Summer '09...i miss it already

I can't believe summer is already over and it's time to go back to school! Yuck. If it wasn't for my dance classes I probably wouldn't be able to drag myself out of bed every morning. Here are the highlights of my summer...

1. Florida. I already talked about it, I know, but it was just too fun.




2. American Idol Concert! We had GREAT seats and even got autographs!... Umm yes I got Danny's. It was such a memorable night.

(sorry it's a bad picture...it's from my mom's phone because of course all of our cameras died in the middle of the concert!)

3. My favorite part of the summer was our Pinegar family reunion at Aspen Grove. It was so much fun to see almost all of my relatives. I hadn't seen alot of them in a long time and I loved just being able to hang out with all of them for a week. I can't wait to go again!

It was beautiful up there!



We had a good country filled day with "Frontier Night" and Emma's 9th birthday...cowboy theme. :)









I put a pretty big dent in that poor pinata



We all had to take pictures with this "wanted" sign. They were all pretty funny, but my dad and grandma were my favorite. (Good thing grandma doesn't have a blog..she would kill me for putting this up)




"Aspen Fallies"...big family compitetions. We got 2nd, but we know we deserved first.



The craft shack...



I made a cool Alabama belt for Landry. I was pretty proud of my self. :)

Joel and Val announced that they're pregnant with a boy!! Rider Erven Nelson will be coming at the end of January and we can't wait! :)

Grandpa Rex told his famous "Pinky the Elephant" story...he used to tuck all of us older kids in and tell that story to us at bed time. We all love it.



I LOVE MY FAMILY

Grandpa Rex and Miles

Grandma gave all the girls special white hangers to hang in our closets to remind us to keep our selves clean for the temple and we can hang our wedding dress on it someday.

Miles and Tate love being our chubby baby boys. We couldn't stop kissing and squeezing them all week.

This picture is actually from Thanksgiving (I'm not sure why we didn't take any together at Aspen Grove) but this is probably who I was most excited to see...my cousin Ana. I love her.

We love any chance that we can all get back together...since Derek and his family live on the other side of the country.

Yay for summer! I can't wait 'till next year. :)

What I love about sundays....

Sadie, Lucas, Quinen, Kenton, and Sydney. (We're missing cute Avery)

...my CTR 5 class. This summer I've done some traveling so I've missed a few Sundays and then today was Stake Conference so I didn't get to be with my class (except Sydney came and said hi to me :)) and I've realized how much I miss them. I love getting to see these adorable, hilarious, and sweet little kids every week...I always look foward to it. I'm so grateful for my calling. When I first got the calling I was super nervous but I knew that I would have fun with these sweet kids, but I never realized that I would love them as much as I do. They always make me laugh so hard, they keep me happy, and they even teach me new things. I love them and can't wait to see them next week. :)