I feel it my duty to inform you...

So, on the eve of our Ragnar Relay, we had nothing else to do but hit the Logan Wal-Mart. During our wandering, we came across THIS:

And I've been eating it EVER SINCE!

It's sort of like (and made by the same company as) THIS but sort of even better:

If you didn't know about this already or have not purchased yourself a box you are MISSING out on the Just Bunches goodness. Go HERE to save $2.00 off your first box and feel indebted to me for the rest of your life! :) Gary and I can't get enough of this in our yogurt. 

He loves eating it plain as cereal too. I actually enjoy mixing a little bit of this with any regular bowl of Honey Bunches...to give it a little bit of extra crunchy divinity. 

Go buy some and let me know how much you love them too!

This is the desert?!?

This is the city I live in, TODAY! And every day for the past week! It's monsoon season...no one told me about this before I moved here! DARN YOU!

4th of July recap

After the Fears Family Reunion, Gary and I took off back to our New Mexico home. During the drive home, Gary brought up the July 4th 5K run that we have ran together for the last two years and mentioned wanting to run it again. This would mean another 10 hour drive in exactly one week! I dread the long drive but was SO excited to come celebrate the 4th in Utah AND especially run the Freedom Run...my FAVORITE run of all!


Gary left work early on Thursday July 3 and I tried to have everything ready and packed and we were back on the road by about 3:00pm. It made for a long day and a very long drive, but we finally made it to Provo at about 1:3oam. Of course we had to drop by the Parade Route to see Chandra and Lincoln who slept over with some friends saving a big plot of land for the many family and friends who all meet to watch the parade together.
The Freedom Run is my FAV! I think I love it because so much of the run follows the parade route (before the parade starts) and there are THOUSANDS of people all there saving spots for the parade and cheering on runners. Another part of it is just the fun holiday! Steph, Jason, Gary and I all ran...and it was so much fun!After the run we hurried back to our 'reserved' spot on the parade route to watch the parade.

It's always fun to see BYU Athletes in the Parade! Gary sure gets excited to see the Football players. This made Gary EXTRA EXTRA excited for the next football season! :) I have to admit, I'm kinda excited too! Hopefully we can make it up for a few games this fall.My very favorite thing about parades are the bagpipes. LOVE LOVE LOVE them! I think this all started when I was just little and living in Calgary. Our next door neighbor would get his bagpipes out every night just as we were being put to bed. He would walk back and forth on his back porch and play for hours at a time while we tried to go to sleep...Jason doesn't like them (because of that) and I love them!And another one of those "Only in Utah" parade entries! This is the crowd favorite every year. My heart just beats an extra beat when these great looking men and women walk past me down the street! How fun it must be for these missionaries to celebrate the 4th in Provo, UT!Thanks so much to Channy and Doug for reserving a big ol plot of land all night long so family and friends could all sit together at the parade...I'm guessing they probably didn't get much sleep. Ya think?
What about these two? Lincoln and Freddy also hung out and saved spots for us too Lincoln told me that they didn't go to sleep all night...they couldn't even make it to a bed.After the parade, we changed into our swim suits and went swimming with some of my family. Gary must have been so tired from the long/late drive and the run, he fell asleep on the floatie for a VERY long time! Some friends called my Mom earlier on the 4th giving her three extra tickets to the Stadium of Fire. Chandra and Doug went and Gary took the other ticket...He really wanted to go and I really wanted him to go too because he'd never been before. Needless to say, when he returned, the camera will FILLED with pictures like the one you see below! Ha!
July 5th was fun too! Gary and I got up REALLY early and went with my parents and Bran and Steph to see the Ballons take off. It was fun, except that once in the air, none of the balloons were able to make it back to the field
...After that we hiked up to Stewart Falls. Jason, Shannon, Haley, Steph, Brandon, Gary and I took off thinking and slightly remembering that this hike was a quick short and somewhat flat hike (which is why we brought Haley with us). We were wrong. It was two miles and none of it was flat. It wasn't that difficult for the adults but poor Haley...two miles in dirt on the side of a mountain was a little bit much for her! Needless to say, we made it and had lots of fun at the end!

Feeling a bit guilty

Isn't it OK to not feel like blogging because you're having way too much summer fun? The guilt comes from taking a few minutes out of my summer fun to check up on all of you, but NOT taking a few extra minutes to allow YOU to check up on US...and the longer I wait, the more pictures and things I have to write about. I just don't want to think about how much time it would take to get caught up! This is a work in progress people!
After the Ragnar (Yes, I'm still back in June) on Saturday Gary and I were SO tired. We went to my Parents house to hang out with my brothers...including one who was visiting from Calgary with his wife and cute daughter. We hung out with them for a bit until we both pretty much fell asleep...Sunday morning the Fears Family Reunion officially began!
After church, we headed over to Susan and Drew's home (Gary's sister) for family time...we got there a few minutes before the rest of them got home from church. Have I ever mentioned before that I'm the luckiest aunt in the WORLD? I have the cutest nieces and nephews EVER! And the best part about it is....THEY LOVE ME TOO! The second all those girls (and a few boys, but they shall remain nameless in case of future embarrassment) walked in the door and spotted "Aunt Tara" they screamed and came running over tackling me in a big hug. Then, one of the girls spotted Susan's big huge box of ribbon that was out for the 'getting ready for church' thing that morning (all the girls had cute ribbon in their hair) and decided that they wanted to do my hair up in ribbon...well, one thing lead to another and it turned out they wanted to make me into some warrior Indian princess. What a HOTTIE!!!

Here are some of the girls: AshlynOh, this one's a boy...but he's got three sisters: CharlieEmma Grace and Callie RayeBrennaEliza...LOOK at that huge smile!AlyssaThere are several more cuties, I just don't have pictures of them. Just trust me OK?

Had to post this picture. Here is Gary's brother, Brad and Abraham Lincoln...Or, maybe Gary decided to do something funky with shaving his beard off. Which just cracks me up every time because he's always trying something new and totally random when he shaves.A family reunion tradition that I think is super cute...each grandchild makes a scrapbook page about themselves (with or without the help of their mother) and then they make enough copies that each family gets one and the original goes to Grandma. This is done every two years and is a really fun way for the cousins to share something with each other. AND, this is why Gary and I haven't had any kids, I don't scrapbook and have NO idea what I'll do when I have to start making scrapbook pages! :)
Below is Brady telling all the cousins about the pictures and qualities he put about himself on his scrapbook page.And this is SpencerThese are a few pictures of the entire family playing "Little Sally Walker" and boy was it hilarious! It was a first for me...and I don't think I've laughed that hard in a long long time!

Below is Miralyn "doing her thing"
...and GaryLook at this cute picture! I think there are seven of them all lined up in a row. This is how they slept. I remember sleeping like this with all my cousins during family reunions...what a fun thing! I have to admit, I was a little jealous. I just wanted to go lay down and snuggle with them all!

We can't wait for two more years when we all get to get together again! It sure was fun to see everyone!