A busy few weeks

I've a lot to cover in this post, so bear with me. First of all, we're having a blast settling into our new house! Except for unpacking and watering the lawn, we're really loving having our own space that we can make just the way we like it. We just got our new windows in, so all the big replacements are done, and now I just get to have fun decorating! Cody generously gave me a decorating budget, so I'm constantly haunting the DI and KSL classifieds looking for good deals. So far I've scored an adorable armchair for the front room, an entry table, a kitchen hutch, and some fun knick knacks. I'll hopefully get around to posting about some refurbishing I did, but we'll see. Life's pretty busy with finals coming up and helping out with Cody's work when I can, but I'll try to do it for you, my dedicated readers.

Besides our house, we've also had some fun trips recently, starting with Bear Lake with Cody's fam. We spent three days boating, relaxing in the sun, eating yummy food, and just having fun together :)

 Then yesterday we went to the Orem water park for an afternoon with Jarom and Steph. We had fun cooling off, going down the slides, and doing crazy jumps off the diving board.

Cody and I also have plans to go to Park City for our anniversary, so we'll be posting about that in a couple weeks :)

4th of July

We spent the Fourth of July up in Ogden with Cody's family. In the morning we went to the North Ogden parade, which was really fun! All the floats would throw candy or frisbees or shirts or Otter Pops. Basically really good stuff, haha. Here's some fun pics from the parade :)

Jackson looks really confused for some reason...

It was super hot, so Cody rigged me up an umbrella chair. What a guy, eh?

The Bomans arrive :)

Jet flyover

Carly being cute

Family and friends camped out on Tyson and Jacque's lawn, thanks guys!

Brylee and ... her ballon string? I think

The cutest couple in town, if I do say so myself...

There were some awesome floats!

After the parade, we went over to Cherry Days, a cute little fair with food, kid's games, and lots of little booths. We then went swimming at Cody's parents and had de-lish BBQ. It was a really fun day and we loved spending time with family!

Our New House!!!

Surprise! We bought a house! We've been looking at houses pretty seriously for a while now (paying rent STINKS), but we've had a lot of trouble because there is so much competition! It seems like everyone is out hunting for a good deal, so every time we liked a house and started to think about buying it, it was sold the next day. So when we found this little gem, we jumped on it!

We think it is just perfect for us right now. It's 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths (although it technically only has one toilet and shower, kinda interesting), and around 2200 total square feet, although the basement is unfinished so its really like 1100 right now. These pics are from the selling agent, so all the stuff is just model home decorations. There's lots of pics, so I hope you all make it to the end :)

I love how cute it is from the outside!

Our real estate agent is awesome, and so we got these
outside decoration thrown in with the deal :)

It has an adorable (and pretty good sized) yard, with a little garden area for Cody to plant his garden fresh tomatoes (he won't eat them otherwise, haha)

The living room has a great fireplace, which we're happy about. However,
that carpet is gonna go. We're getting it replaced this week, along
with the windows, furnace, and AC. Yay!

We also got this sweet little table thrown in (like I said,  our
agent is good!), and we're replacing the vinyl flooring with the
same stuff that's in the bathrooms

We are also probably going to splurge and get a new fridge, so it doesn't
look like such an outcast

The bathroom is soooo nice! I love the big mirrors and
having so much counterspace!

So that's our house! I'll be putting up more pics after we're all settled in, but this is the basic look! We're really excited to move!

Justin's Wedding

We had a blast last week at Justin and Anna's wedding! We left Wednesday night, stayed in Reno, and then finished up the drive the next morning. We got there just in time for a family picture shoot, and then spent the rest of the night at Justin's bachelor party (Cody, of course) and having a girl's night with Janae, Jessica, Julia, Steph, Sadie, and Charlotte (me). Friday morning we got up bright and early and headed to Stockton where we spent most of the day setting up for the reception. Saturday morning we all loaded up in the RV and went to the Oakland Temple where Justin and Anna were sealed. We had a yummy lunch and had fun taking pics and enjoying the weather.

