SUMMER FUN!

as summer time is coming to an end, i find myself finally ready for summer TO BEGIN!! isn't that crazy! i don't know what it is, but i just got use to the weather, crew's schedule, how and when to clean (or not), and all the other things i had to re-learn with a baby around... i.e. -just how long it really takes to pack a swim bag for an infant! needless to say, i haven't done all the summer-time activies yet that we love to do. so jeremy and i decided to do some thing fun every saturday until it's too cold, and we wanted to include you all!!! i will be posting our plans and/or ideas, so let me know if you want to come! the more, the merrier!


this saturday falls over labor day weekend and that means... LAST CHANCE FOR SWIMMING POOLS, so we will be going to the cottonwood heights spa at 12:15pm


in two saturdays (the 13th), we want to go to uba lake or some warm close lake, beach all day, take a cooler with food, play in the water and maybe jet-ski, and last... stop at a cool burger and shake joint for dinner! we would need to coordinate this sooner than later, so let me know (budjet for $50.00+ if we rent a couple jet skiis)



FUN IN THE SUN!!!

RE-CAP OF OUR SUMMER

Summer Begins Here!!

RIGHT-ON Charli, RIGHT-ON!!a star-studded graduation celebration to kick-off the summer of 08'!! my cute and very astute sister, Charli, met this special time in her life with an honorary graduation certificate from the skin science school of esthetics!!! HURRAY AND CONGRATS TO HER! YOU DID IT GIRL!!





SUMMER BUMBLE BEES!
YIKES! summer brings the very exciting yet painfull bumble bees, to which harley loves to chase. unfortunately some times they sting and it isn't fun any more. she has a small allergic reaction to these stings and therefore, has a very distorted and enlarged lip. the picture doesn't do it justice b/c this lip was at least 4x's the size and about 1 1/2 in. thick! kinda scary but we knew what to expect having gone through this once before on her eye. it was really scary then b/c her eye blew up so big she looked like "quazzy mo-do" (i have no idea of how to spell that, but i hope you get the idea).















sUMMER bREEZE
jeremy is now riding his bike to work every day!! GO JONZ! he recently purchased us a couple bikes so we could go as a family, unfortunatley mine was stollen only two days later. so now we look forward to getting another bike and a bike-trailer for little crewzer, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY GO AS A FAMILY!















sUMMER tIME rODEOS!!
this was the Lehi Rodeo and it was our very first time. it was a really new experience. much to my dismay at seeing humans beings getting dangerously bucked around and the innocent animals experiencing a surprise whip of a rope around their bodies and being tied up by their feet all for the sport of speed and technique, we had a great time. especially when we saw the crazy bikers!!! look close at this pic to see just how far away the ramps are. this was wild AND i will definately do it again!















sUMMER TIME EATING I just had to get a pic of my crew in!!!

HIKING!!
this is Ferguson Canyon, and it is a really fun hike with a lot of shade and a few really pretty water-falls, a stream, and it is really close to home, plus it is dog friendly. so we might do this hike again if anyone wants to come, look for that!

this is how close we were to a parasailer. it actually might not look that close to you but i did my best with the camera to catch our perception. anyway, it was really cool.

going PARKING!

how fun is this? let me just tell you... this is way funnn! crew loves to swing!

Drive-in Movie (without the car)

summer-night movie! this was really neat! this was a family birthday party, with a big blow-up movie screen and amazing speakers set up on the capital grounds! Way Cool! and this is me with my sister-in-law and mother-in-law and cool-crew, and jeremy with his brother and his son

Wheeler Farm!!

picnic at the farm with our friends! and take a look at this nasty RAT.

it snuck into the pig pen to have some lunch! GROSS!!

G.I. JOE...DOWN AND GIVE ME 50!

YIKES, WE ARE ALMOST TO A FULL CRAWL!! a new phase in life for crewser and mommy (and daddy). crew is so close to crawling at full speed...but until then, he can still get to whatever it is he wants.














