July 7th: Happiest Day Ever!!!!

This was the happiest/greatest day ever! Why?? Because I...


1. didn't have work
2. got to sleep in
3. ate at Giant Hamburgers 
4. won a bubble gum blowing contest
5. rode a toy bull at WalMart
6. watched a movie that mentioned Barcelona
7. ate lots of chocolate
8. spent the day with Kim & Maci
9. didn't do my hair
10. picked up a necklace in one of those claw-arcade games
11. my Spanish flag IPhone case came in the mail
12. got 100% on an assignment
13. sat on the roof of the airport
14. saw a shooting star


AND......


STANTON'S BEEN GONE A YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hip Hip Hooray!!!!

Today was absolutely the happiest day it could have possibly been! 

<3

4th of July

ThE rAnCh

View from the top of the train

My family went and spent the 4th of July weekend at the ranch.Uncle Eric and his 5 kids decided to come at the last minute and join us. We had so much fun!

Cute Tate

Of course the 4th of July just wouldn't feel right without going to the Taylor Rodeo! One of the bull riders got stomped on and put in the ambulance which meant that the rodeo was a success! It was so much fun with our cute little boy cousins because they were going crazy over the whole thing!

Seth

I asked Seth to smile and he said WAIT! I guess he just needed to flip his hat sideways for the picture! 

This time he wanted it backwards

Me and Kim

PrAiRe DoGs


We were told that there are so many prairie dogs that the cows are getting stuck in their holes and breaking their legs so David was more than thrilled to take it upon himself to get rid of them! Every half hour he had to go check to see if any new Prairie Dogs came out that he could shoot.

Jamie always thought she was being attacked by bees! haha! Love my sister-in-law!!!

 tIe DyE sHiRtS

Jamie had the cutest idea to tie dye shirts red and blue for the 4th of July. We had no clue what we were doing, but somehow they worked and they were so fun and cute!

On this trip I ate so much ice cream it was AWESOME! Strawberry shortcake bars are by far the best!! Oh and this is a picture of me and Amber (with a strawberry shortcake bar in my hand)!

Reid at the creek

 It was such a fun weekend and I'm ready for the next break from work already!

I LOVE NEPHEWS!!!

Bridger Matthew Webb
(Little Beemer)

 I cannot wait to meet our new little boy in Texas! He is so cute and looks just like a miniature Matt!

I love my little boys that are here too! 

Tyler, Aunt Jenni, and Rigby

Riggeroni's Big Eyes

Top three reasons I love nephews...

1. When they cry you can give them back!

2. When something breaks you can blame them!

3. They make you realize that there is so much more to life then working and doing "grown-up" stuff. Everyone needs a little boy to help you realize that there is always time for Thomas and there's nothing like a little boy's giggle to soothe you.

TREK

I was lucky enough to get called to be a Big Sister on the trek! According to my little sisters I look like I'm only 16 so I guess I didn't look much like a big sister, but I loved my family so much!

 The Rogers Family

I've never been on a trek so I was really excited to go. My brothers and I rapped pretty much the entire way and I never thought we could have so much fun while doing such a hard thing!

My cute little sisters

Us sleeping

It got so cold at night that we would say goodnight and we would bury ourselves inside of our sleeping bag. Because it was so cold, nobody ever wanted to get up in the morning. Soooo what does Big Sis do?? One morning I was singing wake-up songs all cheerfully and waking my girls up and all the sudden I realized how much I am becoming just like my mom... I thought that happened later in life... Crud!!!!

I know this is so gross but my feet were filthy afterwards! I didn't get a single blister though and I even wore brand new shoes :) I was so proud of myself! It was so worth every piece of dirt and every sore muscle though. Honest to goodness this will be one of my most cherished memories and greatest experiences!

Summer of the Sisterhood Begins...

When my best friends told me that they were both leaving me for the summer, I decided that this summer was going to be just like the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (except for the traveling pants part). Kymri is going on two study abroads to Mexico and Africa which makes her Lena in the movie. Mare is going to Utah and then New York for a month to be in the Hill Cumorah pageant which makes her Bridget. That leaves me as either Carmen- the one whose family falls apart and she hates life or Tibby who becomes best friends with a little girl that has cancer and dies. Hmm.... I can't decide which one I want to be.

Anyway, to celebrate our last night together and finally finishing the worst semester of school ever.... we drank "shots" of Crush and ate doughnuts!!! 

Since there's no such thing as pants that fit all sizes we got our matching Smackers so they can remember me while they're kissing boys this summer.

I LOVE MY FRIENDS!!!

I hope you two have the greatest summer ever!!! I can't wait till we get to the end of the movie where you come home and we do this all over again! 

Look Who Came To Visit... ELDER SHIELDS!!!

I walked into my house and for a whole second I really thought Stanton was standing in my door way! I made the cut out of him for Candace's wedding and he just got finished. I felt so rebellious so I had to ask my mom if it was okay if he stayed in my room for the night. It's the first time Stanton got to come in my room with me and he doesn't even know it! I actually kind of felt like Bella in Twilight with Edward watching her all night- a little uncomfortable, a little creepy, but he is just too cute to not love!

Naughty boy holding my hand as a missionary...

We've had fun taking pictures and scaring people with him! When mom called us up for dinner, Amber came walking up the stairs carrying Stanton so he could join us for dinner. He didn't say anything though when dad asked him to pray. How weird is that?! If he only knew what was going on.... Love the boy!!!

It's just what we do...

        Every single semester our teachers give us assignments on the first day of school in the syllabus, and every single semester we don't do them until the night before and every semester we tell ourselves that next semester I'm not going to procrastinate my assignments, then every following semester we find ourselves in this same position. You think we'd learn our lesson by now!!!