Bear Lake

Every August we travel to beautiful Bear Lake, Idaho to celebrate with the Tait side of the family. Jody's parents have a fabulous cabin we call home for the week. Jody's oldest brother and his family live in Florida...so it's great to spend time with them at this reunion each year.


Gracie enjoyed the beach. She ate alot of sand...I wasn't too happy about that - but she didn't seem to mind! :)


We hiked to Bloomington Lake. It's absolutely gorgeous. The boys did some fishing, and Kerry even braved the glacier water and jumped off the rope swing. Such a beautiful place!


These are the 'sisters' I never had growing up. My sister-in-laws: Stacy, Kylene, Lacey & Me.


Enjoying our "Snow Cone" Bear Lake Tradition!


Gracie waving to me on the tube!


More waving happening...on the 4-wheeler with Papa Tait.


Things Gracie discovered while in Bear Lake...
The girl can down cobs of corn like you wouldn't believe! She loves it!


The laundry basket was all 'fun and games'...until it tipped over!


She loves the Boat!


And she became "Football Face!" We couldn't get her to put the football down so we could get a family picture on the boat. Ha Ha!


Lacey & Kylene


Below is a picture of Gracie and her cousin Lauren playing in the sand. They had a great deal of fun together. Lauren is a very energetic little girl who has her fifth birthday coming up in just a few days. I have a favor to ask of all our readers...Lauren has been very sick. She has been in the hospital for a number of days with a bacterial blood infection & pneumonia and doctors are desperately trying to figure out how to beat this illness. I know many of you don't know her personally...but I do know prayer works. Please keep this little girl in your prayers. She is fighting to get better, and she needs our help! Thanks everyone!!

A Night Out with the Girls!

Q. What Do You Get When You Take Five Good Friends and Set Them Free in Park City?

A. A Night Full of Great Memories and Lots of Laughs.


Cathy, Melinda, Annika, Ashley and I headed up to Park City for what needs to be an annual "Girls Night Out." Ashley had to jet back to reality after dinner to be with her darling newborn. She probably got more sleep than the rest of us. After catching the late showing of the "Proposal", we stayed up talking in our Hotel Room until 5:15 in the morning!!!


The man taking the picture requested a "Charlie's Angel Pose"...Who can say no to that?!


Melinda and I doing what we do best...Posing! :)


Good times at dinner. I think my favorite part was when Ashley spilled on herself and then dipped her napkin into Annika's water to clean it up thinking it was her drink. We love you Ashley! Wait no...another tie for "favorite" was the guy who came up to Cathy at dinner and said, "You probably didn't know this - but I'm a really big deal." Most likely a dare...well let's hope so!


Here I am with my short friends...and then there was Annika!


And who could overlook the "outlets" when in Park City. We made a definite stop to do some shopping...but found ourselves more intrigued with the glorious and fashionable (might I add) styles at some of the stores. From the picture, you may think we were preparing for Halloween or showcasing items from the D.I...NOPE! That purple skirt I'm wearing had a price tag of 30 bucks. Thanks Annika for rocking out with me in our neon leggings! :)


This was such a fun trip! All laughter aside, these women are inspiring and admirable examples. They have been there for me through the good times and the tears too. Thanks ladies for being so supportive and such wonderful friends.

Smoke in my Eyes...

For those of you who don't watch 2news regularly...here's one of my latest stories. On Friday, I covered the Big Pole fire - the biggest wildfire in the state this summer.

The blog can only handle one video story on a page at a time. I'll delete this one later on and add others. If the video does not pop up immediately...just refresh the page. Enjoy! (By the end of this day...you can only imagine how nice I smelled!)