Hot, hot, hot!

This last week my family went down to St. George for a little family vacation. I was a little, ok a lot worried that we would roast to death down there and why in the world were we going to St. George at one of the hottest times of the year. Of course we had a great time and found things to do and ways to stay cool and entertained.

My parents have a timeshare and we were able to not only get their timeshare, but they upgraded us to the penthouse! Which means we had a bigger condo to hang out in and we had our own private hot tub on the balcony. It made it fun because all the kids could swim in the hot tub while we watched them in the air conditioned condo. We also went to the pool each day and evening and tried to stay cool and used lots of sunblock. I am amazed at what good swimmers each of the kids are in our family.



The other big hit was the elevator rides the kids loved to go on. Constantly cute little Mia would come up and grab my hand and start leading me to the elevator. Of course I couldn't tell her no, so we went up and down the elevator many times.





One morning my dad, Cameron, Shane and I went to the driving range and hit a bucket of balls. I am not a golfer but it was fun to practice my swing. Maybe I'll take golf up one day.





We also got tickets to go see Annie at the Tuacahn ampitheatre. I loved the movie Annie and the play was really good. I tried not to sing along too loud but how can you not help but sing along with all those good songs. Even though the show didn't start until 830pm, we still roasted out there. Luckily there was a little breeze through part of it, but as soon as it stopped it was hot again.





We ate at Cafe Rio for Christy, and In-n-out for the rest of us, saw G-Force 3D (don't bother) and just had a good time hanging out.

One of the most fun parts of the trip was my dad put together 'Deal or No Deal' for each family member to play. We played a few rounds each night until everyone got a turn. The $ amounts ranged from $1 to $30. The 'banker' (my dad) seemed to be a little biased towards the grandchildren but we all had a fun time. Eliza got the highest amount of $16, I got $15, Shane got $12, we thought Jeff was going to be the lowest winner with only $8 but leave it to Christy to go all the way and chance it and open her envelope to find.....$1! We had a good laugh at that one, she was so mad. Her only goal at first was to make sure she beat Jeff, but then I think she got a little greedy and kept going a little too long.







Thanks Mom and Dad for a fun trip!

Island Park, Idaho

This last weekend Shane and I headed up to Island Park, ID for the his family reunion on his mom's side of the family. I have actually never been to Island Park and we had such a great weekend.


Shane and I, Shane's Mom, and her parents at the family reunion.

We got up there on Friday night and headed straight for the local rodeo. When I say local...I mean local. Basically anyone that was there could just walk up and participate. Shane's cousin rode a bull, another relative rode the steer and of course the young kids participated in the chase the calf event, whatever it's really called.



Saturday morning we drove over to the Mesa Falls. I was actually very impressed with the size of this fall and it was soo beautiful with the constant rainbow at the bottom of it. Then we drove around the lake and saw the huge lake front cabins.





Saturday lunch time was the official family reunion. I didn't count but I am sure there were close to 75 people there. It was fun meeting a lot of family that I had never met before.

Saturday afternoon Shane and I drove over to West Yellowstone and walked through the town looking at some shops and then buying some yummy fudge. Saturday night we went out to dinner with some of Shane's cousins and it was fun getting to know them better.

Sunday we went to Sacrament meeting at the Island Park ward. Over the holiday weekends, they have a huge turn out and this year was no different, they had over 2000 people in attendance. They were in every room in the church, on the lawn and anywhere you can think of.

After church we checked out of the motel and and drove over to Big Springs where we saw huge fish that you can feed and some beautiful water. There was even a muskrat swimming around that was kind of cute.





After another lunch with family, we headed home. We had such a great time relaxing (although I am pretty sure the mattress we slept on is the worst mattress I've ever slept on.) It was soo nice to get away just for the weekend and see a place I've never been to. I hope to go back and spend more time there hiking, floating the river, and doing some other things.

Do you recognize him?

