Palisades Reservoir & Jackson Hole, Wyoming

My side of the family is going this weekend to sail Palisades Reservoir on the border of Wyoming and Idaho. Interestingly, its a fishing destination but we will be doing no fishing! Ha ha!

We're leaving today and everyone is buying their own food - I like to avoid complications and awkward moments when someone forgot something or shows up with something weird for everyone to eat.

The boating party will consist of my Mom & Dad, Brady & me (Josh, Sandy, Kaleb & Ellie), Clint & Leslie (Clay, Lance & Kyle), Austin & Vicki (& Carson), Elaine & Kolby on Saturday, Kalie, Collin and Elizabeth.

I'll let everyone know how it went with some pictures.

Ellie Turned 4 Years Old

My sweet little Ellie turned 4 on July 6th. It was such a happy day for her, but such a sad day for me. She's my youngest - and always will be. She's already 4! I can't believe it! We had a party at the Bergen's and she was in heaven. I made her cake and even let her pick out the decorations and colors. In all of her pictures she looks so grown up! I remember my 4th birthday. I got a pastel striped dress, Lincoln Logs and a pink tub of body powder. I REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY! I hope she remembers hers. It was a fun day.

We found "Manley Performance' on tons of the cars and the races were amazing. We sat close to lots of friendly people except for this one couple sitting behind us the whole time. We were in the "family section" where no drinking was allowed, but it was pretty obvious this couple had way too much to drink throughout the day. They kept dropping the f-bomb and I finally just turned around and looked right at them. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .the girl had lots of sweet things to say to me and one of the security guys came to calm her down. She left before the races were over and we didn't see her again. At least it gave me something fun to talk about later! I can't wait until the races next year. They will be AWESOME!

NHRA in Morrison, Colorado

On July 10, 2008, Brady & I drove from Eagle Mountain, Utah to Denver, Colorado – an 8 hour drive! We’d been making plans since October 20^th to go to the NHRA Drag Races and we were so excited! The drive there was incredible. The mountains are so vast and breathtaking that you can’t help but feel overwhelmed by how small you really are. We drove into Denver at about 8:30 p.m. and were so tired! We spent the night at my Uncle Joe’s. The next morning it was only Friday and since we had tickets for Saturday of the races, we spent some time getting to know Denver. We rode the bus up and down this mall that was in the middle of the city and it was HOT! We shopped and shopped and ate lunch at this really yummy (AND FAST) sub shop. Then my sister Kalie and I went shopping at an outlet mall south of Denver while Brady, Dad, Austin & Collin went shopping for a sailboat. We ate dinner at Red Lobster and doggie bagged (probably 30) garlic rolls.We woke at 6 a.m. on Saturday, July 13th and got dressed for the races as fast as we could - we had all showered the night before. Austin was bent on being the first in line, but we were parked on the second row. Brady and I immediately set out to find "Manley Performance" on any of the race cars. We walked for hours looking and shopped in all the little stores.