BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!

I have been such a slacker at blogging! Life has been super busy for us, I feel like we never have any free time! From about May-July, we are always doing something, from birthdays, anniversaries, Holiday's, fireworks, and boating! I am not complaining, it's been great! It's not bad being busy when it's a fun busy! July has been so fun!

Julie's Birthday!

The first of July is my cute sister Julie's birthday! She is such a great sister and we love her so much! She is one of the most understanding and caring person I know! For her special day, we went and ate at The Oaks up Ogden canyon. When I was little, my dad would let me and Katie play "Hookie" (skip school) and go eat up there. I thought that place was the greatest place ever when I was little! It's actually a pretty cool place, the atmosphere is awesome. We ate outside by the river.

The Birthday girl!

Yum!

Adventures of Church History!

Most of you know that Ryan loves Church History, so we go on a lot of church History adventures! Like going on a two week Church History tour from New York to Nauvoo, then less than a year later, we went on a road trip to follow the Mormon Pioneer trail and back to Nauvoo (again). Ryan wanted to make sure we didn't miss anything! We have also made numerous trips to salt lake to see the Church museums, and the grave yard.....where a lot of pioneers are buried. It is actually really cool, we drove around the graves forever and kept seeing names we recognized from church history. One of the exciting graves we found was Porter Rockwell's! Our latest adventure is going to the New church history library. Ryan loves that place and plans on working there on day. Ryan, my cute little history nerd! We also went and saw Heber C. Kimball and Newel K. Whitney's grave site.

Bon Jovie Rocks!!

Katie was so cute and got me a this AWESOME shirt! We love Bon Jovie! I have been a fan since I was a little girl. Thanks to my brother Jeff, we were raised listening to Bon Jovie, watching cheesy scary movies, and watching him play video games! Love you Jeff! Thanks for being a great bro and having fun with us!

We've caught the BOATING FEVER!!
For JULY 24th, the family went up to Pine View and went boating ALL DAY! Me, Ryan, and Katie meet my brother Mike up at the lake at 7 AM and played till 7 PM that night! Holy cow, we played for like 12 hours!! Later in the day, our family came up to join us. I got sun burnt and my body ached for like 3 days after, but it was worth it! We had a blast! I love it!

Pretty....

The boat...

My brother Mike SURFING! I love it! It's so awesome!

Ryan's first time surfing.....

First time going over the wake! Woo-hoo!

Go Ryan! :)

Soaking up the sun rays!

Ouch!

Ahhhhhhhhhh!

I love them so much.

More Boating:Willard Bay Boating day-JULY 29, 2009

My brother Mike came to visit us from Arizon and brought his boat! So, we went boating again.

Silly Callie.

Our beach site!

Whoosh!

Cruisen' on the boat!

Ryan Surfing! Yay!

Katie learning to surf.....

{ CaMpInG iN mAnTi }

Almost every year, since I was a little girl, my family goes to Manti, to see the Mormon Miracle pageant. Manti is a cute little town, in the middle of no where, and there isn't a whole lot to do.....but it is so full of happy childhood memories for me. We always stay at the same little park in the middle of town and walk over to the pageant that night. I love this small little town, and all it's all old fashion splendor. I love all the old houses! I love the temple! It is so beautiful! I have seen the pageant a lot and basically have it memorised...but it is still fun to go see! We went up there with my mom and dad, Katie and her friend Jenn, and my sisters family. We had a good time! I love Manti!

Pretty Kennedy!

She is just getting so big and more beautiful by the day!

Our little buddy boy...he is so handsome!
He is so full of energy and makes life so interesting!

A pop, and some candy...what else does a little girl need!

This is little Addi's "Cheese smile"

{CHEESE!}

I love this picture! I can't wait to have kids.
"sigh.........."

I love swings....it makes me feel like a kid again.

Ahhhh.....I CUT MY HAIR !!

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It took me about a month to decide to cut my hair. I just was so bored and felt like I needed a change. Ryan wasn't so thrilled about the idea at first....but after a bit of my stubbornness, he decided he didn't care so much what I did. He just said "Whatever you do, you will be beautiful." I know, he is such a good hubby. So I called my "haircut" friend and made an appointment with her. I told her I was thinking of getting the Victoria Beckahm (Posh Spice) haircut. She thought I was NUTS! Cutting off all my hair! It was so long! The only time we both had available together was like a month away. For a month I was off and on about cutting my hair that short....and came really close to chickening out. But....we all know how it turns out. I really love my long hair, and will probably go back to it again in the future.....but as for now, I love it. It is a nice change, and that is exactly what I needed. I was really scared Ryan wouldn't like it, but like normal, I worried for nothing. Right when I walked in the door, a huge smile came on his face and he told me he loved it! So I am happy. My friend did such a good job at cutting it and I think I might keep it short for awhile.

Since my sister Katie loves me, she made some really cool pictures of me! They are awesome and so fun! So I had to share:

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Cool, huh!!