cherry hill 2012.

We went to Cherry Hill yesterday for our Family Reunion with my dad's family. If you've ever been to Cherry Hill, you'll know it's a fairly old RV/water park that has the best two water slides in the universe, even if they are trashy.

We arrived in the morning, and headed for the water slides right when we got out of the car. Our day looked like this: tube slide, mat slide, lazy river, way too much Taco Time for lunch, hang out at camp and hold baby Jackson, mat slide, tube slide, mat slide, back to camp. It was a great day.

Near dinner time, Zac and I headed to the bathrooms to change into dry clothes. When we came out, it was raining. I said, "Okay, on the count of three, we'll run back to camp. 1... 2... 3!" And right then, it started hailing. So we waited and waited, and suddenly, as if by a miracle, my brother, Daniel, came with his car to pick up his girlfriend, Erika, who was in the bathroom changing, too. We rode back to camp in his car, parked, and ate chocolate until the storm passed.

When we got out, there were puddles everywhere in the grass. my whole family (including Matt in his khaki slacks) had their pants rolled up, and flip flops on. As a family, we decided to pack up and go out to dinner instead of eating at camp. And we did just that.

We got some really good Chinese down in Murray, where I thought my stomach would explode (remember the "too much Taco Time" at lunch?).

We ended the night at my parents' house, where I fell asleep playing Solitaire on my phone.

To see last year's Cherry Hill trip, click here.

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Labor Day Weekend.

Labor Day weekend was great to us. We spent it with family--both mine and Zac's. On Saturday, we headed up to Kaysville with my side of the family for a Family Reunion at the one and only Cherry Hill resort. My family has been going here as long as I can remember, and I always get so excited when the day finally comes. Cherry Hill is an RV park that has swimming pools, water slides (well, only two, but the tube ride is the best one I've been on by far), mini golf, a rock climbing wall, batting cages, playgrounds, an ice cream parlor, and a cute little convenient store. It's one of the best places in Utah. When my family arrived, we set up the canopy, put on our sunscreen and headed to the water slide. It's one of those water slides that you can ride all day and not be bored... just tired. There were ten of us--me, Zac, Jake, Matt, Steph, Daniel, Erika, Rachel, Melia and Sara--who went down the water slide all at once. It was hilarious to look back and see the train of ten people on tubes that you were a part of--especially when the rule was strictly four people per train. I wish I had a picture. Even a crappy one. It was hilarious.

After the water slide sucked all the energy from us, we walked back to camp to eat lunch, watch movies, eat junk food, make froot loop necklaces and earrings and sleep. After our nap, Zac and I went with everyone to hit up the arcade and play mini golf. We must have gotten bored with both, because we didn't even play any games in the arcade, and we only played about eight holes of mini golf. Still fun. We drove home exhausted.



The next day, Sunday, we drove down with mom and dad Swenson to their cabin down in Fairview to spend the night. That night was filled with pizza, card games, sunflower seeds, shooting BB guns, a visit from Robbie K and her husband, camp fires, scary stories, and a movie. While Eli, JoJo, Whitney, JT, Sophie, Zac and I were sitting around the campfire in the darkness telling scary stories, JT found a rock to wipe his boogers on, and then threw it into the bushes. Sophie and I were oblivious to JT's booger wiping, because the second that rock hit the bushes, we both screamed at the top of our lungs, and before I even knew what happened, Sophie was on my lap, hugging me for dear life. It was a great sight! She didn't get off, either, until Whitney told her that she could sit on her lap. Oh, Bouge...

The next morning, we woke up to mom Swenson making us breakfast! It was wonderful! When breakfast was over, we bummed around--played more card games, ate more sunflower seeds, and took some pictures. Zac even carved my name in a tree, next to his that he carved back in 2001. Then the both of us went on a ride together on the four wheeler around the mountains. If you've never been to the Fairview mountains, I suggest you go, because it is a treat, especially with the wind blowing in your hair. Nature is gorgeous. There's a reason Heavenly Father made it this way. It's for us!



The day after we came home from the cabin, I started my new job. I am loving it so far, and have convinced myself that it is the best job ever. Why? The pay, the benefits, the people, the free lunch on Fridays, the casual dress, the hand scanner, the drinks, the customers and even the work. It's fantastic. The only job better than this, that I can think of, would be to be a Photographer like Jaquilyn Shumate. Really. Isn't her work amazing? And she works with her husband. How great is that?!

Anyway, there's my Labor Day weekend in a nut shell. It was pretty grand.