Somewhere Over the Rainbow...

If there's no pot of gold at the end of your rainbow, maybe you are at the wrong end!

Rejuvenation

What have we been up to this year, you ask?

Tubing at Soldier Hollow

An RV trip to Moab with family and good friends

Photographing the Super Moon!

Enjoying the garden

Doing some serious crocheting 

Celebrating birthdays

And spending almost every weekend since May on our mountain lot retreat.

I guess it's time to rejuvenate this blog since my very good friend has accepted a challenge to try Project 365.  This will be my second attempt.  My last one was more like Project 220!

Goals and Motivation

I've been thinking about this today. I saw it on Facebook, posted by The Gracious Pantry. Earlier this year my hubby and I each lost close to 35 pounds. We did it by eating healthy foods, exercising and tracking both on My Fitness Pal.

In July we achieved a long-time goal of buying a mountain lot for a weekend retreat. Our focus turned from our health and weight loss goals to working on our lot. The purpose of the lot was for fun and leisure, but first we had to develop the lot to make it inhabitable. Our idea was to park our RV there for the summer, but we had to do things like remove weeds and overgrowth, dig a firepit, line the drive and walkways with rocks, lay gravel to keep the weeds down, and various other fun things.  I will post more about our awesome summer another time.

Even though we were doing all of that work, we've both gained back about 10 of those pounds we worked so hard to lose.  Right now I'm feeling like it's a struggle, but earlier in the year when I was doing it, it seemed so easy.  I know it's a mindset - so I've decided it's time to get my mind set again!

Mountain Hummingbirds

This was taken on Saturday on our mountain lot.  I think these poor little creatures are destined for a journey south very soon.

Princess Jasmine

This is truly one of the best pictures I've ever been able to take of Jasmine. Usually she is very aware of the camera and turns her head away.

She has been such a camp dog! There was a boxer at another camp some distance away that came snooping in her territory. Well - she started chasing him and he ran as fast as he could back to his camp! It was hilarious.

Mountain Wildflowers

I love these mountains

Big Sky

Road To Camp

Can you believe we pulled our trailer up this road? I thought I was going to have a breakdown, but we made it without any mishaps and we're settling in. The thing that has been hard is the trees. Can you see them - they are dying. I cried.

Yay - Going Camping

We're headed for the high Uinta Mountains for a week.

Yellowstone National Park

Yay - we made it!