Juicy Lucy

Aaron got us hooked on the show Man vs. Food on the travel channel. It is awesome! Well, Doug and I have been on a really big health kick this summer. We haven't had a free day in a while so we decided for Doug's birthday, we would take a break and indulge on this. We're going to attempt to make our own. Basically, it is two patties with cheese in the middle. The picture doesn't make it look nearly as good as it did on the show. Anyways, we'll let you know how it goes :)

I know, we're disgusting...but I'm pretty sure the last cheeseburger I had was on Mother's Day. That makes me sad. I deserve better and the Juicy Lucy is going to take care of that for me.

ALB Zoo

We have had 2 trips to Albuquerque, NM to spend time at the pool and BBQing and just having a blast. Our first trip was in May for Doug's and mine 5th anniversary (still going strong) and Mother's Day (Thanks for the Chi, Doug! Maybe it would prove more useful if I did my hair more than once or twice a week.)

Anyways, one of the funnest things we did on that trip was go the Alb Zoo. It was absolutely amazing and Weston L-O-V-E-D it - as you will be able to interpret from the following pictures.
Weston, here, is trying to talk to the girl next to him. Such a social little bug.










Weston & "Gnama" (the g is silent, so it is pronounced "Nama"). It is so fun now that Weston can remember all his aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins. However, it makes prayers really long having to bless everyone separately (Uncle Aaron). And he knows when we forget and lets us know.




Nice shirts Grandma and Weston!



I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it.....


















And Weston's hat that he would insist on wearing everyday if I didn't hide it. It's the only item of clothing Doug has ever insisted on buying for Weston.












Just one part of one trip for you all to enjoy ...

Alright, alright, alright

So it has been a CRAZY summer to say the least. Wow, we have had so much fun with family and friends. I will be jumping around quite a bit in my posts for the next little while as I have a lot of picture catching up to do. We have taken 2 trips to Albuquerque, NM to spend time with my family. We celebrated Weston turning 2! I can't even believe he is two. It rained for 27 days out of the whole month of June which matched some of the news we received this summer.

We loved going up to see family up in Spokane, WA, but did not love the reason we were there. We attended my Grandpa Briggs's funeral and it was so nice to celebrate and remember him and testify of the knowledge we have that we can all return to our Father in Heaven someday. We love you Grandma Briggs and wish we could come see you more!!

The most recent news that has hit us was what I was being so vague about in our last post. I wasn't ready to talk about it because it has hit us pretty hard. I'm sure many in the SLC area have heard about Beneficial Financial Group closing down and leaving Doug jobless at the end of August. We are nervous, scared, and relying a lot on our families and each other for faith. It is scary, we just hope that Doug can find something even better! I'm sure he will wipe the competition out there - he is so great! The best part is that I found out on Facebook, of all places! I texted Doug that I read an article and that he needed to call me ASAP and he filled me in. It was quite humorous how I found out. Not that funny, though, I guess :)

So with that, we will try and get caught up on our lives. For as many hardships we encountered this summer, we have had just as much fun swimming and playing with family and friends and we want to share that with you also!

Weston helped me make his cupcakes and car cakes for his birthday:

He also helped destroy them:
He shoved his fist into them, you can see the blue one is propped up in the front. I cried. Yes, I cried over cake. Mooja ate the first one I did, which looked amazing and took me only one try! The next 3 days, I spent tirelessly baking and decorating only to have Weston shove his fists into each cake the night before. It hurts just thinking about it. We had a really fun swimming party for him and he received a lot of great gifts surrounding all the manly subjects: cars, cars, oh yeah, and tools. Maybe by age 3, I will forget the stress and work that went into even this small party and want to do another one :)









More to come soon!