What we have been up to this Summer

Ok so you know you are really pathetic at blogging when you only post updates when the seasons change! However once I get behind I feel way too overwhelmed to catch up but I am going to try to do a little update in a nutshell. So then I can just try to be better.... we will see how it goes. Since we are moving soon and I am leaving all my wonderful friends in Provo I will try really hard to be better when we get to Portland next week. The fact that I am now officially unemployed might help :) We are moving to Portland next week and we will arrive on August 1st. Until then we are just trying to survive packing and our Nazi cleaning check!

So on May 10th Mike turned 25. I was so excited I got him tickets to see the Mariners play the Yankees in Seattle. I also got him a Mariners shirt and we BBQed steak which is his favorite on his new little mini grill that he also got for his birthday. It was a really fun.

Family

The family with our graduate

Lacey and the graduate

Lacey and Bobbie

On June 6th my youngest sister Brooke graduated from Kennewick High School. I was able to go to Washington for her graduation and it was so fun to spend time with my parents and my sisters and my niece. I got there a few days early and even had time to make a quick trip to Portland to look at apartments. It is so crazy that my baby sister is going to be a college student in the fall. We are very proud of her and wish her good luck at BYU-I in September! The day after graduation my whole family got on a plane and went to Arizona for my grandma Stauffer's funeral. It was on June 8th just two days after Brooke's graduation. So that trip was kind of a whirl wind but I am so thankful I was able to attend both and that Mike could meet me in Arizona for the funeral.

My dad with his siblings (he is second from the left)

Munchkin Face!

On May 31st my last remaining grandparent passed away. My Grandma, Elizabeth Low Stauffer died. She was 94 years old. She was such an amazing example to not only our family but her whole community. She graduated from college in 1937 from Utah State Agriculture College (Utah State University). She married my grandfather in the Salt Lake Temple in 1940. She loved old books and reading and worked in the library for the Safford School District until she retired and helped my blind grandpa raise his sheep. She served as the Primary President in her ward at age 80! She was absolutely amazing and we miss her a lot. I am thankful to have had her in my life, she was always so happy and literally always had a twinkle in her eye even when she was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. I am thankful for the testimony and the faith that she had in Jesus Christ and her loving example to all of her family. It was sad that my grandma died but we are happy for her that she is in heaven with my grandpa and that she finally has a clear mind. I am so thankful for the gift of the atonement that our Savior gave to us and my knowledge that we will be together again as a family.

On June 26th I turned 25 :( I know that Karly just said gross out loud haha. It was actually a great birthday. My mom came down for the weekend from Washington. Since I have been eating better thanks to my new years resolution I decided to have a calorie fest and indulge in pop which I have not had since January!! (for those of you who know me really well you maybe shocked by that but its true, ask Mike!!) I went to lunch with my mom and Karly at Costa Vida which was SO good. After lunch my mom and I went on a little shopping trip to Park City which is one of my favorite places in the world. After shopping and when Mike was off of work my mom and Mike and I all went out to dinner at Macaroni grill. It was the best day and I am so glad my mom was able to come and spend it with me!

Waiting for the fireworks to start

Me and Lady Liberty at the parade

On the 4th of July both of my parents came for the Freedom Festival. I had so much fun with them. We walked around the little fair they have here and shopped. On the 4th, which happens to be my mom's birthday, we got up and went to the parade which is kind of a big deal here in Provo. People actually camp over night along the route to save their spots. I have never seen anything like it but it totally lived up to our expectations. After the parade we went on a hike, had a little BBQ and watched the fire works. It was a really good day.

And so that brings us up to date. Today was both Mike and I's last day of work. We are going to Rexburg tomorrow for Bobbiejane's graduation and are going to come home and pack up! It is pretty crazy that it is actually here and we are excited to start this next chapter but we will definitely miss all of our wonderful friends and family in Utah.