Birthdays, Weddings and World Travels

It has been a very long time since I've updated this blog. But I feel like I have a couple of good excuses. We have been traveling all over the place! We have been to five different states in the last three weeks, and that is not including airport layovers. I am daunted at the task of catching up on everything that has gone on, but I'm just going to do my best, and then pick up at the present.

WARNING: This will be an extremely long post with way too many pictures!

Here we go...

First, Doug celebrated his second ever Fathers day and his 28th Birthday:




He got some grilling things including a new grilling chimney and a manly apron. He also got a fancy schmancy pedometer and was dubbed "co-captain of the nerd patrol" second only to his unceasingly stepping dad.

His birthday was celebrated a few days early before we left on our trip with a birthday cake, and then again in Ohio. This cake was lovingly decorated by someone who must have been partially deaf and had limited use of their hands. We got a good laugh out of it though and it was really good. We love Dud.

We went to Doug's brother Ben and Dawn's wedding in Ohio:

Straight after Ohio we went to Georgia for my family's reunion:

We did a LOT of swimming

Made some fabulous 4th of July cookies

Juliann dressed up like a princess and danced to my Dad's super old "Japanese tape"

We ate some delicious, garden-fresh veggies

Had fun feeding and chasing the animals

Got Juliann all cutsied up for the Fourth

We went to a really awesome Braves game where a pitcher sprouted out of my head. (haha)



We picked some really good blueberries

Got some "bald" (boiled) peanuts, which you can't leave Georgia with out

Went to Lake Hartwell for a day where we rode jet-skis and Juliann zonked on a picnic blanket

We also got some awesome family pictures done by Chelsea

Then we came home for a week where it was 100 degrees and we didn't have air conditioning and Juliann got a horrible heat rash:

Later we went to the beautiful Oregon coast with some friends:







Then we flew to Utah for Doug's brother Jake's and Karlie's wedding:

Juliann and I stayed at my sister Michelle and Nate's place in Utah for a few days where Juliann made her first best friends, her cousins, Addison and especially Bryn:

We also got to be there for my sister Megan's birthday. She is going to school at BYU for the summer.


Currently, we are finally home and thoroughly exhausted. No more adventures for at least a couple of days.