Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend has been full of hearing stories about ancestors. I went up to Layton with my family for Memorial Day. A bunch of us got together and went to the Bountiful cemetery to see the graves of ancestors. My grandpa Parkin told us a bunch of stories that he knew. It was fun to be around all the family and hear fun stories about the past.

Above: The whole group in front of my Great Grandparents Grave (my grandpa's parents)

Tausha, Grandpa, and My dad by Hyrum Parkin's house (my great-great-....grandpa)

Tausha, Grandma, and my dad at the hospital where they were born

Aubry at the Bountiful Cemetery

Katelyn and I at the cemetery

Grandma & Grandpa with some of the grandchildren

Cameron & Ty being the crazy cousins that they are

Swim Time!

Battle wounds from playing water basketball

So today was actually kind of warm enough to go swimming. My roommates and I decided that we would go swimming. We spent a little over an hour playing water basketball. We didn't play with any rules, which got pretty intense when we were guarding each other. I will just let you imagine a bunch of us hopping on each other's backs to try to get the ball.

There were a couple times when the ball would end up on the sidewalk and we would all race to see who could get out of the pool fast enough to get to the ball first. Which is how I ended up with the battle wounds on both of my legs.

It was a way fun afternoon, and even though it wasn't the warmest day ever it was nice to be outside and not see snow!

I am actually doing this!

Well I finally did it! I am starting a blog. Here you will read all about what is going on in my life and the crazy things that go on. I have never been good at keeping a journal, so this is my attempt to make journal writing exciting and something that I want to do frequently. So we will see how well it works. Hopefully knowing that people are going to be reading this helps me stay motivated to write.