A Most Excellent Summer

When Lyndsay was in town with her kids, we went to Snowbird, where Armstrong operates the tram. What a sweet job! We rode the tram and the alpine slide. It was so much fun. Thanks Linds! It was slightly reminiscent of our Spring hike. Armstrong, Lincoln and I hiked the peak and rode the tram down. It was absolutely insane. Dawning our Yak Trax and hiking poles, we traded off carrying Link in a pack and climbing about 3k vertical ft in about 3 miles of SLUSH. Don't ever do this. :)

Here is Armstrong (Lindsey) at Dairy Keen in Heber. The last week that our Mesa visitors were here, we went to Jordanelle Res and then to "Train Burger." It was delicious as always.

Lincoln, Charlie and Ella
So, this is way random and I am trying to catch up on the craziness that is this Summer. On Wednesday we went with my sisters to Tracy Aviary. It was pretty cool. We watched the bird show and Lincoln LOVED it!
Peacock over head.

My niece Kate got to be a "tree" in the bird show!

Lincoln riding the planes at Liberty Park. This is pretty much my favorite picture ever.

More randomness... When we go to play at Kim Boyer's, we always stay until bed time. It is inevitable and I love it. Well, this time I didn't bring p.j.'s, so Kim found the twins old jams for Link and E'en to wear. They looked so cute running around together in their Superman Jams.
Needless to say, it has been a most excellent Summer!

American Idol Auditions in SLC

I have always thought that it would be fun to check out American Idol and be a part of the utter chaos. Feel free to make fun of me all you want. By no means do I have a TV worthy voice, but I thought it would be a memorable experience. That is exactly what it was!

The mayhem began with group songs and loads of yelling. I was laughing my head off. I was amazed at how many people were there. After the group filming, I went out in the hall to find some water and I found my cousin Jeff!! It was so great so see him!

Shortly there after, Ryan Seacrest showed up, in the flesh. People went nuts! I had no idea he was such a big deal. Way to go man.

I met some really cool people. These are my early morning friends (and our wrist bands).

I got to sit by some awesome people during the long haul.
This is Amanda, who came from CA. She really should have made it through, but it's kind of like winning the lottery. They take maybe 200 out of thousands of people during the first cut. Lame.

This is Zach and his "Sister" (Mom) Brenda. Small world, he went to high school with my brother-in-law. It has been almost 2 weeks and I better be remembering names correctly. Sorry if not :)

When I was cut I wanted to yell, "pick me! I own and can ride a unicycle". It seems these days that singing just isn't enough. Har har.