STUFF I DID THIS SUMMER

STUFF I DID THIS SUMMER

Sun, Sun, Sun. Anything to soak up all that vitamin D became my chosen activity. I couldn’t get enough!

I watered my 20-something flower containers every day and watched as they bloomed into the Garden of Eden.

I spent many wonderful days and nights in St. George enjoying the company, food, landscapes and golf courses.

I did my 3.5 miles every day, began to enjoy it, realized I couldn’t live without it and lost 25 pounds in the process.

Found Fisher Jonah again. Or is his name Jonah Fisher....Hm-m-m-m, I'm confused. Anyway, he was born into our family in May.

STUFF I DIDN’T DO THIS SUMMER

I didn’t ride my bike up Snake Creek in Midway.

Nor did I take an outdoor cooking class to learn how to BBQ meat.

I didn’t quite get to Bear Lake.

I didn't take care of my blog in between all my summer activity . . . . .

ON THE OTHER HAND

I did go camping. (In a trailer BUT I looked and smelled like a camper.)

We watched in awe as the space shuttle orbited across the Utah sky.

We waved to airplanes flying overhead from the pool.

HOWEVER, I didn’t bike in Lambert Park or ride the Vespa’s around the foothills in Alpine with Darcy.

I didn’t get up at 3 AM to watch the meteor showers.

I didn’t have my ‘tent sleep over’ in the backyard.

STILL, I watched fireworks from my deck. I drove through American Fork Canyon in the BMW with the top down almost every Sunday evening as the sun was setting listening to Cowboy Corner.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE, THOUGH, if I had played MORE golf on MORE courses.

Or taken swimming lessons from Katie myself.

Or spent MORE early mornings in my beautiful backyard.

Or hosted a ‘12^th North – The Old Neighborhood’ backyard party.

HOWEVER, I CAN’T COMPLAIN, BECAUSE

I watched the kids grow new ‘fins’ as they spent their summer in the pool.

I grew my first successful garden (with the help of Jeff) even though Salvador took my brand new dirt by accident.

I attended a great Sam Payne summer concert in Midway.

And, I fell in love with Midway-in-the-summer, all over again.

YET.

I don’t really feel too bad about the things I didn’t get to. I’m anxiously awaiting the coming ski season and realize it’s really not all that long until summer will be on the horizon and I will do it all over again!

GOODBYE SUMMER 2009.

Ah-h-h-h .... I did it!

Darcy and I decided it was definitely time to take our exercise plan more seriously. We started at the end of March and made our plan to exercise every day and eat in a more responsible manner. Health Equity was encouraging their employees and so I decided I wanted to take the challenge. In only a few months I was able to get my weight back to where it was and our eating habits had changed dramatically and I can't even tell you how good food tastes when you eat what is good for you. It has been five months now and I am happily loving my weight, exercise routine and all the food I get to eat because it takes so much more energy to live this life style. I seriously have nights when I can't wait to wake up so I can go through my exercise because it feels so good. I know I have never felt that before. I thought my lower weight would hinder my golfing but actually I am driving further than I ever have. So maybe it's my new muscle that makes the difference!! In addition, I've been doing 60 push ups and sit ups each day and it seems to have made the difference. I am hoping this also makes me ski better - just more FUN on the way in a few months.

My Homestead

After golfing, we went to dinner and to a lawn concert at The Homestead. Sam Payne was fabulous!! He's certainly a 'chip-off-the-old-block'. He reminds me of a version of his Dad! What a great evening. Nothing better in the whole world than spending the weekend tucked away in Midway golfing, dining and great music. FUN, FUN, FUN. We finished the night with a ice cream brownie and hot chocolate.

It's a Wonderful Life.

Forever Mine

We took a break and golfed at 'home' in Midway on Saturday. I love to golf on Wasatch. What a fun course and the view is simply amazing. It's always dangerous for me to spend much time there, I never want to leave.

Darcy's Birthday Party 2009

Lots of food, swimming and grandkids. Don't forget the birthday cake. So much fun. I love summertime.

Can you believe Darcy's another year older?? A very young 57 year old. He wanted a swim party and a pool basketball game for his celebration. I hope he was happy with the outcome of the game! I'm not sure who won and who didn't. I was standing by with a phone in case I had to call in reinforcements. Darcy & Terry - what a team.

Down in Dixie

What a fun weekend to one of our favorite get-aways. We are so 'at home' in St. George. On Wednesday, we left and arrived very soon at our weekend away. Love to eat, relax on the golf course, eat, lay around, go to Tuacahn, and of course, have cookies before bed.

Jeff & Jamie and the kids stayed overnight with us on their way to Disneyland. We had such a good time. We sat on the front row of Annie and Savannah was so engaged in the play, she was so funny. What a cute little girl.

We played golf at Sand Hollow and, my personal favorite, Entrada. I can never get enough!! Believe it or not, I think I improve every time I play Entrada. Well, maybe I won't go quite that far... It's a good excuse. I need more practice - let's go again.....