Friend Reunion

It was great to see you friends. Wished we had more time. Thanks for all the fun and good laughs!

It's Camping Time!

Nate and I finally had a free weekend where we were both home and didn't have any set plans so we decided to do one of our favorite things...CAMPING! We went up to Moody and found the best campsite. We didn't even see anyone until we left in the morning to do some more exploring. Now that's my type of camping!

    

Nate preparing the campfire for our hot-dogs.

   

Good ol' Skip.



Our spacious tent.

 

Peach French Toast. A yummy breakfast made by the hubby from his new dutch oven recipe cookbook.

Sleep-Over

My cute little niece was in town for a couple of weeks so I decided to invite her over for a little sleep-over. We had so much fun! I brought out all my old Barbies and accessories and she loved playing with them. I think she would have played all night with them if I let her! We had a great night full of playing with barbies, painting our nails, going to eat at McDonald's, getting ice cream at Reed's Dairy, watching a movie with homemade popcorn, and building a fort to sleep in. Thank-goodness I didn't make her sick with all the food and treats! 

Paige making a house out of the Barbie furniture and accessories.

Our beautiful painted finernails and toes.

And last but not least...the fort to sleep under. Nate wasn't home to help make the fort and that is why it's pretty small, but I don't think anyone noticed!

Thanks Paige for the fun night! I wished you lived closer so we could have sleep-overs all the time!

Suprise Party

So since Nate only turns 30 once in his lifetime, I decided to make a big deal out of it being the good wife that I am. I ended up throwing a suprise party for him. It was great. He had no idea it was coming which made it even better. The theme was a mixed up pool party and we all greeted him with our swimming attire on the outside of our clothes standing around a small kiddie pool. Good times.

Some of the decorations.

A couple of the brothers...Isaac and Jason.

The Mom on the look-out for Nate. Love the swim attire.

Heidi.

Hannah and Spencer.

The Mom and Brigham.

Brigham, Ryker, and Paige enjoying the food before it started to pour rain.

Amber and Brady. Brady your outfit was funny and sick at the same time!

Nate with his Donut birthday cake.

Although we ended up having to move inside the teeny tiny house, it turned out to be a good birthday party. Thank you everyone for coming! Happy Birthday to you Nate! (Until next time!)

Happy Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to Nate today! He is not too excited that he is (do I dare say it?)...30!!!! But it's been pretty fun to remind him of that fact for the past few weeks!

"How'd I get such a lucky guy?"

Relay for Life

Last Friday we attended our fourth annual Relay for Life in Idaho Falls. Nate was part of the Cancer Center team and their theme was: "Kick Cancer in the Boot." Hence the cowboy gear. As always we had a great time supporting an even greater cause. It was a pretty windy night but it didn't keep the spirits down. We stayed until 10:30pm and Nate got back up at 2:30am to walk around the track for an hour or two. It was a great event. Next year Nate got nominated as team Captain. He'll do a great job.

Here's Nate in his cute cowboy outfit on our way to the event.

Saying hello to Ed.

The cowboy and cowgirl.



Nate finishing up some salad. He is always good to clear up the food.


The Luminaria Ceremony.


We wish and pray that a cure will be found soon!

Family Fun

Over the 4th of July weekend my whole family was able to get together. It was great seeing everyone and spending time with the brothers, sister-in-laws, and the nieces and nephews. We started off the festivities with a little ice-blocking with cute Blaine. Nate and Blaine had fun times racing each other down the hill.



Ryker checking in on Skip.

Celebrating 3 birthdays. A 60 year old, a 30 year old, and a 1 year old. Can you guess which is which?

Paige and Blaine enjoying the festivities.

Nate and Jake getting ready for a water fight? By themselves?

Skip wouldn't leave us alone for a picture.

Blaine the Chef. He made his hat and mustache all by himself. Cute!

Nate hanging out with little Ty.

We had a lot of fun but wished we had more time to spend with everyone!