fRiSbEe gOlF + sWiMmInG + bAsKeTbAlL = fUn & sUnBuRnS

This past weekend was filled with tons of fun and exciting things. At first I pondered how fun my weekend would be but it turned out to be a blast.

Friday, which could possibly be one of the best days of the week, started off the weekend on a good note. My younger sister decided that she wanted to hang out with Cody and I. Her boyfriend recently left on his mission and she hasn't done much other than hanging out at home and watching movies. We finally got her to go out. On Friday night we went to dinner together and went and saw the movie 'get smart'. It has to be the funniest movie I have seen in a while, I would highly recommend it if you are in need of a laugh. It was really fun to hang out with Kellyn and Cody and just enjoy each other. We got home around 12 and just hung out with our puppy for an hour.

Saturday morning started really early. Cody went flying at 7am. He did his first solo that morning. He flew for an hour or so by himself doing touch and gos and was really good at it. The tower told him they were impressed with his skills and this being the first time he had flown alone. While Cody was flying I was fighting a battle at home. With the recent influx of Roxy, my family's dog, barking.. My dad invested in a bark control collar. Since Tyke had gotten in the flow of barking at Roxy when she runs around in the backyard, Saturday morning was no different. He ran outside and was barking at her unstoppable. I felt bad because Roxy would attempt to bark back but would get a shock and would immediately stop. I wriggled my way between the two puppies and separated them for a while. After getting the two of them separated I prepared for my Frisbee golf game. My mother-in-law and brother-in-law have recently picked up the sport of Frisbee golf. They had invited me to come along. Well I prepped and met them and Cody for a game. We went to UVU and played on their 12 hole course. It is quite challenging and tricky. I didn't score to great and spent alot of time chasing down my Frisbee but it was fun. We did lose two Frisbees to the water ponds. Sad. Cody did quite well, he and his brother competed for first, and tied. It was fun. Afterwards, we grabbed some lunch and then headed over to Cody's parents house.

Once we got there, Justin (brother-in-law), challenged all of us to a game of 'horse' in basketball. We all went outside in the 96 degree weather and played two rounds of the game. I almost won once, but lost to Cody. After we finished up Cody and his brother played some one on one and got really intense. They had a good time though, even though Cody lost to his younger brother. They decided to beat the heat by jumping in the pool. Cody was the first in there and enjoyed the water. I sat in the shade allowing my legs to get some sun. We sat and chatted it was quite fun. After all this we decided that we would go home and spend some time with our cute puppy.

Upon arrival, I found my Dad and younger sister doing this project in the backyard. Recently we had our patio ripped up due to some dry rot that was found on the bottom of the house. When they tore it up they found that the electrical wire that was run from the house to the fountain was not buried in a pipe and could easily be damaged. To save on cost of fixing it my dad decided that he would bury the pipe himself and then just let the electrician run the wire. I felt bad that they hadn't told me so I could help, so I seized the chance and changed and went out to help. We tore up a patch of the patio, a strip in the lawn, part of the rock wall and dug a trench to the fountain. We successfully buried the pipe and put the yard back together. It was intense, we finished around 7.

Well after being covered in dirt, I decided that a shower was in order. So after cleaning off, Cody showed me his chest. From swimming and playing basketball, he had burned himself quite bad. He has little blisters on his shoulders and is a nice shade of red. He spent the night with no shirt on and hourly aloe Vera treatments. He is still quite red and in a bit of pain, but it is starting to ease up. He will have a lovely tan when it is gone.

Well, I would have to say that fRiSbEe gOlF + sWiMmInG + bAsKeTbAlL = fUn..

sUmMeR fUn.. mAyBe?

Well.. it is June. And, I am officially the biggest blogging slacker out there. It has been three almost four weeks since my last post. And really I don't know why. I take time every day to look at each of my friends blogs and read about them and yet I never take a few minutes to catch mine up to date. So here we are... updating.

First up is my sweetie, Cody. As you all have read he is trying to work on his pilot license. Through out the process he has 3 "stage checks" where he goes flying with the Chief Flight Instructor and has to prove his knowledge of the airplane and show his flight skills. Well on June 9Th was the scheduled first stage check. It didn't start well and sure didn't end good either. He couldn't identify each antenna and got docked for it. Well he was frustrated and stressed and needless to say the take off didn't go to well either. Cody was lined up to go straight but when he got the tires off the runway the plane suddenly started heading sideways and for the ground. The instructor had to save the plane. Needless to say all they did today was practicing of landing and take off. And when the check ended, he failed. He was bummed, as what would be deemed normal. But he is signed up for the check again next Wednesday. Although he did redeem himself. He went flying later in the afternoon and flew just fine. Perhaps it is just the nerves. We are glad to announce that after a week of studying and preparing himself and multiple flights in between, today June 18Th he passed his flight test with flying colors! YAHOO!


Just in case you were wondering how tight it was inside the cockpit... here is a picture of the plane...


And here is the dashboard... you can see how close they were... ha ha.

Tyke is continuing to grow. I think he is up to 80 pounds now, but it is too hard for me to lift him to find out. He is now an avid sunbather thanks to the great weather we have been having. Needless to say he loves it. But his joy and excitement never cease to entertain me. He is so fun to watch just run around like a crazy person on crazy pills. His newest adventure involves my family's dog Roxy. Our neighbors go out at least 3 times a day to water their plants outside. Roxy is in LOVE with water. Well needless to say she runs up and down the fence line in hopes of catching a smidgen of water. Well since she is running around and barking, Tyke thinks this is a game not a rush to get water. He chases her up and down the fence and occasionally gets a shot full of water through the fence. After stirring up dust from the sand box he usually coughs for a good ten minutes and then passes out for his nap. This happens 3 to 4 times a day. It is quite funny actually.

As for me I just am glad I made it through the photo class I just finished. It has been a little chaotic and stressful I would spend days in the class, but is over. It was a really fun class however I have to say it has been one of my favorites in a long time. I am still just working away, surprise. My most recent adventure was giving our puppy a burn. It was on accident I assure you... We had given him a bath and afterwards while we were in the bedroom getting ready I decided to jump start my hair drying so I blow dried my hair a tad. Well Tyke finds noises like this and the vacuum scary as if it is going to get him. Well he freaked out, barked at it and then tried to eat it. Well I turned it off to stop him freaking out, well when he sniffed around I touched the end of the blow dryer with his face. And well you guessed it, burned his nose. I felt so bad. About a few days later he had a scab and just recently, it fell off. I felt horrid but we are now in once piece and just have a minor red mark where the scab was.


Here is Tyke's scab.. I felt so bad..

Well, I am off to enjoy some sun and a book..

What can you do it's summer...