Summer 2012

As Summer 2012 comes to an end I thought it would be a good idea to put down some of our memories of the summer.   It was a great summer and these memories are in no particular order.   In July we went to St. George to see Aladdin with Jill's family - we spent some time in Zion National Park - went to Tuachan and just had a lot of fun together. 

We made two cabin trips this summer, one with Jill's family in August and then one last weekend - Jill's book club went up Friday night then Saturday, Steve, and the rest of the May's joined us.   We found a bat inside and Justin and Steve were kind of like little boys with how fascinated by it they were - this is them getting ready to release him or maybe her?  I don't know how you tell?

We didn't do as much hiking as we would have liked to this summer - but before it got cold we took the opportunity on Monday night to go up to Cecret Lake after work.

The weekend after Labor Day we went to Las Vegas with two of Steve's friends from work and their wives - we saw Chicago, which was great and mostly just relaxed - it was a great weekend get away.  It was also a great summer for concerts - in addition to Chicago we saw Train last night at the Gallivan Center, saw Neil Diamond, Jay White (a Neil Diamond impersonator) and Neon Trees - Thanks to Kim and Dave for inviting us along to most of the local concerts.

We did have the chance to go on one Jeep ride with my Dad

During the summer of 2012 - Jill started jogging again - it was a lot of training, but in August right after returning home from Girls Camp, Jill, Mindi, Abbey, Joey and Steve all ran the Hospice 5 K.

We continued a Silver family tradition and spent one evening at the State Fair - aren't Mark and Steve cute?

One other hike Jill got to try with Kim, Perry and Evan was the Living Room - above Red Butte Gardens on the 24th of July.   It was a great little hike and a good way to spend the day while Dave and Steve had to work. 

So most of you know that Jill is not the biggest fan of summer weather - so we aren't really sad to see the summer end, because that means fall, cooler weather, fun Holiday's when we get to spend more time with family and friends.   But even Jill can't deny that the Summer of 2012 was a great one.