The Long Family

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

home away from home

We did not get to go to my favorite place on earth last year and i was going through withdrawals, but we made it this year and it was all i remembered it to be and more. The beach was perfect, the weather beautiful, and the people were my favorites. After we got home I almost went into depression because i missed it so much. I don't think that has ever happened before. I just love Lake Powell!!

Lily did awesome just swimming all over the place.

Marah even got the hang of swimming by herself and I was very proud of her.

This picture makes me laugh. Chris popped out from underwater and scared Lucy pretty good.

Justin got a fishing pole for Christmas. None of us have ever thought of ourselves as fisherman and never really have done it, but Sam borrowed a couple poles and we all kinda got into it.

Lily was actually fascinated by the whole fishing thing. She thought that fish head was pretty cool.

Chris was the only one who knew anything about cuttin' up the fish and was stuck guttin' and cookin' up all the little catfish that we caught. He did great and I even liked it.

I thought it was dang cute watching Sam teach Lily how to fish. Never thought anything would come of it but sure enough she caught a catfish. You have to watch the video at the end. Since Chris was the fish cook, Lily was so excited to tell him about it. You can hear her yelling for Chris at the end of the video. She also had no problems watching it be cleaned and cut up and she said she liked eating it. Marah and Sam fished for awhile together as well. She actually caught a fish but as she was reeling it out of the water it wiggled of the line. She was ecstatic reeling it in and Sam said he has never seen such a deflated and sad look the second the fish fell back in the water. I'm really sad we didn't catch that on camera. She told her sad sad story many times that night. It was very animated and very sad but made us all laugh.

This umbrella blew away the first day and sunk a ways out. Chris and Whits happened to see it out there and went diving for it. Think they were suppose to get $5 for their efforts?

This picture was taken by whits and i edited it a little. I love it!

Untitled from Roxy Long on Vimeo.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

24th of....AWESOME!!

I really, really love the 24th of July. I'm pretty sure it ranks as one of my top 2 favorite holidays. My little home town really makes it what it is. I really can't explain why it is so wonderful, there is just something in the air i guess. Anyway, here are some fun parade pics.

i kinda liked how the camera focused in on the tootsie roll.

nephew nathan, sacrificing for a candy.

i guess they were eating something sour.

this picture is out of order but it documents our first attempt at a 5K. they always have one on the morning of the 24th, but i am usually inbed injoying my sleep but here we were. my one goal was to not stop and i completed that. i might as well been walking for as slow as i was going but i completed the goal nonetheless. sam was sweet and stayed with me. i really was exhausted but it actually did feel good to accomplish that.

i attempted to take pictures of the fireworks. i wasn't really sure how to do it but i had fun trying. we sat right under them again and they were awe-mazing.

you know, i always say that my little marah is going to be my little athlete but she was a little too eager to join in with the cheerleaders during the parade. guess she is just going to be well rounded.

parade dancin' from Roxy Long on Vimeo.

Friday, August 28, 2009

poopin', buggin', and a killin'

Here are just a few catch up pictures. We have been having a TON of fun potty training :( .... but she got to make cookies if she pooed in the potty. She did and we had a great time making poop cookies but this picture was taken back at the beginning of july and she has only pooped one more time in the potty since then. I LOVE potty training!!!!!!!!!!!!! (sorry for all the non-moms out there who might be reading this and don't appreciate the language)

I have a very awesome and ambitious friend who organized a science day once a week in july. The first day we went up to Loyd's Lake and got to catch bugs. Lily, being Lily, caught a little blue butterfly slash moth and Marah, being Marah, caught a bumble bee.

See the bumble bee?!

Thank you so much Jamie for doing so much for the kids. You are a great mom and a great teacher. Thank you , thank you!

We went paintballing with a group of friends and that is me wearing all of my brother's old paintballing gear. We had a blast, although, I had a really difficult time controlling my screams. That problem is very involuntary for me but I am working on it. It is not a good thing to be a screamer when you are trying to hide from people who are trying to kill you!

Gotta love this picture! This is evidence of MY awesome shot that took out Sam. I was so proud of myself even if it was shear luck. We were probably about 40 ft. apart with a ton of brush and trees between us and I just saw his little head poking up. My first shot went over his head but my second shot was a killer shot right below the collar bone. It was definitely the high of my night!! :) love ya sam!

Sunday, August 2, 2009

trip up north

We had a good trip up north a while back. First night we got to stay at Aunt Camillia's house and play with her darling little boy. Thanks so much Camillia for letting us stay there last minute!

This next picture make ya wanna gag. We had a roommate reunion at a park and ofcourse the friendly seagulls came for some free food, but i think this one got a little carried away. It's a nasty picture but i still had to share it.

Marah was bound and determined to catch this crazy bird!

She tried so hard but just never succeeded. The bird kept coming back becuase she kept bating it with her left over lunch. This picture makes me want to cry. You can kinda see the bird in the background but she has just given up :(

Thank you so much Holly for organizing this little get together. It was so awesome to see everyone!

I think this is such a precious picture of sisters just hangin' out.

Sam got a few of my crazy girls and me.

Sunday was a great day. We went to church with grandma and had lunch with her. It was so great to see her and I really love this picture.

We also went to see great grandma and decided to take a stroll on temple square. The girls had never been there so it was fun showing them around. Lily loved looking for the sister missionaries with American flags on their tags. That was the only flag she knew so she had fun pointing out all the sisters who were from 'America'.

They loved this room!

Marah got to ride back to the car on dad's shoulders. Also, there are 2 other new posts besides this one. I've been kinda bored at work so I figured I'd catch up on a few posts but better get back to work :)

Frozen

One of my all time favorite features of my new camera is it's ability to freeze time. You can be stuck an awesom moment just by looking at a simple picutre. There was just something about these pictures of everyone jumping on the tramp that made me really think about this. They aren't the greatest pictures but still there was just something about them....

I'll have this moment of marah forever. There is nothing really spectacular about the picture itself but there is just something about it that forces me to remember how important it is to love every little moment. It is the perfect exampe of being 'frozen' in time.

whiters b-day

Whits came down with a bunch of friends to climb, camp, and celebrate ther 21st birthday. I only got to see her at the bottom of one of the climbs for a few minutes, but the rest of us still hung out at the camper and had some fun.

The following pictures are of Justin showing off his ti-kwan-do-ness (?) (have no clue how to spell that). He has been taking classes up north and is a high green belt...i think, but he is doing really awesome at it. I don't have a picture of it but he can kick higher than i thought was possible. He actually just moved down here, which is awesome but he has kinda thought about doing a 'ti-kwan-do' class for kids. He worked hard to get his green belt which makes it so he can teach. Anyway, I caught some funny pics of him doing tricks off a huge stump.

He broke that board with his bare foot! ... but not as impressive as it sounds, the board was actually quite the weakling. It cracked when he just put his foot up to it to measure distance, but he still went through with the kick to get a good shot. Don't worry Justin, i know you can break real boards.

My dad found these two love bird trees. The two trees look like they are hugging and about to kiss, so I made justin and sarah try to mimic them in an attempt at a creative shot. Didn't turn out so well, but still can't help but love the passion of those two trees.

This is the b-day cake I made for whits. They are cookie dough truffles and the most wonderful invention in truffle history. I love cookie dough so this is my new favorite treat. I made them once and whitney loved them too, so that was her 'cake'. She wasn't around before I had to go, so sarah posed for me. Happy happy birthday Whits!!!

We went down to the falls before we took off. This picture just shows how the youngest in the fam has her way with mom.

This is literally the face I received when I told marah it was time to go.

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