Oh What Do You Do In The SUmmer TIme?

 

Oh What Do I Do In The Summer time? 

I absolutely love spending it with the Loves of my Life! 

 We had such a wonderful summer together and 

made some of the most blessed memories ever.

I love these people with each beat of my heart:)

 The first bus arrived from Georgia and we wore 

ourselves out with play.  First stop, 

the Enoch animal shelter!  The kids love this place!

 We took a field trip down in the Enoch fields 

climbed a few hills and looked for lizzards.  

Even chased a prarie dog or two.  

We did a little barrel rolling and ate a few 

fresh peas from grandpa's garden!  Yummy!

 Melissa Brought her Roller Blades and took 

a few spins around the church parking lot 

while Bella learned how to ride a bike! 

 She did awesome:) Dylan Became the manager

 of his very own toy shoppe made of cardboard!

 Drawing on the top of the trampoline is almost

 as fun as jumping on it, and making fun structures

 out out playdough was oh so fun!  

Lots of creativity going on here:)

 A day at the Aquatic Center was a blast!!  

It was our first visit there and the kids loved it! 

 The water slide was excellent, yes I did try it

 with Dylan and Bella...and Audrey loves the 

lazy river!  That's where I spent most of my time

 trying to escape the water monsters:) 

Stopping off at Albertos for dinner was 

the perfect ending to a perfect day!

 And what started out to be a fun horseback 

riding activity, quickly turned into a horse 

back riding nightmare!  It all looks so 

peaceful in this picture but what you can't 

see is the horse getting spooked and 

throwing Melissa and Audrey off, while 

spooking the little horse in the cart, 

tipping the cart over and me, Dylan, and 

Bella falling out onto the ground.  Yep!  

We all his the ground simultaneously. 

Weird! It was fun while it last but I don't 

think I wanna be doing that anytime soon. 

We have a few bumps and bruises but we'll be fine:)

 We took a drive to Grandma and Grandpa Stubbs' 

house and fed the ducks and geese in the pond and 

took a little walk over the bridge by Meeks Cabin...

 

And Grandmas Stubbs fixed us a very fun Tea party.

 It was excellent!  A big thumbs up!

 Next we went to Visit Grandma Rasmussen. 

We fed the little donkey and the big horse in 

the backyard, played with all the fun old toys 

in the basement, and ate pizza from the 

Parowan Pizza Barn. Yummy!!! Such a fun day!

 We drove North to meet everyone at Aunt

 Chels House. The New Yorkers flew in to 

join us for a week of family fun. after a 

yummy lunch at In n' Out Burger, We hit the

 beach at Cowabunga Bay for a family fun time. 

 Its always a fun place to be with family!  

Love my cute little surfers doing cute little 

dances to the the music of the beach boys.

 What a fun day in the sun with my family. 

Dinner at Cafe Rio and a drive to Park City 

for the next few days.  We're All tuckered out:)

 Ahh!  Park City:) Nice place for a little R&R:) 

Bear Creek Village, Such a cute place to stay

 So much fun to see the kids and grand-kids 

reacquainting themselves with each other. 

Playing and having a great time together.  

Love seeing the little ones holding hands, 

Listening to them giggle and have so much

 fun together. Its great to hear the laughter 

and have us all together again!  I feel so 

blessed, I love my family!

 It was so fun to spend time poolside, 

splashing in the water and putting 

our faces in the sun!

 We had a great time walking around park City together...

 Riding the ski lift.  Its so beautiful

 from up here in the summer!

 Riding down the Alpine slide was so much fun!!

 Such a beautiful place to spent time

 with such beautiful people! Love the smiles:)

 We had fn playing in the park!  

Even Grandpa got Monkeying around:)

 It was so fun to spend Independence Day together.  

We love watching a 4th of July parade!

 Celebrating with poppies, glow-sticks and hugs!

 Life doesn't get any sweeter:) 

Yep, Im in the height of my glory!

 Gettin' creative with the glow-sticks!!

 Back down in southern Utah after a fun few 

days in Park City and guess where all the kids are?

 Yep, over at the animal shelter!  I think I told

 you earlier that they really love this place!

 They love the puppies and kitties! 

