A Labor Day Weekend in Montana

Andy and Beth live in Montana and we haven't been up to visit them before so Mikey and I hopped in an RV with Mike B. Lynn, Jeff and Venita and started our little adventure up North.
Saturday morning we headed to the Farmers Market where I was hoping to find some Huckleberry Jam, no such luck. Huckleberries? Yes, EVERYWHERE. Jam? Not even one jar.
I should have just bought a bag and made my own but didn't. MY loss!! We then made lunches and headed to the river...now THIS was a great time! Mikey was so excited to fish and float in the tube down the river and I was excited to just relax. We all took a turn in the tube, or raft. Some swam and jumped up the rocks into the river and some just made a lovely sand castle! I have to say the river was the highlight for me! Saturday night we went up the canyon for some hot dog roasting and s'mores making. Sunday church and naps and Monday we got back in the RV and head home! We had a great time and hope to make it up there next summer for some more river fun :) Thanks Andy and Beth for being such great hosts!













*Can you see the Bald Eagle?!
**If you know where in Utah I can find some Huckleberry Jam...please, do share this with me!

Simmons Family Pictures

I know you must be thinking, seriously Kim, MORE? ...well yes MORE we've been busy!
After our anniversary getaway we had to get up early to rush home for family pictures! I think they turned out pretty nice! A girl from John and Jaelyn's ward took them for us. Good lookin' group don't ya think!?

It's what fun is!

4th Annual Simmons Family Lagoon Day! You know how it rolls....like a roller-coaster!

This year we all had matching shirts...what a ride that was!

Our Anniversary Getaway!

I know it's been a couple weeks but better late than never right?! I left Mike up to planning our anniversary fun this year and boy did he do a great job! After work on Thursday the 23rd (our actual anniversary) I came home to Mike, who said he had class that night. That was surprise #1. He then told me to pack my bag for a sleepover, in a big enough bag for not just 1 but 2 nights!! As we drove I realized we were headed to Park City. We are the poor kids living with the in-laws so I'm sure you can imagine I'm thinking "where on earth are we staying up here that we could possibly afford?!" Mike just kept telling me to trust him and I'm so glad I did. We ended up at the Canyon Westgate Resort, yes still trusting him at this point was getting tough! ha-ha! As we went to park Mike started explaining how we could stay here. With some help he saw an ad on KSL.com classifieds for a stay at this resort for $25 a night and all we had to do while staying there is listen to a time share deal and take a tour. We did that Friday and it was only 90 minutes and we just said no to the offer got our $25 gift receipt to the resteraunt there and stayed our 2 nights! SCORE! We went to Park City Main street for some dinner and walking around, we enjoyed the pool, and shopping! It was such a wonderful getaway! It really couldn't have been better! Thank you Mikey for taking such great care of me and for planning such a wonderful getaway for us! I LOVE YOU!!!!

Happy 1 Year !!!

Happy Anniversary Kimberly!
I love you tons!
Thanks for being my best friend!
Thanks for loving me!
Let's have a billion more years like this one!

Summer summer summer Time!

Summer is in full swing and so are we! So far we have had 5 birthdays for the kiddos, Mae, Jessica, Hazel, Reese and just this past week Audrey, and we're only half way thru summer! We don't have pictures of every event but we got some good ones over a nice long weekend in St. George, where we did celebrate Jessica's golden 4th birthday. We hung out with the Johnson clan and had some good times. We even toughed out the 106 heat in Vegas for an afternoon. Time keeps flying by. We've already done so much and there's still SO much more to come! This next week we celebrate our 1 year anniversary, we will be going to Lagoon for the 4th annual Simmons' Lagoon Day, a trip to St. George for a baptism and we'll be making our way to Missoula Montana over Labor Day!

Hope you enjoy a few pictures from what we've done so far!