So You Think you can dance!

So You Think You Can Dance Finale was on last night. I feel a little pathetic how into this season i got, i even got Jake to want to watch it. Deep Down i wanted Katee to win so bad, but at the same time i totally think that Josh deserved it. I think its amazing what a great dancer he is being a football player and has hardly any training. Here are some of my favorite dances he did this year and of course some of Katee's because she was my all time favorite i have never seen a dancer like her before!

24th of July

The weekend of the 24th of July was a blast for Jake and I. We decided last minute to go to my family reunion to my great uncles farm in Idaho. We both didnt want to go we thought it would be a waste of time and didnt want to have to get work off on Friday. But my grandparents were coming home from the mission and stopped by so we wanted to be able to spend the weekend with them. At the Farm we did relay races, and games. We played mud football that was knee high and at the end were so gross, we also had a huge slip n slide, we rode horses, and shot clay pigeons, of course i didnt get one but i attemped. Uncle Tommy thought i was too much of a city girl and was rolling on the ground he was laughing to hard. We also had a relay race with pigs. There was two tubs of water and a barrel off the ground in between. The game was all 3 partners had to go through the barrel with the pig and back through the fastest team to finish won. I unfortunately had to pick the pig up and shove it though i never though i would ever get that close to a pig in my life they were squeeling and wiggling it was insane. Jake did pretty well but the hit the bottom of the pool and blacked out haha his face is all cut up now and they ended up loosing also. All around though it was a fun getaway and we are so glad we went and saw life on the farm.

Golfing

This weekend we decided it was time to have some fun, since I was not able to go to Chicago i didnt want to sit around all week. Friday we went to pineview with the Shaws and had a blast we just hung out on the boat and on the beach and just relaxed. Then on saturday Jake and I went golfing with my parents. I have never been and was thinking it was going to be super easy and i would catch on instantly, but i was definately wrong. I had to have my dad teach me how to swing i had no idea there was a right and wrong way to hold a glof club. It was fun but very frustrating when you try hitting the ball 5 times and it doesnt move at all! by the end of the game i was hitting a few feet and then picking up my ball to where everyone else was but at least i was hitting it!!! I guess it is going to take some practice and maybe next time i will just ride in the cart but it was still fun to get out and do something fun.

Gramps Funeral

This was definately an intersting week for Jake and I. The viewing for grandpa was on Wednesday and the funeral was on Thursday. Jake and JJ put together a slide show of gramps life to show everyone which took them a couple days so they didnt work all week. I think it was a great opportunity for them to be able to reflect on his life and also to honor grandpa and what a wonderful man he was. The funeral turned out great. It was a little longer than everyone had planned but that is just because there was so many great stories to tell about him that the speakers could just talk for ever. It was awesome to us to see how many people grandpa affected during his lifetime. He was an honorable man and you could see that so many people loved him. He was one of those people that may die physically but the memories and the impact he left us with will keep him living forever. We miss him but are so happy we were blessed to know grandpa and to have had him in our lives.

Our Weekend

This weekend Jake and I went with JJ and Kellie to Kellies cabin in the Uintahs with the kids. It was so nice to be able to get away and be able to go paintballing and four wheeling. It was my first time paintballing so i was a little nervous but surprisingly it wasnt too bad i didnt experience any bad hits to the point where i got welts but i think i was the only one. Unfortunately me and kylie had really bad allergies and were stuffy and sick the whole time but we tried not to let it ruin our fun. On Saturday we were going to go find wildlife moose especially when we bumped into Jakes family. They had some bad news to tell us they had tried calling us but nobody had phone service. Grandpa Russell had passed away. They were doing a blood transfusion and during the time they released a blood clot and he wasn't able to survive. He left us really fast and really unexpected. Last we had all seen him he was doing really well and was striving to survive but he did not have enough strength to over come this trial. They later discovered that he had more cancer in his lymph nodes and was showing signs of pnumonia so it was just a matter of time. Grandpa was Jakes hero he wants to be just like him and strives to be everyday. He is missed greatly. Grandpa touched everyones lives in someway he was an amazing man with many different personality triats that has influenced everyone around him. We miss him dearly and will keep him in our hearts forever. We Love You Grandpa Russell!!!!!