This picture was too great not to post. Do you recognize who is on the TV? Yep, that is Jordan Knight of New Kids on the Block! I know I already told you my family's love for NKOTB but one more post doesn't hurt. Their tour this summer didn't stop in Salt Lake, however, they brought the tour to us. NKOTB decided to broadcast their 2nd to last concert of the tour over the internet. Lucky for me (and my family) I have a techy husband who was able to hook the laptop up to the TV and sound system. All my sisters and Brigitte came over (well my parents, Jeff and Whitney , and Tyler showed up as well) and we rocked out. I am sure the neighbors were wondering what was going on cuz the sound system was LOUD. It was so fun to be in the comfort of your home rocking out to the concert. We missed Christy this time as she was home in California but this picture gives you a good idea of the great night we had. (Jennifer was there but you can't really see her, just her arm.)

Glover Happenings

It's been a while since I posted what we've been up to lately. We've been so busy, but nothing really all that blog worthy. So I thought I would post a little update on the things that have been keeping us so busy.

In the last month I've had 1 brother, 1 sister, and 1 sister-in-law move. So we've spent some of our spare time moving and helping with the moving of each person. Hopefully they are all happy with their new places.

My mother-in-law came into town to help with one of the moves. It was fun having her stay with us, although she was gone a lot helping paint and lay carpet in the new house her daughter was moving into (yes my mother-in-law can lay her own carpet and has all the tools to do it.)

Within a 10 day period in June, there were 10 birthdays between mine and Shane's families...crazy. No more babies allowed the beginning of June!

My sister Christy and her family have been up here this week visiting. It's always fun when they come into town. We took advantage of everyone being together and had Goold Family pictures taken. Quiet the undertaking with 12 grandchildren.

My best friend, Brigitte got engaged to Tyler Pace. I am sooo excited for them and can't wait for their wedding. They are getting married August 7, so they only have about a 6 week engagement. Things are coming along but it's busy trying to get it all planned. Congratulations Brigitte and Tyler!

I was once again declared Cancer Free. Yes, I had another scan a couple weeks ago. I turned into a hypochondriac just like I did last time but all is well and no cancer exists in my body. I have hit the 1 year mark now and it feels good to be a year free of cancer. Do you like how I just throw this news here in the middle of my blog? Trying to let cancer screenings just be another normal part of my life. It doesn't rule my life anymore!

I've been busy with Church related things as well. The end of May we had a Youth Temple celebration that I was helping out with driving and getting the kids to and from practices. It was quite time consuming but it turned out really nice and I think everyone enjoyed it. We also had a ward activity that we were on the committee for. We had a old fashioned picnic and it turned out great. We had a lot of participation and everyone had a good time. I also had to speak that same week in sacrament meeting on Adversity...not my favorite topic but it turned out ok. That's twice in this ward that I have already spoken in a year...I think I'm set for a while now.

Well that's the list...busy,busy,busy but life is good, I have no complaints. Just trying to enjoy summer and the warm weather while it's here.

4th of July

We had a very busy and long 4th of July weekend. I had Friday off from work, so I spent most of the day cleaning my house. Not very fun, but it needed it so it felt good to get it done. Friday night Shane's brother and his family were up in Park City and invited us to come up. They had gotten a hotel room at The Canyons. Friday night, the Disco Drippers were playing and they were going to have a fireworks show afterwards. So we went up, had a BBQ, hung out, watched the Disco Drippers and then watched the fireworks show. It was nice that they had a hotel room cuz then we could hang out for a while waiting for the crowd to die down. It was nice to get out of town, even if it was only Park City for the night.



Saturday was spent moving Shane's sister into a new house and then that night, while Shane kept on moving, I went over to my parents to celebrate the actual 4th. We had dinner and then my parents had this great idea to do a family parade around the neighborhood. I was hoping to get out of it (I had been moving boxes all day) but when my brother Jeff offered to pull me around in the wagon, I was in. I barely fit in it, but it was pretty fun. A little embarrassing, but hey, I don't know that many of my parents neighbors anyways. That night we went to Thanksgiving Point to watch the fireworks. Lori and Doug knew the best spot where the views were great and we could hurry and leave right after without hitting all the traffic.







We had a great 4th of July!

Locks of Love Family

My cute little niece, Ella, donated her hair to Locks of Love today. Every year at her elementary school, anyone who wants to donate their hair, gets to get their hair chopped off in front of the whole school during an assembly. Apparently last year had a big impact on her when she heard about it because she's been growing her hair out all year. Her mom almost cut it a few months ago, not knowing her plan and was quickly corrected that no she would not be cutting her hair.

