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We have SO many birthdays in August to celebrate! It has been crazy. Every weekend in August we have had a different party to go to. This time it was my niece Majesta's birthday party. I first became an aunt at the age of 7. My first niece was Majesta and it's hard to believe that she was born 15 years ago! Man I'm getting old. I have always looked at Majesta as a little sister almost in fact I still get asked if she is my little sister. I am so PROUD of my niece and who she has become and is still becoming. She is so full of personality and so outgoing (although she can be a little brat at times). I don't know where I would be without this little well I guess not so little anymore girl in my life. Happy 15th birthday Majesta! We love you sooooo much!

P.S. Everyone STAY OFF THE SIDEWALKS! You can now get your permit at 15 in Utah! Yikes! I can't believe this girl will be driving!

BBQ Time!

Welp! We finally decided that our house was in enough order to invite some family and friends over to show them our house and have a BBQ and man did we have a great time! We are so lucky to be blessed with the friends and family that we have that support us 100% in everything we do. I don't know where we would be without all of you. Thanks to everyone for your support and thanks to all who came out to have a good time!

Me and Nikki

My sister Sandy and brother John

Me and my mom!

Philip and Jon

Us!

My best friend Adam since Jr. High. Love that kid! He came back from Cambodia just for our BBQ haha jk

My cute nieces and my nephew who was being a stinker about being in a picture.. Boys

My girls! We have been through so much together and I love them all to death! I know that they are ALWAYS there for me. Thanks guys!

Fishin' in the dark

I have been SUPER lucky this Summer to win some great concert tickets. Last Wednesday we packed up and headed for the Salt Lake County fair to enjoy some good ole' country music. One of my favorite bands from when I was younger, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, came into town and I knew I couldn't miss this one. I have so many great memories of their music and all of their songs remind me of my pop! Miss him so much and I know he would've loved to have been there..

Hey, hey, hey, GOODBYE!!!!

A few years ago, Philip, decided to go out and buy a car. It was love at first sight and he walked away with the first car he test drove (even though I was very weary). Soon after ALL the problems began. A broken axle, window motors gone, and an engine knock that cost WAY more than the car was worth, but after all the money that was put into that car, we can finally say it's gone. WEIHOO!!!!

Last weekend we decided it was finally time to get rid of his jeep and purchase a car. His jeep was eating all our money away with the constant trips from Salt Lake. Plus his check engine light was on and off every other day (thankfully it was off when we traded it in) and it was eating oil as well..

Here is our new car. A 2009 Toyota Camry and thus far we are SUPER happy with it! (sorry the pictures are in the dark)

Mr. and Mrs. Aldridge!

This weekend two of our very good friends tied the knot. Philip and Tim have been friends since the second grade and we have known Sarah for a little while now. They are such a cute couple and we couldn't be happier for them. Congrats Tim and Sarah. You're wedding was beautiful!


Some of our other friends Adam and Nicole, they just got married in June. Their wedding was also beautiful..


Just us hanging out. I love my husband more than anything!

Happy Birthday Kenadee!

This weekend we celebrated my cute little niece's birthday. Kenadee Jean turns 4 years old on August 10 and boy did she make a cute little birthday girl. I asked her to stop and take a picture for me and she came up with this cute little pose all by herself.

We always love getting a little family time in so it was great to spend a few hours with them. I didn't get many pictures but we had a blast eating cake and ice cream. She was hilarious when she opened her presents. If there was one toy in the bag with clothes the clothes got tossed aside. So funny!

Finally!

I know I am not very good at keeping this blog up to date, but I do try and hopefully someday I will start to post more.

We have both been EXTREMELY busy. Our house has definitely been keeping us on our toes. We have had to constantly work on things. Rather it be our crazy earwig infestation (I know gross huh?) or our water pump for our swamp cooler going out we have just been trying to manage it all and get it into order. Probably about a month after we moved in and started to get settled we noticed a few earwigs here and there and with a week or two these earwigs turned into hundreds! We went camping in Bear Lake with some of our friends and came back to our house and that night we probably killed 30 earwigs within 5 minutes. They are seriously so gross! I finally told Philip we needed to call an exterminator. He came out and sprayed and things have been A MILLION times better. I am so glad that they are long gone. Then after we finally got that problem taken care of another one came right up. The joys of being a home owner. Last Sunday we came home from church and our swamp cooler's water pump had gone out. It was 90 degrees in our house. Thankfully that was a much easier and cheaper fix and Philip and my brother had it taken care of within the hour. Other than the few minor things that keep happening our house is finally beginning to feel like a home. We kind of have a grassy front yard now instead of all weeds. The backyard not so much. We just plan on planting some grass seed in the fall and hopefully by next Spring we'll have some grass. All of our major rooms are in order minus personal touches and decorations, but we finally feel like we can come home and relax. I finally charged my camera battery so I will be posting some pictures of the house hopefully soon.

Besides working on our house we both keep pretty busy with work. Philip has also been in school. I'm so proud of him that he is back in school and that he works so hard to support me, even if it means spending less time together. Things just feel like they're starting to fall into place. I recently got a promotion at work which could bring many opportunities in the future. Hopefully a few months turns into a permanent job so I can keep moving up the ladder.

Last, I can not say how much I LOVE being married. It is so nice to be able to spend every night with my best friend. He has been my rock and helps me out so much in life. I can't wait to see what our future holds and everything that is happening. I am so thankful that we didn't have to move into an apartment and that we were able to start "our home." Everything has been such a blessing these past couple of months and we both feel so lucky and thankful for everything in our lives.