Vacations, Vacations, Vacations!

Well it has been far too long since the last time I post something new on our blog. The month of July has been CRAZY busy. We have gone on some very fun camping trips this month and thankfully I have still felt great through all of them. Everyone warned me that summer would be miserable with being almost ready to pop and all, but I have had such a fun summer and for the most part have felt pretty dang good. Two weeks ago we went with Jayson's family and two other families to Bear Lake. They have an annual Bear Lake trip every year which consists of AMAZING food (they keep you pretty much stuffed the entire trip), playing at the beach, playing games, sitting around the fire and boating/jetskiing. Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures the entire trip. I did take our video camera and document everything, but no pictures.... Bummer! It was way fun to spend time with Jayson's family and all of our good friends.
Vacation #2 Fish Lake 2009!!
Every year my family goes to Fish Lake. I look forward to this trip more than I do any other trips we have planned all year. Even if it's a cruise or a big trip like that. Yes, that seems hard to believe that a camping trip could get me so incredibly excited... but its true! The day before we left I went in for my 34 week appointment. The appointment went great, up until the second he said these words... "You are not allowed to go to Fish Lake" I about peed my pants when he told me this. I tried talking him into letting me go by saying things like "What if I just go for a one or two days? Instead of three or four?" or "Richfield has a clinic and is only 40 minutes away.." but no matter what I said he emphasized three or four times, "DON'T GO!!!" I left the appointment heart broken. I have always been one of those people who HAS to follow the rules and be obedient in any scenario. So the thought of going against my own Doctor's orders made me sick to think about... But then I thought to myself (and with the help of my husband talking me out of staying back) "You only live once!!" So I disobeyed my Doctor and went... Yes, I broke the rules, but it was worth it! We went and had such a fun time and I was just super careful the entire week. I just hope my Dr. doesn't find out.... haha

We would spend the entire morning fishing on the boat, eating lots of junk food and having Yahtzee tournaments.

Me waiting to catch my first fish of the trip

Jayson in his gear getting ready to go spear fishing

Preparing himself to jump into the freezing cold lake

My first fish of the trip!

In the evenings we would go fourwheeling, motorcycling and skeet shooting. Unfortunately I had to stay back from the intense motorcyle riding since that would definitely be something that would put me into labor, but I was able to join in on the skeet shooting fun.

We always try to make a trip to Capitol Reef while we are at Fish Lake. We spend the afternoon jumping into the waterfalls, floating down the skinny stream and eating milk shakes.

Jayson lost his wedding ring in this picture! It slipped off his finger cause his hands were so cold his fingers had shrunk. At least he lost it somewhere memorable!

We have had such a fun month of July. Thanks Rich and Janae for making Bear Lake so fun! Thank you mom and dad for always making Fish Lake so memorable and extremely fun every single year. We can hardly wait for next July to come!