Amanda Jo Homemade

My friend Amanda is super crafty & creative and has her own etsy shop - Amanda Jo Homemade and she makes the cutest stuff!!! I asked her to make Ryan a birthday hat and an owl for her 1st Birthday Party and here is what she made!!! :) So cute!

More Summertime Fun!

So for the latter part of the summer we have had lots going on it feels like :) A few weeks back My Dad & Raquel got hitched down in Vegas :) (finally) they have only been engaged for like ever.....They got married at The Hilton! We all went down there for a few days and it was lots of fun having us all together! Fun Times for sure!!! but then again when isn't Vegas fun?

And then Last Weekend we went up to Brianhead and it was oh so nice up there! We had a free condo to stay in and my mom & Chris and also Aaron & Elaina came up with us too! Weather was great! Mountains and Trees and Fresh Air was such a nice break from this hot desert sun. While we were up there it was also The Brianhead Beer Festival and so we of course had to go check that out. Brittany & Deven came up to that for a little bit too! I hope to go up there in the summertime more often. It's gorgeous and the condo we stayed in was HUGE and Nice and literally right next to the Bunny Hill. We just cooked dinner and played games and watched movies and read...Aaron played his guitar! It was lots of fun!

I cannot believe that summer goes by soo fast....its sad. But it is WAY hot and even though I love it sometimes it is nice to see it go.

Ryan's 1st Birthday Party Invite!

This is Ryan's Party Invite that my dear friend - Bradi - helped me with (or actually did for me!!) I am soo excited for her 1st birthday and I've been thinking about it for like months now...I'm not in a hurry for her to be One but just the thought of having her first little party is so exciting! :) She is growing up so fast and I can't believe it hardly! We just had her One year old pics taken and I cannot wait to see how those turned out! I'll be posting more soon with those and her birthday pics!!! not too much longer....

my 29th birthday!

I just had my 1st 29th birthday ;) and I honestly cannot believe that I am that old. I know that 29 is not old but when I was younger I sure thought that it sounded old...I definitely feel like I'm 23 -26 age range and maybe I always will feel that way in my mind......but everyone around me seems to be growing up like crazy? weird how that works...
Anyways, I always like to make a big deal out of anyone's birthday! I think that everyone deserves one day out of the year just for them to be spoiled and celebrated and all of that fun stuff - no matter how old ya get :) I had to work on my birthday and so I didn't really get to do anything too exciting on the actual day! But my cousin took us out to Sand Hollow for the day on Saturday to celebrate and that is always a good time in my book! and also a group of us went out to dinner at Gun Barrel! I LOVE their fried green tomatoes so very much! Spending time with my family & friends is the best and I'm thankful for everyone in my life :)