was crazy! The Hurricane singles ward invited my ward(Washington) to go camping up at Clear Creek, on East Zion and my cousin was doing a Relay for Life in Kanab, and I thought it would be fun to get out and participate. Crazy! So I drove to East Zion(I hate driving through the park, stupid slow drivers- sorry tourists), got up there right after dinner, I would have left earlier, but the reason is for another post. Stayed for a fireside, my cousin Whitney was there, so I hung with her and Marie for awhile.
Left for Kanab around 10:30 pm. It's not a very long drive, maybe 25 miles. I'm not sure how much I walked, I lost track after 6 times around the track, we watched "The Blind Side" well, at least some of it, I walked during the middle and caught the last few minutes. Then they did "The Princess Bride" which I can quote perfectly. I ate a hot dog at like 3:30 am, never done that before. It was really cold there! I was surprised on how cold it got! But me being prepared, I survived it! Edwin and Cody were texting me until 4:30 to keep me awake. They are awesome!
I love this picture of my uncle Jerrol! It cracks me up!!!!

Stuart, Jordan and Austin. I tried to get them all to smile!

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The luminaries, one with the flash and other with out it.


Karri, Ryan and I were there to support the Leavitt's. Gordon's sister(I'm guessing thats who she was) and her two daughters were there. Kims kids and uncle Jerrol and aunt Peggy were there. There were a few others, but I of course didn't know them.
They were selling stuff and I bought 2 shirts(who would pass up on a $1 shirt- make good work shirts). The Leavitt team came in 3rd.
Around 5, when the sun was coming up, I decided to go in and lay down in the tent, I pulled my fire fighter beanie and that Cory gave me a couple years ago, over my eyes, so it was dark. And at like 6 blaring music started. So I didn't get any sleep. We ate, did some more walking and cleaned up. They had a bunch of raffles and lots of games, it was neat, there was a kid who had walked from 6 the night before till they finished the next morning. It was crazy. I think I left around 10:30ish, not sure. Went over to uncle Jerrols house and cleaned up.
I stopped up at our property on East Zion just to look around, that itself is a whole other post. I guess we won't be camping up there till we get it cleaned up. Our BIG huge tree(that shaded our tables) had some huge branches fall off and break other trees around it, on top of the picnic tables. It was bad. I have some pictures, but I will post them later.
Went back to Clear Creek, got there around 12, they were finishing up with a game or a fireside, not sure. Everyone went down to the creek and was swimming and canoeing. It looked like a lot of fun, if I didn't hate water so much, plus the water was all mossy and algae-y, it was gross. I'll post pictures later.
I was SO tired, that I left around 2:30ish. Even though it was fun, I was dead!
Got home almost 4, because of those slow drivers through the park, but by the time I got out of Virgin, I didn't care, I was too tired to speed home.
I fell asleep in the bath tub, woke my self up because I could hear myself snoring. Then later I fell asleep on the trampoline, which is extremely uncomfortable.
Finally I just went to bed at 11:30, Edwin text me 7 minutes later, never even heard it. I was out. I woke up at 11, sat up to start getting ready for church, but I was so tired, I couldn't even keep my eyes open, all I wanted to do was curl up and sleep some more. So I did. I think if I had tried to go to church I probably wouldn't have stayed awake.
So it was an awesome weekend. Long, but totally worth it. And I am SO proud of myself, I only needed 1 Xanax, I thought I'd be popping them the whole time, because its in those situations when I need them. It wasn't until I mentioned that to Cody when I was like, uh-oh, I need one!
Can't wait for next year. Hopefully, that weekend won't be so busy.
I didn't go to the company picnic, because I was just too tired! :)

Recent Ramblings

I keep telling myself that I need to update my blog! So while I am waiting for my nails to dry, I'll write something!
I just watched Alice in Wonderland. That is the cutest movie! It's so funny! Don't lose your muchness!
We haven't been taking any pictures lately. My parents went to Junction on Monday for memorial day, they forgot the camera and the key to my grandma's house. I didn't go. I wanted to, but I just wanted to hang out at home. Every once in awhile, it's nice to just have absolutely nothing in the world to do. I planted cherry tomatoes, weeded and killed stupid earwigs! My uncle Rick showed up and spent the night. I haven't seen him in forever.
This coming weekend, the Hurricane singles ward invited my ward(the Washington singles ward) to go on a camp out on East Zion. I'll probably go. But I'd drive up and spend the evening with them, then go to Kanab and support Kim in the Relay for Life, spend the night somewhere there, then drive back up to East Zion and hang out up there on Saturday. Also on Saturday they are doing a company picnic, I went last year and had a lot of fun, but I'm trying to decide if I want to skip out on dinner and a fireside to go to the picnic or come home after the fireside. And not even worry about the picnic. Either way, I will try and have my camera with me this coming weekend.
I was at Wal-mart tonight after I got off work, I need junk food! I eat healthy about 98% of the time, but junk food is nice to have once in awhile. So I was looking at the the Pringles(which I never eat), they have ketchup flavored pringles. Nasty! I think I threw up a little in my mouth when I saw them. Ew!!! Anyways, so that made for an interesting conversation with Cody and Edwin.
I'm so excited for July, we have a BIG Ipson reunion on Beaver Mt. Yay! I'm so excited. We had so much fun last year that I can't wait till this years reunion.
Then all of my siblings will be here at the end up of the month and since Trent and Dani will be so close to having their baby, we are staying in Hurricane. But we have talked about renting the swimming pool out for an evening, going to the temple together(I'd do baptisms for the dead, since I haven't yet been through). We will sleep outside and watch movies. It will be fun! I can't wait!
So as you can see, this summer is going to be fun!!!! I'm thinking of going up to the Manti pageant this summer, I'd rather not go to the actual pageant alone, but I don't mind driving up there by myself, so maybe I can talk Jim into going with me. Who knows, he might be married now. I haven't talked to him in over a year!
I started reading the bible, I'm still in Genesis. Some nights I can't stop reading, some nights I am so tired that I only read one chapter. But I'm almost done with Genesis. It's interesting. Because I am reading the stories that I've only heard about. It's neat!