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Girl's Retreat

This weekend was awesome!!! I went on a Girl's Retreat with my sisters! (Well most of the them are sisters-in-law, but honestly in my family we don't really count that!) One of our sisters was stuck in St. George with a sick family and we really missed her!

We started with dinner at Texas Roadhouse and the waiter flirted shamelessly with all of us! (Especially my single sister Sarah that it turned out he new from the gym!)

(Left: Julie, Jen, Sarah. Right: Me, Jenae, Cathy)

Then we found a great deal at a hotel in Sandy and did pedicures, talked and hung out in the hot tub!

After the best night's sleep I have had in a long time we hung out at the pool all morning, played games over pizza and then those of us that didn't have to get back right away went to the dollar movie.

We totally have to make this an annual tradition!!!!

$2 Tuedsays

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Thanksgiving Point is a fun place in August! $2 admission for any venue! We took the kids to the Dinosaur Museum. The mostly didn't care and Merrill ran around like crazy, but we all enjoyed the ice cream after!

Nora got her own cone (minus the ice cream) and yes that is a pony tail in her hair! It is long enough and I think she looks so cute and girly!

This was the best picture I could get of Merrill, as I mentioned he was running around like a hyper madman! But fit right in with the creepy skeletons try to take down the wooly mammoth!

Merrill's Haircut

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My sister-in-law Jen does hair and she is great! Mark and I have been going to her for years for perfect do's. Yesterday we gave it a shot with Merrill. Normally we plop him in front of the TV and Mark buzzes it all off. Merrill hates it - squirms fusses and goes nuts. This time was so different! He has watched us at her house for a long time and knew just what to do. He was so excited!

He held so still!

And.... YES! This is the first time Merrill has really smiled for a picture! Isn't he handsome???? (Yes I am prejudiced!)

Sarcoma Awareness 5K

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I did another 5K today in Sugarhouse. It was for Sarcoma Awareness so my money went to a good cause! I actually ran/jogged almost half this time and I met my goal of not finishing last - I am getting better!

Group shot of 70 participates that helped raise over $1600

Fixing my hair before the race

Merrill ran out to meet me right before the finish line and clapped for me! We crossed together!

Collapsing after

I did it!

Day at the Zoo

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So I imported the pictures backwards, but here was our super fun day at the Zoo!

Merrill's monkey to remember the day by.

Tall giraffes

Riding the Merry-go-round with Aunt Merry, I mean Mary!

We took a family picture and used the closest stand-in we could find as proxy for Mark because he had to work!

Zoo Entrance

Anna Nott, Lesile Liffereth (cousin), Mary Nott, Me, Merrill, Nora, Zoey, Grandma Nott

GREAT DAY!!! Merrill didn't care for the animals as much as the buttons on the info displays, but it was a great time!

Piro 4th of July

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This was a great weekend - not only am I kinda learning to understand Mark's new camera, but the kids had a great time with the fireworks!

This is Mark's shot of his sisters Mary and Anna having fun with sparklers.

The whole neighborhood shows up at my in-laws for the show!

Thanks Danny and Heather Kimball for showing us this awesome trick with steel wool!

Nora LOVED the fireworks!

Merrill... not so much. He liked the camera.

While we were waiting for it to get dark - I took a ride with my brother-in-law Adam. VERY FUN!

Mark did too - I think we need one of these when we retire... or Mark's mid life crisis - which ever comes first.

Merrill and Grandma

He had that balloon on his wrist until we cut it off to put him in bed.

Lehi Parade

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This year my Grandmom, Hesther Rippy was elected to be the Grand Marshal for Lehi City. I am so proud of her! She has done so much for the community and it was a great honor. We took the kids to see her in the parade... and Mark has had a lot of fun with his new camera!