Happy Bastille Day!

July 14th is France's Independence Day, so of course we had to celebrate for Jeff because he served his mission in Paris. Houston suprisingly has a ton of French people living here, and Jeff is always taking to people in French at the grocery store. To celebrate we went to this nice little quaint French restaurant for some crepes. ooh la la!

Good old fashion Utah 4th of July!

We were so excited that we were going to be in Provo for the 4th of July. The Freedom Festival goes on during the days leading up to the fourth, and there is a huge celebration and parade on the 4th. All the old homes in downtown Provo are decorated with that old fashioned "All-American" look, and everything is so festive. I love it! We had a ton of fun all day, and then we watched the fireworks that night coming from the Stadium of Fire at Jeff's house. Happy Independence Day!

Jeff and I in front of this huge flag. Yes, my baby bump is getting bigger!

My brother Tyler was in Provo the same time we were, so we met up with him. It was so good to see him and hang out. It was his first freedom festival and he really liked it.

Happy 4th!

Schill Family Reunion!

Last week we went to Jeff's family reunion. Jeff is the youngest of nine children, so his family is huge, so we rented out a giant lodge in Zion National Park in Utah. We drove down on Monday and we were able to try out the first In-and-Out in St. George. Yes, In-and-Out is now in Utah. I couldn't believe it! The lodge was beautiful and we had a great time. Thanks to JoLynne's family for putting it together, you did a great job! Zion was beautiful, and we packed in a ton of fun activities. Jeff's family has a lot of crazy family traditions so it is always a good time. It was so fun to get everyone together and laugh. We are so lucky to have such great families.

Zion was so gorgeous and green, we couldn't believe it. It was pretty to see the redrock cliffs next to the green trees

We went on a hike with the whole family, and next to the trail they had this water hole, and we were so hot that we all decided to jump in. Jeff doing his cannon ball.

They had a lake right out in front of the lodge we stayed in, and they had canoes. We took Isabella for a ride.

We even broke out the Slip-in-slide. It was so hot outside. Here is Jeff doing his spin-slide. It's seriously hilarious to see him roll down the hill!

One morning we had a family Olympics, where we broke the family up into teams and competed against each other. Jeff was on the the red team, and I was on orange. Naturally, the orange team won! Go Tigers! This is us trying to look like rivals.

Jeff and his neice Sarah being goofy

Jeff wanted me to post this picture of his mom, and he says that his Mom is cooler than your mom

One night we had a family dance, and a dance off competition

Back in Utah!!

We flew into Utah a few days before Jeff's family reunion, and it was SO great to be back in Utah. You will see a theme in all of our photos - eating! We have so many favorite restaurants in Provo that we had to plan our attack carefully to hit most of them! We also saw a bunch of our friends and visited our old Countrywood ward in Orem that we have missed so much. I'm sad I didn't get a picture of my friend Vanessa and our pregnant bellies. She is due any day now and we saw them on Sunday before church. We packed a lot of stuff in one weekend!

Of course, the first stop we went to was Cafe Rio with Jeff's good friend Chris. It was even better than we remember.

...and then to Los Hermanos with friends. It was so fun, laughing and catching up

....and of course we went to my beloved "Summer Sno". Houston just does not make shaved ice like this. Here we are in front of it with my old roomates from freshman year at BYU. We missed you Adele and Krystal!

This is the apartment where I was living when Jeff and I met...Chatham Towne on Ninth...so many good memories..... (part of a photo scavenger hunt we did for a family birthday celebration)