Benson's Gallery

Benson loves to take pictures, these I thought were especially fun. Keep it up Buddy!

Panguitch

Alan, Benson and Grandpa at Big Rock Candy Mountain!

Benson and Audrey riding Maggie at the ranch

Benson and Alan riding another horse at the ranch

Grandma snuggling in the bunk bed with Benson and Audrey while I looked for the van keys!

I love Panguitch/Bryce Canyon! This year at the last minute Alan, Benson and I decided to head down with my parents and April and Audrey for the Allen family reunion at the 'ranch' in Panguitch. My mom booked a KOA Kabin for all 7 of us to stay in. We left Friday afternoon in time to swim (freeze) before we went to dinner. Late that night, after we all settled down and everything had been quiet enough for long enough that I thought I was the only one still awake Benson whispered, "Alan!" Alan responded, "What?" "Just checking to see if you were still awake!" We decided that we wanted to get up at 5 AM and go see the sunrise at Bryce Canyon. After we woke everyone up and got ready, we couldn't find the keys to the van. After a lot of looking we decided I must have locked them in the van and called a lock smith, who came and unlocked the van, but there were no keys in it! We tore apart the cabin and found them, just in time to drive to Fairyland Canyon as the sun came up. It was 34 degrees. Very, VERY memorable! The reunion at the ranch was fun, there is always great food and it's fun to see my second and third cousins. The kids rode horses, skipped rocks in the pond and explored. My dad took the 'scenic route' home so we got to stop at Big Rock Candy Mountain and drive through all those small towns. What an amazing time together!

Millions of Peaches

Millions of peaches, peaches for me, millions of peaches, peaches for free! (Or twelve bucks a box)!

Peach season has started! People have been calling me who bought last year, which is a nice change from me begging people to come get some peaches (which I did last fall). They are sooooo YUMMY! During peach season last year I gained ten pounds, which I attributed to stress, now I think it may have been the routine of peach pie one night followed by peach cobbler the next!

All Things Summer

School starts tomorrow, TOMORROW! Everyone is excited, but it's hard to believe summer is over! Alan earned his bear badge this summer, we had 3 family reunions and a baptism/baby blessing we were able to go to in the past 4 weeks and we've had lots of cousins over this summer! I squeezed in another nursing prerequisite (A-! Hooray) and the next one begins Monday the 24th! Happy summer!