4th of July Weekend!

4th of July weekend was such a BLAST! 

My parents came out and the first night they got there we surprised them with this!! I knew I couldn't go the whole weekend without letting this secret out of the bag! 

That is right! Baby Duffy is coming in February!! 

We are beyond EXCITED!!!

The rest of the weekend was full of fun activities! 

On the 4th we went up to Yellowstone National Park! Brad and I had never been there, so it was a very fun adventure for the both of us! 

We first stopped at this pond where my Dad, "Mr. Photographer" got some shots of the baby ducklings!

Next Stop was at these beautiful falls where Brad got this awesome picture of us on the Go Pro! 

I think this is the only group shot we got the whole weekend! 

Next was West Thumb Geyser Basin

They had these awesome pools! The water was crystal clear! 

This was a small geyser and the yellow spots are bacteria beds. Being a health science major I thought it was interesting that those bacteria beds could live in such HOT environments! 

Off in the distance we could see a Buffalo coming. He looked as though he was trying to find a drink of water. All of these pools and geysers are above boiling temperatures so he was out of luck! I got so close to him as you can see me in the white shirt in the picture below! 

The buffalo crossed the path and found some shade!  

Next we headed to where Old Faithful was at! These pools just fascinated me with their blue color. I had never seen anything like it! 

And then it was time! Old Faithful Geyser! It erupts at heights of an average of 130 feet and pumps out about 3,700 gallons of water every time it erupts! Old Faithful erupts every 60-110 minutes.

 It was an awesome experience to witness! 

My Mom and I in front of the Old Faithful sign with Old Faithful steaming in the background!

One of our last stops was at this beautiful lake! It reminded me so much of home! 

There is Mr. Ken in his photographer stance!  

We had an awesome day at Yellowstone! We took the long way home and stopped through Jackson Hole. Because it was 4th of July, we didn't get to do as much adventuring as I hoped, but we did get to stop in Driggs, Idaho and have some awesome Thai Food on the way home! It was a great 4th of July and getting to see more of our beautiful country was so fun! 

I love the land in where we live! 

The next day was the 5K Color in Motion. We were so excited that it was actually being hosted in Rexburg! Brad and I had signed up for the race back in February! It was so worth the wait! 

This was our BEFORE the race picture! 

 This was right at the beginning of the race! They had 5 color stations along the way where volunteers would squirt you with color!

Brad finished about 10-15 minutes before me! My mom was there to greet him after he finished. 

This is me heading to the finish line!  

Our first race together! It was a blast! 

Then the Festival of Color began! Everyone was given a color packet, and at the end of the race all of the participants threw their color in the air!  

This was the end result! I was so glad I brought sunglasses or it would've been horrible!  

I am so glad my parents were there to capture these moments! It was so fun having a fan club when doing something I don't particularly like.... Running! 

That evening before my parents headed out of town we had the chance to go back up to West Yellowstone and go to dinner and the PlayMill! We ate some delicious Pizza and then we saw one of my favorites, Beauty and the Beast! 

On the way home we ran into a horrible rainstorm but as we were traveling back to Rexburg, we saw this awesome rainbow! With my Dad and his awesome photography skills, we got out and took some pictures!   

Overall it was such a memorable weekend! I love spending time with my parents and am so glad they were able to take time out of their busy schedules to come out and see us! Thanks MOM and DAD! 

Spring Semester 2013!!

I have to get these posts updated so I can share our SUMMER ADVENTURES!!!

Spring Semester was a busy one but we had so much fun with friends and with family! 

Here are the Highlights....

Spring Break was Spent down in Utah! We stayed with Jerah and Kenny and of course BABY ZOEY!

Zoey and I at Lunch!

 Fun in the Car!

That night we got to watch Zoey too as her parents played softball! 

Zoey definitely kept my lap warm that night!

 Quinn and McKensie came over to play too before they headed out the St. Louis for the summer! 

 The next evening the girls went to dinner before McKenzie and Quinn flew out! 

(Morgan, Brittney, Paige, Quinn, McKensie, and Me)

After Dinner we met back up with Amren, Jerah, Kenny, and Zoey at the Real Salt Lake Game! 

We love Soccer and we have our Real Jerseys on they are just covered by our coats because it was a cold game!  

Zoey loves going to the games too! These two had so much fun!  

The next morning we had church! Zoey is so precious in that outfit! 

 We enjoyed our visit so much! 

Thanks for having us!!

Once Spring Break was over, that meant it was time to go back to school! 

We both had a very busy semester! I had some fun though with my sewing class! I need to take pictures of all my projects but here is one as a sneak peak! 

This was my decorative pillow! It was a fun but challenging project with the invisible zipper. 

Spring Semester means date nights at the Farmers Market eating delicious Mexican Corn!  

Spring also means horrible wind storms in Rexburg! 

These are the shingles coming off of our roof! 

May 4th and 5th was Brad and Kedrick's Birthday! We celebrated a few days earlier and went to Red Robin! That was our 3rd year in a row celebrating their birthday's together! 

We had a very fun Ward Activity for Cinco de Mayo! 

 Brad celebrated his birthday with yummy cup cakes (His Favorite)!

This was Mother's Day! 

Over Memorial Weekend we went to Boise, Idaho with our friends Maddy and Jacob!

The boys went shooting! 

Saturday Morning was spent at the Temple! 

Later we went shooting! 

 The whole gang! 

Sunday evening we went to Grandma and Grandpa Hill's house for dinner! Even though I don't have pictures I had a wonderful time with Melanie and her kids plus Mike, Cassie and their Kids. 

Monday morning before we headed out of town we went out to the Army and National Guard Base! 

We had our very own tour from Uncle Mike! 

 It was very cool! Thanks Mike for our own private tour! 

June brought fun times with surprising my family and Courtney in Spokane for her graduation! 

Here is a flash back! The first picture was in 2009 when I graduated and our reenactment when Courtney Graduated! I was so happy I could make it home for her big day! 

 The weekend was spent graduation party hopping but my favorite time was spending time with this girl! 

Sunday before church!  

I was so glad I could catch up with Kim and her sweet boys! They were so fun! 

Braylon gave me the name of Auntie Ta Ta!  

Before I headed out of town I was able to see my brother Jon. Can't believe it has been 4 years! 

I miss that boy every day! 

June also brought a camping trip our way! We went with a group of friends and hiked down to Packsaddle Lake in Driggs, Idaho. 

It was such a pretty view! 

 Lots of time was spent around the campfire telling stories! 

The other time was spent at the rope swing!  

 Justin showed us some sweet skills!

 Wes was pro at his superman jump!

 The girls just sat back and watched! 

The whole group before we packed up camp!  

This was after we just hiked out of camp!
We later went to the Huntsman Celebrate America celebration to watch fireworks and have fun in the park! They do this every year in Driggs the weekend before 4th of July! 
We had made some of the best friends in our time at BYU-Idaho! We are so grateful for the friendship and memories that were made! 

(Justin, Anna, Jacob, Maddy, Trina, Wes, Brad, and myself)

Another fun adventure with this group was going to the Drive-In movies! 

We all had a pretty good set up I would say! 

I love this boy!! 

Well that was mainly the highlights besides some very exciting news and 4th of July with my parents! I think that we have had more than enough pictures for this post so I will leave that at this. But I think it is safe to say that even with a very stressful semester we found time to do a lot of fun things! We miss all of our friends and family members while being here in California but it has been fun to reminisce on these fun memories during this post! Hope you enjoyed them! Another post will be coming soon I PROMISE!!