Fun Weekend

{July 23rd}



We had such a great weekend. We spent it with best friends doing things we love!

My favorite days are filled with non-stop playing and running around until we drop :)

We started out Saturday morning with a trip to Gunlock with Danny and his darling sister, Heidi. I hadn't been to the lake FOREVER and this was Aubree's first time. Aubree wasn't sure how she felt about it at first.. like she kinda freaked out... but after a 1/2 hour she loved it. I don't think there is anything better than being at the lake!

{I didn't get great pics of Matt on the wakeboard, but he landed some good tricks.. It sometimes sucks being married to someone who's good at everything and you are very not good at everything.}

{So much fun tubing!}

{Our sweet baby girl}

{Heidi and Danny- we sure love these cute bro and sis}



Later that night, we celebrated our great friend's birthday, Ethan, by riding the motorcycles to Springdale for dinner. I was really excited to take the bikes out; I've never been on a motorcycle for more than 15 minutes! It was so fun, but we were really sore the next day from having zero back support the whole time. We had an awesome dinner at Bit-n-Spur with even better company. It's always a good time with the Zanders and Stouts around!

{Cutest biker friends ever}

{TJ and Ang Stout}

{Ethan and Steph Zander}



Thanks for the great night guys!!  

All About Aubree

{18 Months Old}

-Wow this girl is FULL of personality and feisty-ness!

-Can the terrible 2's start early? 

-Even though she's a stinker at times, I feel like this has been a really easy stage of life..

maybe because I've learned to calm my nerves a little better! And I know how she communicates a little better now.

-She talks a lot-- she'll jibber jabber and then say a word we understand.

-New words are "wa wa" (water) "MeMe" (grandma Juli) "quack quack" "down" and "bubbas" (bubbles).

-She loves her bubble baths in my parent's kitchen sink.

-She wants to kiss anything that looks soft. Lately it's been the kitchen and bathroom rugs; disgusting but cute!

-We went on the new carousal (spelling?) that is in town with Ricky and Kelsey and loved it! Aubree wasn't digging it at first, but lightened up and had fun.

-She had her very first haircut from Aunt Jenny. She just trimmed the bottom but the curly mullet is gone! Of course I left my camera at home :(

-We've been taking her to nursery. I left her the last time we were at church and 10 mintues later she was brought to me sobbing. I took her back and stayed with her; she did better but was nervous I was going to leave her- so we'll just keep trying.

-We have loved having our cousins in town. We played in all of Juli's water toys a couple weeks ago and the kids had a ball.

You're testing our patience little one, but always make up for it with your cuteness! We love you Aubree!!

4th of July

We had a great 4th! We had a BBQ with Matt's family during the day, another BBQ with my family that night, and then back to Juli's for fireworks. 

 I LOVE going to the big fireworks, but Matt reminded me how much fun Aubree was during the fireworks in Disneyland, so we opted to stay at Juli's in a more "controlled" environment haha.

 Busy day, but so fun to be with family to celebrate the freedoms we enjoy. There is a lot of turmoil in our world, and our nation isn't exempt from that, but to know that I can walk out my door and feel safe is something I will never take for granted. We are blessed to live here!!



{Cutest baby girl}

{Drew, Lou, Aubree Grace, Me}

{Juli always makes this darling flag cake every year}

{Aubree loved the smoke from our homemade rootbeer}

{Teaching our child early to Do the Dew}

{Ang, Lou, Drew}

{Jen, cute Logan, Grams}

{Nat and Ang}

{Matt got stung by a wasp earlier in the day.. He failed to mention that he's allergic to them. Typical Matt}

{Cutest crowd around}