family camping trip!

so my family went camping this last weekend and let me tell ya, it was fabulous! i had been wanting to go camping all summer and we finally found time to go! We drove up to Box Canyon which is in Island Park. it was a nice campground and me and Caleb were so excited to try out our new 8 person tent, new air mattress, and new sleeping bags. they all work perfectly! especially the tent. LOVE it! anywho.
Day 1: Drove up to camp, set up camp, sat around the fire, roasted hot dogs and relaxed for the night.

Day 2: Slept in, ate fantastic camp breakfast (eggs, sausage, pancakes) loaded up and hiked up to the fire watch tower which is roughly 2 miles or so. and then went to big springs to feed the fish.

On the hike

Top of the tower with an AWESOME view

the whole family minus my mom who is takin the picture

feeding the fish

my cute parents.

Once we were done feeding the fish, we took another small hike to see Johny sacks cabin along the spring. it was kinda neat. After all that, we went back to camp to have lunch. and then for the rest of the day we just simply hung out at camp, explored trails and walked down to the gorgeous river where we decided to take a bath. trust me, it was MUCHLY needed. we all smelled so bad. haha crazy how bathing in river water can make you feel so much better. We had tin foil dinners and made us some scones and all just laughed around the fire till our cheeks hurt.

Day 3: Slept in, ate breakfast, packed up our camp and then drove to yellowstone for the day. which honestly turned out to be somewhat of a disaster. throughout the whole day i did not see a single buffalo. WHAT!? right?! and it was so crouded everywhere!! not a single parking spot at any park or anything. we had to wait about a half hour just to go to the bathroom. We saw the geysers and bubbling pot thingys and also Old Faithful and by the time we were done seeing that we all were done with yellowstone. way to hecktic. only saw 2 elk sitting next to eachother in a far off field, we were hungry, getting cranky, tired, and kinda ready to just be done. so we pulled off to a place we could set up a picnik and had some lunch and then shot for home. 

Just relaxin

haha my little brother

the many games of Uno we played

my dadios

love this boy :)

oy. please ignore my hair. i cant just pull it up and call it good anymore. so i look like ive been through a tornado. dont judge.

Old Faithful

Shandell, Lane, Kristie :)

I love camping!!

Double date..

Yesterday me and Caleb got to double date with my sister and her date Clark. it was SO much fun! we first off went to subway, then to the ice caves where i unfortunately didnt get any pictures of. we then went to my parents house, played some fruit ninja, roasted hot dogs, went fourwheeling, and then last but not least went to the drive in. Whew! talk about a full day. but SO much fun! here are some pics. and sorry they are out of order.

Doing what men do best

This is our buddy Clark

i tried roasting a mamba. success!

my gorgeous sister

Love this guy :)

hahhaha after forwheeling, our hair looked like so...we especially loved Calebs :)

the drive in

and of coarse it was time for a hair change. heres the new do.

Gorgeous sunset up on the hill. crappy quality.

the pressures on...

yes yes. the pressure is on. since i have taken this medical leave for school i have had nothing but a great break. and now that i know that the day i have to go back and finish school is in one week from today absolutely gets me depressed all over again. we got good news about calebs soon to be work today so i often find myself wonering if its even worth my time going back and finishing school or to simply drop out. if i truely had a choice, then it would to be to drop out. its hard, its long hours, long days, long weeks, and very stressful. i like cutting hair, but i dont love it. and i feel as though i am only going to please the people around me so they can be proud of me for getting some kind of an education. and as of right now, i can make more money waitressing than i will after i graduate anyways. so i just feel pressured on what to do. i know most of you will tell me to buck up and finish but i also dont think you people know how hard school really is for me. it doesnt come naturally like it does to i swear most people. i know that i will have wasted alot of money that i put into school but i just dont know. ugggh the life of an adult. seriously if i could just have it my way, id be makin babies, being a stay at home mom, running the errands, taking kids to the park, all while the husband works during the day and is home with us at night where we can all laugh and there would be no prroblems weighing on our shoulders. wouldnt that be the life!? i feel like this is how my parents had it and alot of that generation but now if you dont go to school i feel you are judged and looked down upon. so someone please help me decide on what to do. i need some advise and i dont want an answer that says "go and finish school or youll regret it" i want an answer thats going to motivate me and to truely help me get through it and make me realize its worth my while.

