1.] my dad's uncle gave our family (us, my dad, and my brothers) an old '71 ford truck to restore and keep. it's the new kendall family project!
2.] my husband is a handyman. he replaced our garbage disposal, installed a new kitchen sink faucet, and fixed our tub faucet (oh, the joys of home ownership). he is also constantly fixing up our yard and making it look better. he's quite the landscaper.
3.] the first week of august we went to st. george with dawson's family - the great lakes! we were up early to go boating almost every day at quail creek, hiked, swam, and enjoyed the beautiful st george!
pedicures with my sisters-in-law. i love my new family!
4.] our house is awesome. i love being home. okay, i've probably told you that already.
5.] we also spent a weekend in elko at my sister's with my dad and brother. it was so fun to spend time with my sister and her husband and my niece. we went for a hike in lamoille canyon while we were there.
my zonked niece kendal.
6.] i love having a garden! we have had a ton of grapes and peaches (we didn't actually plant those they were here before, so we pretty much just moved in and they grew), and our vegetables that we planted have also been great. we've had a lot of zucchinis and also some tomatoes and peppers.
my first time making zucchini bread! i loved it!
i also learned from dawson's mom how to make jam and jelly.
7.] i finished my summer class and dawson's back to school. i'm taking a break this semester and so i'm just working. sometimes it's kind of a bummer when i get off at 3 and dawson doesn't get home from class until 8:30, but i'm finding ways to keep busy. we're taking a thursday night institute class together at the u, which we've loved. one good thing about school starting though, is college football! go utes!
this was taken on the way home from the u last week. gorgeous!
8.] i got a bike! i love it!
9.] my brother kason is going on a mission! he opened his call last week and is going to the brazil manaus mission! he leaves december 27th. his mission actually borders dawson's to the south and is right on the amazon! i am so stoked for him!
10.] for labor day we hiked up to elephant rock with dawson's parents. jude loved it! he was born to be in the outdoors.
11.] one more thing, speaking of jude, he got neutered yesterday. he has to wear this cone for ten days! ten days! the poor guy. he is not a fan of the dang thing, it's hard for him to see around him and he keeps running into things.
let's be honest, this guy has stolen my heart.
well there's a quick catch-up.
-misses lake