 I love that they love animals:)

 We took a little drive out to 3 peaks

 it was fun swinging...

 And climbing on the beautiful bubble rocks...

 Catching Blue Belly Lizzards...

and hiking atop the highest rock!

 What a fun summer evening get together 

with family and extended family. I love 

summer Potluck Parties! Such a great time 

to visit and to catch up on whats going on 

in our lives, a fun time to play and enjoy a

 Midsummer's Eve with loved ones.

 We played and rolled in the old barrel.

 Tryed to see if we could still walk on stilts:) 

Some are still pretty dang good at it!

 Played underneath Aunt Carolyn's Parachute:) 

 The Kids loved it, both old and young:)

 And we always love a good sawdust dig!  Lots of 

candy and money was found in this pile of sawdust!

It was such and fun night!  I totally DIG it!

 Chelsea brought her slide for some good, clean water

 fun with cousins.  Even the dolls went swimming!

 Grandpa took the kids to this most amazing place. 

 Freemont Indain Petroglyphs everywhere!

It's such a fun hike in the hills with some 

pretty amazing sites to see:)

4 wheelin' it with these peeps was pretty intense!

 I Went on the ride of my life and squealed like a kid!

Oh!  And have I ever told you about the Pastry Pub? 

We love this place!  They make the yummiest sandwiches

 and Italian sodas. Yummy goodness and certainly a 

Ras family favorite for sure!

They're my little jumping beans both on
the trampoline and in the pool!  These are
 2 of our summer favorites.I loved an evening
swim and the sprinklers under the trampoline was
 such a fun way to cool off with these cuties!

Oh...and have we told you about the Tiki Shack?! 

Well just let me tell you that this is our new summer 

craving and hang out spot. Their Hawaiian Ice is

 out of this world! My personal favorite is

pina colada with vanilla ice cream in the bottom and 

canned milk poured over the top.  There are so many

yummy flavors to choose from.  

This was such a yummy summer delight.

Visitng Grandma and Grandpa Stubbs house is

 always a special place to go for making Holly 

Hock dolls (Flower Fairies), Playing dress ups, and hugs!

Yay for Discovery park Cedar City!  Many hours 

of fun have been spent in this place with cousins.

I love a rainy summer day in the City Of Enoch...

especially when I get to have such sweet

 company to share my umbrella with!

These 3 brave kids learned how to ride a bike 

while they were visiting! It was so fun to watch

 them take off on their own!!! Like watching 

little Birdies fly from the nest...There they go!

I loved driving out to Kane Springs!  I haven't been 

there in years and it was so fun to go spend a couple

 of days gathering flagstone for my new pathway.  

We picnicked and sang old family songs along the 

way. To make a long story short, I just simply got

 "Poked!" and I have a few battle scars to show

 for it but We sure had a great time!

These beautiful girls were hard workers!  

My new path looks beautiful! Love my daughters.

We took a couple of walks over to Grandma
Grimshaw's house to show my grandkids
where we had so much fun growing up.
Oh how I have missed this place of my 

childhood and my wonderful grandparents.
 So many sweet memories have been
made here through the years.

At the animal shelter!  We cant get enough!  

We even made our own balloon puppies 

and took them for walks.  I love that my

 grandkids love animals.

My cute lil' Cabbage Patch Kids, kite flyers, 

tree climbers and barrel rollers.They are their 

mothers children.  That I love!

The many Faces of Raegan!  Yes I found these 

cute pictures on my camera after she went home!

This is the day we said goodbye to Ian and Christy:(

 It been so fun to spend the week with them and its 

hard to see them go. At least they left their cute 

kids for us to enjoy a little longer! Lets at least 

celebrate that much with a giant silver bowl of 

snowy popcorn! Joyful Family tradition ya know:)

We had a fun time celebrating Alexis!  She will be 

marrying my Nephew Aaron in August, so we 

showered her with gifts.  Love these fun people.  

Congratulations Alexis and Aaron!

Family fun time! Disney puzzle races, 

Eric Dowdle puzzle's, and pamper time! 

Some of our all time favorite loves:)

Back again to Grandma and Grandpa Grimshaw's 

old house with cousins to climb the old apple tree. 

Oh how I love this place!

