Happy Fourth of July 2009!

We spent the Fourth of July in Provo this year and had fun, as always. We opted out of the fireworks show and created our own. 

We had a nail biting game of croquet. Aaron won, of course. 

Sweet sunglasses. This is Caleb's fierce look. 
We went to the Freedom Festival for a few minutes to walk around. I got in this contraption to take a picture, and shortly after this photo was snapped, the top piece slid off and started to crush my head and neck. 

Johnny has this recurring bet with Aaron and Caleb that he can beat them in basketball. On this day, Johnny beat Aaron, and everyone is sitting in the lawn watching the spectacle. 

We had a great day and were glad we could spend it with great friends and family. What a great Holiday. Look forward to next year!

Third of July Family Party

Basically my family is hilarious. We went to Matt and Zanna's house in North Salt Lake for a Fourth of July Barbeque and to watch fireworks. Someone came across a clown wig, and well, we had some fun. Take a look at our mini photo shoot. (Caleb thought I was absolutely ridiculous for taking these pictures, but it was fun!)
Isaac had a hard time being serious, but we got him at just the right moment. 
Tanner was loving every minute of this. He was great at the poses and at the serious stuff, but this photo was the cutest of him. 
Please notice Brock's face. He had some other great photos too, but check out those eyes. 
This is Jace and he is a ham. 
Kade was the first one to be coerced into wearing the wig. He was a good sport, but thought we were absolutely nuts. 
My seesters!
This was our senior portrait photo shoot. We were going for "Olsen Twins." I think we nailed it. 

Beautiful Kylee.
Beautiful Savannah and Rylee. 

KORY!
The Finale of the photo shoot. If you happened to notice, Caleb is in none of these pictures. He would have no part in the photo taking mania. There are, however, more photos coming from the actual Fourth of July festivities. 

Fiery Furnace, Devils Mouth, Satan's Lair?

We had a Bodell family reunion in Moab this June, and it was very fun to be able to get together with family and enjoy ourselves. We decided to go on the Fiery Furnace hike. It was one that everyone was a little intimidated by this hike, and maybe that is because no one could remember the name, and it ended up having something to do with the devil. 
This was a guided hike, which, for those of you who have ever done canyons or something, I thought the guide would solely be there to assist with scary parts. She did assist with motivating some people over the scary parts, but mostly her job was to keep us from getting lost in the turns of the canyons, and to educate our group on the wildlife and rock formations. It was very interesting, but at points we wanted her to just keep hiking and not stop so much. 

There were 25 people in the group for the hike, and 12 of the people were Bodell's. We all wore matching Bodell reunion shirts. It was fun to be able to spot everyone we were with. At some points I would see a blue shirt out of the corner of my eye and turn to ask Caleb something, only to realize it was actually his Uncle.. 
Ha ha I just noticed the picture above. I think it is the cutest picture of Caleb. But I guess Caleb's uncle is getting a little fresh with his wife. Haha. AWKWARD. My husband looks super cute though. 
I looked like quite the tourist the whole hike with our camera around my neck. Every time we turned the corner there was another breath taking view. It was so gorgeous, its a shame our camera couldn't quite capture exactly how beautiful the scenery was. 
I don't remember what this was called, but the lady showed us the arch and said anyone was welcome to go through. I didn't hesitate. 

Me, Pam (Caleb's mom) and Rachel (Caleb's sister) at the beginning of the hike. 
This is everyone that went on the hike. The day before we went we did the arches hike and my knee was aching a little, and I was going to back out, especially after hearing how rough the hike would be. We decided to go anyway and were so glad that we did. It was a pretty amazing experience.