Family Trip to Texas

Wow...it has been forever since I have posted. My sister in law had to remind me that I haven't posted our family trip to Texas this last Christmas. Thank you Erin!!!

So, to start, my whole family wasn't able to make it on the trip which sucked, but we still had fun! Shawn and I were able to stay a week, then we had to fly home so I could get back to work...no fun.We stayed at my Uncle Mac & Aunt Gloria's house which is way nice and my brother and his family got to stay at one of their beach condos, which was even better!

The last day we were there, saying goodbye to my Grandparents.

Me, Mom, Gloria, Gracie and Erin

Leave it to my brother to find a stingray...don't worry, it was

dead, and boy did it smell bad.

RUN DAD & SHAWN...RUN!!!

My family at the dolphin show...MMM...WHATABURGER!!!

Like that advertisement!

So excited to go to Texas State Aquarium

Me & Emma

My Brother & his family on the beach

Happenings

Well, it's been a bit busy in our lives lately. We both started new jobs, been busy with our church callings and family as well. My job is with the HCA Supply Chain in Kaysville. I do the accounts payable side, which I have NO experience in what so ever. I have been there for a couple months now and I am still having a hard time. I feel completely lost and sit and wonder what I do first, and when I am supposed to manually key accounts and pay them...too muc

h too soon. Shawn on the other hand is Self Employed with a company called Network FOB. He is a broker for this

trucking company. It keeps him extremely busy and by the time I get home from work, he

turns around to do a side job with his brother.

So to fit some of our quality time in, we went to Ogden Canyon last weekend to snap a few shots. It was so pretty up there. I also got some more shots of my little sister and her family.

4TH OF JULY

This year we decided to stay close to home for the holiday. It was really nice not having to split between the families and run every where to be here at this time, have to be there at this time...uh uh..none of that!! We talked with our neighbors and decided to get together and have a block party. It was a memorable 4th because it was not like the other ones we normally have. Sure we had bbq and lots of food...I mean LOTS and LOTS of food... We thought everyone would set their food up at their house and we could all wander around and visit. Didn't happen that way...all the food ended up at my parents house, all the chairs were on the lawn, tables with food, and 2 grills, yeah...it was pretty crowded on their small front yard. We had a ton of fun with the visiting and especially the fireworks. Shawn is the biggest pyro around this time of year, he was lighting whatever he could get his hands on. Of course he made his trip to Evanston to make it even better, and it was. There was one mishap that night with a firework. The ones that were pronounced legal for Utah should not be legal. Our neighbor bought an aerial from one of the stands near by, he was so excited to light it and as soon as he did, the first shot went off then knocked the aerial over on its side and the shots were not going straight up in the air...no way...they were shooting at cars, people and in the field next to our house, yep you read that right...the FIELD. Needless to say we did have adrenaline pumping pretty hard when Shawn yelled "Grab the hoses"....WHAT??? Yeah we had a small fire in the field, but thank goodness for all the guys for rushing over there with buckets of water, it was put out and we didn't have to call the fire dept. What a relief! We had the same thing happen at our cousins house on the 2nd. Same dang firework caught their neighbors tree on fire, more buckets of water, hoses and lots of running around. All the boys got that one out too, but the fire dept was called just in case. The tree was up against the lady's house, so we didn't want any hot spots to start a house fire. Thank goodness for the fire dept. WOW....what a weekend!! Hope all of you had a safe and fun 4th!!!

o how i miss this face

My little sister and her family just moved to Provo recently, and yes, I am a little sad :(

They used to be at my parent's house (my home) all the time and I could play with little Hallie when I came home from work. Now when I come home, Hal not there, I am actually kinda bored. She is so fun to play with, and she is trying to talk now. Last Sunday she said clear as day...Shawn. It was so cute :) She calls me mi-mi, we are trying to get her to say ni-ni, but mi-mi is good enough. I know I took the time they were here for granted and I do regret that, so now when they come to visit I will make time to visit. Miss you guys.

One last time for the camera before they left

Easter...love PEEPS!!

Look at that face...ooohhh :(

We gotta a lotta watta

Wow....these pictures really don't do any justice for how much water there is. This is the Ogden river which is flowing very fast, making it very scary. The river is starting to flood the backyard of the peoples homes.

Shawn pretending to fall in...crazy boy!

We know what fun is

Ok so it's not Lagoon...but Boondocks is still pretty fun! We went with our friends Travis and Teresa to boondocks and spent a good portion of our day there(a few weeks ago). It's so fun to bring the inner child out and play for a while. We played mini golf a few times and each time I got a hole-in-one!!! Shawn thinks he is the only one that's so amazing at golf...think again buddy...think again!! I know, it's kinda lame, but I like the pictures and thought I should post them.

March Craft

So I am beginning to feel the need to do monthly crafts. I prefer to do them over homework!!
I get this ancy feeling in me that's telling me to get busy and do something fun and productive :)
So this is what I came up with this month..well one of the crafts. I did a dark set and a lighter set, I think they turned out pretty cute!

Bat dog

Duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh....BATDOG!!!