Back In Town

The Jolley Reunion was on Saturday, and the last time I think I went to one was when I was 16, and since we were in town I told Greg we were going. He tried to complain, but due to the fact that he's never been to any of my family reunions, he didn't get very far. Lucky for him, Sofi was in need of a nap after eating lunch so he got to take her back to my parents house.

Sofi decided not to nap, so we all ditched the reunion and went to get snow cones. Sooo good! Sof was cute enough to ask, "How's your snow cone Greggy?"

While we were basking in the setting sun, Greg was entertaining himself on my parent's tramp. All of the sudden we hear a pop and Greg's legs are gone. Here is the result.

Skid marks

I haven't laughed that hard in a long time! It took everything I had to laughingly tell my dad the story, while he laughed too. He's been trying to find a way to get rid of that tramp for years. Who knew all it would take was one big bounce on Greg's bony knee's. My Dad's only regret is that Greg didn't hit the cat too.

My little sister Shelby was heartbroken, and that may have added to the hilarity of the moment. Shelby was crying, Sofi was crying, Greg was trying to decide if my Mom would kill him or not, and I was laughing like a crazy person. This incident alone made our whole trip worth it.

On another note,

My dad purchased a 1918 Model T and busted it out to wash it Saturday night. It's so cute, that I've already dibsed it. Take that sisters! According to him, I am the first one to "drive" it, which means I sat in the drivers seat to man the brake while everyone else backed it out of the trailer.

'Ruby'

Annual Thorley Cabin Trip

We made the Annual Summer trip to the Thorley cabin, and it did not disappoint. It was high time all of us left civilization for a few days, off the grid in the middle of the mountains.

Per request of Greggy, I snapped a pic of this super awesome corndog catering truck.

As a belated Father's Day 'gift,' Greg braved the Cedar City Megaplex to fall in love all over again ... with another woman. I'm pretty sure he's never looked at me like this.

One of my fire buddies snapped this pic from the Brian Head Fire, and I loved it so much I'm posting it to my blog. Just know that no, it was not super smoky or hot in Cedar City or at the cabin (contrary to Greggy's belief). The wind was blowing in all the right directions.

Greg was thrilled to mow my parent's lawn for my mom and whipped it out like it was nothing. Sofi was thrilled to help. Along with watching the garbage truck every Monday, she has also added staring at the lawn crew. The same poor guy awkwardly avoids our eye contact every week.

Once we leave the pavement and hit dirt roads, it's always tradition to get out of the car seats/seat belts. She was so excited to drive the car "all by 'self."

She napped really well.

"Giddy up Cactus!"

Washing the Ranger after picking Greg up from his Mtn. bike trip

I'll let you guess what Greg is doing here. It inspired Sofi so much she wanted to try.

Watching Moana. All day, e'ery day.

It took a lot of coaxing, but she finally got to ride this little beauty.

Greg is pretty proud of himself for this picture.

Rocking back and forth on the kick stand. The video is funnier ....

Sof helping find the hole in the pond.

Playing in Grandpa's backhoe. Those blue eyes!

Greg was happy to finally have something productive to do. My dad is up there teetering on the edge of the pond in his backhoe. He's much braver than me.

Running back and forth 'so fast!'

Cousins on the swing!

This is the 3rd picture on the bench I have of her. Sadly, she did not want to sit. Oh well.

Super blurry, but 2 pregnant sister's showing our pregnant bellies.

Yummy treats!

She loves her aunt Jess.

The next morning, everyone left but us so we were back to enjoying the solitude while driving the Ranger around. I love Sof in her cute sunglasses.

Checking on the pond.

Super unflattering of me, but Sofi looks cute.

Greg kissed the ground "like he was kissing his sister" going down the zipline. If you can't tell, he's yelling "Think light" the whole way down. "It about ripped his crotch off."

Greg likes this cabin better than ours. Probably because he can sit on this bench and get service. Big Whoop.

My poor dad was on a role. He popped a front tire on his backhoe, broke a window on the same backhoe, and ruined a tie rod on his Ranger. He pulled back up to the cabin right as we were planning to leave, so Sof's bedtime got delayed by about 3 hours. By the time we stuck her in her carseat at 8:00 pm to go back to Cedar, she was beside herself but proved that she is still able to sleep in the car, just has to be dead tired to do it. #WeCanDoHardThings.

Drive So Far to See Grandma

It's been a couple of months since we have been to Cedar, and I kinda sorta enjoy my trips to Cedar without Greggy (love you!) so we took a quick trip a few weeks before our annual cabin trip the end of June. Sofi was so excited to see "Other Grandma" and knew we would have to "drive so far" to see Grandma's kitty. She is such a champ in the car, and is always so excited to get to Cedar. I love that she loves it there.

Soooo excited!

First snowcone of the season!

She ate every meal on this thing.

Pretty much every waking moment was spent in the sand box.

This is before she fell off the hammock and got her first black eye ... :S

Driving the Ranger "All by self"

She couldn't get enough of the watermelon.

It always takes Sofi one full day to accept anywhere new she is going to sleep. This is the morning she was finally back on schedule, in singing to her kitties. It's hilarious.

Poor Sof. The day we left, we kept asking her questions. 

Do you want to leaves Grandma's? "No."

Do you want to go back home? "No."

Do you want to go see Daddy? "No."

Do you want to stay her and play? "Yes. Stay here and play!"

(Me too baby girl).

Watching Moana with Aunt Katy

My cute little sister Katy is such an infectious person to be around. She is always happy, smiling and wanting to include everyone. Pretty much all of the good qualities I am lacking, went to her two-fold. Anyway, she found it hilarious to chase Sofi because Sof would run away screaming, "Kinda scary!" Hilarious! Even though Katy is "kinda scary," she is still all of the grandkids favorite aunt.

Painting rocks.

crammed in the backseat with a bookshelf that miraculously fit in the car. It became a nice leg rest.

We got home Friday in time to have dinner with Greggy. Cute guy missed us. I think trips away to Cedar are good for everyone. :). Now only 3 weeks until the Cabin! Sof keeps talking about "Sleeping with the big tree's." It's my happy place, and happy I shall be.