Summer Vacation 2008

Jess wakeboarding.


I don't think I got one picture of Matt(My sister Jessica's husband) that wasn't fuzzy. This was the best I could do. Sorry Matt!

Rachel and Sarah(Mysister-in-law and my niece). We were able to be there for Sarah's blessing.
Lexi (Jared's girlfriend) kneeboarding
Mom Skiing
Me skiing
Love the hair Ben. Fun in the sun on Topaz Lake!
Ryan and Ben on the tube. The goggles are awesome.
Little Adam(Jason and Leslie's little boy)..Sooo cute
Brianna (Jason and Leslie's second daughter)I love the attitude
Granny and Brianna at Topaz Lake
Go Dad! Check out that cut. Look how nice and smooth that water is. We loved having the lake practically to ourselves!
Ben wakeboarding.



Ryan (My brother) and A.J. (Rachel and Ryan's little boy) canoeing. We were pulling them with the ski rope from the boat back to the shore.
Ben, his brother Mike, and his nephew Sam at Lagoon.
Jared and his team at Junior Olympics.
A.J. drinkin' a Jones! I love this picture!
Brianna and A.J. on our vacation at Topaz Lake.


Isn't the stained glass amazing!?
We stopped at Winter Quarters on our way out west and visited the Omaha, Nebraska temple. When we were almost there, the tornado sirens went off and the sky got very very dark. We took refuge in the basement of the visitors center and watched as the rain poured and the winds howled against the black sky. A tornado did touch down just west of us. It was crazy!! This is what the sky looked like.
On our drive out to Utah with Ben's parents we barely made it through some of the flooding in Missouri. This one of the places that half the road was closed and we had to drive through on the side that had higher ground.

Ben's parents came out to visit us in July and we drove back with them to meet my Mom, Dad, Jared, and Lexi in Utah. We spent a couple of days with Ben's family in Morgan before my parents came to pick us up. Jared was playing in Junior Olympics for Volleyball and we watched him for the rest of the week. His team did great and it was a blast to watch him! We then went and met up with the rest of the fam for a week of fun on Topaz Lake in Nevada. We had a great campsite and we had the lake to ourselves most of the week. We got to spend a couple more days at home in Cameron Park before we headed back to Missouri to real life again. All in all it was a wonderful trip and we had a great time! We miss everyone!
Here are some pictures to document our trip.