Tan, tan, and sunburnt- a tale of blisters and brown skin

When you live in Georgia, possibly the only way to escape the sweltering summer heat, (besides staying cooped up inside your house for months on end with the A/C on high) is to go swimming. Of course, sitting in a pool all day with the sun beating down on your arms, back, and face can have positive and negative affects.

If you are torn between light or tan skin, why not have some of both? Here is just one gorgeous example of how you can keep your porcelain skin and have a beautiful tan... AT THE SAME TIME!!!!!!!!!

If there was EVER a reason to wear a strapless swimsuit, THAT is it my friends.

Now here is a comparison between (top) person who stays cooped up in their house for months on end with the A/C on high, and (bottom) someone who goes swimming every day.

Big difference, huh?

And the one time "person who stays cooped up in their house for months on end with the A/C on high" DARES to venture outside:

Yep. When your sunburn is powerful enough to fry the zits right off your nose and replace them with blisters the size of your nostril... you know its bad.

Memorial Day

For Memorial Day we went to our neighbors parents house. We had so much fun!!!!! They had an awesome pool complete with a diving board and water slide. They also had a pond and a playground. We stuck with swimming. We ate Ribs, burgers, and plenty of fried food. YUM!!!!!!!!

One half of the pool is about two and a half feet deep, and then it drops of to ten feet. that is where the diving board and slide are.

birds, turtles, and frogs II

I said I would post pictures, so here they are: this is the birds nest in the lawn chair

we found both these box turtles on the same day in the same spot, but they are two completely different kinds, you can tell by the shell. we were gonna keep them for a couple days, but they both miraculously escaped...

these are the four frogs we found. The top left one was so cute! he was bright green on top and yellow underneath. and just so you know, yes, the blob in the top right corner IS a toad, not a chunk of who knows what...

this is the one that peed all over Dad:) we found him in the middle of the road. Its Dads twin!!!!!!!

look at how cute he is! this was possible my favorite one. I caugh him with my fishing pole :) He was by the shore so i put my bait in and would chase after it, but would swim away before I could grab him out of the water. Eventually I got tired and decided to just snag his shell with my hook.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!!!!!

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!
yesterday was moms b-day. I was gone most of the day doing a yardsale for girls' camp, but when i got back i babysat so mom, dad, and the neighbors could go out to eat. when they got back, we all went outside to eat the cake i made the day before (mom picked the flavors, chocolate cake with chocolate frosting) and ate ice cream. sadly we didnt have enough candles, but i think mom was grateful for that...

I LOVE YOU MOM! YOU ARE AMAZING!

Utah!!!!!!!!!

So i guess im coming down to utah for the summer! Yay! Ive been saving money ever since we moved to georgia. Im going to be there from June 29 to July 20. I will also be going to California and probably palisades. I cant wait to see everyone! the weather is going to be a bit different though... lately we have been going swimming every day! our neighbors parents have 90 acres of land, including a big pond and a swimming pool that they let us swim in. they have the cutest kids! i babysit for them, and they are mostly the reason i get to fly out. they have to boys, four and two years old, and a little girl that is a couple months old. they are also the closest people to us in our ward.
Grandma Simons has also helped a lot with the money for me to come, also. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! And of course my mom, who bought the ticket in the first place. Now i just have to pay her back...
and thanks to Alicia, for letting me come to the beach house with you! Oh, and the Smiths, who pretty much set the whole thing up and made it possible for me to actually come! I cant wait!!!!!!!!!!

Birds, turtles and frogs

A couple days ago we noticed that a bird was making a nest in one of our folded up lawn chairs. a few days later there was an egg! then another egg! then another egg! then another egg! so far there has been a new egg every day. Lily is in love with them and goes to check on every few minutes... and Shelby goes out to check for a new one every morning. I wish that i could post a picture, but guess what! the camera is broken! luckily this time I'm not responsible for its destruction... we can all blame Cassie for that.
Along with birds, we have been finding A LOT of turtles. Over all, we have rescued about 20 turtles from certain death in the middle of the road. we have mostly found snapping turtles, including one HUGE one that my dad carried to the lake after a few attempts to eat his hands. of course as a thank you for my dads kind act of service, it peed all over him the entire time...
Three days ago it rained like CRAZY! My mom and dad went to the store and came back with three toads and a frog. the frog was so cute! it was bright, bright green and looked like a tree frog. we let them go in our backyard. all night i couldn't go to sleep because some big old toad was sitting outside my window croaking at the top of his lungs ALL NIGHT LONG.
I will try to post some pictures that we took on my dads phone soon!