MExico and My bday!

In July, we got to go to Mexico with my Dad and his wife and her kids, and my sisters. It was so much fun! This summer has been so busy but we are glad we got to go on a relaxing trip and spend time with friends and family!

There was so much stuff to do there! One of my favorite parts was the banana tube pulled behind the boat. I am such a baby on things like this but it ended up being one of my favorite things we did.

Me and AShla

Tyler was the only one that could talk Spanish to these little Mexican kids selling things. This cute little girl and her brother and sisters kept coming by us so we gave them so money. They loved that Tyler could talk to them! Later on we saw them again buying dinner with the money we gave them. Its sad to see how poor people are there!

There was also a huge open dirt/sand area for fourwheeling. The only problem was it was 100 degrees and we were all wearing helmets. We put a cooler of drinks and the car right in the middle so we had to keep making pit stops to cool off. The guys found a place with a bunch of jumps and stayed at pretty much for two straight hours. Tyler was lovin it!

I love the beach so much! Some reason this trip though alot of us got stung by jelly fish, including me! It didnt hurt as bad as I had thought it would but it scared me to death. My step sister Courtney got stung really bad though and the stinger was stuck in her finger. We almost had to take her to the hospital in Mexico but then they scrubbed it out.

Here is us with the newest member of the fam. Shawn! We love him. Tyler, Tony, Shawn and my dad had fun golfing at our resort. The golf course was right outside our back door.

Here we are just playin at the pool. There were a couple pools at our resort and not enough people to fill them. We pretty much always had the pool to ourselves.

Right before the trip was my birthday! I am now 23. When I got home from work (yes I had to work :( ) Tyler had decorated our whole apartment including the door going in. Then we went to my favorite restaurant the cheesecake factory!! I really dont think we have ever eaten so much. We were really sick afterwards. We could barely walk out to our car. Since eating is one of my favorite things to do it turned out to be a really good birthday!

Engaged!

This summer we have TWO big weddings coming up, and only one week apart. I am so so excited because my cute little sis Ashley is engaged. We are really close and I am so excited for her I am going a little over the top with wedding plans! Shawn, who is she is marrying, is from Arizona and his last name is Allen as well... kinda wierd she won't even have to change her last name. (we are pretty sure we are not related...) He is really fun and we love him!



Also getting married is Tyler's little brother Todd. This girl he is marrying is named Kimiko and they met running track together at Utah State. They are really cute together and we are really excited for them as well!

Oh, I love weddings.

Memorial Day weekend!

I am SO happy that summer is finally here. I think I love summer more than anyone. Its really not quite the same when working full time, but I still love it! This Memorial Day weekend was so nice. Tyler had it in his mind that he really wanted to go camping but we were kind of worried it would rain on us or it would be too packed everywhere we went. So we went to Cherry Hill, which is an older water park/campground.

It was pretty nice on Saturday, but did end up raining on us a little bit when we were camping out. We were worried cause our tent was really cheap and we thought it would leak but it didnt. We watched a half of a movie (til the laptop died), played cards, and went out for ice cream. I dont know if that is even considered camping but it was fun!

Tyler is obsessed with barbecuing. He wanted to BBQ on Friday night when we bought the grill, Saturday night, and Monday night! Luckily we only had it twice but it was delicious. This is totally him in his element.. I love this pic of him!

On Monday we went up to Spanish Fork lake with my Dad and step family. It was actually really hot and nice to lay out on our tubes. We ended up drifting clear out and luckily we had Garrett there to paddle us across the whole thing. I dont think more than five drops of water splashed on me the whole time, which was exactly how i wanted it.


Afterwards, another BBQ... we were all pretty fried! Yay for skin cancer.


On a side note, Nikki my step sister, does hair and nails. She did my cute glitter gel toes and they are super cute!! My foot looks a little disfigured in this picture but they are a knockout! Oh how i love them.


Last but not least, I had to put this picture up. Tyler makes everything a competition (yes usually with himself) but he wanted to see if he could jump from the swing over the chips to the grass. It was pretty far and I didnt think he could do it until he was swinging so high the swingset almost popped out of the ground and then he flew and almost hit his face on the cement. He did make it though, and this is him mid air. Hes even got the form down!

Mothers Day weekend

This Mothers Day weekend we got to go home to Rexburg. We hadn't visited since Christmas so it was really fun to get away and see everyone again. I love when all my sisters are together, its like a constant girls weekend plus Tyler who is my favorite person in the world. It doesnt get any better than that!!

