July 2010

So far July has been lots of fun! Can I just say how wonderful it was to start the month with a three day weekend!? Over the 4th weekend, we spent time in Kaysville (BBQ) and Provo (shopping, EFY) with the Blackhams. I didn't get any pics of this time unfortunately but we had fun!

Our recent adventures in July... purchasing a chair for our study (spurring a whole new campaign for updated home decor).
Then almost simultaneously we decided we should probably invest in a new computer (just the computer, already had a monitor). So far it's worked beautifully!

Then last Saturday was the Allred Family Reunion in Logan. We were celebrating with an Allred Amazing Race. Along the way we made stops at Grandpa Allred's favorite and most frequented places in Logan. Among them: Bluebirds chocolates, Aggie Creamery, Logan Temple & Tabernacle, Logan Lanes (bowling) and the Utah State football stadium. Afterwards we enjoyed a lunch in the park! It was a very fun day!! Here are some pics from our race:

And then finally the most exciting part of the month really for me... we have vegetables!! Aren't they so cute?? And they taste good too!!

June 2010

At the beginning of June we planted out first garden! Our stake was kind enough to divvy a portion of the land just north of our ward building out as garden plots for the families in our stake (since most everyone lives in apartment complexes). Justin and I have absolutely zero gardening experience BUT I am glad to say we are actually growing vegetables! We planted: green beans, peas, tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, carrots, onions, green peppers, watermelon, pumpkin, cilantro and basil. Pictures will be coming soon!

In other news, June 11th my sister gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl: Emma Claire. I was there for the process, my sis treated it like a walk in the park! If all births were that easy I'm sure the world would be much more populated! But she is very cute...don't you think??

My parents and niece came out shortly thereafter to help take care of Heather and the babe. It was fun having them out here! We played mini-golf, saw Toy Story 2, attended my softball games, had a fun time eating a lot of food lol... it's always fun to be with family!

Overlapping in time, my sister-in-law, Amanda, had her 4th child, a cute and healthy baby boy, Nathan, on June 28th. My mother-in-law and other sis-in-law, Kristen came out around this time too to help Amanda. So we got to spend some good time at the end of June with the Blackhams!

June was the most hectic month we've had in quite a while! whew!

Playing catch up-May 2010

I fell off the edge of the blogging world but I am back, or I just got the motivation to sit in front of a computer screen after doing it for 8 hours already for my job.

We'll go back to May! Which I am pretty sure was uneventful OTHER than the barrage of events we celebrated with my sister. In April, they celebrate my nephew's birthday, my brother-in-law's birthday, their wedding anniversary and at the beginning of May is my sister's birthday. So we attended several birthday parties during this time.

On a more exciting front (for us at least), we did plan a 3-day weekend to Vegas, as per our annual ritual. This time we stayed off the strip, J.W. Marriott, and frequented the strip only once. Although we do go every year we try to switch it up every time. We apparently didn't find much worth photographing so our pictures are few..

Our typical shot outside of the Bellagio..

My favorite part of Las Vegas, the Bellagio Conservatory-this snell is made of flowers!The view from our hotel balcony...