Can We Say Sugar Shock?????

My mother-in-law ran us around to some of the many errands we had to get done today. She treated us to lunch, took us to Ry's doctors appt, then to the vinyl letter store, then on to Pace's Dairy Ann for ice cream since Ry did so good getting his shots. As if all that wasn't enough we had to go and pick up their motorhome in Draper. On our way home we saw a new doughnut place. Well my father-in-law is a big sweet freak, so my mother-in-law said lets stop. Well once we were in there, there was no going back!!! The place is called Beyond Glaze, they make gourmet doughnuts. OH MY GOSH !!!! There were not many to chose from, in fact we bought the last 7 doughnuts they had, all 7 a different flavor. We ended up with 4 of the 7. The flavors we got were Peanut Butter and Raspberry Jam, Smores, Raspberry Torte, and Cherry Chocolate. My In-laws ended up with Nutmeg, Raspberry Mango, and German Chocolate. They looked amazing and very rich. After dinner we sampled each of our 4 in order from best to worst is Raspberry Torte, Smores, Cherry Chocolate, then the Peanut Butter and Raspberry Jam. I feel like I gained 30lbs from 4 bites of doughnut. If you want to check-out the other flavors they have the website is www.beyondglaze.com Enjoy!!!!

Jonas Brothers Post 1

As many of you know I do a lot of volunteer work for the American Diabetes Association, and that Logan is the Utah Youth Ambassador. Well last week while Logan was away at camp I received a phone call from them. They informed me that they had 2 tickets for Logan and I to go meet the Jonas Brothers and go to the Stadium of fire. I couldn't believe it, I was in shock and so excited all at the same time. I told them that we would love to go and thanked them very much for the opportunity. I was a little sad when I hung up the phone 1. Because I couldn't tell Logan and 2. Because they could only get us 2 tickets and we are a family of 4. When I told Brandon he was a little sad, but knew how much it would mean to Logan so he happily said to go and have a great time. When Logan came home from camp I told him about the concert and then dropped the bombshell that he was going to meet the Jonas Brothers besides!!!! He was thrilled to say the very least. After we got home there was a message on our voicemail for the ADA asking me to return their call ASAP. So I hurried and called them back and they informed me that they were able to talk to the manager of the Jonas Brothers and got us 2 more tickets!!!! So now our whole family will be meeting the Jonas Brothers and going to the Stadium of Fire on July 4th. I will post more after Saturday.

Diabetes FCYD Camp 2009

Well my little boy is growing up!!!! On Father's Day Logan and his cousin Camryn left for Diabetes camp. We dropped them off at 1:00pm on Sunday. I kept it together while we checked them in, saw their cabins, and met their counslers. As soon as we started to the car I already started to fall apart. I knew it was going to be a tough week, I just didn't think it would come on so fast. I haven't been away from Logan in 3 and a half years for more then a night or two and he was always with family then. Even though the staff and counslers all were very well organized and well staffed, the mom in me felt like they wouldn't be good enough. I ended up getting through the 6 days 5 nights okay, however Logan didn't even think twice about us back home. We sent plenty of emails from back home to both Logan and Camryn, however they couldn't find the time to send one back.

The theme for camp was Dream Week. Everything was based around the kids dreams. They started camp off with standing in a circle with a rope and writing their dreams on the rope. They then talked about their dreams and cut their piece of rope off to take home. After that the fun just continued from there. They went swimming, did archery, went on a hike, had arts and crafts, learned about diabetes, and sang silly songs plus much more. They were constantly on the go and having loads of fun. On Wednesday they went on a hike and had a picnic lunch. After lunch they preceeded to have what they called Dream Sleeze. They did contest for the smelliest feet and armpits, the dirtiest socks, biggest bunch of shoes tied together, and the sleeziest camp counsler. After seeing some of the pics I felt so bad for the counslers. The kids sat their counslers down and then put bottle after bottle of sunscreen (so glad my $5 bottle of sunscreen went to good use) in the counslers hair, along with cans of soda pop. It looked so disgusting!!!! The next night they had movie night in the arts and crafts hall. The kids all took their blankets and pillows to watch Bedtime Stories. Most have them had seen it but stiil had a great time. Thursday night they had a big goodbye party and dance. My son of course won the award at camp for being the camp ladies man LOL. He proved it even more at the dance where he dance several slow dances with the girls, many of them older then him!!! He recieved many letters from different girls at camp and came home with their email addresses to boot. By Friday I couldn't wait to go pick Logan and my niece Camryn up. When we got to camp to get them I got a better reception from my adorable niece Camryn. As soon as she saw me she came running and jumped into my arms, I could have cried. Logan on the other hand was like your here already???? I have to admit it made me a little sad. However he made up for it with all the hugs and kisses he gave after we were clear of all his camp friends. I was so glad to get him home and hear all about camp and see all the neat things he bought with his money and made. I think we all grew up a little as a family. It wasn't easy, but I think next year will be a lot better for me as the mom, and yes he is already talking about going NEXT YEAR !!!!!
Cabin 1 Logan's Cabin
Cabin 5 Camryn's Cabin
Logan in a Jell-o Eating Contest
Matthew Logan's Counsler With Sunscreen and Soda Pop in His Hair
Kelsie With Sunscreen and Soda Pop in Her Hair
Logan and His Favorite Counsler Chelsea Saying Thier Goodbyes
Logan, Amelia, and Camryn Hugging Goodbye
Leaving Camp Wapiti

The End Of Baseball Season

Well baseball season has come to an end once again. Riley had such a great time this year. He really excelled on his coach pitch team, The Pirates. He has such a love for baseball. This season Ry competed in the home run derby for his age group. He did such a great job. He chose to be pitched to instead of hitting off the tee. He took second place, the girl that took first hit all hers off the tee. We are so proud of him. Logan had a rough start to his baseball season this year. He had an okay start to the season, but two games into the season Logan broke his elbow in a 4-wheeler accident. He was out for 4 weeks with his arm. When he came back he played better then ever. We had a joke from then on that he should have broke his arm along time ago, since he was playing so well. The Giants had a great season over all. The finished the season right in the middle of the pack. We had such a great time watching the boys again this year. I am partially happy and sad to see the season end. We will be back again next year.