I seem to have forgotten a very interesting part of our trip. Something that will probably haunt me the rest of my life. 

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We took another trip to California to go to Disneyland. I had never been for Halloween time, and I think it may be my favorite time of year to go. We had a lot of fun being with family. 


A couple of months ago Rachel and Julia saw advertisements for Mickey’s Halloween Trick or Treat Party. We got tickets for this past Friday. There were 7 “kids” and Pam. We decided to be the seven dwarfs and the wicked witch.  
I think Caleb makes a really good Dopey! It was funny to see how well the different characters matched our own personality. I really am always Sleepy!

Jacob was the cutest in his outfit. He was the newest addition to the Dwarfs. “Hungry”

We waited in line to take a picture with Snow White. We all felt like such young children but I think the picture is fun. Dopey was loving Caleb. He kept wrapping his arms around Caleb and covering his face and stuff. 

It was such a fun trip, as always. We are so lucky to have such a fun family to go on trips with and want to thank Pam for a wonderful vacation. 

We had a nail biting game of croquet. Aaron won, of course. 

Sweet sunglasses. This is Caleb’s fierce look. 
We went to the Freedom Festival for a few minutes to walk around. I got in this contraption to take a picture, and shortly after this photo was snapped, the top piece slid off and started to crush my head and neck. 

Johnny has this recurring bet with Aaron and Caleb that he can beat them in basketball. On this day, Johnny beat Aaron, and everyone is sitting in the lawn watching the spectacle. 

We had a great day and were glad we could spend it with great friends and family. What a great Holiday. Look forward to next year!

Basically my family is hilarious. We went to Matt and Zanna’s house in North Salt Lake for a Fourth of July Barbeque and to watch fireworks. Someone came across a clown wig, and well, we had some fun. Take a look at our mini photo shoot. (Caleb thought I was absolutely ridiculous for taking these pictures, but it was fun!)
Isaac had a hard time being serious, but we got him at just the right moment. 
Tanner was loving every minute of this. He was great at the poses and at the serious stuff, but this photo was the cutest of him. 
Please notice Brock’s face. He had some other great photos too, but check out those eyes. 
This is Jace and he is a ham. 
Kade was the first one to be coerced into wearing the wig. He was a good sport, but thought we were absolutely nuts. 
My seesters!
This was our senior portrait photo shoot. We were going for “Olsen Twins.” I think we nailed it. 

Beautiful Kylee.
Beautiful Savannah and Rylee. 

KORY!
The Finale of the photo shoot. If you happened to notice, Caleb is in none of these pictures. He would have no part in the photo taking mania. There are, however, more photos coming from the actual Fourth of July festivities. 

We had a Bodell family reunion in Moab this June, and it was very fun to be able to get together with family and enjoy ourselves. We decided to go on the Fiery Furnace hike. It was one that everyone was a little intimidated by this hike, and maybe that is because no one could remember the name, and it ended up having something to do with the devil. 
This was a guided hike, which, for those of you who have ever done canyons or something, I thought the guide would solely be there to assist with scary parts. She did assist with motivating some people over the scary parts, but mostly her job was to keep us from getting lost in the turns of the canyons, and to educate our group on the wildlife and rock formations. It was very interesting, but at points we wanted her to just keep hiking and not stop so much. 

There were 25 people in the group for the hike, and 12 of the people were Bodell’s. We all wore matching Bodell reunion shirts. It was fun to be able to spot everyone we were with. At some points I would see a blue shirt out of the corner of my eye and turn to ask Caleb something, only to realize it was actually his Uncle.. 
Ha ha I just noticed the picture above. I think it is the cutest picture of Caleb. But I guess Caleb’s uncle is getting a little fresh with his wife. Haha. AWKWARD. My husband looks super cute though. 
I looked like quite the tourist the whole hike with our camera around my neck. Every time we turned the corner there was another breath taking view. It was so gorgeous, its a shame our camera couldn’t quite capture exactly how beautiful the scenery was. 
I don’t remember what this was called, but the lady showed us the arch and said anyone was welcome to go through. I didn’t hesitate. 

Me, Pam (Caleb’s mom) and Rachel (Caleb’s sister) at the beginning of the hike. 
This is everyone that went on the hike. The day before we went we did the arches hike and my knee was aching a little, and I was going to back out, especially after hearing how rough the hike would be. We decided to go anyway and were so glad that we did. It was a pretty amazing experience. 

