Timpanogos caves!

My family all got together this last week! Including my sisters from Switzerland and Washington state! The only sister we were missing was Megan, who is still on her mission in Portugal! I love getting to see everyone! We all went to the Timpanogos caves! Lots of fun, its a cool cave! :)

Here's the spelunking crew! Have you heard of spelunking? Cause I never have. Apparently everyone else knew what it meant but me, haha.

                                                      Sisters!!!

                                          My Dad and my hubs!

                                           Andy and I in the caves!

                                                Awesome caves!!

            My sister Amye and I cheesing it up for the camera, inside the caves!

       
                                   Have I said how much I love this guy?!!!

                                           On top of he world!

 And I had to throw in this picture! Andy's new toy! A Lathe! I had never heard of these things, but they are pretty awesome! Andy really likes working with wood and we found a great deal on KSL for this! You can carve table legs and all sorts of cool stuff with it.

Here's the baseball bat he made with it. Isn't that cool?! I love it! And he now has a list of things I want him to make for me :)

Minnesota!

 Andy and I just got back from a trip to Minnesota where we got together with all of Andy's family for his Grandma's 90th birthday! We missed our little Carter, he would have loved it! but he's gone half the summer. :(

I had never been to Minnesota before and that's where Andy grew up!  Andy always talks about all the trees and how green it is, and it definitely is! I loved it!

     Here is a pic of the dock right off the family cabin! So fun!

             Andy and his brother/bro-in-laws messing around with the fishing gear!

                                           Playing some games!

 One night we drove into Minneapolis and went to a Twins baseball game! Andy loves the twins...watches them all the time at home, so it was so fun to actually be there. Awesome stadium and Andy's brother was able to get us front row seats!  So cool!

They hit a home run and the guy next to us caught the ball...but Andy and I missed it cause we were buying a pretzel! Bummer!!!!

                                                             
                                            Hangin out at the cabin!

I had never been fishing before! I didn't catch this little guy but it was my first time holding a fish. Can you tell how I felt about it? Andy told me to hold the fish by the lip.......ewww.

          But it grew on me! I think I could get into this fishing thing :)

The sunsets off of this dock are amazing! Andy and I took the Kayaks out one night and watched it, it was so beautiful, one of my favorite things we did!

                                                                 
                                              The Petersen fam!

                                    Andy's mom and siblings and grandparents!

                                Andy's grandma! Isn't she so cute?!

Andy's brother that lives in Minnesota hooked us up with all these toys! So much fun!

                          Breakfast for a crowd. So yummy!

                    Andy and his brother Chad! Their nicknames  :)

                       Andy having a good time with his brothers!

A few highlights of our trip:
*Riding the golf carts into town and getting yummy huge ice cream cones!
*Going out in the Kayaks, playing on the lake!
*Spending time with family
*Fishing for the first time
*Shopping the little town with the girls
*Getting to see where Andy has spent his time all growing up, so cool!
*Experiencing a Twins baseball game!
*Spending a week vacation with my love! :)