Birthday Pictures

Chicago!

There have been quite a few changes in our little family over the past few weeks. As most of you know- Andrew has been on an internship in Chicago for the past 2 months. Unfortunately, the internship wasn't all that we hoped it would be so he is coming home. This is good news! It will be very nice to have him home again. Before he came home we had the chance to tour the city of Chicago, and we can't post any pictures of this because our camera was stolen out of our luggage. ERGH! Beware of checking anything valuable on Southwest airlines. I'll try and get Andrew to write more of a blog entry when he comes home tomorrow.

The Big 22!

I guess that my months worth of updates should be a little longer so here are more pictures from June. Since Andrew is still in Chicago I persuaded my mom to come to Utah for my birthday. Our busy but fun day started with some shopping at university mall- then to Park City for my cousin's wedding reception and then back to Provo for some Italian food. I think going to Ottavios was my favorite part of the day. There was an older gentleman who played the accordion (he played phantom of the opera!) AMAZING. My mom had a touch of the stomach flu so I don't think she enjoyed the dining experience as much as I did. Hey, you win some you loose some! All in all, it was a wonderful day and I'm so blessed to have such an amazing family!

A months worth of updates

At school we have been learning how to give shots over the past month. I actually look forward to the injection labs- I know... it sounds crazy! I get such a kick out of our whole class walking around with droopy smiles! (from the numbness)

Taking advantage of Free!!!

Angela and I decided that we needed to take advantage of the krispy kreme deal... If you take an ugly tie into the store- they'll give you a free dozen of doughnuts. This is the sort of thing that I do when Andrew is away in Chicago. I've kept pretty busy doing random things... like going to sonic thursday night for free ice cream floats. I'm really getting good at taking advantage of free food! Me Modeling my "ugly tie" Did you know that hunter green and rust look great together? Me and Angela in front of DI where we bought 2 ugly ties. We found quite a few ugly floral ties (sorry if anyone is a fan). We're pretty sure that one of our ties is going to win the contest! When the doughnut guy saw us taking this picture he offered us hats so we could complete the outfit. I bet we could snag jobs there because of this picture- don't you? If anyone knows of other free stuff I can fill my time and stomach with- I would love it if you would let me know!

Georgia on my Mind

We took a weekend trip to Georgia a couple of weekends ago for Ben and Emily's wedding. We're thrilled that they are finally married. We flew in Thursday afternoon and continued with the wedding festivities until late the next night. The wedding was a blast, and are happy for even more married friends!

We spent most of Saturday afternoon boating on the lake. I was excited to try wake boarding for the first time. I'm going to brag and also say that I got up slalom skiing on my 2nd time. Both of these great feats were followed by great wipe outs! You know, the kind that clear out your sinuses all the way to the forehead?

Andrew and Catherine had a great time riding on the tube. She's getting to be quite the athletic little girl! We have more fun with her every time we see her!

Here are some other favorite photos from the trip.

Our Trip to San Diego

We just got back from a much needed trip to San Diego. It was very relaxing, and lots of fun! We arrived on a Wednesday morning- we were happy to get there because we had some flight complications. After we got to Becky and Bryce's house we decided it would be fun to go to the flower fields.

I don't think I've ever seen so many flowers in one place. I think Becky and I enjoyed it much more than the boys did, but they survived. We spent lots of time doing outdoor activities and eating at great restaurants. We played tennis, went sea kayaking, watched hang gliders, hiked into a cave, went to an outdoor mall and walked by the ocean.

We went to this great little burger joint called Hodad’s. I don’t know what makes those burgers so extraordinary, but they were fabulous! The inside of hodad’s is decorated with license plates all over the walls. We were pretty excited that they decided to put Georgia and Colorado right above our table. Coincidence… I think not! They must have known we were coming!

Another exciting discovery that can be found in San Diego is white cheese dip. Now, I’m not sure people understand how big of a deal this is… we have looked at every Mexican restaurant in the west trying to find this dip. WE FOUND IT!!!