Life is GOOD

School has started up again and I find myself terribly behind in the blogging world. I go through spurts where I am a very avid up-to-date blogger and then soon find myself in a rut. This has happened to me yet again. So here are a few random pictures from our end of summer trip to the good ole City of Angels, camping Squaw Peak, and my little bro's mission farewell. Enjoy!

[ 2-7 !!!]

Casey just turned the big 2--7 a couple days ago! Crazy. My buddy is growing up into a real man. I feel bad because his birthday always falls at a time where we are out of town or our families are so he ends up not getting any much needed birthday attention. BUT this year we actually ended up being at home and were able to have a family sunday birthday dinner with the Kirklands and celebrate on our own with a dinner at Sundance. Oh and being the great wife that I am, I woke up at 6:30 am and headed to Magleby's to get him french toast before he had to leave to work. I rule.



Pictures of the birthday festivities:

I wish they had these shoes for women!!!!

I love these shoes!!!!! and KEDS decided to make them only for MEN. I searched online all last night for them and they don't exist in women's sizes. I am really bummed. If you are a woman with really big feet you should totally look into purchasing these lovely shoes. They also come in black and grey.

weekend trip to CA and Vegas

This post is kinda of overdue....oh well. In July my mother-in-law Christy and sister-in-law Kelly went to CA for a week to visit Alma (my father-in-law's mom) in Long Beach. I took advantage of the situation and flew down one way on Thursday to drive back with them on Saturday. I spent a great couple of days going to the Malibu (the waves were finally good to me), shopping, eating Dodger dogs and hanging out with my family. On Saturday we drove to Vegas, saw the Donny and Marie show, stayed at the Flamingo and took off the next morning. It was a great, needed mini vacation !

the NEW HOUSE! it's almost done.
We had the all you can eat tickets....

the GREAT outdoors

In the spirit of the summer season, Casey and I have taken a couple of short hikes up the canyon with Sir Charles. One time we even had a little picnic with some take-out thai food (our fav). Utah is soooooo beautiful in the summer. I love how green everything gets...if only it would last. Here are some pictures of us embracing the warm summer evenings !







Charlie..reenacting Simba in Lion King





attempting to use the self-timer.

it gives me wings.

Let me just say with one final down and one more to go, this little can is going to be my best friend.

{ My BEST Friend's Wedding }

Yesterday was my best buddy Sara's wedding !!!! It was so pretty. Arizona has some funky weather but we had a great time and I am so happy for the new couple !! They finally have joined the married club. Casey and I are looking forward to some fun double dates with them.

So proud of my little Sarita !!!!!!!!!