"Let's Bowl, Let's Bowl..."

I decided to get a little one on one time with Heston. I asked him if he wanted to go bowling and he was all for it. The two of us had an absolute blast. Heston can really "chuck" the ball down the lane. Don't stand in his way. He gave his Aunt Dana a run for her money. Check how close the scores were. I was almost beat by a 5 year old.

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A Concert at Temple Square

Last night my date and I went to the Pioneer Day Commemoration Concert at the LDS Conference Center. For those of you that don't already know the 24th of July is pioneer day here in Utah. The concert was a celebration of the pioneers through music.

When we got to the concert it was quite noisy with so many people talking all at once. All of a sudden it gets really quiet and everyone stands. It took me just a moment to realize that President Thomas S. Monson, our prophet, and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, the 2nd counselor, were entering the conference center and taking their seats to watch the program. We all waited until they were seated before we sat down. Then the conference center was filled with noise once again. It was amazing to see how we were all alike in our faith and to see the respect and love we have for these great men that lead our church.

The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra performed along with Osmond Family. It was neat seeing the Osmonds up on stage. Donny still has the moves. I mostly recognized just the songs that Donny and Marie sang being that I am too young to have listened to the Osmond brothers. Donny and Marie have quite a sense of humor and teased each other up on stage. The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra were quite amazing as well. They are a very talented and dedicated group of people. For the most part it was a very nice evening.

Payton Goes Bump

Payton and I had a lot of fun today. We jumped or as she would say "bump", rode the Barbie car, took the baby for a walk and and went out to lunch. Every time I see her she is either saying or doing something new. Her new favorite word is "gosh". She spilt water down her dress, looked at me and said, "gosh". I couldn't stop laughing.


**You will need to pause the music player to hear the sound on Payton's videos**

Paul Vinson Green 1/24/83- 7/19/2000

I couldn't let today go by without little note to say how much I miss my little brother. I may have had only 17 years to get to know him but I have a lifetime to remember him and all the good things he brought into this life. Instead of sadness today I celebrate his life. Paul's favorite meal without question was pizza. Now every July 19th and January 24th is pizza day for the Green family. I love you little brother and can't wait until we meet again.

Women in the Outdoors - Spanish Fork, Utah.

My friends and I have found this group that does wilderness classes just for women. I go twice a year with this being my third year of participating. Boy am I hooked. So far I have tried archery, horseback riding (my favorite),canoes, kayaking(see below), dutch oven, shotguns, muskets, knife throwing, oil painting, fly fishing, self defense, 22s, handguns and paint balling (wow, what an adrenaline rush). The older I get the more adventurous I become.

My friends Ginger, Heather and Stacy (not pictured) went with me in June. We thought for sure they would cancel the classes with all the rain. That was definitely not the case. We did end up packing up a day early because we ran out of dry clothes and shoes. Ginger had to borrower clothes from Heather just to make it through the day. She earned the klutz award of the trip. Instead of getting in the kayak she took a tumble over the other side right into the water. After I stopped laughing I did check to make sure she was okay.

I think I layered just about everything I brought just to stay warm. We look like Eskimos.

Dana




Ginger











Here is Heather after she was out of the water. I didn't want to chance tipping my kayak over and getting my camera wet so this was the best I could do.














This was the scariest part of the whole experience. Right where we were kayaking was this dam. We did our best to keep far from it. Of course since I am the klutz in the group (I think Ginger shares that title now) I got teased about being the one to get sucked in. The instructor told me that if I did hang on and enjoy the ride. She said I would probably make it back to camp before they did. Was she kidding? I hope so but just in case I steered clear.

My First Post!

With a little prodding from my dear friend Vanessa, I have decided to start my very own blog. I guess it is only fair since I have been enjoying her blog and my cousin Jen’s. I had to think about it though. Do I really have anything interesting to blog about? I guess I kind of do. It would be nice to have a place to journal my trips, to tell the funny little things that only happen to me (like locking myself out of the office, house and car all in the same night) and to brag about my cute nephew and 2 adorable nieces (I might be biased but they are the cutest). Stay tuned for more, especially if you want to see me all dressed up in pioneer garb (from our singles ward pioneer trek) or shooting a gun (from my WITO camping trip). I will be going on both trips in August and I am sure there will be a few photo ops as long as I don’t break the camera.
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