4th of July fun!

This 4th of July was spent in Utah with the Rowe family.

We went to their huge block party, had dinner, hung out with family and friends, and of course....blew off lots of fireworks!

Here are a few shots of the day...

The kids waiting for Rocket Chick.

Rocket Chick!

She rode up and down the street with a ton of fireworks on her back!

Brandon dancing with Dottie :)

Chris, Shannon, & Abbey came up for a visit.

Abbey enjoying a little snack.

Matt driving the train

4th of July train!

We had so much fun with the family. Can't wait until next years block party!

Welcome Home Surpsrises!

Brandon knows that I love surprises so when I got home from my trip to California he had lots of surprises waiting for me :) Not only did he have the entire house cleaned spotless...he also bought me this...

A brand new desk for my craft room!

(This is a close up of the desk top & legs)

(super inexpensive decor idea...paint on rocks! I'm still looking for the perfect large egg shaped rock to go in the back :)

AND...My most favorite flowers (the flowers that we chose for our wedding).

AND...A wonderful futon couch for the craft room (we're still hunting for the perfect pillows).

Here is the very first craft I started working on my new desk...Can you guess who it is?

It's a pointillism picture of Christ.

Yep! just a bunch of little dots. It's my final project for one of my classes. I'm really nervous to do his face...that's why I've done pretty much everything but that!

What do you think? Do I have the best husband or what?!

My Trip to California: Part 2

Carpinteria!

Every summer my family goes camping at Carpinteria and it is my most favorite trip of the year! Although I am still in school, I decided to take a week off and spend my time relaxing on the beach with my family. Here are some of the things we did...

Sunday was Uncle Mikes birthday so we had dinner and celebrated with him at Aunt Lynn's beach house.

Beach fun!

On our way to Solvang!

Dinner at Giovanni's Pizza...then dessert at Foster's Freeze, a Carp tradition!

Getting ready for s'more fun!

Scott's six marshmallow s'more

A big thanks to all of our fun visitors throughout the week: Mike & Lynn Schuffert, Kori Hale & Fiance, Donald Riddle & kids, Tami Hill & kids, Brad & Mandy Larkins Family, Auntie Ri & kids, Dre & Adam, Jaymi Chang, Tera Williams & kids, and the Arizona team!

Red Rock Swimming Hole

Donald Riddle took us to this awesome swimming hole aboud 30 mins from camp. We had so much fun hiking in, swimming around, and jumping off the rocks!

You can barely see C.j. ...he jumped off this one and he's about half way down the rock in this pic!