June - Weston started summer semester of school. He did well in both of his classes and I am proud of him for working so hard to get As. At the end of June we went to Mormon day at Dodger stadium for Pop's birthday since it was on his actual birthday. The next day we went to Santa Monica Pier. It was a fun, quick trip with my crazy family :)
July - We went to St. George for my friend Marnie's wedding. She looked beautiful and I was so happy that she found a good man to be sealed to. I love going to sealings because it reminds me of our wedding day. I cried so hard during our sealing that I barely remember it, but I know that being sealed to Weston is the biggest blessing in our lives. While in St. George we were also able to stay with Weston's sister and brother-in-law Rachel and Devan and see cute baby Tylee! She is seriously the cutest thing and we love any chance we get to see her.
August - Every summer Weston's extended family goes to Newport for a week long vacation. This summer his grandparents took all of their sons and wives on an Alaskan cruise so we decided to have a Newport trip of our own! Weston, me, Marisa, Trent, Rachel, Devan and Tylee went down to Costa Mesa on Friday night, checked in to our hotel and went to the beach. The next day we went to breakfast and then Target to pick up some supplies for the beach. We got to the beach around noon and played for 3 or 4 hours. After we rinsed off we headed back home. It was a quick trip, but a lot of fun spending time with Weston's family.
Last year we did a little much for our birthdays so we said we weren't going to spend so much this year. Well I have a problem with wanting to spoil Weston so he got a birthday week this year. We both took a week off of work and enjoyed being together since we don't already spend enough time together :) Monday, I took Weston to Texas De Brazil for dinner because he has been talking about eating there ever since I can remember. After, we headed to the Wynn where we saw Le Reve by Cirque du Soleil courtesy of my sister Emily's employee discount. It was the weirdest show ever. I called my mom afterward and told her "First of all, who thinks of these shows, second of all, who watches them and thinks this will be an amazing show!" It was just freaking weird. Tuesday, we checked in at the LVH since we got a Living Social deal for two days there. That night we ate at Beni Hana since it was part of the deal and we also ate there last year for Weston's birthday. We love the experience and food there, but it is a once a year kind of place. Wednesday, we slept in and then ran some errands. We ate lunch at Chili's and headed to UNLV to get some things straightened out for this next semester. Thursday, we went to the pool at the hotel and packed up to go back home. I have decided staycations aren't really all they are cracked up to be. The strip is dirty and when you have your own house you just want to be in your own bed. We decided when we have kids a staycation might be more appealing. We went to a dealership later in the afternoon to look at cars, but nothing they had was what we wanted or in our price range. Plus, I didn't know like being there at all! The guy we met with was a friend of a friend so he wasn't too pushy, but pushy enough for me not to want to ever have to buy a car at a dealership. That night we played volleyball at the church which we do every week. Friday, we bought a new car! The Honda has been giving us problems for awhile and when we got one problem fixed another one happened. We called the guy that bought Kylie's car from the auction, told him what we wanted and he came through Friday morning. We got a 2011 Nissan Altima since I wanted a bigger backseat for when we have kids. Weston's mom came over to help us paint the rest of our hallway since that was his request for his birthday. We left before we could finish so we could pick up the car and his mom did the rest of the painting. I really have a great mother-in-law. We went to see Bourne Legacy that night at our favorite theater. Saturday morning I went to a baby shower for my friend Michelle while Weston hung out at home. That night I asked where he would like to go to dinner for the day before his birthday, since it was on Sunday this year, and of all places he picks Panda Express. My husband has an obsession with Panda and it is my last choice to eat when I pick. Sunday, we enjoyed birthday cookies with our CTR 4 class (we got that calling a couple months ago). I made chicken rice casserole for dinner and we had Weston's family over. After dinner we had dessert with Weston's family and then my family came over after. I made 3 desserts for Weston's birthday! I really like making dessert, but Weston told me sometimes I need to simplify things. He was happy to have it all though! I made homemade ice cream cake, oreo cake balls, and chocolate chocolate chip cookies.
Our week off was much needed for me from work and it was nice to get to sleep in. I told Weston I felt like we didn't get much done and he just laughed at me. We did do a lot and I am grateful for this time we get to spend just the two of us before we expand our family.
