My family had a garage sale on the Friday of the 4
th of July. It was fun, a lot of work, but we were glad to get rid of some stuff and make some
mulah. I think Jared and I ended up with the most in the end because we sold his motorcycle and a lawn mower.
Jace, our nephew, was quite concerned stating several times, (in between asking us if we could go to our house for a 4-wheeler ride,) while looking at the sign on the motorcycle, "That's a lot of cents!"
Unfortunately, the last ride was not a pleasant one. I followed Jared in our truck on the old highway because the weather was looking a little questionable the night before. By the time we got to Fort Hall, it was POURING, AND I MEAN POURING RAIN! I would have been a little worried about driving in it (that is how bad it was) except my little honey was ahead of me on a motorcylce with bald tires. So I finally caught up to him at the first blackfoot exit only because he was going so slow and I had to laugh a little because there was a HUGE line of cars behind him. I was glad he was going slow and he made it safely considering all the puddles and downpour he rode through. In the end, he was sopping wet when we got to my mom and dad's house. 
I'm embarrassed I'm even posting this next part...Some of you may or may not know (probably not know) that I have had a napkin collection. (I'm laughing just typing it) My parents cleaned out my old room and brought me all my stuff last year after we moved and it's been my summer project, the garage sale was a BIG motivator, to go through it all. So here it is, my napkin collection:
Starting when I was about 10 or so, I thought it was really neat to go with my parents to all the neighborhood wedding receptions. I don't really know what it was, but everytime I went I had to collect a napkin from that reception and I saved it, sometimes 2, and you can see above I even got 3 from one once. I told everyone it was so when I got married I'd be able to see what colors went well together...or something. The oldest one I have is from 1989 (so I guess I was 9 when I started this) with the majority of them coming from the 90's as you can tell by the colors. I completed the collection with a napkin from my wedding reception in 2001, almost 8 years ago. I kind of forgot about them until now when they showed up in a box at our house. So, I couldn't bare to throw them away without first taking a few pictures and laughing my head off. Good-Bye my napkin collection...sniff...sniff!
This goes to show you how much my mom and dad love me. I decided to do a garden totally on my own as Jared's words were, "I'm not helping." Or something like that. Let's just say I'm in debate whether or not to do it again next year. So on the hottest day of the year in the middle of the afternoon this is where my parents were...outside weeding it for me. I did go out and help too, while Jared and Karlie sat in the chair in the shade. If you look close enough most of the tallest green stuff is weeds. They were REALLY bad. A few days later, I was able to convince Jared to help me finish, we'll see how it turns out. His words that day were, "Isn't there like some cantaloupe or something? I don't want to pull them out!" HA!
Lastly, we've been spending some time in our make-shift pool. We turned the hot tub down to pool temperature and it is really nice and refreshing. Karlie loves to kick, and splash her feet. Yesterday, she got the hang of the lounge part and found the headrest. She was loving to lay back and kick her feet out in front of her. She loves to swim and is not afraid to stick her whole face right in the water. 
