Halloween

This year for Halloween we actually dressed up, and it was really fun! I got out of work at 3:30, ran to Goodwill on my way home, and we had 30 minutes to get ready. Talk about a last minute costume. We went to the cul-de-sac dinner before it got dark out, and then sat around and watched the million little kids trick or treat, which is always fun. Then we went over to Jake's parents and had some MORE yummy food. Every holiday we end up eating twice.. But we had a lot of fun this year with family!

Friends

I know, I know, I am long overdue on an update with us, but my camera has been dead, and I keep forgetting to charge the battery. This might be kinda random, but Jake and I are staying at my parent's house this weekend while they are out of town, and I was going through all the pictures on their computer, and I was looking at all the pictures of my friends and I. I got thinking about how lucky I was and am to have such a great, close group of friends all through junior high and high school. We all kept each other on track, and now that I look back, we were all very protective of each other. Now that we are all in different places and phases of our lives, it gets hard sometimes to keep in touch, but you guys are always on my mind, and I will always consider you my best friends. I love each of you so much, and I am so thankful to have you in my life. Thanks for being the examples that you guys are to me.. still to this day! I LOVE YOU GUYS! :)

Meet....

Our new baby Cash! He is a yorkiepoo maltese mix, and he is so much fun! Is that not the cutest face you have ever seen? Finally after much begging, Jake finally gave in and we got him! Now that Jake calls himself a father, I'm pretty sure he loves him more than I do! :)

JULY..

I know this post is WAY past due, but I have a ton of pictures from the month of July, and it was pretty much the only month out of the summer that we were able to do fun things! Be prepared this is going to be long, and have LOTS of pictures! :)... Here we go...

For the 4th of July, Jake and I went up to Showlow to spend time with his family. If you haven't spent the 4th in a small town, you have to! It is so much fun, and the parades are always a big hit. We went to the parade that started at 9 and ended at 11!... ya I think they had to get every Showlow resident to fill that parade.



Next, my mom got us tickets to go see Wicked, which was amazing as always! I absoluetly LOVE going to broadways. I grew up going to them often! Jake was kinda reluctant to go, but he loved it! We went with a huge group of family friends from my mom's ward, which I still consider MY ward.. and I think I always will. We tried to take a picture with the stage in the background, until the camera natzi came running down our row telling is that "she doesn't want to have to take away my camera". Haha I wonder how much she gets paid..


Middle of July was the long-awaited Mema and Bapa camping trip! Every summer my grandparents take all of us grandkids camping, and this was the first year since before Hudson left on his mission that we were all able to be there at once! Now that 4 of us are married, it made for a big group, but it was SOO fun! We just hop on all of the quads, pack a lunch, and go on an all day ride! I love my cousins and Mema and Bapa! We found this cave that you crawl into, which looks tiny from the outside, but once you get in it opens up to a huge cave, and it was probably 20 degrees cooler. There were little tunnels that branched off the cave, and we went and explored! Of course it was pitch black inside, but the flash of my camera lit up the whole area!

Lately...

We haven't done anything too exciting lately, but I figured it's time for an update. This past weekend we were able to "dogsit" Jake's parent's dog, which was so fun for me, because anyone who talks to me knows how bad a want a puppy! So it was so fun having cute Oscar follow me around the house wherever I went.

My nephew Dean is the cutest boy ever! I adore him! I try and watch him about once a week, and it is so much fun! I always get cute pictures of him. I'm trying to catch one with him smiling, and the only ones I have are on my phone! But here are a few..



Jake's birthday was the 24th, and we went out to Olive and Ivy to eat that night and loved it! I am horrible at taking pictures lately, but here is one from the night my parents took us out. The other one is when we went out for Alexa's birthday... excuse my claw hand I don't know what I'm doing!


A few weeks ago we went up to Showlow with our favorite couple friends Derek and Ashley and we had a blast! It was fun to just get away. And they just got engaged yesterday, and we couldn't be more excited for them! Congrats!

New Addition!

This last weekend my best friend of a brother got married to the cutest, sweetest girl ever! I am SO excited for them, they are absolutely adorable! I am so lucky that I have been blessed with such amazing sister in law's. They are the sisters I never had growing up! :) Congrats Ty and Alexa, I love you both!!



Here is Mr. Grumpy Dean. He is so freakin cute I just can't get enough of him!!

None of us are looking in this picture, but I just wanted to show how beautiful her colors were!

Poll...

So I need some opinions... My hair just got long again, but I keep debating if I should cut it short again. Jake is begging me to cut it, but I just don't know... What do you think??