Twenty Three

I turned the big 23 this year! I am still teaching preschool so the morning started off pretty normal, and my cute little nephew who is in my class brought me some beautiful flowers and some candy. After Lexie woke up from her nap I met my sisters for lunch.Then I took Lexie with me to do a little shopping and I found the cutest rug for my entry way that I have been needing! After I was done teaching piano lessons Jake, me and Lexie all went out to dinner to Joe's farm grill. (YUM). We dropped Lexie off at my mom's house then me and Jake went to Dave and Busters  (Kind of like a Peter Piper Pizza for older people) to play all the arcade games. Jake of course spoiled me with some new workout clothes and new Nike's that I have been needing. Such a fun day and I definitely felt the love from everyone!

 Couldn't go shopping for myself and not share the love! She held the ball like this all the way home

                                                                  Cute new rug!!

 New workout outfit from Jake (Okay maybe I exchanged everything that he bought to get different stuff... it's the thought that counts!)

 With my birthday money I bought a bike trailer! I have been wanting one so bad for Lexie and now that the weather is cooling down we will definitely be using this a lot!

                                    At Joe's farm grill for my birthday dinner!

Lake Powell

The last week of July we were lucky enough to spend a WHOLE WEEK at Lake Powell with my side of the family. I was originally just going to come up early Thursday morning with Jake (he couldn't take the whole week off) because I was nervous to be camping at the beach with a baby by myself... but seeing all my family packing, talking about what they were going to do all week. etc. I couldn't be left out so I decided on Saturday that I was going to leave on Monday with my family! And who am I kidding.. Lexie is the most easy going, happy baby so she was perfect all week. (Minus the first night of barely any sleep... babies need to adjust!). The whole week was spent playing in the water, getting some good tans, riding the jet skis, playing with cousins, and just relaxing! It was such a great week and I loved being able to spend time with my WHOLE family. Lexie absolutely loved crawling in the water and just living in a swimsuit for an entire week.

Fourth of July

// We headed up to Rexburg for a whole week to celebrate the Fourth of July! It ended up being an unplanned family reunion (minus Jake's younger brother and his wife) and it was SO fun. We got there a couple days before everyone was there so Lexie got some extra attention that she loved! 

// We enjoyed the cool weather, played at Rexburg's new cable park and went wakeboarding and paddle boarding, played at the splash pad and rode the carousel, saw the Rexburg Fourth of July parade, played at Josh and Marie's new property, had a huge bbq with the Fullmer cousins and played volleyball and did our own fireworks show,  had a family tennis tournament, floated the river, and much more! It was a jam packed week with non stop playing! 

// Here are tons of pictures from our fun week.. not in order, but enjoy!

        All 12 Grandchildren were there! (Lexie is 11 out of 12 and #12 is not in this pic)