My Aunt Zanna and I have been taking an online class this summer to fulfill our last science credit. We both have been quite the procrastinators, putting off the work until the very last moment. Our third test was open at the testing center from Friday morning till Monday evening, and Monday afternoon I started preparing for it. Zanna and I were texting and she asked me when I was going to take it, and told me of her predicament that she had no one to watch Olivia while she took hers (other than her sons…) I volunteered. There is a pond in front of Weber State where birds, ducks and geese all gather. I happened to have a lot of bread that was just about to go bad, and I decided we could feed the ducks. 
Olivia LOVED every minute of it. Crows and tiny little song birds would come by and she would want to feed them as well. I had to explain that those kinds of birds wouldn’t like bread as much as the ducks would. 
These particular ducks followed her around like crazy. They would try to come and grab it out of her hands while she wasn’t paying attention. I would walk behind her and shoo the birds away. It was funny, the scary thing hissed at her, I would be terrified at 3 years old, but she hissed right back. Brave little girl. 

Olivia made friends. She handed me some bread to go share with the kids nearby. She was too shy to give them some, but she wanted them to have fun too. 
She’s the baby cousin in our family, and she is pretty special to me. I just love this girl and we always have fun together.

I know that I definitely blog at random times about things that have clearly been months away. Our honeymoon was so fun, and I wanted to write a little bit about what we did. It was low key, and just absolutely perfect for the two of us. 

The first night we stayed at a little hotel in Ogden Canyon, called the Alaskan Inn. It was a beautiful hotel set in the canyon.                                                                                                                   The next day we headed to Park City to stay for a few nights at a Marriot right on Main St. 

Happy Spring! It seemed like such a long winter. Every day we would look out the window to another 3 feet of snow, at least that is how it felt, anyway. I love flowers, I am glad it is finally time for them. This last weekend was Memorial Day weekend. We started it off right by having a birthday party for Kory, Cate’s husband. 
This is the gorgeous cake Cate made. It was such a temptation all through dinner. If you look close there are little finger marks where someone must have swiped some frosting. Happy Birthday KORY.  
Memorial Day was always a holiday I didn’t really understand. I found it a little strange to go hang out at people’s graves and give them flowers. However, this year I found more meaning in it, and really enjoyed it. 
The only cemetery I went to was the one my grandpa is buried in. It still is hard to think that he isn’t here with us anymore, and all of us get a little teary eyed when we see his beautiful headstone.  It is a very unique headstone and shows a little bit about him and how he and my grandma were married in the Logan temple, and how he worked for the FBI. What an amazing man. I miss him a lot. 
The Diet Coke was not litter. We like to bring his favorite things. Last year Anne brought a 2 liter bottle of Dr. Pepper. 
The memorial grounds were hosting the Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall, and it was so busy there with so many visitors coming to pay respect to their families buried in the cemetery as well as pay tribute to those who fell in the war. The cemetery provided a shuttle to and from the wall, which all of the cousins just got on and wouldn’t get off, a free activity all day long. 

This is the moving wall. I have honestly never felt so touched and deeply humbled as I looked at this wall. It only shows half of all the people who died in Vietnam, and it was so long. I have never felt so proud to be American. What a great country we have. There are so many people who are willing to die to protect the freedoms we have here. Very, very touching experience. 
In Ogden, right near the mountains. What a beautiful place to live and to honor those that have passed on. What a beautiful day. 

I love having Iphoto, and being able to see the pictures we have taken, and actually see when they were. I know I already posted a few pictures from our trip to lava, but I didn’t include the gems. It was a really fun weekend that we spent out of town for Caleb’s birthday. The big 22. What an old fart. 

In case you haven’t been, Lava Hot Springs has the very best pizza place out there. It is not unusual for me to crave the pizza from the Royal Inn Pizza place (I think thats what its called). So we went there twice in the 3 days we were there. While we were waiting for our pizza we saw a little kid sitting at the bar with his mug of milk. It looked so solemn, as if he had just experienced the hardest day at work. We had to take his picture. 
When it is just the two of you, your pictures tend to turn out just like the one of us above. We like pictures though, and this is proof that we were there. It was November, and it was REALLY cold. Perfect for soaking in the hot pots. 
I am always very aware when people spell words wrong, although I occasionally am guilty, however, when companies display writing in their windows with the wrong spelling I just die. What exactly is a Photograp?
Fat Jacks Burgers. 
We had a really scary hotel room. The manager said that we got one of the remodeled ones, and he gave us a special deal. When we walked in and saw the scariest bedspread on the bed, and the stained carpet, we were positive he had lied to us. 

This is sort of random, but it was a picture of my ring that we took while in the Pizza place waiting for our pizza. I hadn’t had a good picture of my ring for people to see, so here it is. It’s beautiful, I love it.