Finish? or Have fun?

the big 2 0 !!

finally i am 20! it feels good to say that im 20 and not 19 anymore. i kinda like being out of the teen years. today was such a great day. i sure got spoiled. first off my mom dropped by a card that had a $25 gift card to bath and body works. LOVE that place. then today i got to sleep in and when i woke up i got ready, and opened the gift from Caleb. i have been wanting a piano since we've been married but new it wouldnt happen because, first off, there is no way to get it into our place, and 2, there's no room. so, he got me a super nice keyboard! i am so excited because now i can play and relearn a little bit! then we went to subway for lunch. came back to the house and hung out for a while. then we had my sister shandell come over and some friends. we then made delicious cake, ate pizza, and watched movies. then at 10:30 tonight we decided to go ice blocking which was seriously so fun! i have not done that in years! the sprinklers were on so we got wet and grassy because of coarse they just mowed the lawn. but we didnt care and we had loads of fun. 

I got onto facebook tonight and was surprised by all the people that wished me happy birthday and the unexpected text messages. makes me feel so loved. so thanks to all of you that did that! here's a few pics from today :)

my new keyboard! Thank you Caleb ;)

He's been playin with it allll day haha

SO cute right!?!?

Thank you Shandell! i love it!

Ice blocking!

I love you Caleb Jon! with allll of my whole heart! 

loving life!

k....since i have been on new meds i am on cloud 9 like every day. its theee greatest feeling. im so much more motivated and just overall HAPPY! its such a great feeling!

today me and my sister met up with some friends and ate at Frontier Pies for lunch! me and Talon made many trips to see bob in the bathtub....haha

Shandell got asked out on a date today! We were just walking out of Lulu Bella's Boutique when we see a boy named Clark running towards her. He gives her these florences chocolates and asks if she's like to go out with him tomorrow. Dinner and Bowling night for shandell tomorrow! ha she is SO excited and on cloud 9. I love the fact that he didnt ask over a text message or even a phone call. i love that he tract her down and asked her in person. such a gentleman. i wouldnt mind if they got married someday cause we all love the kid. ha have fun tomorrow shandell!! :)

my painting skills. simple, yet cute. feel free to come see me!  in august that is ;)

as for other news, im just loving sleeping in, hangin out with the husband when i can, babysitting with my sister, going to the park every day, loving the weather, and visiting my grandma! OH! and i finally got contacts. wierdest thing ever. haha still getting used to them. Caleb thought it was funny watchin the eye doctor put them in my eye cause im so not used to touching my eye so i was freakin out a little. and Caleb thinks its pretty funny that it takes me bout 10 min each eye to remove them suckers. and bout the same time to put them in. haha no worries, ill get it down to where i wont even need a mirror to do it :)

well, until next time!

as of late....

well, to be honest, a lot has gone on! since ive taken my leave of absence from school for the month its been the nicest thing. it has been a much needed break! i have.....
1. been babysitting with my sister like every day which i adore :)
2. gone to the zoo
3. gone to rigby lake
4. taken many walks with Libbie and the husband
5. scootering around the park
6. been taken my daily walk to the park to where i lay out on the sunny days
7. gone shopping
8. working
9. been taking care of my grandma and have had many visits with her
10. been watching a lot of netflix
11. enjoyed the 4th with parade, bbq, fireworks, and friends
12. have eaten more frosted flakes lately than normal and cant figure out why its been tasting SO great
13. recieved our first niece after 7 nephews! happy day!
14. have been hanging out with the hubby every day before he goes to work
15. got a haircut and gave the hubby a haircut
16. been chillin at my parents house
17. went to the rodeo

Picture overload!!!

The zoo!!

aint he a cutie!?

i LOVE cold stone!!

shopping!

this is how awesome the parade was...

my school's float :)

we bought fireworks for the first time!

at the parade

watching the fireworks

my cute mom and dad watchin us light fireworks

L.O.V.E

all our friends :)

at the rodeo

my new skinnies that would fit Caleb perfectly...

the new doo.