The animal shelter...the love of their lives!  

They made many wonderful friends there.

We loaded up the truck and grandpa drove us

 out to Three Peaks to climb the Bubble Rocks...

to swing, and catch blue bellied lizards and to

 sit comfortably and privately in the Aidan Cave!

We attempted to hike to one Hidden Haven,
 of our favorite places to hike... but got as
 far as the Dairy Freeze in Parowan before
 it started to rain.  And boy did it ever rain!
Parowan main Street was literally flooding,
so we watched it rain while eating yummy

 burgers, french fries and
 chocolate marshmallow malts.  

Then when the rain subsided we paid

 a visit to see grandma Ras and Aunt D...

And played with our favorite old toys,
fed the donkey, ate yummy green apples,
did a little swinging, and splashed around
together in the mud puddles in the back 

yard.  Oh the joy of a fun
 summer day with cousins!!!

A trip to Taco time is all the rage!  We sure do Love 

those crisp bean burritos and mexi fries...then it was 

off to the aquatic center for an afternoon of fun!

Such a fun place to play!  lazy river here we come:)

 The older cousins really loved the water slide.

 They had a blast!  It was hard to get them to part with

 it at the end of the day. I think they could live here:)

They played so hard it wore them right out!

They had a blast playing the Pokemon 

Board Game with Uncle Chey!

Melissa tried her hand at Beekeeping with her dad!

And we made delicious cupcakes to 

decorate and eat!  Oooh Yummy!

We had such a fun girls night out with my mom, 

my girls, my grand daughters,
my sisters and my nieces.

Manicures and pedicures for all these pretty girls...

and then dinner out at Chilis!  Oh such sweet, lovely,

 beautiful ladies and wonderful example to me. 

 I love them all!

My daughters,  their children and I took a drive

 up over the mountain to visit some of our favorite 

places. First stop Hidden Haven!  

Its so beautiful there this time of year!

The kids love playing in the water
and climbing the rocks!

We love hiking to Hidden Haven...we call it 

Fairy Land!  If you look closely or listen 

carefully you just may see or hear a fairy nearby.

Next Stop...Brian Head Peak.
It's so beautiful up here! 

 You can see forever!
There were Wood Chucks climbing 

around in the rocks and the
 kids loved watching them.

Yay for the 2 Annual Stubbs Family Midlife Crisis 

Half Marathon!  "Our names may have changed, but

 we still kick Ras!" was the t shirt logo my daughters 

designed to wear. And they did Kick Ras!

What an amazing family and wonderful
 support group!  Everyone was so awesome
 from the runners/bikers/walkers to
the water crew, and the welcome home crew that

 had prepared the yummiest breakfast for all of us!

The running crew!  Melissa came in First overall!  

Yep the winners got to ride the horse tree...

it's been there as long as I can remember!

The best day ever with some of those I love!

The run ended at our families Dry Lakes property.

SO many sweet family memories made
here through the years, Such a beautiful
peaceful place. What a fun day:)

This summer has been filled with so

 much fun, lots of painting and crafting...

Surprise photo shots! The many faces of Dylan:) 

I found these on my camera
after he went back to Georgia.

And Lots of trips to the Animal shelter. to help The

 Animal Control Officer walk and take care of the 

dogs and kitties.  This has been one of the most

 wonderful summers I can remember!

It's time to say goodbye and I'm sad...

 but all of these great people have 

given me a lifetime of wonderful 

memories. Melissa and her children

 left today.  They are the last ones to

 head out.  We took her to Las Vegas

 and stayed at Circus Circus...A very 

interesting place I might add, before

 we put them all on an early plane 

headed for Georgia. On the way to 

the airport little Sean, Only 2 years 

old, and as happy as always was 

singing thewords to this cute little song: 

"The sun goes down The stars come out 

And all that counts Is here and now  

My universe will never be the same 

I'm glad you came, I'm glad you came" 

 Thats exacted how I feel.

All that counts is here and now,

My Universe will never be the same...

I'm glad you came,

I'm glad you came!

THANK YOU ALL FOR SUCH A WARM 

AND WONDERFUL SUMMER! 

 I LOVE MY PRECIOUS FAMILY!