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It's become an unsaid tradition to make a trip to VEGAS for our anniversary. Our first date was to Vegas, so that's become "our thing."

Every anniversary except one has been spent in Vegas (the one we didn't go there, we were in Lake Powell)

Friday afternoon we headed down. Garrett planned the whole trip. He booked the room, show tickets, he did it all.

We checked into our hotel room, ( I would have preferred to MOVE in) and we were like two red necks that had never been out of a small town. We were in awe at our room. After the initial coolness wore off, we went to hit the strip to do some shopping and get some grub.

Saturday we woke up, went car shopping (I'm still without a car from July) and could find everything we wanted, just didn't want to have to pay for. haha. After that, we headed back to the hotel to hit the pool. Again, we were two red necks as we were surrounded by beautiful people wearing their bikini's and high heels. After catching the last bit of summer sun we went to get ready for the show- La Reve. It was great. I was sad to leave our room to come home.
Happy SIX babe.

My hot hubby with braces...

I wanted to try and do something different for Garrett's birthday this year. We always just have the family over, eat pizza, have ice cream cake and that's great and all, but I wanted to do something out of routine. I'd been working on a golf quilt for Garr for quite some time so that was the inspiration behind the whole party. GOLF THEME
The night before his party I had my friend Karalee come over to help me make golf ball cake pops. They were darling if I say so myself.
For his birthday we had golf "club" sandwhiches, potato salad, watermelon, green salad and the only thing Garrett will drink now he doesn't drink pop - Hi-C orange from McDonald's. We went and bought the drink and had it in a big jug. I bought bubbles for the kids to play with since our house gets crowded with everyone I thought it would be fun for them to play outside.
We had such a fun time. We had our family over, some of our friends stopped by, and the cake pops were a hit! So glad Garrett's party went well. I can't believe how fast time is flying.
Happy 28 babe!

Summer Fun

The month of July we were probably gone just as much as we were home.

We started the beginning of the month with a Trip to Lake Powell with our friends Darin and Courtney and her family the Glendennings. We celebrated the 4th with some sparkler fun. I sold my car! Since I was 16 the honda civic was my "dream car," I sold it to my little sister and we have yet to buy a new one. We also went to some baseball games to watch Garr's brother Jake.
We took a VERY last minute trip to Cali for the weekend. We went to dinner Friday night and at around 8:30 p.m. decided to head down. Not a good idea to do this when you don't have a hotel to stay in. We drove around until about 5 a.m. looking for a place to sleep. After a day at the beach, we were ready to find a new hotel, thank goodness for hotwire!












Settle Family Reunion. We went up to Springville for my moms side of the family reunion. I honestly can't remember the last time we were ALL together, which is sad. The day we drove up we went to CPK and had lunch with one of my mom's best friends Patti.
The next morning we went to Jolly's Ranch and spent the day playing horse shoes, washers, and volleyball. Ate some yummy food and took a group picture. Wow how our family has grown over the year.



KFR - aka Kendall Family Reunion!!! This was our SEVENTH year together going to Lake Powell for our annual trip. We woke up at the crack of dawn every morning for the best water. Rick brought the wave runners this time too and we had a blast on those! We found some old orange life jackets and wore them to Antelope. You should have seen the looks we got! It was so funny! Until next year - Long live KFR!!! ;)

Lake Powell

That's right folks, Lake Powell. You know what that means? Summer is officially here! We were lucky enough to be invited back to attend the Adam's Annual family trip. These guys know how to have a good time. We laughed so hard at all their stories, made new friends, and are so grateful to Rick and Cheryl for inviting us once again to their houseboat.

Wednesday night after work we loaded up the Honda, grabbed a couple foot longs from Subway and made our journey to the glorious Lake Powell. We arrived after dark to find the lower parking is closed. WHAT? That has never happened in our seven years of going to Powell together. We parked what seemed forever away and there wasn't a cart in sight. We filled our hands as full as we could and started to walk down to the houseboat. Thankfully, we found one about halfway down the path. We arrived to the houseboat as everyone was getting ready for bed. We layed our our "plush" mats, crawled into our "cozy" sleeping bags and got some shut eye. Sun up comes early.

