4th of July

The Sunday before the 4th, we got together with some friends and bought some fireworks, and then went to the church to light them off. 

We made crepes for dinner one night and made this cute flag for the toppings.

On July 3rd, we made these cute and yummy treats: muddy buddies, rice krispies treats, and caramel pretzels. We went to the drive-in movie of Despicable Me 2 and Monster's University. We put little treat bags together and made a bed in the back of Nick's truck with one of my extra mattresses and couch cushions. We also brought Mindi's SUV to sit in the back of so that we would be able to fit everyone.  We picked up firehouse subs for dinner and got there an hour before the movie started, thinking that would be plenty early.. but boy were we wrong! That got us in the second to last row. But we still had fun, and enjoyed both the movies. The boys were able to meet us there and only missed the first 20 minutes of Despicable Me. 

On the 4th, all the wives got together to go to the parade that was two blocks away from our apartments. It was nice to just be able to walk there. Afterwards we walked to Firehouse Subs for lunch, and then to Bahama Bucks. 

Brad was able to get off early and was home at about 6:30. It was so weird to have him home so early, but so nice! We hung out, then went with the rest of the office to buy more fireworks. We found a parking lot and had pizza and the boys played football, then we did fireworks. We were in the perfect place and were able to see the city fireworks as well. It was a great day! 

Rest of June

We went to Chuck-E-Cheese's for London's 2nd birthday. 

I may take a lot of pictures of this cute girl and her sister, but its my life right now, so get used to it! ;)

 For the past two Saturdays, we have gone out to dinner with our new friends, Krista and Clayton.  We went to Chili's and to Raising Cane's (a chicken place).

Swimming at our pool makes for the perfect summer activity! 

We went to a cute candy and ice cream store that is near our apartments. They had a bunch of candy with bugs in them, and just plain crickets (bottom left picture). They said that everyone loves them and they always sell out of these first! They made me think of Brody and Bundy.. anyone need me to go back and buy some?? ;)

I set up all of the extra mattresses at my apartment in one of the extra bedrooms so that the girls can jump on them. They quite enjoy it! ;)

Lubbock had a critter fest at the science museum one weekend. It was basically like baby animal days, but better! They had tons of animals including chicks, alligators, snakes, pony's (to ride), zebra, camel, pigs, bunnies, llamas, goats, an elephant, you name it! You could hold the big, yellow snake... but I was much to scared to do that! I kinda wish I would have just to say I did it though. You could also ride an elephant! Again, I wish I would have- but nobody wanted to ride it with me, so I didn't do it.

 Then of course we had to play with the bubbles and in the kid area after.

Just Brad and I and some really dark skies on a rainy day.

 Blowing bubbles and eating popcorn on the porch. It's the little things...

Krista did our nails for the 4th of July. I love how they turned out!

Birthday

We went to the science museum again so the kids could play. This time we went over and played in the bubbles as well. That is such a cute and fun place!!

One night, we had a really bad rain storm. It took out the power for over 5 hours. Luckily this all happened after Brad was already home, so we only had to live with the power out for about an hour or two before we went to bed. But unfortunately since the power had been out for so long, the fire alarm went off at 3am and didn't stop for about 30 minutes. It was quite the night!

 Can't do a blog post without posting about Bahama Bucks right?? Sure love this girl!

We went to dinner with all the other wives last Saturday to a burger place called Sparky's. Since it was so close to our apartments, we just decided to walk over!

 The girls wanted to 'swing' the whole way.. ;)

We walked around the temple after church again. I absolutely love that our church and the temple are in the same parking lot!

At the store they had this little room with mirrors on three sides, so the girls had fun playing and dancing in there.

For my birthday, my friends and I walked to Firehouse Subs for lunch, then went to Spoonful (a frozen yogurt place) that was next door.

 Brad came home early to take me to dinner. We went to Outback, and I got a free ice-cream sundae for my birthday. Then we went back to the apartments and had cake with our friends. It was a great birthday and I'm so grateful for everyone who made it a great one!

Surprise!!

My friend who is out here in Texas decided to drive home for a couple days to work on their house they are building. She offered to take me with her, and of course I said yes! That happened on a Friday and we drove home on Sunday. Since it was such late notice, I decided not to tell anyone so I could surprise them all! It was such a fun trip and even though I was really bummed it was the week right after Jake left for his mission, I was glad I could be there to help cheer up my mom a little! We left Lubbock at 6am and arrived in Cache Valley at 11pm. Mindi's parents had come to Texas for a visit, so we were able to follow them home. It was a long car ride, but Mindi's girls were so good in the car. I decided to spend the night with them that night since I figured my parents were already asleep. 

Here is how our week was like...
MONDAY: We went to see Mindi's new house. I had asked my mom earlier if she could take my temple clothes to Mindi's sister (who is coming out for the summer) since they do not rent clothes in the Lubbock temple. After being out at Gary's for a Memorial Day breakfast, my parents drove to Wellsville to 'drop my temple clothes off'. My mom came up to the door, and I answered! She was so shocked, surprised and happy! I went with them to their storage unit to clean it out a bit, then went grocery shopping with my mom. As we were bringing the grocery's inside, Mikell drove by and saw me-- not exactly how I was planning on surprising her, but it was fun to see and talk to her and baby Paizley. When Cam got home, I hid in the laundry room and surprised him. We invited the Bundy's over for a BBQ and I surprised them as well! Mom, Lindsey, Emma, Lydia and I got in the hot tub after our BBQ.

TUESDAY: I went to Leinani's zumba class with my mom and surprised her! After class, she said that her boys were downstairs at kids club and asked if I could possibly take them home so she could go to an appointment. I loved seeing those cute faces.  I went to lunch with Mikell at Hu Hot. I had never been there before and it was delicious! We got the s'mores that were so good too.    We went to Hobby Lobby after to buy some fabric for a carseat cover I made for Paizley that night. Then mom and I watched Bachelorette.

WEDNESDAY: Mom and I went on a walk, then while she was at work, I ran a couple errands. Then I picked up Kalani and Micah to go to the movie 'the Croods'. It was such a cute movie. Mom and I watched So You Think You Can Dance and then got in the hot tub.

THURSDAY: I went to Tori's zumba class with my mom and then we went on a hike with Lindsey up Hyde Park canyon. It was so beautiful up there! Then I went to lunch at Rumbi Grill with Mom, Lindsey, Lydia, Annie and Grandma. Mom and I went to Twizlberry- our favorite and then to Old Navy, TJ Maxx and Bella Me to buy some birthday clothes. I played with Lydia outside for a bit, and then went to visit the Hess' while my parents went to Cam's baseball banquet.

FRIDAY: I babysat the Jenkin kids from 8:45-12:15 and took them all to the park. Then I went to Firehouse for lunch with Grandma Freda, Mom and Cam. Then I went to Mikell's to give her the carseat cover and to visit for a bit, and then went to my friend, Kelsey's, to visit her and baby Jett.  After dinner Mom, Dad, Cam and I rode our bikes (Cam rode the scooter) to Aggie ice-cream. My friend, Lindsey, and her little boy, Spencer, were there so it was fun to see them!

Mom and Dad took me back to Wellsville on Friday night so I could spend the night there. We followed Mindi's sister and her husband back to Texas and got there after midnight. It was such a fun, short trip but I was happy to be back in Texas with Brad!