Newport Beach...fun in the sun!!!

Loving life at the beach!

6 months (28 weeks) pregnant! Let me tell you, Newport Beach is the perfect place to show off your physique, couldn't have timed it any better. Most of my family had not seen me pregnant at all...so let's just say that they were SHOCKED to see me with a huge pregnant belly!

We picked up my brother Parker from the airport in L.A. He had been serving a 2 year mission in Oaxaca Mexico. It was so good to have him back! Welcome home PJ!!

Jeff, Parker, and Cameron. Parker was showing off his "missionary farmer tan" he had been working on for 2 years.

One of my favorite things to do here is "beach cruise". Happiness is riding beach cruisers at Newport Beach.

Jeff and I aren't the biggest seafood fans, but we make an exception at the "Crab Cooker" restaurant in Newport. Their clam chowder is to die for!

There is this little candy shop on Balboa Island that we always visit. It is a cute quaint shop and they always have all the old classic candies and really good salt water taffy.

Girls doing what we know how to do best at the beach...working on our tans.

So fun wearing a swimsuit 6 months prego!

Family Beach Shots

Since Parker came home from his mission we had the whole family get together for a family photo. Let's just say it was hard to get a good shot of everyone looking at the camera, while crouching on some rocks with waves about to come and splash you. After about a 1,000 takes, these were probably the best ones.

Summer Fun

Early this summer we took a trip with some friends from our ward tubing down the Guadalupe River. The trip was a blast, and after we ate at one of our favorite BBQ places here in Texas...RUDY'S!

Girls night making necklaces

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)

Going Private. . . .

It's true . . . . I've decided to take the plunge and make our blog private. I know that people don't like to sign into blogs (I agree it's a pain) and that everyone will probably stop visiting our blog once I change it, but I hope that's not the case! We have loved staying in contact with friends and family through our blog and seeing your comments! So, if you think you can handle the "extra work" of signing in, and you still want to view our blog, please send me your email address so we can add you to the list and make you an "invited guest"! I will change the comments portion of the blog so that only I can see your email and it will not be posted for everyone to see.

Memorial Day in Florida!

Memorial Day weekend, we decided to use the long weekend to drive to the panhandle of Florida. Jeff's family had a family reunion a couple years ago at this resort called Sandestin, so we decided to go there. Jeff's sister's family joined us and we split a townhouse at the resort. Normally the water is flat and crystal blue, like in the Bahamas, but that weekend that had a lot of waves. The sand was the best sand we had EVER seen. Literally is was like sugar. We had an amazing time, and it was good to get away.

We also went to a town right next to Destin called Seaside. It is the town where they filmed the movie "The Truman Show", so it looks like a dream world utopia. I love that movie, so it was fun to see all the places in the movie.

At night in the resort they had a bunch of activities going on to celebrate Memorial Day. Jeff and Rich got to ride a zip-line across the lagoon, and they had an impressive fireworks show. This is a picture of the fireworks...Jeff's head is not on fire. :)