Thursday at sun up, all the early birds are up to catch them some waves. As Garrett calls the early morning water - BUTTER.

We went to Warm Creek to wakeboard then headed back for breakfast. After our tummies were full and a morning nap, we were ready to hit the lake! We busted the surf boards out first, Jordan and Christian even went double. We came back to the house boat and played on the slide, jumped off the side, and swam in the um, warm? water.

Friday we headed to Cookie Jar. We blew up FOUR tubes and loaded about 12 people on them. I've never laughed so hard before. You know you've been tubing when you come back with a couple bruises. Small price to pay.
We found a rock sticking out of the water and decided to swim to it. Later that night it was time for a round of B-I-N-G-O Royal Carribean style. And it wouldn't be Lake Powell without a big bowl of homemade ice cream. We were pooped. We played hard and slept hard. I slept like a rock.

Saturday was a quiet morning. You could tell the effects of Lake Powell were wearing on everyone. We packed a lunch and headed back to Cookie Jar. We owned that cove. We were the only two boats in there. We took our turns wake boarding and surfing, everyone needed to use the floating pooper, and Garrett decided he wanted to start his wakeboarding from there. We threw out the QUAD tubes again and were bounced around till our ams fell off. We headed to Antelope for the best pizza around to stuff our faces.

Since Fathers Day was the next day, Garrett and I decided to call it early and head out that night. We made the hike to our car and arrived home around midnight.
Thank you Lake Powell, you are always good to us.
Thank you all of the Adams family, we had a blast. Hopefully we'll see you on the cruise!

Spring

I have neglected my blog for quite some time now. Yes, it's been on purpose for personal reasons, but I've decided to put some much needed time into catching up. Here is what has been going on since my post from Disneyland at the first of April. Here is a very short and sweet update of April and May.

APRIL

1. Elder Jordan Adams came home from his mission in Mexico.

2. Exact same day we had a baby shower for a good friend from high school.

3. Went and did baptisms for the dead with the young women.

4. Bridal shower for another good friend from work Alexa.

MAY

1. Volunteered at the Iron Man. Inspired.

2. Went bowling with our friends

3. Grandma Miyoko came to visit

4. Mother's Day - so grateful for all the women in my life.

5. Alexa's wedding

6. Golfing with Garr

1. Went to Cheesecake factory with the Woodbury's. Starr and I also went and had a makeover at MAC

2. Went to Gunlock to see the spillway after the heavy rains

3. Went yard selling and then to breakfast at the Bear Paw

4. Stephanie (my sister) turned 23! Happy birthday sis.

Making Memories

For Christmas Garrett's dad gave us a family trip to Disneyland.

Last weekend was the first weekend everyone had available to go.

We were supposed to go Thursday - Sunday but the weather said rain

on Friday and Saturday so we decided to leave Saturday instead.

Right when we got there, we checked into the hotel and headed to a ball game.

I love baseball and I love seeing the games live.

They gave us Angels beenies when we walked into the stadium.

FOURTEEN innings later, the Angels won!

We went to Disneyland bright and early and stayed until our feet couldn't go any more.

We rode a lot of "big kid" rides and the little ones did amazing. They rode too!

Toy Story is one of Garrett's favorite rides so that was a must do.

Of course, being a Frei, it turned into a little "friendly" family competition.

We split into teams and tried to get as many points as possible.

Day one was a blast and we were asleep before our heads hit the pillow.

We were a little more relaxed day two of Disneyland/California Adventure.

Everyone was tired, but didn't want to miss out on anything.

We rode a couple of the same rides again, but tried to hit what we missed the day before.

It was such a fun trip. Thanks to Dennis who made the whole vacation possible.

I love creating memories with family. We can't wait to take our own kids to meet Mickey.

Garden

I've wanted to have a garden in my backyard for a few years now.

We kept our side yard unfinished in hopes of doing so.

Today I planted my garden. I wanted to do a plant box, but this will do.

Tomatoes, Peppers, Cucumbers, Zucchini, Spinach and Lettuce.

Let's see if I can keep them alive. I took a picture of my thumb,

does it look GREEN???