When I think about what my favorite holidays are Christmas is always first of course! I plan months in advance for Christmas. Case in point, it is only August and my mom had a hutch thing she was thinking about getting rid of and I snagged it right up because first thought that came to my mind is it would be the perfect place to display my nativity's :)
See doesn't it just scream Nativity spot ;)
But I digress, besides Christmas I don't really have a favorite holiday. I am not a Halloween fan, just never have been into dressing up. I don't really love Valentine's day, or Easter. I mean I like them I don't go all crazy for them. So when I really think about my favorite holidays, one that stands out to me is Labor Day and not even because of the actual holiday (sorry Laborer's), it's because of what it represents to me. We have gone to Parowan to go to the Iron County Fair and parade for as long as I can remember. It's a small town and although I love living in a big city, I love small town celebrations! I love going and spending time with my family and just sitting outside at my great grandma's (now my aunt and uncle's) house and playing card games, I love going for a ATV ride with my Uncle to who knows where he has decided that day, I love setting out our folding chairs the night before to save our spots for the parade the next day, and that 2nd cousin's I haven't seen in a year all know where our family saves seats and come Monday morning for the parade there they are sitting side by side with us. And I love going to the church pancake breakfast on Monday morning before the parade.
Us after the pancake breakfast 2010.
When you get married you sort of divvy up the major holidays between families and I have loved it, but one holiday I am keeping is Labor Day! My cousin Kim and I were talking and it's a weekend we both love and aren't giving up! And I know Ryan is okay with that, someone asked us a few month's ago what our plan's were for Labor Day and Ryan immediately said. "Oh sorry we have plans, we go to Parowan that weekend" (see that's why I love him) I can't wait until we have kids and we get to go to the fair and parade with them and share those great memories I have and make many more.
Now I feel like I am writing out of turn because I wrote about something that isn't happening until this weekend and now I want to write about something that already happened. Oh well...
Ryan and I had a great trip to Cali with our friends Walt and Lexie, Ryan and Walt definitely have a bromance going on. Lexie and I laugh because it doesn't take long to hear these words "On the mission" I think we have heard just about every story, but we love how much they love each other. We will definitely be going on vacations with them before kids, during kids, and when the kids are all moved out :)
Laguna was beautiful, and the temperature perfect! Our main objectives were to eat good food, go to Disneyland and go to the beach and we accomplished all 3! We are talking about a Mexican Rivera cruise for our next adventure and since I am so crazy and over plan I am in charge so I better get searching :)
View from our balcony, not to shabby
(Need to upload pics from my camera so more to come)
Ryan and I sadly got released from our church callings while we are gone on vacation, I am really going to miss those kids. We had been with them for almost 9 months and were getting to the point where we knew each of them really well. They have such sweet spirits and I know Ryan and I were in that calling for a reason. SOOOO we got new callings... Ryan was called to teach Sunday School for the 16-18yr olds, which is a perfect calling for him. He gets to teach which he loves but it doesn't take up so much time that it interferes with schooling, and I got called to be the 2nd counselor in the Primary Presidency...I'm scurredd. The other women in the presidency are great and they have been together for a while so right now I kind of feel a little out of it, I am sure in a month or two once I get in the groove it will be second nature to me, but right now it's a little intimidating. I am VERY excited though and look forward to getting to know all the kids, not just my 10 year olds.
Ryan started back up with school on Monday and I was a total slacker, we should have bought him a new backpack and school outfit and I could have taken his picture yesterday but he wouldn't let me :) This is our last heavy semester of school and this one really counts because it is the last grades that will go in to his applications for PT school so for the next 4 months Ryan will be studying ALOT. He starts applying for school in November and come Feb/March we will know more about where we will be for the next 3 years. Whatever happens, I am so proud of him he has really stepped up.
Well I think I am pretty caught up now, I'll post pics of Laguna and Labor Day next week when we get back. My objective this weekend is to get alot of good pictures of my babies I have some empty frames in the house that need Maggie and Zoey pictures in them and the greenery in Parowan is the perfect place to get them :)
Until then..