WARNING: this is a journal doc. (might be boring to you)
crew was crying from his bed a couple days ago, i went in to get him..... DUN DUN DUN... he was standing up holding onto the crib-side staring at me! i could scare believe my eyes, i think even crew could tell that i was in shock for a brief moment. it was really exciting! for you first time mommies, i am sure you can understand!

crew

as a mother i look at this picture in aahh! he is so beautiful, sweet, happy, loving, special, and this picture captures it all and so much more.





































the break-down begins!! (can you blame him)














this is what happens when i become overly
excited with the camera.

in tennis 'love' means nothing...but I say they were mis-informed!

MATCH MAKING,
in addition to a tennis match! he he

jeremy and i love playing tennis together. this summer we have been able to play competitively again, as oppose to last, when i was 6mo. prego at this time last year! (when he was beating me), but i, very determined, happily regained the title
this night. (long over due) His rebuttle is "we only played one set and not a whole match." and to that i say..."somebody call the waaaaambulance" (jeremy is sitting right by me)

very very important events that i forgot to document about our vacation!

ok, i can't believe that i forgot to mention some thing incredibly crazy about our trip... CREW WAS IN HIS FIRST EARTHQUAKE (5.4)!!! yikes! we were all in the hotel room (on the second floor) and suddenly every thing started to shake and move. about 5 seconds into it, i realized it was truly an EARTHQUAKE and then ran (LIKE THE WIND) to my baby (taking-out a few people in the way), scooped crew up, and ran to a door way (preparing for the worst! after aprx. 25 seconds, it ended. i was scared during it, but now i look back and think it was a cool experience (i only can and would say that b/c there was no devastations as a result, happily and thankfully). anyway, i had to make sure to document this event b/c it was it was obviously exciting, but also and more important... this blog is acting as crew's scrapbook. i will figure out one day how to print this whole thing out. (by the way, if anyone knows how, please tell me!) to learn more about the earthquake, visit http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/29/earthquake.ca/

harley look-a-like contest!

this is what i imagine our Harley dog looked like when she was a baby! we almost brought this lil' "davidson" (that is what we named him) back with us from cali. this is a male boxer puppy in case you didn't know. he had the exact same coloring, markings, and sweetest disposition as harley! it was amazing and too good to be true! after much debate on this purchase, we knew that two babies in our home would be TOO much for us (among other reasons) sadly!

message to crew!

to crew:

crew, although mom is in this pic of us taking a walk... it was actually your wonderful daddy who took you for a long and adventurous walk every morning of our vacation so that mom could sleep in. it was so wonderful and i will remember that for always! thanks again jonz, i love you and really appreciated that with all my heart!

BEACH BABY!!!

OUR little family trip to New Port Beach. so we went to SO CAL with my family and want to share some of our fun times!!

mommy and crew playing on the beach!

as you can see, the pics are only of me and crew... well we didn't have a chance to get photos of crew with dad at the beach because jeremy was in the ocean the whole time, having a blast cutting through the waves with his boogy board and racing the other wanna-be surfers to shore. and i, of course, loved watching him show off for us!!

unlike dad's love for the ocean, crew had a different experience. although crew loves the swimming pool, he hardly enjoyed the element of surprise from the big waves crashing onto shore, a quick rush of cold water moving over him, and then disappearing just as fast, leaving him to sink into the unfamiliar, cold, wet, sand, again. so he played with mom and grandma for a while, before he took a nice long siesta on the beach, wrapped up like a cocoon in his towel. (sadly, i didn't get a pic of that b/c our camera batteries died) but, trust me....IT WAS THE CUTTEST SIGHT TO SEE!

THE GUYS ON THE TRIP!

UNCLE MAXX IS TOO COOL! I LOVE RIDING ON HIS BIG SHOULDERS AND WATCHING HIM CATCH THE WAVES...(says crew)

hey look at me, i am a baller like my uncle garrett.

THA BROTHAS

and hears to our family's additions

"THE In-laws!!!" WHAT A TITLE! it certainly doesn't do them justice for what we expose them to when they join the 'circle of trust'! he he

OUT TO BALBOA BEACH

GRANDMA AND GRANDPA LOWRY


CREW AND GRAMMA

JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE BEACH

today we went to laguna beach and all-too-soon discovered that i, actually DO, love the sand! (says crew)

grandma and mommy just playing with crew some more!!

the 'merry-go-round'

this was one of those truly happy moments and our smiles say it all!! he is only 7 months and he seems so big and brave!! i love him to pieces!!