2011 Recap - July

Jamisen enjoying cooling off with the sprinkler in our backyard on a hot summer day in Fresno....

Little stinker kept spraying his cousin Kaitlyn and laughing...

In July we made the long drive from Fresno to Utah to celebrate the 4th of July and to visit family and friends. Jeff is always trying to keep the car clean and it is almost impossible on a road trip. Jamisen got into the Costco-size bag of goldfish and we heard a big ripping sound, and Jeff turned around and yelled "Nooooo...my car!!", as he turned around and saw this...a guilty face and piles of goldfish everywhere. After that you pretty much give up trying to keep things clean...

We stopped in Las Vegas and got Seredipity frozen hot chocolates on the Strip with Jeff's mission friend Brian and his wife Laurel who live there. We had fun catching up...

The best thing about coming back to Utah is catching up with all the amazing friends we had back there. It is even more fun now that we are all having kids. We had dinner at Wallaby's (Brisket and a side of Smashers...so good, we missed that place) with our friends Ben and Vanessa Rucker and their daughter Chole. As you can see Jamisen and Chole are getting pretty cozy...

Me and Cassi frolicking in the fields up and Sundance...so good to see Cassi and Luke and their little Lenna again... This picture took a couple takes to get it right...:)

So all of my roomates my freshman year at BYU have been really close over the years and most of them still live in Utah. So we decided to all to get together (minus Adele and Krystal...you were missed) for a little get-together BBQ at Rachel and Jonny's house. We took a little picture of all of our kids and it is still bizarre for me to think that we are all moms now to all these kids. As you can see Jamisen was loving it as he was surrounded by all these beautiful little girls. That's our little ladies man!

BYU Freshman roomies...

One of the highlights definitely was the famous Stadium of Fire! Definitely one of the best firework shows in the country and a perfect way to celebrate Independence day...

We also got to meet our future sister-in-law Kayleigh! She is the best and her and Parker are so cute together...aren't they. Here is a picture of one of our many late night Utah snow cone runs...

Stadium of Fire fireworks...

BBQ and Trampoline in Jeff's family's house backyard... Jamisen wanted to jump all day..

I absolutely love Utah during the 4th of July...perfect weather, everyone is so patriotic and there is so much to do. Here we are at the Freedom Festival Parade...