PHILL LYMOND

I'm not a huge fan, but growing up Melissa'a mom always listened to Neil Diamond, and I have a place in my heart for Sweet Caroline, and Forever in Blue jeans!!On Saturday TAYLORSVILLE DAYZ got us out of the house and over to the park to watch the most AMAZING Neil Diamond impersonator that ever lived! Neil or as we lovingly referred to him as Phill Lymond was awesome, it felt like we were at a real concert! I just kept remembering scenes from the movie Saving Silverman throughout the whole show. The best was when he sang Coming to America they had fireworks going off. After the show they did an amazing fireworks display set to music. GREAT NIGHT!!!!

Nothing special, just super cute!!

Jim's Birthday

Saturday we had Jim's annual B-day bash. the party was alittle against my will, so I was not exactly on the ball with the planning. We are supposed to be tranfering our efforts to Vance's birthdays in the summers and let Jim's go, but hey, we have had the tradition of the June BASH for a few years now and it was a blast. It rained like crazy ALL day and therefore kept us cooped up for most of the evening with the kids. We were not able to pull out the slip and slide and pool as planned, so we substituted with play dough and kept cozy in the house or Garage. Happy Birthday Jim, I love you, sorry I was so grumpy about it!
P.S. This is the LAST year!
P.S.S. Really you all know this is not the last one!

MOAB!

My good friend Marsha invited Melissa and I on a girls only trip last weekend. We had a FANTASTIC time. One of the Attorney's at her work was married to one of the local Moab river runners that sadly passed away last year. she allowed all of us to tag a long while on her first river trip since his passing. We stayed at the Red Cliffs Lodge and had our own private cabins, a reserved dock and our own personal boat captain Zane! The boat we ran was lovingly named "Grandma" This was a nick name for Julie's husband Brian and was one of the only motorized boats on the river so you could go up stream against the rapids..then hit them hard on the way back. I have never gone down a river with white water before so this was a real treat for me. I loved every minuet of it and am still recovering from my perma-grin! It was a quick trip, but just what I needed to recharge the batteries!









One of the runs got a little shaky when 1.) Boat hits major rapid where layers (Leslie) fly right into Melissa's head shattering her glasses (notice in picture above) and 2.) rescues were made when 2 "men over board" needed to be brought into the safety of the motor boat by Sheila (notice pic of lady with gash on her leg) Man she is a trooper! Ahhh memories!

Halee's dance performance!

I am a little behind on this post, but still thought it important enough to share it. Better late than never. Hal had her dance performance a few weeks ago. They danced to the classic Bangles song "Walk like an egyptian," one of my favorit kareoke past times! She has been on the fence about dance. Some days she loves it and other days not so much. I do not have any desire to force her into something she doesn't want to do just because I enjoyed it as a child, but have alway stuck by the rule of NOT quitting in the middle of the year. To be honest dancing did not seem to be her lot in life. She would never practice at home and when she did she often missed steps or wanted to just make up her own thing. I know she is only 6 and is still at the stage where they just watch the teacher and mimic what she does, but they have been working on this dance all year. Well come performance night she NAILED it. I was blown away! She continues to amaze me every day and remind me of how much we are alike. We have to figure it out for ourselves and when it comes time for it we perform! She now has decided she not only wants to stay in dance, but is ready for competition teams next year! She is the shorter one in the blue pants! I tried to upload the clip of her dance, but my computer struggles I guess!