Donut Falls

Today, I mean yesterday, (it's after midnight) we went up Big Cottonwood Canyon to bbq and go for a little hike. We met up with some friends. We found this nice little spot by the river to bbq our hamburgers, chicken and steak. It was so pretty up there. It was getting pretty late, so we decided to hike up to the falls. 3/4 miles up and then down. So fun. I haven't been up there since I was like 10 for a church campout thingy. Same with Libby. Seth had never been and neither had Tyler (Libby's bf). It was kinda interesting with the stroller. Porter and Cameron kept beating on each other and so Seth carried Porter on his shoulders. Tyler tied the strap of the stroller around his waist and was the mule. LOL. My ankle was starting to hurt, but I kept on going. That wasn't very smart to do cuz now it's swollen so big. Yeah, I learned my lesson. I had a lot of fun though. :)

Do I really need to come up with a title??

So, my cousin is getting married and I am throwing her a bridal shower. It was originally going to be just her friends, but her mom doesn't have time to do one so we just decided to combine and do it together at my house. My house isn't very big, but it has a big yard so we figured we would just do it outside. Well, I called up my mom to double check if she was coming and when I told her about the plan to combine both showers into one she totally flipped out because there's not enough shade. Who cares? We have a big tree in our side yard, but there isn't one in the back or front. So she's totally freaking out cuz no one is going to want to sit in the sun. Yeah, but there's nothing else we can do. My house can't hold 40 people. We had a hard enough time with 10. And not everyone is going to be able to fit in the side yard under the tree. So in order to have my mom stop calling everybody and telling them not to come, I have to come up with a way to make a tent in my back yard for everybody to have shade. WTF!!

On a happy note... Porter says "hi" now. It is so cute. He just started it today. And he decided that he's sick of eating baby food. He wants to big boy stuff. But since he has no teeth it makes it kinda difficult. He was able to eat a piece of bread, a fruit cup and a nutrigrain bar though. He is such a cutie!!

My ankle has been really sore lately. And my other foot has been hurting too. I have an appointment in a couple weeks with my podiatrist for a check up since I last sprained my ankle. I'll talk to him and see what exactly is wrong with both of my ankles. I shouldn't be hurting in the one that was fixed... Oh well. I'm such a klutz anyways that something was bound to happen sooner or later. LOL.

Father's Day was pretty good. I got Seth some funny shirts and I got him an auto reset target system for his 22 cal. That was a lot of fun. We went up the canyon and shot at it a few rounds. Yeah, I suck. Then we went up to his parents house and had dinner. Seth had to get to bed so that he could go to work so we left early. I decided to go to my grandpa's cuz I wanted to see Vanessa. That was a disaster. Pamela and Tim totally over reacted to something that Vanessa did and then they took it out on me cuz I was the first person they saw when they came upstairs. After everything smoothed out there my little brother Joe decided it would be funny to tackle Porter. I told him to do it in the living room and not by the corner wall cuz I didn't want Porter to hit his head. Well, let's just say that Porter has a huge goose-egg on his forehead because someone didn't listen to their sister. I felt so bad for Porter. I was mad at Joe cuz he just said "I didn't do it!" and ran downstairs. Pamela didn't even punish him!! If Vanessa had done it she would have gotten into trouble. But that's a whole other story. So I had to run home- down the street- and get Porter's tylenol. His poor little head. The swelling has gone down, but he has a ginormous bruise on the right side of his forehead. :(

We got Porter his own little chair. He loves it. He lounges out while he's watching tv and totally gets comfy. Seth decided to take a pic of both me and Porter lounging this morning. He said it was cute cuz we were both in the same position and we have the mommy chair and the baby chair. :)

Wow, it suddenly got hot. It went from being cold and rainy to 90 degrees like overnight. I woke up this morning sweating.

Our dog broke his collar again!! We thought we had finally found one big and tough enough to hold him, but yet again we were wrong. Rupert just needs to stop being so big and strong!! LOL. He's a black lab, but he's huge and muscley... is that a word? Anyways, ever since he grew up we just can't seem to get anything that works. He broke a really hugely thick chain. It was ridiculous.

Any-who, we went to lunch on Sunday at the Olive Garden. Funny thing- our waitress was one of my old roomies when I lived at King Henry. BTW- don't live there. Horrible. So, I totally didn't recognize her since it's been 3 years. It wasn't until I saw her name tag that it finally registered who she was. We were able to catch up for about 5 minutes and then it started getting crowded. Totally random and totally made my day so much better. Then we went to Sportsman's Warehouse cuz Seth wanted to look for something- I don't even know what it was. We ended up getting Porter a baby size camp chair and I got a shirt that says- It's all about the rack. Size does matter. It has a picture of deer antlers behind it. Haha. It's a hunter thing. :)

I have this horrible spider bite on my foot and it itches like crazy!

The house is still a mess- like usual. Porter messes it up faster than I can clean it. We had to move everything up higher so he couldn't get to it. Our tv is on top of our entertainment center now and all my scrapbooking stuff is on top of the bookshelves. We had to get rid of our vcr cuz Porter shoved something into it and now it eats the tapes. And he almost busted the dvd player. Everything is in boxes and stuff. It seriously looks like we are moving. That's kids for ya!

I love my Vanessa!!

I got to see my sister yesterday. She is so funny!! We went and got snowcones. Mmmm...

It's so hard for me not to see her as much as I would like. She should be able to come home in a couple of months if she continues to do well. She isn't doing summer school like we thought she would.

Turns out if she does alright her first semester next year, and she's at home, she might be able to graduate early. She only has to take 3 classes. Yay!! She also might come live with me for a while until she finds a job and stuff.

I can't believe that my sister is 17 already and going to graduate!! Wow!

Cascade Springs

We went to Cascade Springs for a nice Sunday outing. It was so nice. I had never been there before and since it wasn't too far and since we were already up the canyon, we figured that it was worth a shot. It was so pretty. They had water fountains throughout the trailways and it was really good. Porter was picking things along both sides of him, but we had to watch out that he didn't get the stinging nettle. That would have sucked big time. It was really warm and I got sunburned on my shoulders, but it was nice to get out since I haven't done a whole lot of walking or hiking since my surgery. The only bad thing is that my other ankle is hurting. Not a big surprise. I was going to get it fixed anyways.

We stopped at a camp area in the canyon and made lunch. We barbequed hot dogs and brats. And Porter ate some dirt and pinecones. LOL. His face was so dirty and he would put his hands in the chips. So gross. He got a hold of Seth's soda can and decided to drink it himself. That was hilarious. It dumped all down the front of him and he got this surprised look on his face. It was funny. It's a lot harder to control him now that he is walking all over the place. Holy crap, he is so fast. He was throwing a rock and watching the dust from the impact and then making hand prints in the dirt. He is such a cutie!