So I decided to go to the assembly with my sister and my mom to watch the great event. She looked pretty nervous to be up in front of the whole school, but was so brave. She was the only 1st grader brave enough to do it.

She dedicated her cut to her cousin Eliza, who is her same age and lost her hair a couple years ago during her cancer treatment and also to me. I thought it was so cute of her to think of us.

So I officially am no longer the girl in our family with the shortest hair...certificate of progress for me.

THEN...as I got home from that great event and got on my computer to post this, I logged onto my Facebook account only to find out my sister Lori just cut off 13 inches of her hair and donated it to Locks Of Love as well today! I am totally shocked since I didn't know she was going to do this but how great of her. I haven't seen any pictures yet but I am sure it's going to be cute. So we have had a Locks of Love family day today.

Good job Ella and Lori for donating to such a great cause.
I love you both.

I heart California

I went to California this last weekend to visit my sister Christy and my cute, adorable, 3 nieces. I was a little sad when before I left the weather was supposed to be cool and cloudy the entire time. When I mentioned this to Christy she told me it was the Great company not the Great weather I was going down there for. And was she ever right. The bonus was that I had great weather as well and saw the sun each day I was there.

I had to get in my fix of favorite restaurants down there. So on the way back from the airport, we stopped at In-N-Out. That night we went to BJ's pizza. We woke up the next morning and Christy had gone and gotten yummy doughnuts. Where are all the good doughnut shops in Utah? Chinese food and doughnut shops (yes the same place) don't exist up here, how sad cuz they make the best doughnuts. Then on Saturday I went to Islands with my friend Konstantina from high school. I don't think I'll ever go to Islands without thinking of my other friend Alisa from high school, good times and yummy food. I'm full just thinking about all the food I ate this weekend.

I have the cutest 3 nieces down there. I love them to death (along with my other ones that I get to see all the time.) It was so fun to be down there and just hang out with them. Eliza, 7, lost a tooth while I was there and she was so proud for pulling it out herself. She is so sweet and lovable and has this cute twinkle in her eye. We were able to go to her end of the year school luau where I could see all her friends and teacher that love her as well. Avery, 4, is a sassy little thing. She knows what she wants and nothing stops that one. And then at the same time, she is so cuddly and cute. She came into my room each morning to ask if she could lay in bed with me. Really I think it was her way of getting me up out of bed. She even threw a small tantrum when she realized I was leaving to go home...just about as cute of a tantrum as you can get! Mia, almost 2, has the cutest smile ever. She is talking more and more and loves her older sisters. When they were gone one night she walked around the house and outside calling their names and asking where they were. She is a cutie.

Between eating out and playing with my neices, Christy and I were able to go to the beach, ride bikes in Newport and just spend time relaxing. Christy is a great mom and has a lot going on at all times and yet never seems frazzled by her girls wanting her time and attention. I am amazed at what a great mom she is.

Sorry for all the pictures, feel free to skip them, but you'll miss 3 cutie pies.

Shane wasn't able to make this trip with me. By the look on his face when he dropped me off at the airport, you would think he was all excited for his bachelor weekend away from me...really he worked all weekend. Hopefully he got a lot done without me there bugging him.


Mia at the park:


Avery at the park:


The beach while Eliza was at school:


Avery and I feeling the water:


Eliza swimming after school:


The Boardwalk - Newport Beach:


The Wedge - Newport Beach:


Eliza showing off her missing tooth:


The cutest 3 California Girls:


So now I am at the end of this post and realized I haven't mentioned that they do have a dad, and Christy has a husband. But for some reason I don't have a picture and forgot to mention him. Sorry Brett! Brett is a great dad and didn't complain once when he had to watch the kids so Christy and I could go out and play. He helped fix up the bikes so we could ride them and even came home from work early and took the girls to a movie. All his in-laws up here in Utah call him Father of the Year...he really is a great guy. I did try to thank him and let him take Christy out one night while I babysat. Thanks again Brian family for letting me come stay!