June

Get ready for a really long post with lots of pictures...

On Sundays, we usually go to the pool and hang out with friends. The guys also love playing bocce ball in the 'grassy' area. One Sunday, while us girls were watching bachelorette, they went to a park to play for money. And.... Brad won $100! :)

I really do love when we have storms here even though it can be a little scary sometimes, since we get a lot of tornado warnings. But, I'm just glad that they usually happen while Brad is home. 

As I mentioned in my last post, Vivint always does competitions for the wives. This month wasn't really a competition, but they asked us to do some sort of service and anybody that participated gets a shirt. Our stake was going to be bagging potatoes at the local food bank, so we decided to go help with that and have it count as our service. So it was perfect, and all we had to do was show up and help.  

My friend, Kourtney, asked me if she could take me to lunch for my birthday. When we got to Chipotle, the rest of the wives were there to surprise me! I don't think I have ever had a surprise like that before, so it was really fun! We did a little shopping after, then Brad met up with me to get a Bahama Bucks. (I got birthday cake flavor- which is one of my favorites!) I picked up Olive Garden for dinner, and it sure was delicious! 

Kourtney and I decided we wanted to celebrate Fathers day... even though our hubby's aren't fathers yet. So, we surprised them with a candlelit lunch and a few little gifts. We spent the week making the pictures with the sayings on them, which we thought were going to turn out so cool. Turns out, they didn't look as good as we thought they would. But, it's the thought that counts right? And, the guys loved the surprise, so it was worth it! We even moved the couch up close to the TV so it would be all ready for them to play Call of Duty. :)

COLORADO/UTAH TRIP

My friends (Kourtney and Rose) and I decided we wanted to go home for a little bit. It just so happened that my mom was going to see Kylee at the same time Rose's friend was getting married, so it was perfect timing. We drove up to Fort Collins on Tuesday, June 17th and spent the night with Kylee. (Brody was in Switzerland)

Wednesday: Kourtney and Rose left to go to Utah and I stayed at Kylee's and helped her do some yard work. My mom called both of us to tell us that Cam got his mission call, a week before they were thinking, and wondered if we could skype to see him open it.  I hadn't told my mom I was coming, because I wanted to surprise her. (Yes, i guess it has become a tradition now, since I seem to do almost every year! :)) So I found a blank wall at Kylee's house and just stood there to skype and Kylee went on the porch so that they wouldn't know we were together. Cam got called to the Chicago, Illinois Mission- Spanish speaking and leaves on November 5th for the Mexico MTC! I am so excited for him, I know he is going to be a great missionary! I sure will miss him though! We watched some shows and went on a walk, then we drove to Denver to go pick up my mom from the airport. As we were driving to the airport, a big storm rolled in. We got to the airport at 7:30 (10 minutes after her arrival time) and hadn't heard from my mom yet, and she didn't answer her phone. We were a little worried, but figured it was just because of the storm. After an hour of waiting, Kylee finally got a text from her saying they had landed, but in Colorado Springs. They were going to wait there until the storm cleared. So, Kylee and I went inside and had some dinner. My mom called at about 10:30 to say she had finally landed in Denver. I got in the very back of Kylee's subaru and hid under a blanket. When my mom was talking to Kylee to tell her where she was, she kept saying we... 'ok, we will meet you outside' and so we were trying to figure out who was with her. We thought maybe she was going to surprise Kylee with someone, we just didn't know who it would be! I was surprised to hear the voice of a stranger get in the car... Turns out my mom started talking to a Chinese guy that was sitting next to her on the plane. They talked for a while about a lot of things (including the church) and she offered him a ride home, but didn't bother to tell Kylee about it. So, I stayed in the back, trying not to move or make noise so he didn't see/hear me, for ONE HOUR until they dropped him off! I was pretty dang hot and my hips were numb, but I guess it made for a good story! After he left, I quietly got up, reached across the seat and grabbed my mom's shoulders. She had just taken a bite of her sandwich, so she didn't scream, but she was super surprised!!  We didn't get home till 1:30. 

Thursday: We went to a yummy mexican place for lunch, went grocery shopping and helped Kylee organize the Nursery. We went to this most amazing dessert place ever after dinner!! We got 3 desserts and shared them all. I couldn't pick my favorite. 

Friday: My mom and I helped Kylee deep clean her house, then we ran some errands to get some things for the Nursery. Kylee's friends gave her the cutest shower themed baby shower. I'm glad that it just so happened to be on a day that we were there. 

Saturday: We went on a walk/hike, made a yummy lunch, then went to the movie 'How to Train Your Dragon 2'. We ran some more errands, did a little shopping, went to dinner at Moe's Original BBQ, got some frozen yogurt, and watched Black Fish at home. 

