My Birthday!!!

While we were on vacation I was able to celebrate my 22nd birthday. I can't believe I am that old. I remember as a little girl thinking.....I am never going to be 22....well here it is! My birthday is on August 1st. So this year it was on a fast Sunday. We started out the day by going to church. We came home, ate dinner, and then did my cake and celebration. We hung out for a bit before going to Canada. It was a great birthday and I loved being able to spend it on vacation and with my family! Thanks everyone for a wonderful day and the great birthday wishes.

Getting ready to blow out the candles

Me holding my cake

My birthday cake was confetti with white frosting

Canada

On our vacation to Washington we all made a couple of trips to Canada. We went to Vancouer and White Rock. We went to Vancouer and we went and saw the Olympic cauldron, the aquarium, and walked around for a bit. Below are some pictures of our adventures while on a trips to Canada.

Sea turtle and a manta ray

Beluga Whale

Tons of different fish

The dolphins were jumping and playing while we
were watching them

Randy and I at White Rock Pier

The Olympic Cauldron

Washington Trip

Randy and I had to opportunity to go on a family vacation with Randy's parents, brother and his wife, and their baby Maden. We went to Birch Bay, Washington. We left at midnight on July 28th and drove for 14 hours. We got to our hotel and got settled in. Our hotel was called WorldMark right by the ocean and beach. We were gone for 8 days. We did a ton of activites so our trip is going to be broken up into different parts such as my birthday, our trips to Cananda, the aquarium, whale watching, and some others. We loved being on vacation and like everybody says vacations go by way to fast and it is back to reality. While we were in Birch Bay we hung out, went to the beach, ate ice cream, rode a surrey, whale watching, shopping, played tennis, went to Canada, and lots of other stuff. This blog and the next five or so will be about our fabulous trip with tons of pictures!!!!

Waiting for everyone to head for the beach!!!

Randy and I enjoying the sun

Randy and I watching the sunset on the ocean

The absolutely amazingly beautiful sunset

This is a picture of the outside of our hotel

Seattle as we were driving through

Shout Out to the Birthday Woman

Today is my MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY!!! She is turning 49! I wanted to give a shout out to her because I live in Idaho and I don't get to see her on her special day. I just wanted to wish her a happy birthday and hopes she has a great day. I love her very much and wouldn't be who I am today without her. She is the greatest mom on the planet! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

My Family Came to Visit

This past weekend my family came up from Utah to visit. My mom, dad, little sister Mikala, older sister Megan, and my niece Peyton came up for five days. My brother-in-law Jeff couldn't come because he had to work, that made me sad. They came up on Wednesday and went home Sunday. We went four-wheeling on Thursday and had a ton of fun. We went up to Iron Bog. It was really hot and we definitely got some sun and were filthy by the end of the day. We mostly just hung out with them every chance we got. On Saturday night my Aunt Selena threw a surprise 40th birthday party for my Uncle Chris. That was a ton of fun. The weekend overall was a blast. I don't get to see my family very often so I was so glad they came up. I love them so much and love when I do get to see them!

My older sister Megan and I

My little sister Mikala and I.

The three of us together at the party.

My adorable niece Peyton Mae Smith.

Me and Peyton she wouldn't look at the camera.

The three of us after fourwheeling. We were all

dirty and burned.

The recreational vehicles we took with us.

Randy on this old tractor. We went to some old mines

up at Iron Bog.

Here are a few of us fourwheeling.

Randy hanging out with his niece Peyton.

She is so freakin cute!

Grandpa Fairbanks and Peyton!

Chambers Family Island Park Reunion/Yellowstone

This weekend went to the July 9-11. Randy's mom, Diana's side of the family has a family reunion about every two years or so. This year it took place in Island Park. We headed up there on Friday and we left on Sunday. The whole weekend was really fun. They rented two huge mansions that we slept in. We did a lot of fun activities such as played in the water, minute to win it games, hung out, played games, and went on nature drives. On Friday night a few of us went on a nature drive and we saw five moose. I don't have any pictures of them but it was really cool. Saturday we just played in the water all day and mostly hung out. Randy and I, Cindy and Ken and Sydney, Brian and Celia, and Blake all left on Sunday morning because Ken and Sydney had never been to Yellowstone before so we were going to drive through the park on our way home.
Yellowstone was a lot of fun during the first part of it took a pretty bad turn. Cindy(Randy's oldest sister) got sick and threw up many times. I began to feel sick and I got sick too. The rest of the ride home was so miserable. It took us about ten hours to get home because we had to go out Jackson. Well it turns out that about 19 of the 43 people that were at the reunion that weekend got sick. We are not sure what caused it. It was either bad eggs or too much iron in the water in our cabin. Over all it was a fun weekend minus the getting sick part. It was really good to see everyone because we don't get that chance very often.


Old Faithful

Two elk that we saw while driving

My nephew Maden isn't he the cutest!

View of the lake/ house.

View of the Damn nearby the lake

Blake on the Jet Ski in his jeans!

Randy on the Jet Ski! He spent most of the weekend

in the water. He had a blast!

4th of July!

Better late than never! Life has been pretty crazy around our household. I have been a little behind on blogging. This blog is about our fourth of July weekend. We both had to work in the morning but in the afternoon we had a BBQ with Randy's family. After dinner we went and played tennis to kill some time before heading to Idaho Falls. At about 5:00 we headed up to Idaho Falls for the fireworks show. The fireworks in Idaho Falls are amazing and are synced to music. We went up with Randy's parents and little brother Jared. We had a great time and loved the fireworks.
I am so grateful to live in this country and for the freedoms that I get to have. I am thankful for the men and women who have died and continue to fight for my freedoms.


One picture of the fireworks

Randy and I wore festive shoes!

Jared didn't want to take a picture...but I did anyways

Blake and Diana waiting for the show to begin

Catching Up!

Hello there to all of the people who read our life happenings. I have been super busy with school and work so I haven't blogged much. The semester is almost over and then I will catch up on my blogging. Randy and I have both been super busy and have had many things happen the last few weeks. Blogs to look forward to are: 4th of July, Chambers Island Park Family Reunion, and my family fourwheeling trip. For now it is goodbye to the blogging world, and hello to the inside of my textbooks!