Parades, Fairs, Fireworks, and Fires?!.......

We love the month of July!  So many fun activities!  We love jut sitting out with our neighbors in driveways and enjoying the summer sun!  We were able to go to the fair with our wonderful neighbors and niece and nephew (we love those kidlets)!  We had alot of fun, and I even went on some rides (I'm the biggest sissy when it comes to rides!).  We were able to enjoy some great fireworks (some right in our laps it turns out!).  But the craziest July event was the fire that caught right across the street behind our neighbors house!!  It's amazing how fast neighbors can pull together to keep each other safe and watched over!  We love living where we do, we are fortunate to be surrounded by incredible people!!

Dad's 50th birthday party!

For my Dad's 50th birthday party, we had alot of fun!  We planned a surprise party, Cameron flew in from Vegas as a surprise, we went swimming at the Morrill's, and we launched rockets!  What more could you ask for?! :)

RAGNAR, third time's a charm!!!

I have been able to run the Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay 3 times.  The first time I ran, I was training for the Salt Lake City Deseret News marathon in 2008.  My dad and I ran with my Uncle and his team from Huntsman.  The second time I was able to run was in 2010 in a team made entirely from family members including my sweet hubby, only that time we ran in van 2.  Then finally, my third time, through a Utah Health initiative for educators, I was able to run on a team with ladies from work.  We had an absolute blast!!!  Phillip was the van driver, and we all were sweaty, delirious, and hyped up on adrenaline (making for a hysterical mix).  Our team name was Running FARTS for Running for the arts, with teaching at an arts integrated school.  I love those women, and I'm so glad for those memories we made during this race!!!

New York Baby!!!!!

Phillip surprised me on for our Anniversary/Christmas 2011 with a trip to New York City!  We flew out in the beginning of June 2012 and enjoyed every second of our trip!  We stayed in a teeny tiny, but New York-esque hotel room right near Times Square.  We enjoyed doing all of the touristy things!  We walked Times Square, did some shopping, went to the Lion King on Broadway, went on a ferry ride to Ellis Island/Statue of Liberty, went to the Ground Zero memorial, perused the shops on 5th avenue, walked through parts of Central Park, Rockefellar square, Trump towers, ate New York pizza and hot dogs, and got lost on the Subway!  It was a quick, but very memorable trip!  It was so wonderful to spend time with my sweetheart in a totally new and crazy city!  What a wonderful surprise it was!

Check us out!

Out shopping with 2 of my favorite people in the world!  School was out, so my sister Amber, niece Brinlee, and I went for a girls day at the store...  We get a little silly!

Surprise.....

Look at the surprise we found when we opened our grill to make some dinner!  Apparently the birds enjoyed our grill as well!