I've Got a Really Good Husband! :)

I just have to show off what Justin bought for me for our anniversary.  When he ordered it he told me my present was coming from Hawaii and I can usually get some sort of idea of what I am getting from him but this time he had me stumped.  Well, it turns out he got me these gorgeous flowers.  If you can't tell, these flowers are actually growing on a Hawaiian lava rock.  The roots are covering the rock and all you have to do is pour water over the top of the roots into the bowl and then the rock just soaks up all of the rest of the water that sits in the dish. How cool is that! Good job Justin, you gave me an awesome present. I love it!  I really like flowers a lot. (I gave him a barbecue for our new house...a little less cool than his gift, sorry Justin)  

Two Little Cuties

Congratulations to Sara & Joe and Shelly & Jeremy on their beautiful little baby girls that were both born last week.  We are so excited for them both.  Shelly & Jeremy gave birth to Summer Lynn Powers on July 15th and Sara & Joe gave birth to Emily Morgan Hunt on July 20th.  Justin, Jaiden, and I were able to go over to the hospital on Sunday to see little Emily and we are so lucky to live just a few blocks from them for now so that we can go see her a lot. We wish that we could be their to see little Summer too but at least we can see pictures of her.  I didn't really get any pictures of them except on our cell phone so for anyone that wants to see pictures and get more detail on their weight and everything go to Mike & Amber's blog.  

Crazy Busy

We FINALLY closed on our house last Tuesday.  Yeah! We are finally homeowners and we are so thrilled about it. We are now working hard on getting the 70's era  out of our house (green walls are just the beginning) and modernizing it with a fresh coat of paint in a couple of rooms and a remodeled bathroom.  Justin is working on the bathroom right now and then we will do all of the paint.  We love being able to have a house that we can do whatever we want to with.  I will have to get pictures on here sometime of the before and after of our efforts.  Ever since we closed on our house we have just been crazy busy working on it so our blogging hasn't been on the top of our to do list but hopefully I will be able to fit in a little bit here and there to keep everyone posted.  

Three Cheers for the Red, White, and Blue

We had a great time on the 4th this year. Sean's family came in a week before the fourth and so we got to have a lot of fun with him and his wife and kids. The parade was probably the best I've seen in a long while and we got to watch the town fireworks from the middle of our street. (We only almost got ran over once) Throw in a lot of barbecuing and that makes our summer celebrations even better.

The Parade (very fun)

My nephews was one of the soldiers on that float.

Roasting MarshmallowsHanging out with my brother and sister

Yay for mudmasks!!

Even Fritz enjoyed the 4th

I had to put so many pictures because I love the 4th of July. It is one of my favorite holidays. If anyone wants to come to Blanding, come during the 4th of July. This town puts on one of the best celebrations. :)

4th of July Pics Coming Soon

We had a fun 4th of July but I am too slow when it comes to posting all of the pictures from our fun weekend so all I can say right now is I will post them soon.

One Potato, Two Potato

Only Jaiden could get a bag of potatoes and turn it into entertainment. I love it.