4th of July weekend!!!

This last weekend was a BLAST! We went camping with Mark's fam in Oak Creek canyon. That place is beautiful and it was so relaxing and fun to be with the fam. I was inspired by my sis-in-law Debbie who is a great blogger to take lots of pics! So here ya go!! Also, I couldn't stop taking pics of the nieces and nephews, they are all so cute!!!!! Here is Mark jumping across the Creek. He almost made it, but not without getting William soaked and he wasn't too happy about it......
Here we are! Dont I look lovely? ha ha
Here is Debbie and Russ at the creek with Gracie

Here is Mark and Gracie! She is so dang cute!!!
Here is William throwing rocks into the creek! (and Debbie in the background)
Here is Mark with Gracie again
This was so cute!! Gracie threw up everywhere (that wasn't cute) but Russ gave her a bath in a tupperware bowl! She loved it and was happy the whole time! I think Anna and Marie were very intrigued that Gracie was getting her bath that way!
Here is Marie!! She is so cute

Here is Mark cliff jumping in the Oak Creek
Here he is mid-jump
and here he is landing it!!! Okay, so I know you are probably wondering how my camera is so awesome and could take 3 pics that fast, but I have to admit, it was 3 different jumps!! ha ha
K.....so I was a wimp and would only jump off the lowest rock. ha ha. But it only took me like a minute to do it!! ha ha
We are so brave!!

4th of July weekend part 2

So on Saturday the 5th, my parents took us to the lake and we had a blast!!!!!!! Here is my cousin Heather learning how to wake board. She was a trooper!

Here is Mark looking awesome wake boarding!
Here's my daddy-o the Captain of the "Shirley Mae"!
Okay I accidently posted the wrong pic.....but here is my babe again!!! :)

Here is my Bro Aaron wake boarding
Me and my Man
My bro's model pic.....he's such a crack up
And most impressive.......here is my mom wake boarding!!! Allie came too, but somehow I got no pics of her. Sorry Al.

Sisters by chance, Friends by choice

Mother daughter pic

My new sis!

So as most of you knw, I dont have any sisters. Since getting married and now my brother marrying Allie I now have six new sisters! (i think. hopefully I'm not forgetting anyone). Gee, am I lucky! So I was telling Al the other day, I would always see those plaque things that talk about sisters and be sad. You know which ones I'm talking about. One I am particularily thinking of that I have seen says, "Sisters by chance, Friends by choice". My Mom and her Sisters always got them for each other. So I told her, now I can get one of those for at least 6 people now!! ha ha. And that made me excited. I know, I am easily pleased.

Al's bridal shower

Can you believe I made this?
Me and Aud with the finished project
All the cute girls that threw the shower (Katie, me, Kelly, Aud, Courtney Amy, and Loudawn)
Allie!!! Opening the gift from my mom and I!!! ha ha

So as you can see......allie had her bridal shower last weekend and it was a blast! I don't know how, but Aud and I were put in charge of making the chicken salad sandwiches. (for those of you who know us, know how funny that is!!!!). Anyways, so after a couple of hours of chopping grapes (ya that is tedious), apples, and celery and thinking we messed it up a couple of times, we did it!!! And everyone loved them. The shower had a great turnout and it was a lot of fun! She got a lot of fun gifts too. :)

The 25th anniversary of my birth!

The birthday kids! (me and Zach)
My Grandma hitting the pinata!!!!!
Me and the girls at work! That was the best cake ever!!!


One week ago..............June 24, 2008.............. was the 2nd best day of the year, the 25th anniversary of my birth, yes yes it was MY BIRTHDAY!!!!! It was a great b-day. I love birthdays. Mark is so funny, to him it just another day of the year, but to me.........the only day I can be selfish and everything can be about me and I dont even feel guilty!! This year was especially great because I got to celebrate my b-day for like 4 days!!! Saturday the 21st: my cousin Heather threw a b-day party for me and her little boy Zach!!! It was fun and even my grandma hit the pinata! Sunday the 22nd: We had my "b-day dinner" at Mark's parents house and has the best meal in the world.....chicken rolls!!! (thanks Maurine!). Monday the 23rd: my parents took us to dinner at Boston's and they gave me one of the best presents ever......food storage!! I know that seems lame, but I was totally excited. Tuesday (the big day) the 24th: the girls at work took me to Paradise Bakery for lunch and gave me a cake. That night Mark and I, Allie, Aud, and Heather went to dinnger at Red robin!! It was so much fun!!!! Wed the 25th: my aunt deena and my grandparents took me to lunch at Serrano's!! So ya, I ate a ton!!! ha ha. Oh and Mark gave me tickets to the John Mayer/Colbie Caillet concert!!!! He also gave me a workout video called Turbo Jam that I have been wanting for a while. So it was a great b-day!!!

The best couch in the WORLD!

Here are the pics of the couch!! Now a couple weeks later, having lots of time to be lazy and lay on it I still Love this couch!!!
Here is the chair/love seat (whatever you want to call it!)
Here's my cute hubby relaxing on the love seat!

Well.....I've been tryin to think of something to blog about for about a week now, but ya know, I'm pretty boring!!!!!! I guess the only thing really to blog about is that we got a new couch and love seat and I LOVE THEM! They are so cute and so comfortable. My parents had given us the ugliest teal couch that was broken and so uncomfortable so we decided to use our Economic stimulous check to buy a new couch and love seat! So we found the perfect ones on Craig's list in perfect condition and we love them. So that's about it for us right now. We had a great Father's day weekend with both of our dad's too! I will have pics to come of our new couch and love seat!!!