Summer in Utah

So far our summer in Utah has been great! It started off with my brother Landon coming home from his mission in Missouri. That day was great! We decorated the yard with yellow balloons and a big sign! Jaxon was so excited at the airport... not because Landon was coming home, but because he got to see so many airplanes haha. He would yell airplane every time he saw one... so that was A LOT!!! But he was so cute when he met Landon for the first time - he hugged him, gave him a high-five and then carried on with what he was doing haha. After we picked him up we went to the Spaghetti Factory and had dinner. It was such a great day and it's been so great to have him home! Here are a few pictures of that.

Sorry for the blurry picture! :( I'm so bummed it didn't turn out!

One of the things I have been so excited to do when we got to Utah was take Jaxon to the Zoo - he has been so into animals lately and he loves making all their noises and watching movies about them - so I couldn't wait to take him. The weather was not good for so long after we got here that I was getting really discouraged, but the day before my birthday was a beautiful day so we took Jax. He loved it! It was so much fun and we had a blast! They also have the Zoorasic park going on right now so they have dinosaurs around the park as well. It was awesome!

 

The next big event was my 25th birthday! The Sunday before my birthday, the Garners had us over for a b-day dinner. It was delicious and they spoiled me as always. Later that same day my family did "cake" and ice cream for me. I didn't have my camera at the Garners - but here is a picture of that Sunday having dessert.

Thursday - my actual birthday - Dan gave me a manicure and pedicure at Sanctuary Day Spa. I love getting pedicures and I never get them unless its a birthday or something so it was so nice to get to do that. Then we had lunch (me, Dan, and Jaxon) and then my parents were nice enough to watch Jaxon that night so Dan and I could go to dinner and a movie. We went to the cheesecake factory (my FAVORITE) and saw Water For Elephants. I got spoiled and got new shoes, jewelry, yummy food, pampered, and a day off of taking care of Jaxon. It was great!

The next day, Friday, we drove to Cedar City to spend the afternoon with Dan's cousins Steve and Kammie and their two darling son's and say our goodbyes before they move to Scotland for Steve's school. It was so great to see them and we are SO excited for the exciting new adventure they are about to go on! After a fun filled day with them, we drove the rest of the way to Clear Creek - which is a lodge about 10 min's out of Zion's National Park for the Koch family reunion. Most people don't like family reunions, but I LOVE this one! It was such a fun weekend spending time with family and going to Zions! Jaxon LOVED all the attention he was getting from all the cousins and he did some pretty funny stuff while we were there. He was our entertainment most of the time.

Monday - Memorial Day - we hung out in St. George for a while and then drove back. We wanted to get home early enough for Dan to be able to get a good nights rest because he had his first day at his internship the next day.

Since then we have been busy just having fun! Dan is LOVING his internship with the judge and has been able to see/be a part of a lot of really cool things.

We are feeling SO blessed with everything that is happening in our lives and we know the Lord's hand has been in all of it. Everything worked out so perfectly this summer - we always joke that we cashed in and used all of our blessings for this one summer haha, but we are so grateful!

Stay tuned for pictures and details about Jaxon's birthday party that we celebrated yesterday! :)