Sam's Birthday & Father's Day

         This is the second of Sam's birthdays that we have spent together, but our first one married.  On Friday we went with his family to Pizza Pie Cafe for dinner.  We all ate until we were stuffed.  Sam got several nice cards from his family members.  When we left we headed over to JcPenney for Sam to get a new pair of tan slacks and a new polo.  After that we split from his family and Sam and I headed over to Wal-Mart and picked up a new belt and brown shoes to go along with his pants.  It was fun when we got home because as soon as we got inside he wanted to try it all on.  He looked quite dashing indeed.  

          On Saturday Sam went to work and was able to get off work early.  After he got home we headed to my family and went to the South Jordan Country Fest Horse Pull.  Sam had never been to one and I wanted to introduce it to him.  I baked cotton candy cupcakes a little earlier in the day and we brought them along to share with the family.  Our little nephew, Cole, especially enjoyed them and got all hyped up on the sugar in the frosting.  Since we had not had dinner and neither had William (my brother) he offered to pick up dinner for him as well as Sam and I.  I agreed and we headed to the grocery store.  When Will found out that it was Sam's birthday (I guess my Mom hadn't told them) he offered to pay four our dinner.  We ended up getting fried chicken and potato wedges.  After the horse pull we went over to Lance & Deb's house (my aunt and uncle) to watch the fireworks.  After the spectacular show we headed over to my parents house to stay the night.  

         The next morning we woke up and had a Father's Day breakfast to honor my father, brother, Will and Sam.  It was quite tasty and I presented my father with some business cards he has been wanting for a long time.  After breakfast we headed back to Springville for our church block.  After the block we went to Sam's parents home to celebrate the rest of the day.  Joey (Sam's father) had gotten a new grill and so we were wanting to break it in.  We had skewers with meat, potatoes and other veggies on them.  Cindy Adams made homemade scones that also turned out to be amazing!!

        Overall I think that Sam had quite the fun weekend to celebrate his 24th birthday.  I can't wait to celebrate many more with him.

Sterling's Mission Call

My brother Sterling got his mission call and we went down to West Jordan to see him open it.  We had been waiting several weeks for his papers to get completed and turned in.  Sterling was so excited and could hardly wait.    Before we went over to my parents I made my brother a giant cookie cake to celebrate the occasion.  

The final product of the giant cookie cake.

It sure turned out cute and tasty....but it did make a mess in my oven.

Cole being cute when eating.

Sterling's friend and our Dad waiting for the mission call to be opened.

The family all waiting.

Sterling and his friend Caleb are going to the same mission!!

Sam and Cole wearing a hat looking cute.

Sam got this picture of Cole sitting and playing in the tractor loader.

Sterling is going to the FRANCE, LYON MISSION and is reporting to the MTC on October 3, 2012.

Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

So I found a new recipe on Pintrist and I couldn't wait to try it out.  When I told my husband about it he just started drooling, so I knew I had to make them.   They turned out so great and tasted fantastic.  This is definitely a recipe that I want to keep and make them over and over. I put some pictures below but I didn't get any pictures of the final product, but it was good with the creamy frosting topping.

The batter is in the pan.....

Added the cinnamon mixture.

The finished product.

Celebrating One Last Sunday with Julie

The Sunday before Julie went back to Denmark we had one last final family get together.  My parents invited all the cousins over for dessert and volleyball.  It was such a pleasure to to have Julie stay with my family this year.  We learned so much about her and where she came from.

Little nephew Cole showing off his talents and his 6 teeth.

Playing Volleyball with the cousins!!

So many = so much fun!!

Sam, Mike and Uncle Chris all discussing the Baler.

Kept playing volleyball even after the sun goes down.