Born on the 4th of July

Trevor turned 29 (on the 4th of July-- which is why they have fireworks of course!) and he is not loving the fact that he's now in his last year of his twenties. He's kinda a little depressed about it actually. Sooo we kept it low key this year, which is exactly what he wanted. We had a BBQ with the fam and just hung out and enjoyed each other's company. It was a good day.
Happy Birthday to my amazing hubby!

Trevor's dad made these delicious, massive hamburgers-- stuffed with onions, bacon and cheese. So so good! (and the cut up hotdog is for Bella, which she devoured in minutes)

Oakley helped me put the candles in Trevor's pie. She wanted to put all pink candles at first, but I told her we should probably mix it up a little bit.

P.S. I got Trevor a nook color for his present and he is slightly obsessed with it (in a good way)-- I'm glad :)

Belle's Birthday

We celebrated Belle turning 1 at the Norman's house with cake and presents (and delicious fruit pizza for the adults)! 

I can't believe Belle is already 1. It seriously doesn't seem that long ago that Steph and I were both pregnant, imagining what our baby girls were going to look like.

 It was so fun to watch Belle with her birthday cake-- she totally put on a show!

There were lots of cousins there from Rick's side of the fam, so all the kids had fun playing together. Bella had a blast (We need to go up and play there more often)!

Trevor picked out this singing stuffed animal for Belle's present. This wasn't just any stuffed animal though, the lips actually moved one word at a time. Everyone was cracking up watching it because it was so funny! I don't think the picture captures how weird/funny this little creature is, but you can tell by Belle's face that it's definitely intriguing.

Splash Pad

We spent our Friday evening with the Normans playing in their splash pad. (It was still so hot at 6pm so we took advantage!)

I love love love being out in the sun. I swear I need to move to Arizona or somewhere that's hot all the time so I can enjoy it for more than 3 months. It is nice that we have seasons here, I just wish my favorite season was a tiny bit longer.

Father's Day

This was Trevor's first Father's Day!

I have a feeling Bella is gonna be a daddy's girl. I think she already is. He is the only person who can get her to laugh, and she will seriously crack up with him. It's the cutest thing ever to watch. A lot of the time we go wait outside for him to come home from work, and the second he pulls up in front of our house, Bella gets the biggest smile on her face and is such a happy little bug. She adores her daddy.

For our Father's Day celebration, we got together with all the Sanfords and had a BBQ. Trevor was beyond excited to have steak-- it'd been forever since we've had it (probably since last summer actually, cuz the weather hasn't been good enough to bust out the grill). 

Ice Cream & Cuddling

We spent Monday evening at Evan and Nicole's

We mingled, cuddled, looked at pictures from their cruise and ate ice cream.

(Their pictures made us wanna go on a cruise again SO bad.)

Belle kept following Bella around while trying to crawl on her and get her headband-- we all thought it was hilarious (Bella, not so much). Oakley kept Bella entertained though, as usual. She can always make her laugh, I love it.

Shopping

Spent our Saturday at the Gateway with Steph and Rick.

Shopping always puts me in a great mood, especially shopping outside when it's not freezing.

After our wallets were empty, we headed over to their house to hang out. Haven't done that in what seems like forever-- it was fun.

Haaangin Out, Down the Street

(That '70s Show, anyone?)

It's so fun that Evan and Nicole live in Spanish Fork now. They only lived in Orem (20 minutes away) before, but it actually makes a huge difference in just being able to hang out whenever we want. It's nice.

The other day we spent some time outside and walked around the reservoir. 

Nicole colored my hair afterwards (I needed it badly). 

Bella was so tired and after many attempts at Evan and Nicole's house and the pack-n-play failing, Trevor finally got her to go to sleep by driving around. Of course, by the time we got home like an hour later-- she woke up and was ready to play. I think she gets confused with her bedtime when we go out and come back home, but it's so hard because she won't sleep at other people's houses. She knows it's not her room-- anyone have advice on how to help with that at all? I think it's just gonna be one of those constant battles of trial and error.

Anyway, my mom got her a set of toy ducks for the bath and they are seriously her favorite thing right now (Max's too..)