On Saturday me and Ashley went with my mom and her sisters and my grandma to the Home Show in IDaho Falls. It is their tradition to all go to that and go to lunch on Mothers day and I'm happy I can finally join them! While we were gone Abby and Tyler went our for Pizza and went to the arcades for a few hours. I think Tyler gets as into it as Abby because he kept puting in quarters until they had landed on the "jackpot" four times and ended up with hundreds of tickets. Abby was in heaven!


When I got home we played tag outside for a while. All we had to work with was a razor, a pair of rollerblades, a rip stick, and Abby's wheelie shoes. I think it was the highlight of our trip though. Emily was a little monster on the razor!

Saturday night was Emily's prom. Emily looked SO pretty (even prettier than the picture.) We all got to rush around helping her get ready and making her date feel awkward with us taking a bunch of pictures.


On Saturday morning we woke up and went to Abby's last volleyball tournament. She is the littlest one on her team, but she is actually pretty good! I was surprised she could serve overhand over the net which is way better than me by now. She is so cute and fun I wish we could see her so much more. (Nice touch to the picture with the Mens bathroom sign...)



Since it was Mothers Day I think I should say that I really do have the best Mom in the world! She works so hard, some days I have no idea how she does it. She really has been such a good example to me of being a good mom. She would sacrifice anything for us kids. Love ya mom!



On our way home on Sunday we went to see Tylers grandma Griff who was feeling really sick. When we got there we were really sad and surprised to see that she was really not doing too well. A couple hours after we got there, Grandma Griff passed away. She was laying in her bed in her house, with most of her kids and grandkids there. We know she is happy to be with her husband now. She was the cutest little lady and lived a wonderful life!

Britneys back

Britney Spears circus tour (with the Pussycat dolls) came to Salt Lake last week and I realllly wanted to go to it. Tyler and I listened to 97.1 radio station for like two weeks straight because every day they gave away a few pairs of tickets. After texting the word Britney a million times each, somehow we still didnt win! I was really disapointed but I had looked online and all the tickets left were really expensive. I decided to look on Craigs list and call a few people on there trying to get rid of their tickets and no one seemed desperate enough. Then at 7:30 (the concert was at 8) a girl called me back and said what are you willing to pay? and gave me them for a really good deal! We jumped in the car and barely made it in time.

This is the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, they actually did really good. She sings that new JI HO song on the radio from Slum dog millionaire and it was Tylers favorite song of the night.


Britney Spears concert was huge though! It really was like a circus. If you click on the picture below you can see how many acrobats and dancers and performers there were around her. THey had a big circus tent in the middle that was a video the whole way around it. It was like being a t a concert and a circus! In between some of her songs when she was changing costumes they would have different people performing like people on stilts, rings of fire, and other cool things.


We had really good seats. We were at the center of the ring and the second row of the upper bowl. I knew Tyler wasn't overly excited to come with me to it but he knew I really wanted to go and so he agreed to come with me. He didnt even have time to go home from work and change first because he had a late appointment so he really was such a good sport. I was glad that there were alot of other acts and dancers that he really liked. I guess I did go to Snoop Dog so maybe we're even?!

It was raining the whole night and we had to run in the rain afterwards. When we were running through a parking lot we saw Britney Spears tour bus there. It was huge and pink with a big picture of her.

Catching up!

We have been really busy the past couple weeks and I havent had time to update at all! We have been workin hard but we have also had some fun with family and friends. We got to go out with our friends Mark and Moody before Mark left for the summer. He just got engaged and will be moving to California permanently. We are sad but happy for him!


Easter weekend we went to my step sister Nikki and her husband's sealing. It was so cool to be able to go in with them and be there for that day they will never forget! AFterwards we all went out to the Olive Garden for lunch. It was a great day!


Easter sunday we went to Tylers grandma's house downtown with Tyler's dad and brothers andtheir girls. I wish we had remembered to take some pictures because they all looked so cute! We went to church with her and then Kevin made a big dinner for us. It is always fun to go with them because we are all so close in age. After we left me and Tyler decided to go to Temple square and get some pictures. Right when we found the spot we wanted the sun went behind the temple and it all the sudden got freezing and dark. I tried to lighten it up but this was the best I got!

the Lone Ranger

So this week is going to be a rough one. Tyler actually left this morning to go to "The University of Farmers". And no he is not going back to school I guess it is just a week long training school in Los Angeles that he had to go to. As for me I'm left to hang out by myself! I actually should be a little better at this but this is the first time we have been apart since we've been married for more than two days. So sad so sad. I know I will be okay once I get working and stay really busy. I am also so happy Ive got the best little sister in the world who might come stay with me a night or two!
As long as the DVR doesnt break down or anything I should be fine. :) If anyone has any good chick flick recommendations I would appreciate it!