Sunday: We went to church with Ky, went on a walk (actually 2), worked on the Nursery a little, and just had a relaxing day at home.

Monday: We went to a really delicious breakfast place called Snooze. Then we spent the rest of the day running errands, working some more on the Nursery, making pizza for dinner, going on a walk and cleaning Kylee's house.   

Tuesday: We drove to Logan and got there by about 6. We made great time, considering we had an 8 month pregnant girl with us that needed to get out and go to the bathroom at least every 2 hours. The Bundy's invited us to go up the canyon with them to roast hot dogs. We saw the cutest baby ducks there! 

Wednesday: I went to see Mikell and talked to her for about an hour. My mom, Kylee and I went for a walk and then went to lunch with Grandma and Stacie- who was also in town. Lydia turned 5 and her birthday party theme was based on her favorite movie- Phantom of the Opera. Lindsey outdid herself, as usual. I got to meet sweet baby Breckon. Lydia is the sweetest little girl and I can't believe she is already 5! I love her so much!

Thursday: I went to Zumba, then went on a walk with my mom and Kylee. We went to the temple, along with my dad, then we went to get some amazing shaved ice. It's not quite as good as Bahama Bucks, but it is a close second! Again, we got 3 different kinds and shared them all. Grandma Mary came over for dinner, then we went on a walk and watched a movie. 

Friday: Brad and I have been thinking about buying a house. So, I went with my realtor, sister and mom to look at some houses in Nibley and Providence. I met up with Mindi and her girls at Twizzleberry after lunch. It was so great seeing them all, I sure do miss hanging out with them all summer! I also went to see Kelsey and Jett and it was great to see them as well. 

Saturday: My parents have had this squirrel problem for a few weeks. The squirrel chewed on a pillow, towel and blanket that was in their backyard. (The blanket was so bad, it had to be thrown away) Who knew squirrels liked to eat material??  They had a trap out with some peanut butter in it and the squirrel got the peanut butter without getting trapped about 3 times! Finally, the little guy got trapped on Saturday! They took him up the canyon to let him out while I went to go see the Hess' and Kristina, her baby and her new house. Then it was back to Texas for me. My friends picked me up and we spent the night at Kylee's again We left early on Sunday and got to Texas around 6. It was such a great trip and I'm glad I went! 

 

May

This month was pretty low key and I don't have a ton of pictures. But it was a good, fun month. 

As always, we enjoy our days at Bahama Bucks. :) All the wives are out here now so it's been fun to get together with them to hang out.

During the summer, Vivint always does little competitions for the wives every month. This month, we were supposed to get together and take pictures at 3 different places. 1) a local treat or restaurant that our city/state is notorious for 2) a famous landmark 3) and, a sign with our office city name on it. 

So we all went out to lunch one Saturday to One Guy's which was way yummy and then went to a candy store that we went to last year and loved! Then we walked across the street to take a picture on campus and got a two for one since it said Lubbock on a sign there.  And we also put in our picture from Bahama Bucks. 

For the drawing this month, anyone who put their picture in, got their name put in a drawing. Anyone who won, got $30 per wife for dinner. And guess what? We won!! Along with about 30 other teams... haha but we are still excited! 

Mothers day was great as always, but even more so since we got to talk to Jake and Drew! After church, we walked around the temple- which is one of my favorite things to do. Then, we were able to skype with Jake and the rest of the fam for about 3 hours! Unfortunately, the skype wasn't working great to have all 4 different skypes on at the same time, unless we turned our video off. So nobody was able to see us, but they could hear us and we were still able to see everybody, so it was good! It was awesome that Jake was able to talk for so long. Drew called while we were still talking to Jake so Brad and Dallen went in our bedroom and talked to him on Brad's phone and I went back and forth. They are both doing great and I can't believe how fast time has gone since they left. Drew will be home in October, and Jake just hit his year mark this month. 

 My favorite- Kamrie and Kinlee. From left to right: *We took them to the mall to go on the rides and get popcorn. *Kinlee modeling one of the headbands I made. :)  *I went over a few times in the mornings to babysit while Nick and Mindi went to CrossFit. Kamrie was usually asleep, but I enjoyed snuggling and playing with Kinlee. *Kamrie has been obsessed with mermaids, and Mindi and I thought it would be cute to make her a mermaid skirt. It seemed easy enough, so I gave it a try. It turned out so cute, so I had to make Kinlee one too. I was a sad girl when these two and their mom left to go home for (what was supposed to be) 3 1/2 weeks for Kamrie's preschool graduation and dance competition. I was even more sad when I found out they are not going to come back except for a few visits. I'm glad that I have made some new friends out here that I can hang out with, but I sure will miss Mindi and her girls. 

