Happy Birthday Dusty Trail!

Dustin turned 28 on Thursday and we got to celebrate with family and friends at the big white barn by the lake. We had BBQ beef sandwiches (thanks mom), ribs (thanks Amy), cornbread (thanks Becky), and ice cream cake (thanks dairy queen)...

We went on a hay ride around the lake. It was super fun, but we needed a tractor driver...


Dustin stepped up and drove us... It was a dream come true for him.

Doesn't he make that tractor look good.... same with that North Face.

This was Dustin's favorite game growing up. The only game that he will ever play. We have tried looking for it at almost every store, but no one makes it anymore. I finally found in on ebay and it came all the way from Great Britain.

My mom didn't know what to get him and I told her that he wanted work overalls... he was so excited that he put them on and really has not taken them off since.

This was a Santa Dustin's mom Becky got him. It sings born to be wild and is driving a hog... Awesome..

Happy Birthday Dustin!!

TWO MORE MONTHS!!!

I have made it 10 months! Now I only have 60 days to go... that is so easy. I already have a pair picked out, for my first purchase... although, I am not going to make up for the last year, by purchasing a dozen shoes in a couple weeks. That would defeat the purpose, but it would be fun!

3 MORE MONTHS

I know that you have all been dying to know... I have successfully completed the third quarter of the year without any shoe purchases. Donald Pliner was even at my store on Friday and was autographing any shoes purchased. Lets face it, I rock! Really, it might be a matter of being super stubborn. Either way, it is allowing me to buy other things, such as snowmobiles! Three more months, no problem. I hope my dad is saving his money for my Jimmy Choos!

The Endless Summer is Ready for SNOW!!!

I made an awesome purchase tonight, which makes me excited for snow! Check it out...

Would "sidecar Sally" own one of these?

I might not go 130, but I could if I wanted to.

A little less talk...

Dustin was super spontaneous tonight and invited Josh, Alicia, and I to go see Montgomery Gentry and Toby Keith tonight. It was super fun. Toby Keith puts on a great show.

Endless Summer rides a hog to Mt. Rushmore

When making our list of things to do this summer, Dustin said we had to take a Harley trip up to Mt. Rushmore. I thought, sure why not... never done that before.... little did I know that it was going to be the best time ever! Epic, some might say... or at least Dustin.View of Dustin's back... a view I got to know well.
Someday...
On our last leg back to Denver... it was freezing.
At the beginning of the ride.

So many buffalo...
View from the "b" word...
We made it!!!
Check!
Me and the boys... and Dustin and Spence

View from one of the tunnels.
Uh-oh
Great faces. Great places.
Woo hoo!
It was just a warning from the Deputy, but made the trip complete. No accidents, no rain, no tickets... woo hoo! Another successful trip from the people of the Endless Summer!

Endless Summer Goes to Lake Powell!!

After months of talking about going to Lake Powell, we finally did it! It was awesome. We had 12 awesome people come with us and used my family's houseboat (thanks!). It was perfect weather and we had a great time! Here are some pictures of the fun that we had...

Dustin and I went hiking up a canyon one day and found a huge log. Most people would have walked right passed it, but Dustin is not most people. The next day we got the boat and went and hauled it over to the houseboat. I have never towed a log behind a boat before.
We played on that thing for hours. That was one of the first adventures that Dustin created.

Spence brought his creativity and camera on board. We got some cool pictures because of it.
Dustin did not stop with the log. One day while driving the ski boat, we found a drill and stakes. Dustin immediately knew what we were going to do with them. We moved the houseboat to where he could make the perfect zipline. It was super fun and made a relay that we all had even better.
This is Dustin sliding down the zipline.

On our way to Defiance House, we found some other ruins. Of course I had to play inside one of them.
This is at Defiance House.
Here are Traci and I. We had a great time together. My friends realized that there is a Thornton so much cooler than me.
There is no place like Lake Powell. It is a trip like no other. So much work and so much fun!