Ouch!

How is it we can go on a two week vacation with almost every day spent in the sun and water and the first day back in our Texas sun they get scorched?

This was Tuesday night... Now they are golden brown... but seriously??

Posting Problems...

Okay, so we've been gone for two and a half weeks and I have a problem...

Too much to blog about and no clue how to do it without going crazy.

So I've been putting it off for two days and finally decided just to post a bunch of mini-posts with brief summaries... I'm going to try to put them on in order but we'll see if that works. Otherwise just keep reading until you get to something you've seen before...
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♥ Hil

Thar's Oil in Them Thar Hills...

My parents and my nephew, Thomas, came down to Texas for a few days because Dad had to check on some business with his brother, Ted, and their land/oil business. So the girls and I met them up in Wichita Falls to take a tour of the ranch.

It took me a long time to wrap my brain around the fact that my grandparents actually lived on the land out there... it's miles of nothing... It was neat to have dad show us around and point out places he used to hang out. There was a stocked lake that we tried unsuccessfully to catch fish in and Thomas was in critter heaven - mainly bugs but also horses, cows, turtles and huge bullfrogs! I also was able to visit the grave sites of my maternal great-grandparents and my Grandma Davis.

Mom's birthday fell while they were here and I took her to get a pedicure. ☺ And I got to make Father's Day dinner for Dad and Bryan too!

Tooele (Too-will-uh)

We spent June 23-29th with my parents in the thriving metropolis of Tooele, Utah. That sleepy, little town is getting SO big. It's crazy!

My folks always try to have some fun stuff planned for when we visit and this year was no exception. Highlights include:

Monday: Chillin' with the fam. Sidewalk art. Sprinklers. Marathon Scrabble.
Tuesday: Church History Museum of Art. (There is a fabulous children's exhibit called "I am a Child of God"!). Private BBQ and swim party at Jill & Jared's work HQ.
Wednesday: Hogle Zoo (see below post.)
Thursday: We cleaned out the huge shed that has been storing mom & dad's things in boxes since they moved from Heidelberg in 1995. Found lots of childhood treasures and memories! Went to Amanda & Beau's endowment in Bountiful.
Friday: Wall*E. (not my favorite movie ever...)

A great week!

The Davis Family takes over Utah's Hogle Zoo...

We love to go to the zoo! It was a hot, sweaty day and by the end we were all tired but happy.

Must-see animals on the list were:
Cara - The Ghost of the Bayou (white crocodile)
Thomas - red pandas (just saw Kungfu Panda)
Jordyn - elephants
Rusty - zebras
Tyson - giraffes

I also ran into an old friend from high school at the zoo. Our group split up for lunch and as I was just about finished eating, Cara came running up the hill to find me. "Mom, the umthanksforsharing lady is here!" What? She repeated herself 3 times before I figured out what she was talking about... My friend, Sue Richardson's, blog is called 'Um, Thanks for Sharing' and she was at the zoo as well! She recognized the girls from photos on my blog and talked them into going to find me. :) Thank goodness I got to see her there as best laid plans to visit during the Boyer week fizzled out... It really was good to see you Sue!!

A few more Walker Wedding photos...

These were ones I took. The previous pictures were from DeAnn's computer since I wasn't able to upload my own. These were so good I couldn't resist...

Bear Lake 2008

26 people.

That's how many people we had crammed in ONE condo. There was a lot of love squished in there with us! ♥ (We were just missing Scott, on a mission in Taiwan, and Amanda & Beau, on their honeymoon.)

Bear Lake 2008 Highlights:

Jet Skis
ROOK
Volleyball
Mini-golf
A better cooking duty plan :)
Sandcastles
Boyer family historical biographies
Rip-stiks
Family Baseball Game
Staying up past midnight every night giggling
GOLF tournament
BGA (Boyer Golf Association T-Shirts)