It's the Simple Things: Birthdays

To be honest, I have been so bad at taking pictures this past summer and Fall! We have done so many fun things, and I am sad to admit that most of them were not captured on camera.
I did capture some memories to document however, which is better than nothing :)

Fourth of July! Loved it so very much!

I love watching Oli longboard!

Waiting for the fireworks by playing games, long boarding, and eating snacks

Watching the firework show with friends! This was seriously the best firework show I have ever seen on the fourth of July!

Jay came down in the summertime and of course we always have a good time when he is here! It is always so good to see him and spend time with him.

We also were able to celebrate his birthday while he was here , which is always fun!

Mom and Dad left for their mission to Germany in the summer!!

We are so very happy for them that they are able to do this! They have been wanting to do this for a long time now, and they were finally able to go this summer. We are so proud of them for serving the Lord and we are grateful for the example they are setting for our kids.

We miss them a lot and there were tears shed, however we know that they are happy serving the Lord. Knowing that they are happy and that they are doing the Lord's work is what makes it all worth it!

Love you mom and dad!

We moved from our cute little Aggie Village apartment in Logan this past summer and I will admit that it was pretty hard on me. There were many tears shed on my part. Many tears. It is just hard saying good-bye to a place that you had created so many good memories in. We will always remember Logan and the incredible times we had there.

A few things about Logan:

It is where I came up by myself to gain a college education and to learn more about myself and who I want to be in life.

It is where Oli and I fell in love.

It is where Oli proposed to me.

It is where we made our home after we got married.

It is where we spent three years of wonderful marriage and created so many, many good memories together.

It is where we grew together and learned to step-up to the plate with schooling, jobs, and other things.

It is where we made life-lasting friendships that we will always treasure.

It is a place that we will always remember and keep in our hearts.

We love you Logan and are so grateful for all the memories you let us create while we were there!

The day we moved out of Logan/Aggie Village

Lunch with the girls!

I loved being able to catch up with them and eating such good food!

Our breakfast that Oli and I had one morning.

I just loved how peaceful it looked so I had to take a picture!

Oli's favorite dessert since we were first married: peanut butter rice krispies with melted chocolate on top. It is divine haha

Movie/Game night in the tent in our living room! Love it!

We did go camping outside throughout the summer- however I didn't take any pictures darn it.

Summer swim day at East Canyon!
Such a blast!

Date night in Park City. The Mexican food was so, so good!

Drive-In movie watching the Avengers! It was such a fun date night!!

I love that man.

Watched Aniston do her Mini-Clinic dance. It was so dang cute!

I also had to get a picture of cute Alayna while we were there!

Spent the weekend up in Logan with our good friends the Danas!! We had such a blast seeing them and being able to catch up with them! We seriously love these guys and are so grateful for their friendship!!

Haha oh the boys!

The beautiful Fall leaves up East Canyon!

We had to stop and take pictures, it was just so breathtaking!

Then Oli and I had a spur of the moment vacation plan. My parents had rented a cabin down by West Yellowstone and we decided to go up on Saturday (early, early morning Saturday) and Sunday to go to Yellowstone and enjoy the Fall time!! We love the spur of the moment vacations and plan to keep making more just like it when we can :)

The cabin rocked! Oli's favorite part of the cabin was sitting in the hot tub outside while it was still freezing in the morning and just enjoying the outdoors! He couldn't get over how awesome it was!