24th of July Weekend (Dog Lake and Camping with the Wests and Webbs), 2 Concerts, and the IMMAE in Long Beach, CA

Over the 24th of July weekend, Mike, Roxy and I hiked up to Dog Lake in Millcreek Canyon. Its one of my most favorite hiking spots of all time! It takes about 2 1/2 hours to hike up and back down but its so nice because its not too tough so we definitely get to enjoy the scenery! :o) Roxy loves it because at the top there's a rather large pond (or you could call it a lake) and all the dogs swim and play fetch in it, she's definitely a water dog. I highly recommend it to everyone that has a dog and wants to go hiking or if you're just looking for a beautiful hike!



We also went camping with Em, Jeff, Emily's parents, and Emily's sis, Sage, and sorta BF, Levi, over the 24th. Emily's grandparents own some land up by Mirror Lake (practically in Wyoming!) so we drove up there Friday afternoon and stayed to night. It was gorgeous (except for all the bugs! I wasn't there for more then five mins and got a mosquito bite! I had bug spray on too!) It was so nice and cool- we cooked steaks for dinner and made s'mores when it got dark. The next morning Dean and Kelly cooked us breakfast which was totally awesome and so nice of them :o) After the boys went fishing for a couple hours and us girls just sat back read our books and enjoyed the surroundings. We were going to stay Sat night but not long after about 2 o'clock huge black thunder clouds started rolling in with some crazy thunder, so we thought it'd be best to pack up and take off.

Mike took his dirt bike to ride some trails that were up there, and these two pics are my sad attempt at trying to take a pic of us trying to set up our tent and of me and Em when no one was around. :o)



Mike and I also attended the Motley Crue Concert and the James Taylor Concert. I don't know why I always just take one pic in the car, probably because I don't want to lug it around with me but I regretted it this time. I wish I would have taken it in the the Motley Crue show and shared my amazement and complete awe with you guys at what kind of white trash people Utah can produce. Don't get me wrong there were tons of normal people there but wow- Mike and I definitely had a good time people watching thats for sure. All the money was totally worth it, we were definitely entertained. The James Taylor concert was chill and awesome. It was a perfect summers night and I realized I knew more of his music then I thought I did. Also he is a very funny man!! :o)



And finally we just got back from Long Beach on Sunday, where Mike was sent for work. Jeff, Emily, Mike and I all went out to the IMMAE (International Mixed Martial Arts Expo) where Jeff and Mike had to work and me and Em just hung out. It was awesome. For those who don't know what MMA is, maybe you've heard of the UFC, if not- it's a sport mixing wrestling, boxing, ju jit su, and all that guy stuff. Well Mike is really into it and was REALLY excited for this expo. Over the years he's kinda gotten me into it (I know who people are but I don't know the names of moves and stuff) and slowly we have gotten Emily and Jeff into it. So anyways we were ALL really excited because 1- it was a retail show that means i got to buy lots of stuff and 2- there were going to be a bunch of famous fighters there. So thats what happened, us four hung out at the Expo Fri, Sat, and Sun, bought a lot of cute clothes, made some weird friends and met a lot of cool fighters!!

Me and Em decided to join our hubbys to California because their company was paying for almost everything and because they could use our help setting up their booth. (We probably weren't really much help) but it still took over three hours to set up!! Mike and Jeff work for Prime Insurance ( x insurnace. com) which insures high risk things, such as the fighters themselves, or the gyms, cages, events, etc. thats why they were sent to this Expo.

We also got to go out every night and try the local restaurants and see the sights so it wasn't all work and no play. :o)


One of Mikes very favorite fighters is BJ Penn and he was actually attending the expo on Sat- so me and Em befriended his mom and actually his manager. We all got to meet him before he even sat down at his booth and Mike and Jeff also got autographed fight shorts. They were so excited!Yay!


---Check out all the other fighters we got to meet!!---


Joe Stevenson

Robbie Lawler

Josh Barnett

Spencer Fisher

Nick Diaz

Dean Thomas Cung Le

Kit Cope

Ha! The Announcer man Bruce Buffer

So Emily's grandpa loves the UFC ring girl so we got this pic and an autograph just for him!!
There were also so people who are pretty cool but their lines were SO long it wasn't worth it to wait to meet them. So I was totally 'one of THOSE people' that just got close and took a pic- its lame but better then waiting in line for an hour!

Urjiah Faber The TapouT Crew Jens Pulver
I actually got to talk to Jens Pulver :o) I took a pic and he looked up and said i couldn't have that pic cuz he wasn't looking! So he said I had to take a new one with me in it- only the dumb security lady wouldn't let me cuz i didn't wait in line, so i just told him to SMILE!! Oh yeah- and Tito Ortiz was there and man he thinks he's a diva- we didn't care to meet him though, he's definitely not one of our favorites....