SO MUCH, SO LITTLE

This summer was crazy busy, very eventful and I have some great stories and pictures to share.
One of the very best highlights of the summer was Dan and I flying to Michigan to meet my cousins there and attend the wedding of my cousin Mandi DeGregory Zimmerman. She was a stunning bride, and my other cousins were so warm, gracious and inclusive. It was really fun.

We flew our usual standby status, and had no problems getting to Detroit, but getting back to SLC was a whole different story. We couldn't get out of Detroit, so someone told us to fly to Seattle and then back to SLC, so we flew to SeaTac. Sadly, we couldn't get on a flight that day, so we ended up sleeping in the airport. (NO FUN!)  The next morning, we started trying to get on flights starting with the very first one at 6:30 am....but, we couldn't get on three flights in a row, so Dan got frustrated and said to heck with it, and we went and rented a car one way, and drove. We left Seattle about 11 am and pulled into our driveway about 5:30 the next morning. Dan drove it all the way through. We did have to make a pit stop to return the rental car and find our car at the SLC airport. We got there about 3am and we were parked in the Economy lot, so I was really glad that there was a shuttle bus to take us out there and that the driver could call someone and find out the spot where we were parked.

The fun we had at Mandi's wedding was so worth all the flight craziness though. I'm glad we went!

Megan and I did some canning together this year and it was so much fun to do it together!  We canned peaches, and apples and Megan made some salsa. With the Peaches, we made peach jam, and canned peaches, and with the apples we did applebutter, applesauce, and apple pie filling. When we started, the laundry basket in the picture below was almost over flowing with apples. There is a place here in Monroe that lets you just go pick as many as you want, and leave what ever you think they are worth in a little lock box. 

We did this in my kitchen just because it is bigger and had more room...but it was a blast doing it together!

We went on some pretty spectacular camping trips near home, and to the North Kaibab. Oh my goodness, the North Kaibab was incredible. Kaibab is the Paiute Indian word for "mountain laying down"  It is just a huge plateau. Here are some pictures of our trip to the North Kaibab

This is the "Lady in Repose" as Dan named her about 30 some odd years ago when he worked here in the Forestry Service. As you can see, she was carved into the tree in 1908....over ONE HUNDRED years ago! WOW!!! Very cool!

In Dubois, Wyoming, I rode the worlds biggest Jackalope! So funny!!