We've started our summer with lots of activities already! I got to celebrate my 29
th birthday, yes still in my 20's despite what others may think I'm not yet in my 30's and I'm holding to the 20's for as long as I can! UT apparently has not been kind to my aging process
because I used to get mistaken for younger than my age, now I get mistaken for older than my age!!! Spencer had to leave on a
business trip a few days before my birthday so we celebrated early. Yes here I am again at my best self in the morning opening presents!
Bay loves to take pictures and actually it's kind of nice so Spencer and I can be in pictures together!
Maybe a little boring but I wanted a magic bullet express and a double boiler for my birthday so I was a happy girl when I
received my gifts!
Spencer's
business trip was at the convention center in
Las Vegas which worked out perfectly because Bay,
SWB, and I were on our way to my sister's high school graduation and got to stay the night at Spencer's hotel and break our 12 hour drive up and this way I got to see him on my birthday too. We
learned on this trip that
SWBy can climb out of the pack and play and will not sleep in it so he ended up in bed with Bay, which is where he wanted to be in the first place! She really is like a little mother to him and he loves to be with her! Today
SWBy wasn't feeling very well and was laying on the couch when Bay walked over kissed him on the forehead and tucked him in his blanket! I love watching things like that!!!
On my birthday Bay,
SWBy, and I drove the rest of the way to CA for my sister's graduation! I got lost and that was really exciting, tacked 100 miles onto my trip but lucky for me I've got great little travelers that did just fine! Thanks to my dad I was able to get back on the right track again! My mom met me in CA and I got to spend the rest of my birthday with her! We went to lunch and did lots of shopping. It was such a fun day! Thanks mom for making my birthday so special!!!
Mom brought me a Cathy's Rum Cake for my birthday! For those of you wondering, no there's no actual rum in it! I seem to get funny looks when I announce that my favorite cake is a rum cake! This is by far the most delicious cake EVER! My husband will disagree with me but he's missing out! I had lots of cake left over and you can bet I ate every last piece, not in one sitting but I sure enjoyed my after dinner or lunch desserts for about a week! After mom, Bay,
SWB, and I went to lunch and shopping we went back to my dad's where they made a most delicious birthday dinner for me! Thanks dad and Jo dinner was great, a great meal to end a great day!
Here is my sister, the high school graduate!
If you have to go to a graduation, the only way to do it is to sit in a box. My dad and
step mom bid on box for graduation and got it! It was great! My kids could run around and we got chairs with cushions instead of nasty bleachers! It was perfect for my kids! The box was even catered so we could eat during the graduation as well! It was pretty nice! Above is my dad with Bay!
On our way home from CA my awesome friend
Tangi flew into CA and drove with me back to
Las Vegas. We broke our trip up again so we didn't have to do 12 hours in one day. I love road trips with her, the time flies by and it was nice to have some company. Spencer met us in Vegas to drive the rest of the way home with me.
Tangi also stayed overnight in Vegas but thankfully at a different hotel because her pool was better then ours! It was a fun day! We took the kids swimming and then enjoyed a
delicious buffet for dinner! The next morning was short lived. We had breakfast at Paris and then my family left for home and Tang lingered a while until her flight left back to AZ! Thanks Tang for driving with me and spending some time with me!
Above is SWBy's make shift hotel bed of 2 chairs pushed together! He loved it!
Bay's preschool graduation was a couple of days after we got home from our trip! It was a cute little program!
SWBy and Bay are not camera shy at all!
SWBy loves to be in and pose for pictures! He is looking way too cool for us in the above picture!
CHEESE!
All the cute little graduates!
Me and my cute graduate!
Since Spencer was put in the Bishopric he's had the opportunity to go to and attend a few pack meetings. The last pack meeting we attended was the
Rain gutter Regatta! Spencer even got to race a boat. He got it last minute & didn't put it together until the day of and it showed. His boat was not the fastest! It probably didn't help that I accidentally broke off the fin while it was drying, I did put it back on but who knows how well! His boat was of course a tribute to the
Cubbies! I asked Spencer if he could spend a little more time and pride making these when
SWBy is of age to do this! :o)
Here he is racing his boat! All the racers had to blow through a straw to move their boats! I was standing by to give mouth to mouth if necessary! :o)
