and she's off....

8.18.15

This sister of mine is pretty special and she

 never ceases to amaze me! She is on to her

next adventure in Ecuador for 10 weeks,

giving her time and working in a special needs

orphanage! This is her passion and there's no 

stopping her. Although I'll miss her tons, I know

she is happy and in her element!

I dropped her off at the airport and we had to 

downsize 5 lbs so she could check her bags.

You'd think if you were taking humanitarian 

goods, they would be a little lenient.

She is serving in Cuenca and having such a 

great experience and it hasn't even been a week.

She helps in feeding, changing and playing with

the children all of which have some type of 

disability. She is hoping to see some of the sights 

while she is there too! I'm so proud of this girl,

she sets her mind to something and she puts 

her whole heart and soul into making it happen.

I love you Kirst and can't wait to hear 

all about your adventures!!!!

kelly clarkson in the house!!!

8.15.15

It was girls weekend - shopping

and Kelly Clarkson!!!

Kirst, Chrissy and I headed down to Vegas

at 11 to hit the outlets. Juwlz met us about an 

hour after we arrived and Robin got there around 4.

Jenny ended up catching some bug and never felt

good enough to join us which was a bummer!

So we partied without her!!!!!

We hit Target after the outlets and then headed

back to the hotel to get ready for the concert.

We ate dinner at Mandalay Bay at a pizza

place and then hit the concert.

Pentatonix opened for her and they were

pretty good and Kelly was awesome!

We had a blast, singing and dancing almost

the entire show! We found Krissy and her girls

after the show and then hit In and Out so 

Juwlz could eat some more ;)

Robin and Juwlz didn't stay the night -

we slept in and ate breakfast then hit the pool!

It was such a fun weekend with some

of my favorites!!!

golf banquet

8.15.15

 The Jr Golf Banquet was held at Falcon Ridge

again this year. The kids both got a trophy for 

winning tournaments in their age group for Casa

and Palmer courses. Brooklin also was at every practice!

Brooklin also won the raffle and got a new 

golf bag which she was pretty excited to win!!!!!

These kiddos are getting pretty good and

can hit that ball better than I can!

Keep it up Mason and Brooklin!

washington county fair fights

8.14.15

The kids and I headed to St G to visit with

the Newlun clan while they were in town visiting.

We decided to head over to the fights at the fair,

they were going to be honoring Grandpa and Uncle

Jay during the fights and we wanted to be there.

I can't say that I've ever been to the fights -

it was just never a big deal to us growing up.

Even though this was a huge part of being a

Fullmer, Grandpa never pushed it on any of us

and didn't make a big deal of going to the fights.

I feel like I've missed out on so much of our 

legacy so it was nice to be there in person!

They invited all the Fullmer's in the stand 

to come into the ring as they presented the family

with a nice plaque!

tuachan round 2

8.12.15

Marianne joined Kirstin, mom, Brooklin 

and I for a showing of Sister Act.

It was actually quite comical - it didn't have

the same songs as the movie but it was 

still a good show. 

Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame

8.8.15

While we were in Lake Powell, Grandpa Gene

was inducted to the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame.

Kirstin, Kasey, Meridee, my parents, Marianne, Rick,

Quinn and Grandma were there to represent.

It was held at Caesar's Palace and they had a 

grand ole time! Grandpa was so respected by so

many and it was a very nice tribute to him.

lovin lake powell

8.6-9.15

My favorite 4 days of the year has come and gone!!!

Our family and Hughes headed to Kanab on Wednesday

to stay in a hotel and just chill that night... The kids 

and I had a late night run to Wendy's for a treat!!!

Thursday morning we were on the lake by 9:30 and our

plan was to head to our usual spot at Gunsight.

There were about 4 houseboats on the beach but one of 

them were leaving that afternoon so we just hung out off

to the side until they left. There was a little drama but it all

worked out and we got our beach!!!! We got camp set up and

the kids were ready to go tubing... I was ready to paddle board 

so it was a win/win! The usual gang made the trip again

Laub's, Hughes, Graves, Ludvigson's and us along with

Decker! Friday we got rained out, the 6 years we've been 

doing this trip we've never been rained out for one complete

day. So we hung out on the beach under a pop up or in the boat 

with a tarp over us.... It was miserable but we survived!!!

Once Saturday hit we needed to make up for lost time

so we played hard from sun up to sun down.

We did not do our traditional ride to Dangling Rope

which later would not turn out so well!

We did head up West Canyon and we did the hike

we did a few years ago. It was so pretty and it's 

always fun to see how things change with the water

level being different. We also went cliff jumping today!

Sunday we played until 3ish and headed for the dock.

Of course a storm was rolling in and it got nasty 

real quick. About 2 miles out we ran out of gas

and Wade had to tow us in which made for an

adventure. We were getting soaked between the rain 

and the waves coming over the boat. We were quite the

sight! As we approached the dock, Mason was up front with

a rope to tie off. Well we were heading in fast and had no 

way of stopping and Mason tried stopping us with his legs

which could have resulted in something very bad. But it 

just scared everyone and pinched his leg, Decker hit the 

window with his lip and Brooklin hit her head on the steering

wheel... we hit pretty hard. Everyone is ok and we were 

saying a prayer!!!! We made our usual stop at Wendy's in 

Kanab on our way home and I think we hit Mesquite

around 10pm Sunday night!

I love Lake Powell and despite our one bad day of weather

everyone had a blast! The kids all got along for the most part

and kept themselves occupied. The paddle boards are a huge 

hit with everyone!!! Brooklin wakeboarded and the boys 

kneeboarded and everyone loves tubing!!! This year we

 even did a water slide which was a riot and everyone

got in on the action. The people before had dug one out so 

we fixed theirs up and had a great time!!!

Here's to another year in the books.....