24th of July

We had a wonderful weekend celebrating the 24th with both Andrew’s family and My Family. Thankfully our families know each other and get along. We hosted the party at our house and also celebrated Meilin(my sister) and Alex’s (Andrew’s Brother) birthdays since their birthdays are both on the 23rd. It was nice to have them all together for food, games and fireworks.  

My Father wearing out our dog for us :)

Sasha playing Tug with Meilin….Sasha weighs more than her and was pulling her all around the yard it was funny!

 

Sasha catching the ball and my awesome picture taking skills got the picture at the perfect time!

 

Liz and Darrel

 

My Sparkler :)

Here are some pictures of the fireworks…I thought they turned out  pretty cool!

 

Boulder Mountain

Almost every year my dad’s side of the family goes camping to Boulder Mountain, Utah. It is my favorite place to go camping and in my opinion, one of the prettiest places in Utah. I have so many memories there. Last year we were unable to go because of a few weddings in the family so I was so excited to go back. I don’t have very many pictures of the trip because we were too busy having fun and I never thought to get my camera out but here are a few pics anyway.

This is my cousin Amber and her husband Karl, My husband Andrew and my Aunt Kim playing games.

This is a picture of an area outside of Boulder City, We drove a bit to go hike a trail that was supposed to go to a waterfal but the trail was closed. :( The scenery on the way to the trail was still beautiful.

My Aunt Kim cooking some of the Many fish that were caught. YUM!!

My cousins, Sam and Lacey with my sister Meilin playing in the Lake. The small black dot in the lake is my dog playing an endless game of fetch. She LOVES the lake!

Meilin and Lacey

Andrew and I were excited to try out our new (massive) tent. It is huge and we had more than enough room but we figure we will grow into it!. We had a bunch of fun playing games, going biking, playing in the lake(Especially Sasha!), fishing, and just being with the Family. I will try to take more pictures next year!

Boulder Flowers

This post is mainly for my benefit. I love flowers and this year at Boulder, there were more flowers than I had ever seen before. I think it was because we went earlier than we usually go. Any way here are a bunch of the flowers that I saw while I was up there. Oh and  a few pictures of the beautiful creek that I have so many memories playing in.

 

 

 

 

Andrew’s Birthday!

So Saturday the 19th was Andrew’s Birthday. I have been so excited for his birthday to get here! I had planned what I was going to give him since last November and couldn’t wait to give it to him and see his face. Andrew has really been wanting a flat screen TV for a few years now but I just didn’t think we needed one because we have a perfectly good TV and they are just so expensive. Well I guess I caved because I knew how much he wanted one….but I didn’t let him know I had decided this.

I started having my work split my direct deposit into 2 accounts…our normal bank account and a new one that I didn’t let Andrew know of. I had my work take a little bit out each month and put it into the separate account and then when his birthday came, I would have enough for a TV and Andrew would never notice. My original plan was to actually buy the TV for him but then I realized I knew nothing of all the different features or what size he would want etc So I decided I was just going to give him the $$ to buy it himself. I wanted a creative way to give him the money though..just handing him the money was pretty boring in my opinion so with the help of his cousin Kami (who I work with) we came up with an awesome plan hehehe….

One of the guys at my work had bought a 42” flat screen and he let me use the box it came in. As soon as my last paycheck before Andrew’s birthday was deposited, I withdrew all the $$ and put it in an envelope which I taped to the bottom of the box. we then filled the box with packing peanuts and shredded paper until it  was full. However the box wasn’t heavy enough to pass off as a TV so I got some bricks from my flower bed and put them in a box inside the TV box. I decided to give him his gift a day early because I was just so excited to give it to him and see his face and on Saturday, he had to work and then we had family parties so he wouldn’t have time to enjoy it.

So I made Andrew come in through our front door instead of the garage so he wouldn’t see the TV box in there. I told him I needed help bringing in his birthday present. Oh he was so excited and confused! He had no idea what it could be! he tried guessing the weeks leading up to this birthday and looking in all possible hiding spots in our house but I had kept it at Work….hehehe…Any way so I waited in the garage ready with the camera to get his picture as soon and he saw it:

He was so excited! He couldn’t stop smiling! I couldn’t stop smiling either…but for a different reason…I couldn’t wait to see his face when he realized this was not exactly what he thought….

Well he kept admiring the BOX….and was so happy and said it was perfect and had all the right features (it should…since a GUY had bought the TV of the box I was using lol). Well he Finally opened the box to get it out and his excitement immediately went away. He said very solemnly “Oh, I knew it was too good to be true :(”

Opening the box….

And then his surprise when he realized there was not a TV in the box

So then he started digging….

And digging…..(hehehe all the dust particles from the paper!)

And Digging.

He found the box of bricks and then he finally found the envelope.

  

 

 

AAnd then he was happy again…. :D

(Sasha had to wish him Happy Birthday too)

Of course immediately after, We had to go look at TV’s. We went to a few stores, came home and did some research and then went and bought him his TV.  Ironically, He ended up getting the EXACT same one as the Box I used.  (LG 42” LCD TV)

I do have to admit, the TV is pretty cool! I didn’t  think there was that big of a difference to a High Definition TV and a regular one but there is! The picture is so clear and defined. It almost looks Cartoon-ish when you watch because it is so clear. Andrew was so happy (and still is!) he couldn't stop smiling all day and kept saying how awesome I was (yah…I know lol) He was a little bit mad that I went over our Birthday budget but when I explained how I saved up for it, He couldn’t be mad anymore cuz he was too happy. :D I Love him so much and he deserves it. Happy 23rd Birthday Babe!