Jared, Suzanne, and Brantley: July 2011

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

24th Weekend

Jared and I had a great 24th of July weekend and we were able to spend time will all of our family. On Friday we head down to my parents for the Sessions Reunion/baby shower for my sister-in-law Amy. We had a great time spending time with my family and hanging out with all of the nieces and nephews (they are all growing up way to fast!) It was great to spend sometime with Clark and Amy too because this will probably be the last time we see them before their little girl comes :). It was also a lot of fun playing with their puppy Murphy. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of him. I did take my camera and I intended to take pictures of everything, but I only got pictures of the grandkids horseback riding. Which they loved! They all loved it and some we couldn't get them off of the horse.

Isaac and Kynzie

Caislin and Sammy (poor Jared had no idea what he was getting into when he married me)

Wyatt and Grandpa

Zachary and Emma

Izzy telling everyone "no" who came up to get her off the horse. She would have stayed on all day if we would have let her!

Zachary, Emma, and Wyatt

Ambria and Sammy

Emma and her cowgirl hat

Izzy and Aydin

It was so much fun to watch my nieces and nephews enjoy themselves. And it was great to spend time on my dad's ranch!

Later on Saturday we headed up to Tremonton to enjoy dinner and watch dinner with Jared's family. And of course I didn't take pictures there (I really need to get better with the picture taking) It was great to spend time with his siblings, cousins, uncles, and aunts. Its a great tradition to spend this time together and enjoy the 24th of July.

On Sunday after church we headed up Logan Canyon and met up with our great friends Travis and Britney and there adorable little boy Chace. We enjoyed great company and great food Sunday night. Monday morning we packed up camp and headed to Bear Lake for the day. I have NEVER seen the lake that high and there wasn't much beach. We had a great day just relaxing and enjoying each others company.

We had a great weekend and are thankful for all of the wonderful family we have in our lives.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Texas Trip

We had a great trip to Texas in June. On the way there we drove through Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and finally Texas. We took a couple of days to get there and stopped in Miami, Oklahoma. One of Jared's areas on his mission. We met up with a good friend of Jared's and he showed us a great time. We went to Colman Theatre and toured that. We also took some time to take the 30 minute drive to Joplin, Missouri. The pictures I posted don't do the destruction justice. It was great to be able to see the part of the country that Jared spent 2 years of his life in. Once we made it to Texas we spent time with family, walking around Dallas, time at the reunion, Ranger game, and more time with family. It was nice to be able to just hang out and get to know that family better. We ate a ton of Whataburgers....enough to last us an entire year. Towards the end of the trip I did get sick and I was ready to be home. The drive home wasn't terrible. We went through Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming. We made it all the way to Laramie the first night, so the second day we only had to spend 6 hours in the car :) We had a great trip and we are hoping to make another trip down next year!

Route 66 right outside of Baxter Springs, the city Radiator Springs in Cars is based on

Rainbow Bridge on Route 66

At Colman Theatre in Miami, Oklahoma

The hospital in Joplin Missouri

Looking across the path that the tornado took. It was about 6 miles long and 1 1/2 miles wide. Before the tornado you couldn't see across the city like this because of all the trees and buildings.

While we were in Dallas we walked around the city. This is a larger than life sculpture of a cattle drive

The the Rangers game....it wasn't too boring.

We had a great time in Texas. I really need to get better at taking pictures so I have more of them :)

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Life Lately!

So we have had a fantastic summer so far! Our trip to Texas was great (a post to follow soon). We had a wonderful time and enjoyed 2 great weeks with family. We enjoyed the HOT weather, Rangers baseball game, good food, and sight seeing. Along with all the traveling came some not so wonderful car sickness which is partly due to the wonderful bundle of JOY that is inside of me :) Yep Jared and I are expecting and we couldn't be more excited. Our newest addition will be joining us sometime around January 20th. (yes I know right in the middle of basketball season ;)). Overall I have felt ok. Just a few days a week do I get sick...I am extremely excited for my 2nd trimester. Today we had our first appointment and was able to hear the baby's heartbeat. I am so excited for our next journey we will be experiencing!