a last summer hurrah

farewell summer.
on our last saturday here one of our friends here had a pool party!
like mentioned before i love the pool so this was not an event to be missed!
most all our friends we've made this summer were there which made it that much better.

one of the cute girls, brittany goff, has her parents who live about 40 minutes away in a great place out in the "country" part of indiana.
beautiful weather, home, pool, great food, pure greatness.

 

by far our favorite part of indiana have been the people.
we adore all the people we have met and feel so lucky to have met them!

it's been bliss.

happy birthday to you.

dearest kirkypoo,

it's your birthday!!!!

you're an old man now!!!

you're back in arizona!!!

i miss you!!!

remember how you were the messiest of all of us siblings growing up?
mom took the best pictures of you growing up. aka- reallyawesomepictureswhenyouaredirty.

we always stuck together bc it was the 3 big boys and then us little ones
(you were only 3 1/2 years younger than scotty but we still did lots together, to me, you were still part of "the brothers")
look how cute you were when you were a baby!
ps- see papa holman below? his birthday was on the 7th and he would have been a 100 years old!!!

remember when we had to drive 15 minutes south to go see all our friends in high school?
and you always drove the car?
and i always fell asleep in the car on the ride home?
and you would always hit the breaks really hard so i'd fall forward?
not so funny then, but funny now :)

and look at you now?
as cute as ever.
how in the world are you still single?!
that's right single ladies who read this blog!
I WILL HOOK YOU UP WITH THIS HANDSOME MAN!!!
just let me know.
lara, how about you be first?

 

so happy birthday kirky!
can't wait to see you next week!!!!

ps- remember when i waited 8 months to get married so you could be at the wedding?
yes, that IS how much i love you.
glad you were there :)

little love letters #4

 

dear casey, thanks for being hilarious. you make me laugh when i tell myself i'm going to be mad and no one will change that, and then you change it and i laugh lots.

dear arizona, i love you

dear hot steering wheel, why do you have to be so dang hot in the summer! i burned my little digits driving that steering wheel in az!

dear phoebe, thanks for dancing on the coffee table for us during so you think you can dance. you are the cutest little dancer

dear bahama bucks, in a dessert throw down between you and anyone else, you'd win anyday, at least if casey and phoebe were the judges.

dear brooke and amy, being around you two on the wedding day was an absolute blast. i heart you.

dear indiana, in less than a week's time we will be leaving you for our homeland, aka the provo bubble! you sure have some nice people who live here. in some ways this summer did not turn out how we expected it to, but in other ways, it completely surpassed what we thought it could be.

dear glorified attic in provo, we miss you. we're glad we can still call you ours in the fall.

dear fireflies, i wish you lasted a little bit longer. you were so fun. i didn't get enough of you

dear goodwill outlet, you are the best second hand store ever. we will miss you greatly.

that one time i went to arizona

a few more pictures while in arizona last week.
sidewalk painting.
entertained for like an hour

swimming, swimming, swimming.
these girls are like little fishies!
it's so fun to watch how brave they are in the water!!

the infamous bahama bucks.
happiness.

a cute little butterfly i found in the backyard

i love love love arizona.
flying into the valley makes me so giddy.
going down to the phoenix baggage claim and then out to the street to meet my ride is pure joy.
you go out to the street and the heat hits.
the beautiful heat.
the not humid heat.
the heat.
the glorious heat that i could be in for forever.
i love dry heat in arizona.

after our "fun" car experience, we finally made it home.
wednesday, thursday, and saturday consisted of playing with the girls, naps, feeding phoebe, talking with my mom and dad, and other random joys,
loved it.

see you again soon arizona and family, see you again soon!

a wedding in the desert.

i'm sitting in the phoenix airport right now waiting for my flight for the 2nd time in 2 days.

i came to az for a quick 4 day trip for my dear friend, nicole's, wedding.

it was splendid!

i just love weddings.

especially weddings that are about my really close friends whom i love and not just who i know.

it seriously rocked.
side note: stewart and nicole have known each other since at least 9th grade if not before.
little crushes have always been here and there.
and now they're married! we so excited!
they're precious

3 weddings down, 1 to go! cough cough.

.

the ceremony was beautiful.

nicole was beautiful.

and the day was so smooth and perfect (except for the whole, it's blistering hot part).

but really, it was an absolute blast to be apart of!

dear nikkipoopoo, thanks for letting me join your wedding festivities. it was wonderful, and i'm so so happy for you!


lastly, see how the 1st line reads how i'm here in the airport for my 2nd flight in 2 days?
i came to the airport on saturday evening for my flight out.
but as we were waiting to board the plane they announced they were overbooked and needed 1 person to give up their seat.
so the kind soul that i am decided to volunteer...
(no, the paid airfare and $300 voucher did not affect my decision at all! cough cough)
so i'm sitting here in the airport way too early on sunday morning waiting for my flight.
the $450 "gift card" to fly anywhere on southwest is easing the pain of not seeing my husband :)

back to indiana we go!

iphone pictures

top left: does anyone else DRIP bobby pins and earrings?
i find/lose them EVERYWHERE and hate it!
i was cleaning our dresser the other day and found these under a stack of papers.

top right: sleeping husband.

bottom left: my view on a run.
the corn fields are getting SO TALL!
that's not a pic of a corn field but i still wanted to tell you that

bottom right: friends.
yummy italian
couopons.
games.
a great night.

finally, a beautiful indiana thunder storm i could enjoy!
there hasn't been too many day ones this summer and if there is, i'm inside working or it's a tornado warning.
but i was driving home through this one and loved every minute.
i sat in the car for awhile and just listened to the thunder, rain, and lightning.
so heavenly.
and then a great sunset followed it up.

 

ps- if you're reading this i'm in AZ!
WOOT WOOT!
yay for friends getting married!
yay for family!
yay for swimming!

this makes me happy.

facetiming with this cute girl.

we miss her terribly

the end.
august 20 something we will finally get to tickle you little one!!!

swimming at the pool.

one thing i learned quickly here in indiana:

pool options are limited.

ha, that worried this arizona girl!

but after a few months of being here we became friends with one cute family!

the calls!

4 awesome kids with 2 parents we utterly adore.
they also have a pool in their community which is an added bonus to our friendship.

we've gone to the pool with them a couple of times and once took the kids to the pool ourselves!

 

i've also gotten to go to the pool with my SIL and some other friends too which make it even more enjoyable :)

we love this family!
but sadly they're moving to north carolina in august!
(luckily we're moving away too, ha, but we'll see each other again!)

the oldest girl is awesome and taught casey how to ride a ribstick.
the 2nd girl is a ham and adorable.
the little boy is in our sunbeam class and the funniest things ever.
and the baby girl is the cutest ever (she's actually not the biggest fan of me sadly enough but casey is the baby whisperer and she loves him).
we love the mom and dad, thery're the funniest and funnest people ever, i swear.
casey and i kinda want to be them when we grow up.

3 cheers to both swimming and friends!!!

ps- happy late birthday harry!