We were so busy at the reception dancing and eating and talking and helping out that we didn't get any pictures! Sad day :( It was so fun though, and we had a great time being with family!

Demolition Derby!!!

So last night we went to a demolition derby! We went with our friends Jeff and Carlie, and their mission buddy Sterling and his wife Hayley. Cody had been lots of times before, but it was my first time, and I loved it! Call me white trash, but there's something about junky cars ramming each other in a dirt field that gets me yelling and cheering. It was so much fun to pick a car to root for, especially if it made it through to the final round. We had a blast, and loved being outside to enjoy the warm weather (finally!). Here's some pics from our wonderful adventures :)

We're also super excited to be heading back out to California for my brother Justin's wedding! We can't wait to spend some more time with the fam and have some wedding festivity fun!

A Cruise! (And other fun things)

I'm FINALLY blogging about our cruise two weeks ago! We left on Sunday May 15th and headed down to Vegas where we stayed the night before finishing the drive to Long Beach on Monday. The cruise was four days, leaving Monday and getting back Friday morning, and went to Catalina Island and Ensenada. It was a blast! We had some downers, such as Catalina being cancelled because of weather and our room being super noisy in the mornings, but overall it was super fun! We ate some excellent food and Cody got his fill of soft serve ice cream cones. They also had a bunch of fun shows to go to, so we pretty much had a blast! Sorry, there's a million pics, but I figure if you're reading this blog, you care at least a little about us, so you can suffer through a few pictures ;)

My first time on a cruise ship!

The main lounge where all the big shows were

Livin' the high life! We had an onboard credit, so we enjoyed
some fruity (and non-alcoholic) drinks during the shows :)

Exploring the boat the first night. We didn't plan it, but its
kinda looks like I'm holding the tail...?

Elegant night at dinner

Our towel pet elephant

Going ashore at Ensenada! Now that it one big boat!

Going to see the Blowhole

The only day of sun we saw and we both got sunburned! Totally worth it!

Chillin' in our cabin

So after our fun adventure at sea, we drove up the coast to visit the Fam in Gilroy for a couple days! We were pretty busy so I didn't get many pics, but luckily I have a sister who did and routinely posts on her blog, unlike me :) Friday we hung out at the parents', playing with the kids and checking out their new living room and garage woodshop, and watching Tangled on the new gigantic movie projector! So fun!

Sadie was shy at first, but she warmed up quick :)

Playing "run around the house until Cody catches us."

Really, it's a great game :)

On Saturday, we started out with a bridal shower for my soon-to-be sister-in-law (that's a mouthful, it'll be a lot easier when they get married). We went to lunch at OD's, this fantastic little restaurant in Gilroy, played some fun games and opened gifts. Yay!

The aftermath of a delicious meal...

Next, we had a birthday celebration for Justin and my uncle Shawn at my grandparents, where we had some fun playing with Sadie and Charlotte our on the lawn.

Cody and Charlotte hanging out on Grandpa's
exercise ball

Charlotte didn't get the memo about
smiling at the camera

After that, we headed over to a wedding reception for a couple in my old ward, where we had fun catching up with old friends and eating some delightful food prepared by the wonderful ladies of the ward (who also helped with my wedding, gotta love 'em!).

Sadie and I posing for the camera. She's got lots of practice!

On Sunday, we went to stake conference, and then headed home to gorge ourselves on swei jows (sp?), which are basically boiled potstickers. Delish! We then went over to the church to set up for my brother Jordan's Court of Honor, which went off really nice! He made a display booth for the church to take to different events, for family history I think. It looked really awesome! I didn't get any pics of it, so you can trust me on that :)

We headed home the next day, and the drive went pretty fast for me since I slept the whole time I wasn't driving. Sorry Cody! I think the drive was a little more taxing for him.

Last weekend for Memorial Day, we went up to Cody's family's cabin for some fun and food! These are just some fun pics of Jackson and Brylee being incredibly entertained by jumping off a bench. Go figure.

Loving her hair in this one, haha

Sorry for all the pics, but we had a busy last couple weeks! Thanks for enduring to the end!