Goodbye July

Heber demolition derby!

Happy 41st wedding aniversary to my parents! We love the incredible example my mom set for us on a happy marriage!

Trying to fit us all in one picture!

The 24th Terry had to work so I had a sleepover with the girls, lazed around, went to my dads for a bbq (which Terry had some time off so he could make it!), enjoyed the great outdoors, and then Terry and I went to the bees game, and fireworks with Miles and Ally. It was a perfect day off!

This boy...can never thank him enough for doing laundry, cleaning the house, making dinner when he has the day off, and spoiling me with all sorts of love!

This nugget loves nothing more than for going on drives in Terry's car, "you're supposed to go fast when you drive his car Cee-Cee!" and it wasn't much longer that she shut those eyes, and took a solid nap!

The countdown is on....10 DAYS and football season is here! I can hardly wait!!!!!!!!!

Up to date

Way to hard to update on our busy July but here's a few highlights: That one time these two go to Airborne for "guys night" and we decide to take the girls and crash their fun anyways! We all had a blast, the fam are regulars there but it was Terry's first time and he can't wait to go back!

When your office makes your day and buys you your favorite treat...EVER!

These two nuggets are best friends, wish I could be in on the friendship!

BFFS MARRIED!!!! So happy for her!

This face is adorable, it's hard to believe my daily texts of all the naughty things she does

Sunday Bake day was Terry's favorite treat!

This play always brings back SOOOOOOOO many memories!

'Merica pride

Red, White, and Blue filling the streets, my social media sites, and even the food in my kitchen I can't believe my favorite holiday is over! Sitting, dripping in our sweat, we watched a parade, enjoyed A LOT of great food, spent time with our best friends (which for us is our family!), got a nap in, and cuddled up and watched fireworks! These two were dying of heat, but they are best buds and stick together!

My very best friend! Can't imagine spending it with anyone else!

I just love this boy, and everything he does for me!

Sitting at fireworks, Terry put his arm around me and whispered "Baby do you ever think of how blessed we are?" "EVERY DAY!!" "Another reason I love you. Every day you remind me of who to thank for the blessings in my life" I can't help but get a little emotional, listening to the music, fireworks, and looking at my surroundings realizing I am blessed I get to spend it with the people I love. The day that I am grateful for so many reasons, and every year it seems to humble me and give me a reality check!

Biggest and most important part of my day was being thankful for our soldiers. One of our really good friends is currently over serving our country, he's homesick, misses his family, friends, Utah in general. We face time at least once a week, email a few times a week, but it's not the same. We miss him as much as he misses us. Terry and him are best buds, and he has become my "brother". We miss him, but also incredibly grateful for his service.

Another thank you goes out to my Grandpa for serving out country during WWII. He has told some intense stories to his children, and grandchildren, and great grandchildren. He still gets emotional when he talks about them. I truly don't know how he survived most of the stories he tells, except to live a tell, and raise some pretty amazing children (my mom being my favorite of course!). Thank you to those who made a sacrifice so we could be where we are today, those that continue to fight for our freedom, and those that will in the future.

PC fun

This weekend was amazing! Friday night we headed up to Oakley to celebrate Miles' birthday with him and Ally. We enjoyed the beautiful drive up the canyon, played ping pong, went on a night drive on the four wheelers, cuddled up by a fire, and enjoyed a movie. It was perfect! The next morning we made breakfast, watched some ESPN, went on multiple four wheeler drives on the 150 acres Miles owns, shot some guns, jumped on the tramp, and enjoyed being "kids" Later that afternoon we met up with my family and the Kimballs (our second family/best friends) in Park City and rode the Alpine Slide, the Coaster, and some dip 'n' dots! We had a great time just walking around and enjoying the company! My Aunt had called earlier that day asking if she could take the fam to dinner, Terry and Shaun didn't object to a free dinner at Cafe Rio, and Terry got to meet almost my entire extended family! We took over the Rio on 4th but I loved being surrounded by so many familiar loving faces! It was great seeing so many of my cousins in town from California and it didn't take long for Shaun and Terry to agree for us to take a vacay out there for them to spoil us! We can't wait! The boys were done socializing after the first hour so we agreed to meet at my sisters house and play a round of Monopoly. Terry won AGAIN, and we were all exhausted from playing in the heat all day! Sundays are spent with my family and this week we decided to have a water fight after out three hour naps! The girls cried, Shaun soaked every single one of us, and Mia even "ran away" to the park because "Daddy got me wet!" Oh my nieces are party poopers, but we still managed to have fun and end the night with our weekly episode of Kardashians, and then movie night pick was Safe Haven!

I truly am so blessed to have such good friends, an incredible family, and an amazing man!

The latest

Seattle

Mariners vs. Yankees! This boy couldn't stop smiling! He was loving life, and the Yanks won 3-1 which made him even more happy!

Terry's dad wrote this on the graffiti wall in a cute ice cream parlor

Outside of the beach house

We fell in love with little baby Abraham, Terry is now baby hungry

He was in heaven

These two were happy boys!

We made it on the Jumbo screen! (I've now been on MLB, NCAA Football, NCAA Basketball, NFL, NBA, and NHL!)

We had a great night relaxing, enjoying the amazing view, and I curled up and read a book outside!

No words can ever describe how much I love this man!

The view of the ocean on our back patio will never get old

He loved being a kid again

The Naval Base was intriguing!

I've been craving a root beer float for about 2 months so the babe surprised me with one to enjoy on the plane!

We went to a candlelit French retaurant to celebrate!

Patiently waiting for graduation to start!

We had an amazing time shopping, whale watching, enjoying the real Seattle, Terry and I had a photo shoot there we can't wait to see how it turned out, ate so much food, and bonding with the family! Thank you Jim and Jennifer for spoiling us the entire time!

Up and at it

Ran a 5K as Alanas running buddy!

This nugget wants to play with her daddy and Terry

Terry and Alana at the water park! We usually do Sunday Hikes as a family but that week was to hot to bear the heat, we all had a blast!

Alana made us S'mores as we played Monopoly (Terry's favorite weekly family activity!)

Mia and her medal for the 5k!

Sleepovers with this girl make my day!

That one time I was babysitting and we were stranded with no carseat! Nap time was probably a better choice than our intended plans for that day!

LOVE the nights this boy makes dinner! He does such an amazing job!

They were so yummy and he had no idea what he was even doing! I just gave him the instructions!

Our pretty roses from my Dads house. We wanted to steal all the rose bushes they were all so beautiful!