Mark YOUR Calander--July 16th MY BIRTHDAY!!!!

True to Style...I was able to stretch my birthday celebrations out for 2 weeks. Just how I like it! My birthday was great. Greg had school stuff in the morning so I went on a hike with some of my FAVORITE people.  It was an swesome hike. I really like Denver for that reason. Hiking, Biking, and outdoors stuff is very accessible. And you get to see more dogs than people. You see two people hiking with 4 dogs! Did you know that the average rate of children per houshold in Denver is 1.3 and the average dog per household is 2.5. ReDAMNdiculous if you ask me! And, as I watch the news at night, I am starting to believe that if you abuse your dog, you go to jail but if you abuse your kids, you get a slap on the wrist! Anyway...The hike was so fun! After the hike we met Greg at the pool for a couple of hours. Laying out getting skin cancer is an A in my book!! And I am being serious, I loved it. Then Greg and I went and got frozen yogurt and took a nice afternoon nap. After out lazyness, we decked outselves out, (in jeans and flipflops) and headed to a sushi dinner--MY FAV!!!!

After dinner we went over to my FAVORITE people with whom I had hiked with earlier in the day--THE FRANKS and had yummy "Nothing Bundt Cake" and I got showered with gifts. All of which I loved but I especially like the pregnancy test from 9 year old Emma, to which all of them were so excited for me to open. As soon as it was opened 6 year old Ivy says...Erin do you need to pee right now! --haha! I promised to bring it back after I had pee'd on it. It was a fun night and I love the FRANKS!

Eli aka...GI JOE gave me a Magic Glowing wand for my birthday!

Kara came to town the following weekend to take me out for a birthday pedicure. I think it was the best of my life--not sure if it is because I have been sacrificing for school the last year and made Greg a deal that I would not get any pedicures, and was jsut not used to the pampering. Or if it was really THAT good! Either way I loved it, Thank you KARA!! Kara and I had fun, we went for a hike, tried some yummy food, did a little shopping, and of course...got a pedicure.

Kara and I hiking--people really stared at us when we did not have dogs with us?!?!?!?!

Also to make my birthday special my Relief Society Presidency came by to sing to me and drop off a treat. Such neat ladies who sure take care of me!!

Well unless someone wants to step in and stretch my birthday out for an entire month. I guess I will have to start making my list for what I want next year!!

4th of July, SAN ANTONIO style!!!!

Gregs parents are currently on a mission in San Antonio. So Greg and I met his twin sister Erin and her little family in San Antonio for 4th of July weekend to visit Doug and Lucy.  It was a short trip that required as much car time as vacation time. But...it was lots of fun and so good to see everyone.  They were having a Alcoholics Annonymous convention in San Antonio that weekend. Therefore, we had to share the riverwalk with 70,000 recovering alcholics. I was keeping my eye on their drinks, It would be pretty daring to sneak something. But, I still had my eye on them :) It was SO crowded, we were trying to manuever a double stoller through the narrow riverwalk with 70,000 PLUS other tourists. We had yummy Mexican food and went for a boat ride down the river. It was so hot and muggy that I was tempted to fall out of the boat to cool off. I do love the heat, and San Antonio was a neat place but it makes me really really like dry heat. I am a baby when it comes to humitity!!

One of the best finds on the Riverwalk was ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE factory and their caramel apples!! This is how excited Erin and I are waiting for our apples!!

By the way, the dang guy in the back ground, cut in front of us. I even said loud enough for him to hear, "I love when people cut in front of me, take a picture of him." Yet, it did not deter him, he still set his chocolate on the scale, shoved us aside, and walked off, not even phased, chocolate in hand!!

Greg and Ellie!!

 HAPPY 4th of JULY!!!!!!!

We jumped in the car and made our long trip home!! It was kind of fun to be trapped in a car with Greg for 16 hours.  He had no where to RUN--hahaha!! He could not even study, beacuse he would get car sick, instead I had his undivided attention! It was GREAT! Although, we were excited to get out of the car finally when we got home and were perfectly fine having alone time for a while. Maybe even for a couple of days. Just Sayin!!