Saturday, August 27, 2011

Fun 1st Week in Happy Valley

{Provo Beach Club}

I text my cute little friend, Melissa to see what cheap activities there are to do here for kiddos. She used to live here and moved to Texas like 5 minutes before we moved up here :( Anyways, she had mentioned Provo Beach Club and so we decided to check it out. For $2, it was great! We let Aubree play on the toddler play place and took her on the carousel. They were doing a bunch of remodeling, so we'll have to go back again but it seemed pretty cool! There were a lot of fun activities for all ages and the prices were awesome, so we will be going back for sure!



{Uncle "Tay Tay" moved up here a couple days before we did for work and stayed with us until he found a place to rent. Aubree would not let him leave her sight, obviously. She LOVED having him around and so did we!}

{Right as we walked outside, Aubree saw the splash pad and ran right into the water.
I do have to say she is pretty cute.. Except when trying to take her away from something she is doing.}



{Provo Canyon}

Later in the week we thought it would be fun to go up the canyon and have tin foil dinners at one of the parks. We had so much fun; something so simple turned out to be a great night! This totally brought me back to my childhood growing up in Salt Lake. These mountains are amazing and bring back the best memories for me! Little diversion here (ok, it's looking like a big diversion actually...) but growing up my family would go to Snowbird and hike or just hang out up the canyon. After moving to St. George and once I got into high school, my best friends and I would come up here every summer (or when we needed to get away :) for awhile and stay with my aunt Becky in her beautiful home right near the Wasatch mountains. Oh boy, we had the best and craziest times!! My Shelly and Ashlye were the best road trip partners and being here has really brought me back to how much fun we had. WOW- ANYWAYS.. love these mountains, loved playing wtih my fam and the Zanders, love being here! The End.







Wednesday, August 17, 2011

BBQ with STG Neighbors

Before we left, our great friends from our old ward had a little goodbye BBQ for us at the Ridings house.  We seriously had the best neighbors and ward. It was hard to leave but we were glad to have one last get-together with them!

{Jeff Winger, Matt, Dan Riding, Matt Rowley}

{Dan, Mary Anaya and the Jones girls- Juli and Shawnie.
The Jones were our next door neighbors and were our absolute favorite people.
Really, I don't think we'll ever have neighbors like them!}

{Matt and Catherine Rowley, Jeff and Telsha Winger- LOVE these girls!}

{Me and cute Danelle Adams and her darling little Hallie}

{Mary is so hilarious! She made our ward so fun.}

{Cassie, Shawnie, Juli, Me, Telsha.. Cassie and her hubby were so nice to host the BBQ}
  {I promise I'm wearing a camisole underneath my shirt... I guess it's a little see-through.. oops}

{The cute kiddos playing around}


We will miss you guys!! Thanks for all your love and support!!

Our New Place

We are officially living in Provo. My mom was AMAZING and extremely patient with me while we were moving. She helped clean, helped with a sick baby (so sad, Aubree got the flu the week we moved in) and helped me realize I didn't need to be a huge psycho :)
I don't have any pictures of this inside yet, but here's a pic of the outside....


Not the best picture but we have our own yard and have a beautiful view of the mountains from our kitchen window. I was so nervous about how small it is and cried like 10 times over it. Ha I'm so dramatic. Anyways, we have figured out how to utilize our space and I am SO happy with how our little house has turned out, all things considered!
I'll post pictures of the inside when everything is squared away, but so far we are really happy to be living here and are ready to start our new life!


All About Aubree

{19 Months Old}

-She TALKS and TALKS and TALKS.
-She says sentances like "I wan some, I wan dat."
-When you ask her what the dog, kitty, horse and duck says she'll do the animal noises.
-She loves giving kisses.. not to us necessarily but to flowers, blankets, socks, cotton balls.. anything soft.
-She points to body parts and can say some of them. She mostly says "No" for nose.

-Grandma Tami got this little singing dog for her and she completely loves it.
-We got settlled into our new duplex and you can tell Aubree feels so much better to be
in our own place again. We had a blast living with my parents for the summer, but it
feels good to be on our own again!
-She thinks she's pretty cool in these sunglasses :)
-I know there a lot more things about her this month, I just can't think of anymore! 
I'll add more when I remember..

Even though the last couple months have been a little hard (major attitude :) she has such a
personality and love of life! She's so darling and the love of our lives!!

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Family Pictures

{Wiest Family 2011}

Before everyone starts heading back home to various parts of the country, we were able to get some family pictures done. We seriously have the best time together! We are so grateful to say that our families are our best friends.


{Mike Natalie Angie Carson}

{Ryan Joy Allie Jack Amanda}

{Mark Jenny Abbie Drew Lainey Logan}

{Our little fam}

{Ricky and Kelsey}

{Juli and her kids}

{Meme with her grandbabies}

{From oldest to youngest- 10 darling kids!}