Elmer Family Reunion (July 27-30, 2009)

We had a HUGE family reunion on Andrew's side. It was Grammy's family...Andrew's dad and his 4 brothers and their families. One brother and his wife is on a mission in California right now, so they weren't able to make it.

We had it in Utah at this huge cabin. It was perfect for so many people!
(Photo courtesy of Jamie :) )

We all had the same t-shirt with a number on the back. Each number represented when you came into the family. Grammy is #1, Jim is #2, I was #85!! There's like 89 people total, starting with Grammy, her boys, their wives, their kids, their grad kids, and so on.

I think it's so wonderful to see this family all together. Everyone is active, the guys have gone on missions, everyone is doing what Heavenly Father wants them to do. How proud Grammy must be! And this is how I hope our family will be like someday.

We went rock climbing a few times, played volleyball, went swimming in the pool, the kids had a money dig, and we played lots of games!

Zach and Andy climbing to the top...

Titus playing with a toy gun...I love how he held it in his shorts!

Smith Family Visits (July 24, 2009)

My family came and visited us for 2 days, on their way back to Spokane. It was so nice to see them and for them to see where we live.

This is when we went to Big Judds for dinner...my dad let Andy drive the RV. And thank goodness we made it home! They're also trying to look cool...

We had a lot of fun bowling at the REX. The boys did pretty good too!

Me and my mom...

Zach and Brady stayed with us for a week and a half. They stayed at Aunt Liesl's house, while we had a family reunion in Utah for a few days. Then we went back home and hung out. The day before we went to Spokane, Zach and Andy went to a friends house and played video games, while Brady and I stayed home and played cards, hung out, and walked to the Temple. We wrote in our journals while we were there, and then we read each others. I was so amazed at what he had written! Brady has such a strong testimony and spirit about him.

We had a great time with them, even though I'm sure it was boring at times for them. We're glad they came!

Yellowstone (July 22, 2009)

We spent the day with Zach and Steffanie's family at Yellowstone. What a great family. We had a blast with them!

Me, Andy, Titus, Aden, Attie, Zach, and Julia at Big Springs. It's on the way to Yellowstone, and it's so beautiful!

Andy told us to hug each other like sisters...

We waited in traffic for almost TWO HOURS because there was a baby buffalo in the road! I guess everyone had to take a picture, since there weren't enough buffalo already...



We thought this was SO CUTE!!

WE'RE PREGNANT!!

So most of you know...I'm pregnant! We found out in the beginning of August, and we are SO EXCITED!! I am now 11 weeks pregnant. I even saved the test, and took a picture: :)

This morning we went to the Madison Women's Clinic to get an Ultrasound. Wow. What a neat thing to see, especially when it's your baby. Just in case you don't know, on the right is the head. We could see it's profile so clearly. Amazing! And the doctors even gave us a DVD of the whole thing...even the baby moving! I didn't know they did that...

In this picture, the head is on the left side. You can see the arm too! The baby was so fascinating...it kept sliding up and down and moving it's arms and legs. SO CUTE! This just made it so real. We love our baby!!

Our Cave Adventure!!

Our new and cool friends :), Doug and Kendra, invited us to go to the Civil Defense Caves. We were going to get a big group together and play Hide-and-Seek in the cave with glow sticks. But the cool thing is, is that we would brake them and put the glowy stuff all over us! But it didn't work out, so it was just us who went.

The cave entrance

Kendra...it looks like something from a movie! Cool!

Ice on a rock...it looked like little bubbles close together

Doug, Kendra, Me, Andy

Weird faces...and Doug's is even weirder because it's not like ours!! jk

Andy trying to fix his flashlight

Andy "lost" in the cave. He's so funny!

4th of July

For the 4th I wanted to go hiking, so we went to Mesa Falls. It's about an hour from Rexburg and it's a beautiful drive...well once you get closer to it.

It wasn't quite a hike, more like a walk. But everything was so pretty and GREEN! And there were TREES everywhere! It made us miss Washington. Oh and Andy almost stepped on a snake on the way down!! He didn't notice, but I kinda freaked out! It was a fun day though!

6 Month Anniversary!!!

So being married for 6 months isn't that big of a deal to us...but it's a good reason to celebrate, right!? Actually we didn't even realize it, until I was checking my email this afternoon and read something that "The Knot" sent me. It said, "Believe it or not, it's already been six months since we helped you plan your dream wedding!" So that's how I even realized it!

So far marriage has been great. Andrew really does make me happy and is an amazing guy! He's great at making me laugh when I'm not too happy...I've never been angry more than a minute! Amazing huh!? But I love him and am so grateful to be married to him!

Tonight we went to Applebee's for dinner, and then to Katie's for her "Going Away Party". It was a great night!

P.S. The lighting is bad and the angle is horrible, especially for me!!

Before Andy ate the ribs...

After...