My Birthday, Father's Day

I'm finally posting about Father's Day! It was so fun this year because Alexis was old enough to really make Shaun a card. She stamped her feet and hands with paint and made him a book of stories. I also had her sing two of her made up songs about father's day.

For my birthday we had fun relaxing with family. We had a barbeque, played croquet, and had a yummy cake. It is my tradition to make a unique flavored cake every year. This year I made a lemon raspberry cream cake. MMm! it was so good! I actually beat Shaun in croquet too! My sister was visiting from St. George and it was really fun to hang out with her. We went down to Gardner's Mill with my mom and little sis. and had a girls day out. We ate at Archibalds restaurant and shoped around. We had fun walking around in the quilt shop and getting big sunglasses. So much fun!

Camping

We went up to North Fork and camped last weekend with my brother Mike and his wife Seve. It was really fun. Mike cooked all the food for us. We had hamburgers and blueberry pancakes. Alexis had a blast looking at the caterpillar nests. We also had fun having their dog Bob do tricks. It was a little chilly but not too bad. Alexis slept good after we finally got her to stay in her mummy bag. We all woke up at dawn to the loud chirping birds. Fun though! We love the mountains and have missed having them close like we do now that we are in Utah.

Summer Fun

The last couple of weeks seem to have flown by. We have been enjoying warm weather finally. Today we played in the pool with my cute sister and her darling baby Brigham. He loved it. He giggled and giggled! I went fishing with my bro last night. He caught 4 big brook trout up by the canyon in our "secret fishing hole". Alexis had her first big bike crash. She got going down a steep cement driveway and fell off her tricycle. She got her forehead scraped up but thank goodness she was ok! We saw Kung-Fu Panda at the theatre. It was really funny. We enjoyed it thoroughly. My birthday is coming up this weekend so Shaun went birthday shopping today. Of course he had to give me early presents. (it's a family joke). He gave me a new tennis racquet and a new fishing reel and lure. I'm excited to try them out. I went on my first mountain bike ride the other night too. It was just up and down the street, but at least it's a break-in. Tommorrow i'm heading down to Provo to help my sister look for apartments. It has been stressful still not having a job, but all in all we are enjoying being close to family. We love to spend time with them.

Birthdays, Train, Job Lead

June is a big month for my family. We have 3 birthdays. My cute little brother just turned 24 I can't believe it! They had a barbecue and we played Lasso Golf on the lawn. Alexis rode her tricycle around in the front yard pretending to be "the ice cream man" she would sing louder and louder as she drew closer to signal that you needed to buy ice cream from her. It was so cute! Then she would open the back trunk of her little trike and pull out a colored straw for you and tell you what flavor of popsicle it was.

Today is my Dad's birthday. We took the new "Frontrunner" train down to Salt Lake yesterday and went to Temple Square. It was so fun! I can't believe how smooth and fast it goes. We walked around at the museum and ate a hamburger and onion rings at Hires Big H. Shaun went on a bike ride and we are going to fix up my Dad and Mom's bikes' today. It is still a bit chilly and rainy but we are enjoying it because we know it will be hot soon.

Monday we look forward to calling on some job leads in the Utah area in Biological Engineering. We are keeping our fingers crossed. We would love to live in this area close to family. We love seeing them.

Memorial Weekend to Moving Weekend

We had a great weekend up at my brother in law's cabin for Memorial Day. (Pictures coming as soon as I get my computer hooked back up)We relaxed mostly taking a break from packing. We headed back to Idaho and packed up the rest of the apartment. Yesterday we moved to Utah. It is always so crazy to move but we are so greatful for all of our family and friends who came and helped. THANKS EVERYONE! We couldn't have done it without you. We are excited to be back around what we know call the "big mountains". We've lived in Utah our whole lives until recent and we are amazed at the beauty of this state. We love being back. We will miss all of our good friends in Twin Falls and plan to make it back for the temple open house. Shaun has been temporarily working on some detail paint work there. It will be such a blessing to see the way the temple blesses that area of Idaho.