How we celebrated Father's Day

We ventured up to SLC for Father's day to spend the day with Tyler's dad.  We were ready for church, drove over to the building, and found it to be Stake Conference, so instead of church starting at 11, church started at 10, and was at the Stake Center.  Sadly, we did not get to church today, but we did have a short spiritual moment with the 5 of us.  We made kabobs for lunch, ate brownies, went for a walk (93 degrees outside!), opened presents, and watched the basketball game (and are still doing this).  It has been a great day, and we are extremely grateful to have Paul live so close to us, even if it is for only 2 more weeks. 

Since Paul just moved in to a new place, we wanted to help decorate his place.  We got him the pictures above, as well as a very "manly" candle.

Father's Day

Happy Father's to every dad out there!  I have such a great dad, who is an awesome example and has always been there for me.  I'm also fortunate to have TWO amazing father in laws.  I am positive Tyler will be a great dad one day because of all the great examples he has :)

This is one of my all time favorite pics of my dad and me

Tiersha's Baby Shower

I was fortunate enough to be in UT long enough to help throw Tiersha's baby shower yesterday (alongside with Jordan-Josh's cousin).  We had the shower at Tiersha's place b/c nowhere else was quite big enough, and it turned out extremely cute.  I have to give credit to Jordan b/c she took care of almost ALL of the decorations, and did a FABULOUS job.  I made a pink ribbon wreath (my new obsession), but other than that I was in charge of the food and games.  I don't have a picture of the wreath completely finished, but I will get one ASAP.  We played "match the celebrity parent to the child," as well as a "baby scramble" game.  Tiersha got tons of cute baby clothes (lots from Gap), and many other great gifts.

We had fruit and egg squares in the other 2 plates/bowls

Obviously we had donuts.  They are Tiersha's favorite.

Tiersha w/Amanda & Rachel

Josh's cousins- Shelby, Jordan, and Jill

Kasey & Karilyn

The cute little romper I bought Baby Girl (it came with blue jellies)

 I can't to spoil this baby girl rotten when she gets here!  Only 3 more months!

Interruptions

I came across this quote on a blog that I frequent.  Even though I've never been a mother, I have been a teacher, and teacher's get interrupted all day.  It can be frustrating at times, but after seeing this quote, it's all worth it.

INTERRUPTIONS

When you are exasperated by interruptions, try to remember that their very
frequency may indicate the value of your life. Only people who are full
of help and strength are burdened by other persons' needs. The
interruptions which we chafe at are the credentials of our
indispensability. The greatest condemnation that anybody could incur -
and it is a danger to guard against - is to be so independent, so
unhelpful, that nobody ever interrupts us, and we are left comfortably alone.

-Anonymous
from The Anglican Digest

The Never Ending Vacation...next stop Yellowstone!

After the cruise and Disneyland, us and T&A went to Yellowstone with Tyler's dad, Paul.  We also stopped by Idaho for a few days to visit Grandma & Grandpa Gregory. 

Bison

Hot pots

Old Faithful

Exhausted after waking up early

we stayed in this cabin Thursday night

Henry's Lake

The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

Me running to the bathroom (I did this at least once an hour)

Disneyland

After the cruise, we went with Tyler's family to Disneyland.  It had been quite a while since Tyler and I had been, and it did not fail.  The weather was absolutely perfect, and we were continually getting FastPasses so we didn't wait in too many lines.

on the tram

waiting in line for "Star Tours"

Tower of Terror

in line for Indiana Jones

these 4 went on Splash Mountain while Lisa & I got lunch for everybody

Toy Story ride

instead of dinner, we got HUGE ice cream cones, which were DELICIOUS

Teacups were a bad idea...

Thunder Mountain