What a cute cake.
Belinda and I right before she cute the cake. 
We received the sad news last night that adorable little Annie had to be put to sleep. She was diagnosed with cancer a little over a month ago and was expected to live up to 9 more months, sadly she became sick very quickly and didn't make it through the weekend. Annie, we've loved having you in our house and we will miss you and your sweet personality. Bianca will miss her best puppy friend. Our thoughts and prayers are with Annie's family at this difficult time.
We only spent the day in Gettysburg and came home that night so we could celebrate the 4th of July in our cute little town with our friends. We spent the day swimming at the Malstrom's and then met up with Mike and the boys that night for fireworks. The boys had these cool glowsticks that you could build into things. Aspen is wearing his baseball cap that was so cute.
Here's a picture of Mike with the boys, they were very excited to see the fireworks.
And here is Jaron and I waiting for the fun to start!
Happy 4th of July everyone.
Bella and I snuggling after Jaron and I gave her a bath.
Jaron and Bella playing before we had to leave for the airport.
I have a "hair lady" I absolutely LOVE. Her name is Tanana Adams and she is amazing! Whenever we go to Utah I make sure to schedule an appointment with her. She wanted me to make sure and say that this picture was taken after she had been working an 8 hr. day. Funny story: so my mom really wanted me to schedule her an appointment with Tanaca while I was there and Tan was nice enough to fit her in. Then that morning my dad said he needed to get a hair cut also, so he came too. Then my little sis decided her hair looked horrible after a 12 hr. drive from Sammamish (they drove straight to the studio). So Tanaca's apprentice washed and styled her hair. Needless to say, my whole family (minus Craig) was in the studio. Jaron and Landon even came in for awhile and chatted. So funny! We seriously took up the whole waiting area of the studio, and we had 3 stylist working on us. Thanks Tanaca! You're awesome!
Pic of me and Jenn enjoying the sunshine.
We were so happy to meet up with the Bischoff's. They moved over here a few years back and Lincoln and Jaron worked together. They ended up moving back to Utah and we've missed them! Lincoln just got excepted to MBA school in Chicago, so hopefully we'll get to go and visit them there.
I have more pics to put in this post, but I'm waiting for the pics from Landon. More to come soon...
Mom and Aunt Steph after everyone had arrived for the weekend. They've been friends since Junior High and Steph ended up marrying my mom's older brother Fred. 
This is my cousin Daniel aka Hone, jumping over the front bushes after Jaron bet him that he couldn't do it. I think he jumped 5 or 6 times so everyone could get pictures.
We realized this weekend that the Houston clan may rock at soccer and basketball, we are horrible at pool. I've never seen a game take so long!
Papa on a motor cycle.
Dad and Craig chatting at the big party.
Me, Jenn, Daniel and Bryan...not sure what I'm talking about but it must have been funny.
Here's mom and Aunt Sally. We all have our favorite cousins growing up that we will most likely talk about with our kids. Aunt Sally was definitely a Houston favorite. 
Here's dad and Uncle Marty. Uncle Marty is also a Houston favorite cousin, he still goes on fishing trips with dad and Uncle Steve. 
Not sure what we're doing, but here's Jenn and I. I just thought it was a funny picture.
Papa and his 2 sisters...Aunt Joyce, Papa, and Aunt Betty.
Here's Scott aka Bug...not sure what he's doing. Goofball!
My family is extremely into holidays and this is why. Take a look at Papa's face/reaction, he always has these faces when he opens presents. You should see him on Christmas! My mom is the same way and so am I. It sure makes it fun to buy presents for a person that reacts like this!!
I've been taking voice lessons for about two years now, long enough to just about drive Amy crazy with all of my practicing. My teacher and her husband perform around the area and they have one pretty casual gig they do weekly in a diner and she has let me sing a few times there. This weekend they were doing a country theme and she invited me to sing a couple of songs and Amy decided to bring the video recorder. I still get nervous singing in front of anyone, but it's fun and I'm slowly getting better. I sang The River by Garth Brooks and What About Now by Lonestar.
I tried to tell Jaron this is the car I wanted, but when a car is worth more than your house I guess it's probably not the best deal. Although Jaron thought this pretty red one might be nice...
Sadly, I think this one may have cost more than the one I picked out. So we left our contact information with the dealer and told him to give us a call if he ever wants to GIVE a car away to a nice home. 
We always see commercials talking about Cici's pizza...but we've never actually seen one. After a very long day of car shopping we were lucky enough to be close to one and decided to test it out. Surprisingly the pizza was pretty good, the service was extremely friendly, and I was dancing in the both the whole time we were eating. Wish there was one closer. Here is Jaron showing our favorite pizza that they had: Chicken & Mushroom...soooo good!
Nope....but they can! I don't know what the fascination is, but anytime there are people working outside the kids are in a trance. Mike and Sarah had some work done on their driveway this week and Aspen and Haven were in heaven watching them with the sledgehammer, jackhammer, cement mixer....etc. They would ride around the driveway on their bikes and then stop and do this for the next 10 min. The funny thing is, I looked over and Danian and she was sitting their watching them as well. Who needs toys, just get weekly repairs done at the house and the kids are thoroughly entertained.
Some friends in the ward invited us over for dinner and as soon as the food was eaten this is what happened. Greg asked Jaron to bring his guitar and the rest of the night Jaron, Greg and Meg were putting on a concert for the rest of us. Meg's little guitar was so cute!
Wayne and Naomi posing for the camera.
Mom and Haven...I think this was like the tenth picture so Haven is giving me his fake smile.
Mom and Aspen playing with Playdough. Isn't that a sweet little smile?
Mom and Danian playing patti-cake.
Here we are in NYC at a little place called The Shake Shack. 
You might not be able to tell from the pictures but even though it was early Spring in SLC it was like 50 degrees outside and chilly, the rain paused just long enough for them to be able to take all their pictures!
Amy and Kendra striking a pose at the reception.
There was a little bit of intermittent rain during the picture process, thankfully the happy couple was prepared with this effective umbrella.
What a nice lookin' family. 
Here's a shot at Leatherby's. They apparently have closed down the store in Provo but that didn't stop us, there are still a few other locations where you can still dine on Grandma Grace's Ice Cream Sundae. 
It took four of us to knock out the ice cream packed into this one Sundae. Aunt Sue, Mom, and Dad are all on the other end of the table. This was the night after the wedding. Dad called Hilarie and Andrew to invite them but they took a rain check.
The best part about our hotel is that it came with a complimentary liter of Vodka. The weird thing is they tuck it way under the bed so you have to really be looking to find it. We thought about spiking the punch at the reception but one of Hilarie's bridesmaids took the high ground and poured it down the sink. Next time I guess.
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