UTAH TRIP

Wow, this summer has just zipped by. We were able to take a trip to Utah this past week and see Brian's family. Brian also did the Capital Reef Classic stage race. It was kind of fun to watch him suffer........just a little.

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• Monday - We headed to Utah to stay at Ken and Wendy's Timeshare in Park City. The kidos went swimming and hung out.


• Tuesday - HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! Oh how I LOVE my husband. We have been married for 14 years and I have absolutely LOVED almost every minute of it. We will celebrate on Wednesday. We zipped to Teasdale, Utah to see Brian's folks. They are always a warm welcome. The boys did lots of lizard hunting, hiking, and little boy things.


• Wednesday - We were so lucky to be able to have a couple days alone with Rob and Charlotte before everyone else gathered for the William's reunion. Food, food and more food........YUM. Brian and I headed to a restaurant in Torrey called Cafe Diablo. This place is like out of this world. Famous food! It is like a 5 star restaurant out in the middle of no where. My food came out with some fancy banana sticking out of it. Now that is fancy.


• Thursday -William's fam starts showing up. Dinner in the park. Food, food and more food........RIBS.
• Friday - Brian's time trial was in the morning and boy did we have a following. It was fun to have all the family there to support him. The t-shirts were a big hit. We all looked official. There was a racer lining up for the time trial. When they said go we heard this BIG bang. His tire BLEW. Branson, Ken and I were on top of it. We saved the day with his race by giving him one of Brian's wheels. Good P.R.!
• Friday Afternoon - Brian had a crit race. This course was incredibly hard. Two laps in HOT weather doesn't make for a good combo especially when your electrolytes are off. Bri was heading with the lead group when he started cramping up. He made me proud when he finished for the boys. He said he wanted to quit, but would not let his kids see him quit. What a man. I am proud of him.


• Saturday Morning - We were up early ready to watch Bri through the 94 mile mountain race. I followed him in the truck with my side kicks Ken and Bryce. They kept me company and made me laugh pretty much the whole time. There was a section of the race where it climbed forever. We came across a sign called "Splatter Canyon". Now why would they name it Splatter Canyon? If you looked down you would see why. It was pretty amazing driving the dang thing. I have no idea how someone could ride it on two wheels. We saved the day again when we rescued one of the riders who had completely exhausted himself during the race. We hauled him and his bike into town. Maybe next year dude. I want all of you to know that I did make it to the feed zones with NO potty break. Congratulations to Heather! (personal joke). Brian again struggled a little with mineral imbalance/leg cramps, but finished in good time. GOOD JOB BRI.


• Sunday - Headed to Utah to visit my family. I tried calling you Cortney.........with not much notice to come for a visit. You were partying with your buddies. At the last minute I called Cam and he said they were home and we could come and stay for the night. Always fun to see family.

BRI AND HIS NEW RIDE - KELSON BIKES - AWESOME!

• Monday - Headed back to the wonderful world of Idaho. I LOVE Idaho!

There are so many things to talk about but this was the basic run through of a fun filled week. We LOVE the William's family and always look forward to the yearly reunion.

DID I SAY.....MORE TO COME?

July 1st started off with a bang! I went running with some friends, cleaned the house, and got the kids ready for a fun trip to sand creek. We had a blast! The kids did some swimming and best of all got filthy, stinkin, dirty. It's always fun to get dirty.

After the outing the boys wanted to go and skateboard at their friends house. I told them that they would need to walk over because I was busy with Coop. On their way back home they heard this "RATTLE" sound by the side of the road. Now this is just down the road about 500 feet from our home. Yup, what do you know........ANOTHER F'ing RATTLESNAKE. Sorry for the language, but that is how I felt when they came home and told me the story. The boys did great. They ran to the Hobbs and Keith was home to save the day. The only problem was Max our dog did not follow them. He stayed with the snake. Keith took his trusty shovel and decapitated the nasty thing. Now when the boys came home and told me this nightmare, I didn't believe them. I had to see this tall tale for myself......and they were NOT lying.

Later that evening, Kelton went out to feed and water Max. He comes screaming inside saying that Max only has ONE eye. Calm down I told him. I went to check out the situation and let me tell you he looked like he had been hit by a cement truck. His whole face was swollen. I started doing a little freaky freak! Max had been BIT by the dang snake. "Is he going to die?" I frantically called the vet in St. Anthony who said would meet me there. To make another long story short. They gave him some steroids and sent us home. We didn't know if he would live or die. The boys said many prayers to bless their buddy Max. Brian stayed up with Max most of the night (did I say how wonderful my husband is?) This morning I headed to spinning and was happy to see that Max was still breathing. Wow, what a night. Does anyone have any snake deterrent? I NEED SOME!

TIS THE SEASON

Tis the season for all creatures nasty!

I had to run to Rexburg for a gazillion errands. While I was there I got a call from Brian. It sounded like he had just ran a marathon. Well, in a way.....he kida did. He was getting ready to go out for a bike ride - spandex and all when all of a sudden he hears this "RATTLE" sound out by the garage. So he runs inside, grabs his shot gun, moon boots, and shovel and heads outside to SAVE the day. Oh how I LOVE a guy with spandex & big guns.He went out and sure enough it was a rattlesnake sitting outside of the garage. I think it was munchin on something delicious. Well, to make a LONG story short Brian shot it twice, and finished it off with a shovel to the head. What a MAN! The only thing I was truly sad about is that I did not get to witness him with the big gun, moon boots, and spandex. There will be more to come I'm sure.