4th of July Week and 2nd Anniversary

The week of the 4th Jake and I drove to Boise to spend time with his family. We started off the trip with attending a Brian Regan show. For those of you who don't know who he is, you should listen to his stuff....he is a hilarious comedian and we loved seeing him in person. The following day we drove to Sun Valley, ID to spend some time lounging in the sun. Jakes parent's own a timeshare there and we had a lot of fun shopping, eating, relaxing, and swimming in the pool. Jake also enjoyed golfing with his dad at amazing golf courses. We had a ton of fun with his family and a highlight was discovering that Jake's sister is expecting a little girl (She is due just a few weeks before me).
When we got back to Boise the girls spent a day shopping and the boys went golfing again. My mother-in-law took me to Build-A-Bear where we made an adorable teddy bear for the baby. Jake and I went to the movies and saw Get Smart, which by the way is hilarious! We loved it.

The next day was the 4th of July. I participated for the 3rd time in the traditional holiday celebration of the Pollard's, Buckley's, and Olsen's. We began with a devotional and ended with a flag ceremony. Following listening to our 4 year old nephew say the Pledge of Allegiance (where he ended it "with jeopardy and Elizabeth for all"....It was pretty funny....we went to Cracker Barrel and had a delicious meal. Following breakfast we saw Hancock in the theater (we do not recommend it, everyone was very disappointed by the movie) After the movie we went to the Veteran's Memorial and Fancy Freeze where I was introduced to the AMAZING Boston Shake. The Boston Shake is a milk shake with a sundae on top...soooo good. We then relaxed at home until we all headed to the Buckley's for a wonderful dinner, games, and fireworks. It was a very fun and event-filled day.

The day after the 4th we drove back to Utah to attend our nephew's baby blessing. My parent's drove in from California to be there and also to go to my gender ultrasound. It was fun to have them in town and to see how much the grandchildren missed their "gwrapa and gwrama". They also took us shopping and Jake and I made out like band-its with a beautiful gliding/rocking chair, clothes for me and the baby, and a car wash. Not to mention some yummy meals. We are sad the week is over, but it is also nice to get back to the swing of normal life.

Monday July 7th was mine and Jake's 2nd Wedding anniversary. The past couple of years have just flown by. I have grown to love Jake so much more during our marriage than I could have ever dreamed of. He is a wonderful example to me and the perfect husband for me. I can only imagine how great of a father he will be to our children. I'm so glad I have an eternity to spend with him.