24th of July - 2010

We had a fun 24th of July this year. We had a family breakfast at my Grandma & Grandpa's home in Bountiful to celebrate the July birthday's in our family - Mom and Shelly. We had yummy pancakes, breakfast casserole, fruit and bacon. We then had to have a little water fight. Most of us were able to stay out of it this year...but Alan was a good sport and got into it with Zoey! That night, we went to Jenn & Ben's home and had a bbq. We then drove out to South Jordan and did fireworks at Ben's brother's home. Lots of fun and fireworks!

Weekend Trip to Lava Hot Springs

Steve and I spent a weekend in July at Lava Hot Springs with Jenn, Ben, Zoey and Zoey's cousin Taylor. We had such a fun time camping, cooking, swimming and playing. The hot springs were awesome! Zoey and Taylor loved swimming at the big water park. We had a fun time hanging out with our wonderful family. Steve even won a dutch oven cooking competition...and was pretty psyched about it! He now walks around telling everyone he is an award-winning-chef. They were pretty awesome potatoes...Zoey even liked them - and anyone who knows Zoey, knows it isn't easy to get her to eat much!

Macey makes a mess...

Macey has a way of making it known that she isn't happy when the two of us leave the house together without her. She does fine when one of us leaves at a time but anytime we are both going out together she shares with us how she feels about it. One time we came home from church and she had her way with the tissue box. She has done this a few times and this was the first time I remembered to take a picture. You'd think we'd learn to remember to not leave the tissue box where she can get it!

Gabriel Iglesias Show - May 2010

Steve and I saw comedian, Gabriel Iglesias, in Wendover! It was a fun show and we were able to get away together... Gabriel was hilarious and we had a great time with one another!

Trip to South Carolina - May 2010

In May, I was able to spend a week in South Carolina! I was asked to attend a 3-day conference in Charleston for work. When I found out the conference was in SC, I was ecstatic! I asked if I could fly out a few days early and spend the weekend with some friends from my mission...if you don't know I served in SC 10 years ago. It was awesome to catch up with friends and to see the sites that I loved while I was there. I spent the weekend in Sumter - made visits to Mama & Papa Buckner and Ken & Denise Buonforte Family. It was so fun to catch up and spend time with them. On Sunday, one of my companions who now lives in SC was able to come over with her family and we were able to spend the afternoon together. I attended one of the wards I served in and got to see and catch up with some great people. Then I traveled by myself to Charleston for 3 days of work. I had time to enjoy the sites of Charleston while working, so that was pretty nice. Can't wait to get back there again!

Where has the time gone???

I looked at our blog today and realized I haven't posted anything in almost 3 months. I am absolutely amazed at how fast time is going. It is so hard to believe it will be August in 1 week. Steve and I will be celebrating our 2nd Anniversary before we know it :)

What have we been up to? I'll have to add some posts of some of the fun things we have been doing. But to keep it simple...work, family, work, family, camping, family, work, primary, oh and work. It seems that both Steve and I have been so busy with work as of late. We both like what we do but it has just been busy and we have not had much time to think of much else. Macey is darling and we still love her to pieces. She is the best puppy in the world. Steve is wonderful...he takes such good care of me and always makes me feel like the most beautiful woman alive. We love being married and feel so lucky to finally be together! The rest of the fam is doing pretty good. We hope to be welcoming a new little niece in a few days. Life is just good and most days I feel lucky to be alive!

Til next time...peace out ;)

Soccer mom for a day!

I got the chance to take Zoey to her 1st soccer meeting/practice yesterday. Her mom and dad have been busy taking adoption classes and so I filled in at soccer. It was a fun morning. Zoey loves playing soccer...but I think she loves standing around dancing even more! She would be waiting in line waiting for her turn to do a skill and she would just be shaking her booty and singing to herself...so funny! She's a cute soccer girl!

Isn't she a cute girl?!

This is my cute niece Zoey. We took her to the pond a few weeks ago to see if we could catch any fish. She loved it!

Shootin' in the Desert...

My dad came for a visit last month. He lives in Kansas and so we only get the opportunity to spend time with him once or twice a year. We took the chance to get out to the west desert and shoot while he was here. It was a blast. I haven't been shooting a ton with Steve, but I love going (and am pretty good!). I think I impressed my dad - he went out and set up a target quite a ways out, after getting back he said go for it. I shot first and my first shot off I knocked it out! It was awesome!! Jenny was hilarious...with her husband being big into hunting I would think she would be a good shot - she was once she figured out how to aim. Can't believe she had never been shootin' before. She was trying to aim with the wrong eye...once she figured out that she was good!