July!

We had a wonderful fourth of July! Afton and Matson blessed their new baby so my family was out here and we had a blast. Bree even got a tattoo at the parade:) She is so cute these days! When she sees something she likes she says "OOOOO" it is super cute! Here is a video of her doing it.




Some of the nieces and nephews set up a little stand where they sold food. It was super cute and they made like $200!







Joseph and I had a wonderful anniversary! We went to dinner at the Tree Room up at Sundance and had a wonderful dinner without the constant moving Bree! I am proud to say that after four years we still love each other :) Joseph is the best husband and father and I am lucky that he choose me:)



We went to Joseph's family reunion up in Idaho and it was an experience! Joseph's mom passed away right before we got married so I never had the chance to meet her in person. It was her families reunion we were at. It was really fun to spend time with all these people I had never met and get to know a different side of Joseph!
We kinda got "distracted" cara-vaning (is that a how you spell it) home in twin falls! Super fun! Of course Joseph, Katie, and Nate had to go cliff diving.....I used to be all brave and stuff and I used to like scary movies and haunted houses!! I had no fear. NOW-I am the biggest wimp....so I stayed on the ground and took pictures:)



Bree had a really bad diaper rash while we were there so she and we spent a lot of time in the sink at the church. It was the only thing that would make her happy......poor girl! Notice the RED MATCHING shirts WITH our names on them-gotta love family reunions.



Then we went down to Manassa Colorado for my family "reunion." My brother Brett is there serving a church service mission and my dad grew up there. It is an itty bitty town 8 blocks by 5 blocks. They have a huge party for the 24th of July every year and my family always goes. Last year if you all remember I was having a baby......so I wasn't able to attend. This year we made it happen and had a blast! They have a parade, carnival, rodeo, demolition derby and some awesome food choices! Brett got to walk in the parade with the missionaries-they sang Call to Serve and Army of Helaman-brought tears to my eyes! We are so glad he is able and willing to serve the Lord.



Bree had an awesome first Birthday and we loved watching her enjoy cake and her new dolly:)



Yeah for July! What a month!
Oh and did I mention that no weight has been lost to date...............awesome. AND I still LOATH running............

Dang you, BECCA!!

I am now embarking on the hardest thing I have ever done...... no thanks to our friend, Becca Uda [link], who just ran a marathon recently [link]! Her marathon made the rest of us look bad and stuff, so I had to go and buy this....




Mostly the reason I am posting this is so I won't wimp out. I am really good at determination and dedication for about two weeks-then I am usually over it and move on to something else. This book told us to tell our friends and sign up BEFORE training so then the commitment is that much harder to break.....

So my friends wish us luck! We are being "forced" to be swim/bike/run people now:) Oh and did I mention Joseph and I can't swim?.........this could be interesting. We have been only training for about two weeks and so far I've gained weight (what the??? The reason I am doing this is to get rid of my last 10 Brielle pounds!!!!!)

Hopefully on August 29 I will be a sexy running, swimming, biking, mom:) See you at the Bear Lake Classic Triathlon [link]!


P.S. Thanks Becca:) You are my inspiration! Lots of love (at least for now) ;-)