We started doing something that we have never done before in the summers. We bought a gym pass so that we could work out! Brad has been going every morning for the past week with his friend, Ethan- who has taken on the roll of his personal trainer. ;) He tells him what to do for his work out and tells him what to eat. Brad is hoping to lose weight this year instead of gain weight like every other summer. My friends and I go to some classes a couple times a week while the guys are gone. Our favorite is one called Zumba toning. It kicks our butt, but we feel great after. One time after working out, we climbed this tramp thing to the top. It was actually a lot harder than it looks because the strings were really stretchy. But it was fun and we got a good laugh at it. 

We have spent a few days laying out by the pool, and guess what? I got sunburned! It was my fault, since I didn't put sunscreen on.. but I have only gotten burnt one other time that I can remember. 

We have kept our tradition of going out to eat every Saturday night with friends. This night, we went to Logan's Roadhouse. The coolest thing happened to us! First off, we had the best waiter because we thought we were going to have 7 people, so he put us at a table. Then we found out there were going to be 3 more guys coming, so he pulled up a table right next to ours, blocking the walkway so that we could all sit together. When we were getting done eating, we asked to get our ticket, and he said, 'It's done, don't worry about it. Some guy at the bar paid for you guys.' How awesome is that? People are so nice. We wish we could have thanked him! 

April

Brad and I went to Vegas with some of our friends the first weekend in April. On Saturday, us girls went to lunch and went shopping while the guys golfed. Then we all met up for dinner, and to the amazing show of Le Reve. Then we got frozen hot chocolate after at Serendipity. On Sunday, we watched some General Conference, did some shopping, went to Joe's for dinner and gambled a little. Then we headed home on Monday morning. It was such a fun little trip, and I'm glad we were able to go. 

We got to meet our sweet niece, Aideen. She is so tiny, and I was so happy to finally meet her! We went to Bryce and Ann's after to play a game of rook with them. 

Kylee came home for a few days and my mom, Lindsey and I threw her a baby shower. The theme was 'Kylee is about to Hatch' which was perfect since her last name is Hatch and it was around Easter time. I thought everything turned out so perfect! The shower was around brunch time, so we had a yogurt bar, orange rolls and sugar cookies. Kylee got a lot of great stuff and I really cannot wait for that baby boy to get here! Only 11 more weeks! :)

 Brody had been in Canada, so Kylee drove to Logan with her friend and her baby on Thursday night. On Friday, I was babysitting Jett and we all went on a walk. That night, we had a cousins party at my parents house. We had dinner and played catch phrase. Saturday was the baby shower, and that night we went to Cam's baseball banquet. Brody flew into Salt Lake on Sunday and we all went to my Grandparents for dinner and then played games after at my parents. Brad left for Texas on Monday morning, and then the Bundy's came over for lunch before Kylee and Brody (and Kylee's friend) left to go home. It was fun to have them here, even if it was only a few days. 

I went to my Grandma's house with my mom to help her tie Cam's t-shirt quilt.
Swinging with sweet Lydia one afternoon.
We went to dinner with the Galvins one last time. We we went to Beehive Grill for our first time.
Mariana and I went to Noodles and Co. for dinner before I left. It was fun to see her and get caught up on her new married life.
And.. Kristina had her baby the weekend before I left so I got to go see her. Baby Brooklyn is just as sweet and cute as can be and I was glad I got to see her before I left.  

My mom and I coincidentally wore matching dresses on Easter Sunday. That night, we went to the Skeen's for dinner, some games and to sit by the fire. Oh, and we also got to feed their new baby lambs!

I drove to Lubbock, TX with the Eliason's on April 21. Nick decided to just drive through the night, so the drive went quick, and the girls were great in the car. I decided to go with them instead of Brad so that I could stay and nanny for a few more weeks... since we had originally planned on leaving the beginning of May. But we decided last minute to just go back with Nick when he came home for Easter. So it really only ended up being a week later, but it all worked out great anyways. Texas has been good, but super windy lately. And don't worry, we've already enjoyed quite a few Bahama Bucks.

And here is a little tour of our apartment. (These are different apartments than last years)

We went to the Children's Museum yesterday and they had a penguin exhibit. It wasn't as cool as we thought it was going to be, unfortunately. But we did get to see real penguins through the glass. It's weird being back in the same city as last year, doing the same things, but it is also nice to already know what there is to do and to know where everything is. We got a season pass this year since we only have to go three times to make it worth it.