Jungle Love Baby Shower

My cousin Jolyn is having her first baby, and it's a boy! She wants her nursery to be Jungle themed so that is also the theme I picked for her shower. I had so much fun planning this shower! I found a fun website, kojodesigns.blogspot.com for all my ideas! It took a lot of work, but turned out so cute!!! Here are some pictures of the day.

Party favors of bags of popcorn that said "Thanks for coming, Jolyn is about to "pop!"

Welcome pendant banner with a lion's head as the "O"

The food table. We had hoagie sandwiches with fruit & chips.

The "Watering Hole"

lemonade bar with fruit mix-ins, all drank out of mason jars.

Bottled water with animal print labels.

The Cupcake Herd

Jolyn's Greenhalgh family

Jolyn's Curtis family

Friend Katie & Grandma-to-be Linda!!

Best Cousins Tamara & Mother-to-be, Jolyn

The Advice Tree

Everyone wrote great advice on the animal die-cuts and then hung them on the tree.

It was great fun hosting this shower. I can't wait for the next party I can plan. Just don't tell Jeremy! I get a little high strung the day of when things don't go my way.

Thanks for Tamara and my sis Heather for all the help in planning too!

A Fun-Filled Summer!

I can't believe July is over and we are half way through August!! July went by in a blink of an eye and I guess that is all due to being really busy! Looks like our August will be about the same if not more! I have been a slacker at blogging -among other things!! But here is our updates!

We have been trying to fit in as much into our summer as possible. We invited some family and went to Cowabunga Bay. We went without Brielle last year and had a blast, but decided to bring her along this year. She loves swimming! She loved playing in the kiddie pool and the lazy river. & in this picture apparently the garbage can too =)

Cowabunga Bay resort.

Brielle playing at the bay.

Brielle & Mommy in the toddler pool.

Tia, Tani & Brielle

Jeremy has had the itch to fish. So we have been going as often as possible.We went to Silver Lake Flats up American Fork Canyon. It was so pretty and peaceful. We saw lots of little duck families. Jeremy and Weston fished while Brielle and I went for small walks, played in the dirt, threw rocks in the lake & I got to read a little too. It was all catch and release that day. Not too many worth keeping.

Brielle playing with the rocks. Her favorite toy!

Silver Lake Flats up American Fork Canyon

Brielle entertaining herself with the binoculars that she then used as a microphone.

Jeremy & Weston fishing-they almost blend in to the rocks.

The end of July we headed up to Miller's Flat area for the unofficial Stilson tradition of camping together as a family. But due to work and other scheduling it was just us and Ed & Sharron. Kim & family were going to come, but the rain scared them away. And I don't blame them a bit! I wouldn't want to put up a tent in the rain for one night! Thankfully, Ed & Sharron let us borrow their trailer and we really enjoyed not having to be in a tent either. In between storms we fished and went four-wheeling. It was a nice week away from the city. Our dogs were happy to be there too! So much so that they didn't want to leave and we had a hard time getting them in the truck to go home. The stars were so beautiful camping as always! They are my favorite part!

Peek-a-boo! Brielle loved playing in the trailer.

Jeremy and the dogs getting settled into camp.

Our campsite. Loved not having neighbors!!

Brielle and I at camp.

Jeremy and I fished at Huntington Reservoir. So beautiful! & yes I like to fish! It is the best time to get in some book reading even though Jeremy finds that annoying. He says I don't enjoy the nature if I am reading. But I beg to differ.

Hunting Season starts this weekend and so Jeremy is getting ready. He hasn't hunted the past two seasons so he is happy to get back to his favorite past time. My 10 yr class reunion just happens to be the same day as opening day of the hunt so I will unfortunately be going alone or with Brielle. I'll keep you updated on those after this weekend.

Open House for Mike & Kim

My brother Mike & Kim were married in May in Las Vegas. Some of our family & friends were unable to make it from Utah, so we decided to throw them an open house this past week. We had chocolate & nacho cheese fountains with all the trimmings & fruit galour! It was pretty and delicious! We had originally planned to hold it outdoors, but an hour before while decorating our canopy tent snapped in half by a big gust of wind, so we had to bring everything inside! Of course a 1/2 hour before the weather cleared and it turned out to be a beautiful evening.

The book

Some of the guests; our good friends the Roskelley's.

The happy couple

Dad enjoying the live band outside!

Holly, Jeremy, Erin, Maia & Julia also enjoying the music

Jonathan was busy mowing during the event.

Manti Pageant with 2 Turks

Here we are in Manti for the Morman Miracle Pageant. Jeff & Shannon & Justin & Kim Turcsanski & families came along to enjoy some country life. Here is just a few pics of the fun filled weekend we had.

Brielle, Camryn & Jacob taking turns pulling the wagon. This was the favorite toy of the weekend. & for the most part they all took turns pushing, pulling & riding.A few of us got distracted playing a little catch while setting up tents. (See the crowd across the street at the city park! The town was full of people everywhere)
Not the best picture, but this is just a glimpse of the famous pageant turkey dinners that are served at the churches each night. Around 950 dinners served the weekend before! & that is just one night!
All the kids (yes I meant Jeremy too) playing on the lawns outside the church.

Brielle & Camryn all smiles in their pj's ready to watch the pageant. They both stayed awake for the entire thing! Much to our surprise!

Justin & Kim enjoying some funnel cake, yum!

Some of the crowd eating breakfast.

Lunch after the morning at the park.

A full day of swimming at Manti City Pool.

Justin with Camryn & Jeremy with Brielle.

Jeff with Lucy & Parker

Jeremy & Brielle

Me & Brielle getting warm

Shannon & Parker

Brielle & Camryn

The cousins: Chase, Jacob & Taylor

Brielle all smiles after a day at the pool!

Water Day

There have been many water days since the summer weather has finally reached us & we are loving it! With 90+ degree temps I am starting to think every day should be a water day.

Turcsanski's invited us over for a water day and we had lots of fun! Brielle isn't much for sprinklers yet, but she will jump into a small pool anyday! For this reason I am starting to think that she is ready for swim lessons. So now I am on the hunt for a good place for her to take them.