TJ is getting Married

My brother is getting married...my little brother who is still 12 in my eyes is getting married. I can't believe it but it's true. He is getting married to Bailey, a girl I actually like. She has a little boy name William and he is 3 but looks like he's 5. They are getting married Friday June 25th, yes that's the Friday before Hoopfest, and yes it will be crazy, but so is TJ :)

Megan came to visit the states for a month. She spent 2 weeks in Spokane and then she came here for 2 weeks. We had a blast...really we did :) We went swimming, to the Zoo (yes I went to the zoo again, and this time I bought a year membership), the Aquarium (I bought a membership there too), shopping for bridesmaid dresses (see next post), shopping in general, and watching the babies play together. Anton actually is kind of mean to Gretal but it's ok she will get back at him soon :)

Heinz minus one

My friend Lacey came to visit a few weeks ago. We had an amazing time. Her kids are so much fun and very well behaved! Arabelle was full of energy from the minute she got off the plane. She was showing us somersaults and doing the "dishwasher dance", plus she kept throwing the ball for the puggles so they were tired at the end of the day too.

We went to the Zoo and the Aquarium, which the kids loved...James and Arabelle rode on the carousel at the Zoo and loved it. We also went thrift shopping, and found some great deals. Lacey got a few outfits for the kids and I got a few outfits for Gretal plus a nice fleece zip up that I wear all the time :)

James was crawling everywhere, but he really liked the puggles water bowl :) And for some reason her like the slate (which scared me because I didn't want him to get hurt on it). He is such a happy little boy, and he eats like no ones business :)

We had a great time having them come visit! I hope they will come see us again...

Arches National Park

For Easter weekend my family came to visit us (Megan and Anton came from Germany too!) and we went to Arches National Park. We went hiking, saw some rock crawlers and just hung out. We had a lot of fun...well most of us :) Gretal and Anton got some new hiking backpacks which Gretal loved, Anton did not. I think he is a lot like his mom, he doesn't like to hike.
P.S. Sorry there is not a lot of writing to go a long with the post, I typed up a long post but then when I added the pictures it all got deleted...grrrr.

Hogle Zoo

On Saturday my Uncle Kirk and his family were driving through and invited us to the Zoo. We had a great time and Gretal loved the animals! The sad thing is, that was the 3rd time I've been to the zoo and I haven't even lived here a year yet :)

Uptown Cheapskate

My friend Lacey is doing The Compact, it's where you only buy used all year long, except for a few things like underwear :) She sent me a few links on some places she would like to check out while she's here visiting me in April, so I figured I would check them out before hand, just in case. One of the links was for a place called Uptown Cheapskate...it is now my new favorite store. They only take gently used or new clothes that are name brands. I found 4 shirts (1 is brand new, and at the time I didn't even realize it) for under $25! I am super stoked. Thanks Lacey.

Lacey: The other store, Thrift Town is just like Value Village or Goodwill, except with a lot more stuff. I bought a juicer and a vegetable tray for under $4.

If anyone would like the puggle in the picture please let me know, she is very cheap :)

St. George Utah

I just realized I forgot to post our St. George pictures.

Yep it was that warm...we had to roll up jeans and put on shorts.

Over a long weekend we went to St. George (land of the sun as we like to call it) with some family. It was amazing! It was in the mid 60's the whole time we were there. We hiked on some red rock, went swimming, played pool, and a whole lot of shuffle board. We had a great time, plus I got a little tan!