Summer trips

I was barely home in the month of June. Sam and I were lucky enough to go on a church history tour. It was a lot of fun. I learned a lot about the "Pioneer" days and found it very interesting. The Doctrine and Covenants is so much more special to me now. This trip was also a great opportunity to spend time with my favoritest brother. <3 We went to Independence, Liberty jail, Far west, Nauvoo, Carthage jail, and Winter quarters. I liked every place we went to (minus i had a hard time enjoying it cause i felt aweful!) too hard to pick my favorite place. One thing I did love was catching fireflies! I had never been past Texas so it was a big surprise to see them...but i thought they were awesome. If you have heard any stories from us you know that we LOVED our tour guide. He was seriously so funny. Sam and I still quote him all the time. All in all it was a fun trip. I'm so glad we got to go.

             We are so cool ha ha

Speaking of my awesome brother...he turned the big 23! I can't believe it. His birthday was on a Sunday so we didn't do much but thanks to my awesome Aunt Laura, Sam had a few steaks for dinner. The hot dog I had wasn't too bad either :) My family couldn't all get together on his birthday so it resulted in 2 parties and 2 cakes. They were both very good.

Cake #1 made by me :)

Cake #2

Sunday photo op

Every year in June my family goes to our ranch to celebrate Uncle Gary's birthday. We love to play games and were introduced to a new one thanks to Emily and Sally. Dutch blitz I suggest you find it and buy it. Its pretty fun.Thanks guys. I love hanging out with my extended family that I don't get to see very often. Since the youngest cousin in our family is now 12 it was fun hanging out with some younger "cousins". We also went on a long 4wheeler ride into the mountains. I got more muddy then I have ever been but it was so worth it.

I also had the opportunity to shoot a gun up hyde park canyon. This was the first time I had done it! Thanks to the Ashcroft family in trusting me with their gun :) I had a lot of fun and actually hit a small target! After shooting I dragged poor Ian to see Eclipse with me. He's the best! This movie was by far the best of the 3 movies.

On another note my awesome cousin got engaged to his wonderful fiance. Their wedding is in August and we can't wait for her to be part of our family cause we already considered her a part of it. Congrats Clark and Natalia. Can't wait for your big day. (Did I mention I get to be a bridesmaid for the first time ever...yay!)

Weston's Graduation