Josh and BreAnna Nixon

My sister BreAnna got married on Friday 8-8-08. It was a beautiful wedding despite the down pouring of rain right before the ceremony. Calvin was the ring bearer and Ambree was the flower girl and they did such a good job. They looked so dang cute I am sad I didn't get better pictures of them at the wedding. I can't wait to see the photographers pictures. My dad got to perform the ceremony and he did a great job. He told them to always make home a place where the other person looks forward to going at the end of the day. One of my favorite parts of the wedding was right before Calvin was suppose to give Josh the rings he went and stood right in between the bride and groom and looked up at them. It was so cute. It was a really nice day. Congrats BreAnna and Josh!

Here they are at the rehearsal dinner the night before. We went to Brick Oven which was really fun and delicious.

The Blue Beast

So, I sold my high pinion Dana 60 to some guy in Colorado on Saturday for $1000. By Sunday night, I had already found a way to spend it.

For family home evening on Monday, I bought a '76 Chevy stepside for $1000. The cool part is that it already had a Dana 60 axle swapped in the front. And I drove it home, albeit narrowly escaping the police. It's not everyday one can sell a Dana 60 and then buy another one for the same price that has a running truck on top of it.

The poor guy I bought it from was almost in tears when I drove away. He had owned the truck since he was 16 and, evidently, was very attached to it.

This truck is truly the pinnacle of redneck engineering. Most of the roll cage is made from Uni-strut and capped with Uni-strut spacers. The brake system was plumbed with compression fittings (leftover from the swamp cooler install) and the bed floor is Home Depot's finest 3/4" particle board. All unnecessary sheet metal has been removed, including the rocker panels and floor. The grill has been painstakingly crafted from some very heavy duty fencing. It even came with a CB radio which can be heard over the roar of the engine thanks to the lavishly appointed interior carpet courtesy of the living room remodel. The only things missing are the Hula dancer on the dash and the trucker girl mud flaps, but the red mirrors sort of make up for that. I think it looks great in our driveway, but Chrissy is not so sure. Hey, if the shoe fits...

Garden Success

I can't believe we have actually had a really successful gardening summer. The last 2 weeks I have eaten so many tomatoes that my mouth has canker sores, ouch! But I can't stop making salsa. We have yummy peppers and squash and our corn is almost ready to pick. This is really fun, everyone should have a garden.

6 years and counting

Jon and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary yesterday. We didn't plan a whole lot because we want to go to Las Vegas in a few weeks and see a play or some sort of show. I am rooting for Phantom of the Opera. We did drop the kids of at Grandma Nancy's and go to dinner and a movie. We have not been to a movie together for I don't even know how long. We saw Iron Man. Jon of course loved that show and I thought it was entertaining. We ate dinner at a little cafe in American Fork called Flour Girls and Dough Boys. It was really yummy. Everything is made from scratch and they gave us free sugar cookies. I am grateful to have such a helpful wonderful husband who provides for our family. Love you Jon!

Palisades

We had the busiest week, but it was so fun. After girls camp we headed for our family vacation with my Mom's family. We went to Palisade State Park by Manti. We swam in the lake and went on the paddle boat and road bikes. It was a lot of fun.

Young Women's Camp

Even though I am no longer the Laurel adviser I got to go to Young Women's camp last Monday and Tuesday because I helped plan it and everything. We had a blast. We took 50 YW and 10 leaders. We went to Heber Valley camp. That place is awesome, it was so nice. Not much like the roughin' it I remember but still a blast nonetheless. They had super nice cabins and pavilions and stake amphitheater areas. The camp has their own challenge course which all the girls loved. Unfortunately, I did not get to do the challenge course because I was too busy being sick. On the way up to camp I got a taco from Taco Bell and by Monday night I was so sick! I still did everything with the girls except for the zipline, that wouldn't have ended good. But I can say thank goodness for port-a-potties. And I am not eating at Taco Bell or Taco Time again, since I have been sick from both of those places this summer, I don't recommend them to anyone!

The Leaders

All of us!

Fun activities in the dirt!

These poles were huge and they were having a contest of who could throw them the furthest.

Singing by the fire!

The web course

Balance and doing follow the leader on the teeter totter.

Climbing the pole to the zipline

Walking the high wire to the zipline

Strapping up

Letting go!

Broken Ribs?

Jon went to Deer Valley to go mountain biking last week. He took his sister Emily and they had a blast even though they both took a couple of hard falls. On the first run Jon was doing too many tricks and he fell hitting his ribs right on a log. I have been telling him to go to the doctor for a week now and of course he doesn't listen. This morning he calls me from work and says " Okay, call the doctor, I need an x-ray." He has an appt. this afternoon. Let's all cross our fingers that it is not too bad!

Hair craziness

I went to get my hair trimmed and get the highlights covered because they had grown out a couple of inches. I went to Capelli's (hair school), don't ask me why! I have had good and bad experiences there but I thought I would try them again. I told them I wanted my hair dark brown with a few red highlights. Well, after 3 hours I ended up with an uneven haircut and bright red highlight's. Jon thought it was the coolest hair I have ever had. I did not. I thought the bishop would regret calling me as primary president. So I went back a few days later and got the red toned down and my hair evened out. I like it a lot more now.

Crazy Hair, the front is pulled up because it was way too much when it was all down.

This is a horrible picture. But I forgot to take an after picture and we were at the lake last week. At least it shows the difference.