The SURPRISE!!!!!!!

So the best part of the 4th of July weekend was... Jon and I had a surprise.  I thought it would be nice to have some fun with it.  I made a "4th of July" card with a surprise inside.  We showed it to my parents 1st.  Then we left it on the stove in the livingroom, and it was fun to see who would figure it out. 

Hoorah! A babies on the way, I'm currently 16wks and due on Feb. 17th. 

4th of July 2010

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!! Time to get up, it's 4am, time to follow the Band, and Anvil!!!! This year was fun, we had a lot of people at the house.  Breakfast was delicious as always, and the day was good. It ended with the rodeo and fireworks. 

Every Year they pick people to set of the Anvil.  

Travis and Braiden got to set it off this year!!! It's was Awesome!!!

KABOOM!!!!!! HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!!!

Grandma Pearl

One of my most favorite things to do when I was younger was to go to Grandma Pearl's.  She lived just down the hill.  Mom knew if we weren't at home we where at Grandma's.  Grandma Pearl pasted away on May 27, 2010 at the age of 90.  She will be missed for sure, but never forgotten. My favorite things I remember about growing up at Grandma's is... working in the garden, irrigation early in the morning, picking strawberries, pulling weeds(lots of them), canning, playing steal the flag, and kick the can with cousins, watching Family Feud, Jeopardy, the News, and The Music Man on VHS. Last but not least making Christmas Sugar Cookies, homemade Lemonade with real mint, and that delicious homemade Macaroni and Cheese w/Sharp Cheddar.  Love You Grandma Pearl!!!

Leaf me alone... NOT!!!

We had a fun day up home in Taylor. 

Who can resist a good pile of leaves.  

 Did it get out of hand?  

 I don't know maybe so HEE HEE :0) !!!

The Costume

So David has always wanted to be an Oompa Loompa for Halloween.  I decided to surprise him and make him his very own Oompa Loompa Costume.  It was fun to make and if I must say so turned out pretty well.

Mugzy

Jon and I had the opportunity to keep Mugzy for a few weeks. (Travis and Cori's Dog)  He was fun to have around cuz I was trying to convince Jon that we need a dog.  Every time I came home from work he would go crazy and run around and jump for 10 minutes.  When we took him back I couldn't resist returning him with the cutest Halloween costume ever.

Camping Fun!!!

Last summer we went on a family camping trip and had a lot of fun.  

I could tell you more about it, but I think the pictures will say enough.
 

Tree Bucking, Giddee up!!

Priceless

I don't know why but there is something about this photo that screams postcard!!!  I just had to have a picture of it!

Las Vegas Baby!!

We had our 5 Year Wedding Anniversary of Jan 22, 2010.  We decided that we wanted to do something fun.  So why not go to Vegas.  Jonathan had never been, and I knew it would be a place that we would enjoy.  We stayed at the Monte Carlo, which was beautiful and still affordable. Like most vacations there was a few hiccups. The whole time we where there it rained. It wasn't to bad... but at night it made it chilly.  We stayed for 3 days, and I think we walked the Strip everyday.





The first day we saw a lot and were heading back to the hotel when we stopped at the Bellagio to take some photos.  Well it had been raining all day and when I handed Jon the camera it was slick and fell on the concrete with a thud.  Yes you guessed it, the camera broke.  So the first day we were out a camera.
 Lucky for us a local Target wasn't far so we got a new camera.





Later that night, exhausted we went to go see Mystque!  It was AWESOME!!!  It's amazing what Acrobats can do.  Some of the show was weird, but worth it.  We enjoyed the rest of the trip. We saw almost every free attraction, and hotel on the Strip. It was fun, and surprisingly nice and relaxing.

The Circus

So now the fun will begin. I thought I would post somethings that we did over the last year 

(just so my blog wouldn't be so boring). HEE HEE!!!

Something I've always wanted to do was take my Nephews Braiden, Devrin, and Niece Cierra to the Circus.  So just over a year ago we went.  I LOVED IT!!! They seemed to have fun too.  My favorite part was before the circus you got to meet the Clowns and they did some act up close.  They had a Rubber wall up and brought the Elephants out up close.  The kids were feet away from them, and it was awesome to watch their faces.

Hello

So I finally decided to conquer the world of blogging.  Never thought I would have much to say or to blog about... so here we go!  Just a quick history lesson.  Jonathan and I meet in 2001 working at the lovely store of Wal-Mart where we both worked.  Dated 4yrs, and finally decided it was time to get married.  We had a cute little Winter Wonderland wedding on Jan 22, 2005 in Snowflake, AZ at the Social Hall.  We lived in Mesa, Az for the next 3yrs while Jon worked on getting into a fire dept.  He was hired by Rural/Metro Fire were he worked for over a year.  We then heard from Casa Grande Fire and he went through another academy.  We decided it was a perfect time to start looking for a home in Casa Grande.  Took us 4 months to finally find a home that we loved.  It took us several weeks to make some updates.  Including taking down wallpaper in the WHOLE Kitchen and 2nd Bath.  Pulled up the carpet, painted and put in a wood floor (which was worth it). We made the move last April and here we are living a very simple life in CG.  The End :0)