4th of July weekend... Bluemel style !!!

This weekend for the 4th of July I went to Windsor, Colorado to the Bluemel's for some summer fun!!! Steve was on shift and couldn't come with me (fire fighter duty calls), but he got to work the fireworks for Rock Springs. He said it was pretty cool.


Friday we went wakeboarding!!! We went out on their boat and the battery died so the following pics were our attempt to get back to shore to charge the battery...

Trey using the paddle

Trevor using the ski to paddle :)

Lori, Paige, Mike, and Scott in the back of the boat kicking REALLY HARD!

Chelsea in the front of the boat using her arms to help swim us to shore... LOL!!!!

YAY...an awesome red boat to the rescue!!!!! We tied a rope to our boat and they pulled us to the dock... Trevor helped navagate us to shore :) We made it back to the dock, got the battery charged, and had the rest of the day to play some more!!!

Working on the summer tans!!

Trevor wakeboarding...

Chelsea wakeboarding...

Ruth wakeboarding...

Can anyone say... Derek Zoolander??!!

Taking a break to eat some lunch

Saturday we went to the Greeley Stampede Rodeo!! It was a blast!!

Gotta have a big turkey leg at the rodeo!!!

Playing in the corn fields!!

You can pause the music on the right hand side towards the bottom to get the full effect... if you would like :)

Mike wakeboarding practicing his coolest move...the backflip!!!

Trevor's wicked sick moves!!!

Chelsea got air!!!

Ruth got some air too...yay!!

Thanks so much for the weekend fun!!! Love all you guys!!

Where Does Your Treasure Lie?

An old fairy tale tells the story of a mother who learns the hard way what her treasure really is.

While out in the forest picking strawberries with her young daughter, a mother discovers a large cave filled with golden treasure that is guarded by three maidens. Told she can have as much gold as she can hold, the mother releases her child's hand to gather the gold coins in her apron.

In shock she discovers that by choosing the gold she has fortified her child's company for 1 year.

When the mother returns to the cave the following year, she sees the maidens, the gold, and her child. Again the maidens tell her she can have as much gold as she can carry, but the mother runs eagerly to her child and enfolds the child in her arms.

"Take the little one home; the maidens tell the mother, "For now your love is greater than your desires."--Virginia Jensen 2001 Women's Conference

The savior taught us about priorities when He said,
"Lay not for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and thieves break through and steal. But lay upon yourselves treasures in Heaven... for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." (3Nephi 13:19-20)


This was the FHE lesson Steve prepared this week and we discussed our treasure and where our priorities lie. Then we both wrote 5 things we love about each other and shared them with one another. Really great lesson Steve and very important to be continually evaluating... love you!!

Thought I would share with you all :)

Made it to the ship...

... and got 2nd place. I played 3 on 3 basketball in the Flaming Gorge Days tournament in Green River today. It was a blast!!!! I love street ball :) It was pretty hot, but I put plenty of sunscreen on twice and tried working on my tan :) Thanks Steve for being the best husband ever! He came with me at 8 am and stayed the whole day watching all the games and taking care of all us girls :) Thanks to my team for inviting me to play... you guys are great!!! Sorry there isn't a pic of our wonderful sweaty selves, but you can imagine what we looked like :)

Rafting the Snake River... ahhhh!

Last weekend we went White water rafting in Jackson with Curt and Cathy and friends from National Oil Well. It was a blast!! Here we are modeling our wonderful wet suit attire. It was cold, but not as cold as we anticipated the river to be. We had some huge rapids and no one was launched from the raft... so overall a great day!!!

Look at those Casey legs:)...

We also went to see the Bar J Wranglers! We were in the second row of tables.. thanks Curt and Cathy for standing in line and going so early. It was soooo fun! Great dinner...Great show! We have been a couple times before, but it is totally worth it every time!

On another note... we are offically moved into our appartment on the 3rd floor :) It was quite the workout moving in, to say the least, but it will be worth it to not have anyone living above us!! We have season golf passes and have already gone twice this week! Yeah for summer golfing!! If you are ever coming through Rock Springs we would love to have visitors!! Love you all!

Rock Springs here we come...

Steve has been working in Rock Springs for quite some time now, but I will be joining him Tuesday!! I am taking a car load up and then he will come back with me Thursday to help move the rest with a U-haul. I can't wait to live in the same place as him :) We have an apartment all ready to go. It is a nice place.

What we will miss about Lander, WY....

Hiking to the falls!!!!

The big horn sheep always by the road up Sinks Canyon!!

The BUTT Rock... it makes me laugh every time we drive by it!!

The snow that doesn't blow away!! It just stays on the railings...

Casper and Laramie were never like that.

We didn't have any snow drifts here.

Winter in Lander is so pretty!!

Teaching 8th grade PE!!!

RACQUETBALL with Adam, Jeff,

Steve and I !!

We stayed here our first 2 nights we

lived here in lander.

The lady gave us a great deal...

I think she felt sorry for us :)

It was a nice place.

Our single wide trailer and

our cute little yard!!

These were the restaurants we ate at the most.

GUITAR LESSONS!!! I had lessons

in the back of this

cute music shop down town.

Making calzones with Adam and Camille!!

Our punk friends... Watch out!!

Adam and Camille :We well miss going out to eat, playing rockband, making dinner, watching movies, going skiing... we will still be able to do this even if we do live in RS... we'll be back!!

Thanks for everything Butch and Marsha !!

We love you!!

We will also miss our friends Brandon and Misti who live in Riverton

and our ward very much! We have LOVED living in Lander and we are sad to be leaving our pretty little town :).. but are thankful for our new opportunity as well!!

Billings Trip

I went with Butch and Marsha Egger to Billings, MT to see their granddaughter Kierra's dance recital. She dances for Diversity Dance Studio. and she is so amazing... I can't even explain until you see her dance for yourself!!

Steve and I are very close to the Egger family and love them all very much!! We had a lot of fun at Jeff and Erika's house! Erika works at a hair salon and was so wonderful to give our hair styles a touch up :) ...so if you are ever in Billings and need someone awesomely talented to cut your hair, you should definitely look her up... she does great work!!!

A day at Genesis...

Ruth, Kierra, Marsha

Jeff and his son Kaleb

Outside the Alberta Bair Theatre after Kierra's Dance program...

You were so awesome Kierra!!!!

Butch and Marsha and their 2 sons David and Jeff

Awwww...Jeff and Erika... so cute!

Kierra and her cousin Ashtyn ...

2 very fun girls I would have to say!

Erika and her daughter Kierra

Thanks for everything!! It was so fun to be with your family.

Love you guys!!!

The END of a good year!!

Today was my last day of school!! It was a bitter sweet to say the least... I will miss it here!

This was my big backyard!!

Coach Casey...I am famous... I made the sports wall :-)