Happy 4th of July!

The 4th of July was on a Sunday this year so we celebrated it on Saturday July 3rd. We went to Colonial Days in Provo, and then we went home and had a barbeque with our friends, and then we lit fireworks in front of our house. We had a great time together as a family and with our friends. On Monday, July 5th, Mike made us pancakes that looked like an American Flag - Wow how patriotic he is! :)

Happy Birthday David!

David had a Great Birthday! On June 30th he turned 7 years old and was very excited to have a Water Party! He invited a few friends, and only 3 could come, but it was very fun! David wanted to have a pinata, so we got him a spiderman one and they loved hitting it until the head came off of the body! :) David had a blast playing in the water and squirting his friends and dad with water guns etc. They went on the slip-n-slide and got in our little pool we have. It was a very fun day!








After David's water party we had muffins for dinner, David opened his presents, and then we went to his last T-ball game this season. David's favorite part of the game was passing out the treat to his team mates! David loved playing T-ball this summer. He played on the White Socks and did a great job! We are so proud of him and hope he had a Happy Birthday!


David is very into Star Wars Legos and so that is what he got for his birthday! Happy Birthday David! We Love You!

Happy Birthday Mike!

Mike came back from Uganda 2 days before his birthday. We had a fun time on his birthday. He was pretty tired from his long flight etc. so that is why he is in his pajamas! :) We gave him a few presents and had ice cream sandwiches and root beer floats for his treat.

Father's Day!

Well, June has come and gone, but we had a good month. Father's Day is always a favorite day in the month of June...along with so many birthdays to remember.


We celebrated Father's Day a little bit early. Mike had to leave for Uganda and was going to Scout camp before that. So we celebrated Father's Day on June 5th with Mike. On June 20th when it was really Father's Day we went to my parent's house to see my Dad and Grandpa. Mike was in Uganda at that time. So we went to Sandy and had dinner with my family. We had a good time and the kids loved playing with their cousins.

Our Trip to Sweden...

Mike and I enjoyed our Trip to Sweden! We had such a wonderful time together! Thanks to our parent's who watched our kids while we were gone. So let me back up just a little bit...so Mike left for Sweden on May 9th the day after we got back from Disneyland. I stayed home with the kids for about 9 days until I left - the day of Andrea's 3rd Grade program. Yes - I left practically the minute her program was over to go to the airport! Oh and on the way to the airport I was in Mike's car and one of the windshield wipers literally blew off of the car while I was on the freeway! Yes that was the highlight of my trip...J/K :)


Anyway, so onto bigger and better things...yes I did make it to Sweden about 18 hours later, or however long it takes, and Mike met me as soon as I got out of customs. I was very happy to see Mike after not seeing him for about 10 days! We stayed in Upsala, Sweden. That was the name of the city. We traveled to Stockholm quite a bit and were able to see some beautiful buildings and a lot of historical museums. It was so much fun to walk around the city and see things together. One of the buildings we were able to tour was the Royal Palace! It was quite the elaborate building, but very interesting to see how they lived back then.


The Royal Palace...

We were also able to take a boat called the Cinderella 1 out to the Archipelago we actually were able to go out to the end of the Archipelago and see all the different islands there on the tip of Sweden. It was a nice relaxing boat ride!


One of our last nights in Stockholm we were able to go and see the Romeo and Juliet Ballet. It was so much fun to see a real ballet in a foreign country. We loved going to see the ballet in the Opera house. It was pretty exciting. Oh and this was the first time I really actually have gotten a stamp in my passport. So that was pretty exciting! :) I have never really been to a "foreign" country like Sweden before.

The Opera House...

We also road on the train to Stockholm each time we would go and that was my first time ever riding on a real train. :) Another thing I did for the first time there in Sweden was I got my first pedicure! That was pretty fun...and my feet loved it! I was able to do that while Mike was working there in Sweden. Mike went to Sweden to do research and present some ideas he has been researching. He did a wonderful job and we were able to have a good time together all at the same time! :)

This is one of the trains we rode on...

And this is me getting my pedicure.:) It lasted for 1 hour and I practically fell asleep it was so nice!


We saw many wonderful, beautiful buildings, but our last day we traveled to see the temple (which was about 30 minutes away from Stockholm by train). That was probably one of my favorite buildings to see. It was so neat to see that a temple was built in Sweden for the saints to go to. We were also able to go to church and that was an amazing experience!


Anyway, we had a wonderful trip, but we were so excited to see our kids when we got home on May 29th. We brought home a few souvenirs for them from Sweden. It was a great trip and one I will never forget - especially being able to spend time with my wonderful husband! :)