- the 4th -

I love summer...

bbq's
potato salad
watermelon

flip flops
the pool (still haven't gone yet!)

We had a really good 4th of July! Okay, a good 3rd, 4th, and 5th of July! Saturday we headed up to Honeyville to James' parents. His entire family was able to be there and we had fun. We were able to get family pictures and have a bbq. After that, we headed back to North Ogden and visited Cherry Days. I had never been before and it was fun! Somewhat like Peach Days only I didn't think it was as good. Sorry North Ogden, my heart belongs with Brigham. Later that night, we headed to Willard to watch the fireworks with my Dad. I was impressed!!! They put on a really good show!

Sunday I had planned to have a bbq at our house with my mom and brother and sister, however since our house is well... small... my mom let us have it there! I made these bbq pineapple chicken burgers... YUM! Very easy as well. After that we had a fire and roasted marshmallows and lit fireworks.

Monday James and I went to Eclipse (my second time ha!) and then went to Brigham for their fireworks. They never fail to impress me. I love it. We kept getting hit by the leftovers though! My grandma went and thought "some goofy kids" were hitting her on purpose with something... Sad! Tyson also got back from Washington DC from his summer internship and had baseball games at the park before the fireworks.

Tomorrow we are going camping with my Dad and his family up to Tony's Grove. I am really excited. The last time I went camping with my Dad was probably 10-12 years ago?

My mom is moving the first of August. It's coming up fast. She gave us some money to buy a queen bed for our spare room for her to stay in while she visits. I have had a little bit too much fun picking out bedding,etc. Her favorite color is purple, and so I found some cute purple/silver things. I will take pictures when I am finished!

James' 25th birthday is on the 20th. I ran around today shopping for it and I had a LOT of fun! He only knows one thing he is getting, which is a new phone. But since he is getting a new phone then I am to. Ha! I am going to make him one of those "Subway Art" signs (see Lyndsi's sister's show: Studio 5 on KSL) from tatertotsandjello. Luckily I can post on here what he is getting because he doesn't ever check on here! I printed off 2 8x10's of me and him from our recent family pictures. I got him a phone case, 2 pair of shoes, and 2 books: Hunger Games and then whatever the sequel is. Oh and then I went to Smith's and ordered him a Bday cake! Pictures will be posted after his bday.

I hope everyone is having a fun summer :)

-Shandi