My 30th

Well I turned the big 3-0 last week. Wow how time flies. It was a busy week last week. For my bday Zac took me to my favorite Texas Roadhouse and then we went shopping. I never have time to go shopping with my schedule so it was nice to be able to look around and buy some things. I ended up falling asleep on the couch at 9:30 that night!! Good times! We went to the Fair with the Hoover Family last Friday and that was fun. Its a Hoover tradition to go to the Fair every year. Then over the weekend they had a bday party for me at the Hoovers and then one for me at my family's. The pictures that were taken of my bday were SICK!! I'm exhausted most of the time but the pictures that were taken showed the exhaustion :( It was kinda sad to see me look so outrageously tired. So you will only get one picture.

OREGON

I went to Oregon this month to visit my sister and her kiddos. It was so much fun to hang out with her and the kids. My sis moved to Oregon in August and I was missing them all like crazy. I was there for 2 days. I wish I could have stayed longer btu I wasnt able to due to school and my internship. Lauren and Julien remembered me but Maude was having a little trouble. She would ask Rachel "Hey mom where is that Lady?" Now I know I need to visit more often. We went to a pumpkin patch and to the dalia farm. Lots of fun and the weahter was gorgeous. I wouldnt mind living there!
Here we are at the pumpkin patch. You got to ride a train to the pumpkins and then there was a hay maze in the back which the kids enjoyed climbing. It was really dark and kinda scary inside so we didnt go there for too long.

The kids had fun on the train ride!


Lauren in front of some pink dalias

Julien doing a GQ pose :)

Maude posing for the camera

TWINS :) :)

Sorry it has been so long since I last posted but things have been a bit so busy with work, school and life. My sis in law had her twins on Sunday. This is Bailey. She weighed 5lbs 1oz and 17 inches.

This is Ellie. She weighed 4lbs 110z and 17 1/2 in long. They are both so cute. They are not identical. Bailey looks like Kami's side of the family and Ellie looks like our side of the family. Both were in the NICU for 5 days and just got released yesterday. I wasnt able to hold either of them in the hospital :( But Zac and I made a few trips there in my spare time to see them in the NICU. They have sooo much hair. I can't wait to spend more time with them :)

Here's the pround Mom, Dad and big sister :)

Travel Agent

I need help. Zac and I are trying to plan a trip for the summer and we want to see if its cheaper to go through a travel agent...but we dont know any. Does anyone have or know of a travel agent I can call?????? THANK YOU!!!

30-30-30-30

It was Zac's bday over the weekend and as you can tell he turned 30!!! I feel bad cuz I didnt plan anything big. I wanted to and had every intention of doing it but it came up on me so fast!! I wanted to due something really fun and exciting but by the time I could really think about doing anything it was the day before his bday. So we went out to dinner then chilled at the house and I fell asleep on the couch around 10pm :( We had family bday parties over the weekend and went to Bass Bro to do some target shooting!!! It was a lot of fun. We chilled on Sunday then I had my internship. Im lovin' my internship. I am learning so much and I can hardly remember everything I supposed to but it will come with time. I cant wait til I am done and can start working at a hospital a few weekends a month (provided I find a hospital to hire me). That is my goal. Here are some family pics from the weekend.

Addie is getting so big!!! She is going to be 2 at the end of Oct and she will be the big sister of twins in less than a month. Her baby sisters will be here before we know it. My sister in law will have 3 children under the age of 2!!! We will now have a set of twins and triplets in the family (yeah fertility drugs!!!) Im sure I will be posting a ton of pics once the twins are born! I cant wait, I just wish I had more time to spend with them once they are born.

Finding the necture at a young age!!As you know my family loves Dr.Pepper so Quinn was trying to score some points but sucking on the cap. He was loving the cap and I thought oh you would love it more if you could taste that yummy goodness, but not yet. Ill give him another year before I corrupt him with my Dr Pepper obsession.

HAPPY BDAY ZAC!!! I LOVE YOU!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MINERVA

Today is Melanie's 30th Bday!!!! Have a wonderful day Mel. Its also my moms bday today but I wont share how old she is, she may not like that. I love both these gals alot :)

The Best Friend EVER- Melanie!!

Friends are hard to come by especially Best Friends. Melanie and I have been best friends for 20 years and she has been with me every step of the way!! I moved to Az 20 years ago this month and it wasn't easy to find friends. Little did I know that the most amazing woman I know lived down the street from me. I met Melanie at church and we hit it off very fast. We started hanging out at each others houses, writing and mailing notes. Such as will you be my best friend, check yes no or maybe. We gave each other little gifts we found and had a blast together. We had a ton of sleepovers and rode our bikes everywhere. I will never forget...our bike rides (Louis lips, the chain that always fell off), Madlibs, Nintendo, swimming, babysitting Kamry, looking at National Geographic, calling Carla Fox and dedicating songs to our "loved ones", ditching church and going to McDonalds to buy french fries, prank calls, pretending we had a flower shop, "Amber", cleaning your moms house and wrapping presents, "do you want to get out and walk", opening mailboxes after school, beaniwhi, making up our names "Minerva", writing in your journal, peeing in the grocery store aisle from laughing so hard, white CRX, the van (your moms pink van and our rusty van), performing the Brady Bunch theme song for Scott and Darcy, peeling out at Keller in the Datsun when we were supposed to be going to the gym, waiting outside the room when Mariah was born,watching Jaden be born (and missing Eastons birth by 25 minutes)...and soooo much more. Thank you for always being there for me. You know my deepest secrets and you still love me. You never judge me and you have always supported me and continue to support me. I know if I need anything I can call you and you will be there for me. Thank you for being there for me when I made really stupid decisions and good ones too. I wouldnt be where I am today without you as my friend. I love you tons and I am looking forward for another 20+ years of friendship. I am truly blessed to have you in my life :) Happy 30th on Monday and I love ya tons!!

P.S. I have so many pics of Mel and I that I could have several photo albums. I thought I would share some oldies but goodies ( I had to scan them so they may not be very clear). I had like 5 more pictures that I was gonna post but I couldnt get them to look quite right.