Rodeo Time!

Last week was Lehi's Roundup celebration complete with a 3 night PRCA Rodeo. Brandon and I used to attend the rodeo every year before we had kids, but when we had the kids we quit going. This year Brandon surprised all of us by taking us all to the rodeo on family night. We had so much fun and I totally forgot my camera, so here is a pic of the boys entranced by the intermission show of dirtbikes and their awesome stunts that I took on my phone. The boys were a lot more interested in the rodeo than we thought they would be and loved the bull riding, roping, etc. We will definitely have to take them again next year.

Our California Trip!

We spent the last week in May in Southern California for our vacation and my sister Rachael's wedding. We had so much fun and it's been really hard for me to come back to Utah. I get so homesick everytime I go back and wish I could move back.

Carter and Lincoln at the fountain in Downtown Disney

The doors to the Lego Store in Downtown Disney. We spent almost an hour in this store. My boys LOVE Legos so much even though they are not even old enough to build much on their own yet. They both ended up choosing to spend their spending money in here.

A quick pic Carter decided to shoot while Brandon was changing to go to the beach. He cracks me up that he chooses moments like this to photograph

Carter and Daddy on the Buzz Lightyear ride at Disneyland. They had to shoot at Zurg and his evil robots

My boys outside of Mr Toad's Wild Ride. They LOVED this ride!

Meeting Lightning McQueen. They were so excited to meet him and then when we got up to the front of the line they got so shy all of a sudden.

Linc and I waiting for Carter and Daddy on Grizzly River Rapids. Carter was quite the daredevil and wanted to ride all the scarey stuff. Luckily he was tall enough. Linc was very sad he couldn't ride it too, but he and I hung out together since we were both in the same boat on this.

Daddy and Carter after the large drop on Grizzly River Rapids (in California Adventure). They are on the bottom with their backs to us. It was a hard pic to get since they were moving so fast!

Huntington Beach, CA. This is the beach I grew up going to as a kid. It is SO nice and SO family friendly and a short drive from our hotel in Anaheim.

The boys couldn't get enough of playing in the sand. I wish we lived closer to a beach. This absolutely kills me!

Brandon decided it would be fun to get a pic of his prego wife at the beach. We ended up taking the kids over to the restaurant on the end of the pier for dinner that evening. It was awesome to eat over the ocean and the boys had a blast watching the fisherman on the end of the pier. The weather was perfect and absolutely beautiful!

The real reason for our trip...my sister Rachael's wedding. She was a beautiful bride and pulled off the most amazing vintage themed wedding. I didn't get a ton of pics of her wedding due to the fact that I was a bridesmaid and was busy standing in lines and taking pics with her photographer. She had all of us bridesmaids wear vintage-looking black dresses and really cute vintage hats with netting over the front. It was so fun! I also got the chance to do her makeup for her wedding and I had so much fun with this! I miss working in the cosmetic industry so this was fun for me, especially being my sister.

Rachael and her now hubby Nolan. They are the cutest couple and are perfect together! They were married in the beautiful Redlands Temple on my birthday. It was an awesome day and I was so glad to share it with them!

A Fond Farewell...but not forever!

After doing over 1300 miles in the last year and going through 4 pairs of shoes, I have to quit my favorite hobby for a while...due to the growth of the little girl in my belly. She has finally gotten too big for me to run and it is killing me. I ran a few miles last week and it was hard and then this week as I tried running again I couldn't do it. It just breaks my heart, but at least I know I can do it again after I have recovered from her delivery. My goal is to do more halfs and a full marathon sometime in the next 2 years.