Delivery from NYC!!!!!

Guess who's in town?????

We have celebrated her short trip home by... going to Raging Waters, blasting music and singing in the car, Lagoon day, late night In 'N Out trip, renting the JB movie and never watching it, laughing until we cry, and going to get ice cream (we actually haven't gotten ice cream YET, we're going 43 minutes ago...I think she's asleep).  Love when Lachelly comes home to visit :)

BOOM. Roasted.

OK...this picture makes me look like a wimp 'cause I don't look that burnt. But trust me, my shoulders are on fire. I've resorted to loosened bra straps and baggy shirts to relieve my pain.  I sure am hoping that my extra use of Aloe Vera will turn this burn into a sexy tan!...not a peeling mess.

Love Note.

 

I might have accidentally left my gum on the sink. I don't think Kaniki was very happy about it. I sure am missing her while she's at youth conference. Can't wait to give her a loving smack on the booty for her loving love note to me this morning. Funny, funny girl.

Revealed.

My undercover profession is a hair cutter. Psyche! Except for Nik really thinks that I am. For some strange reason she always asks me to cut her hair. Honestly, I don't know why. Who wants someone to cut their hair that has NO experience, what so ever?! According to her "every time you cut my hair it's a new adventure!" Well...I do not think it's fun. At all. It stresses me out actually. It takes me 3 times as long as it should, and we have to style it, then re-cut, then thin it, then restyle it again, then cut some more, and...you get the picture, it never looks as good as I want it too. Oh well....as long as I can help Nik have more "adventure" in her life, I guess I'm willing to oblige to her ridiculous requests.

Finished product: Good thing she makes anything look good, and good thing she just wanted a trim.

The mother made us do it outside. I guess we're messy or something...

The best balloon fest ever.

Sometimes my family goes to the balloon fest in Provo and it's loads of fun. However, today was especially great. That's because when we got there, the balloons looked liked this...

But then the wind made them do this...

And the people started to jump out of their tipping baskets like this...

And this crazy man...

Started yelling at everyone to "get out of the way!" so they didn't get squished by the balloons like this...

....so help me if you get squished by a parachute as heavy as a feather.

Then kids started jumping on the deflating balloons like this...

And that was the end of the balloon fest. The whole thing lasted a total of 5 minutes and I'm so glad we were there to witness the hilarious sight. I wish my pictures did the experience justice, but Nik and I spent most of the time observing and laughing instead of snapping photos. It was a priceless sight to see people frantically hauling chairs, children, blankets, etc so they wouldn't get attacked by the balloons :). I hope you all had a great 4th of July today, I know me and Nik sure did.

Fireworks.

Every year for the past 5 or 6 years, my family has gone up to the Durrant's property to watch the Stadium of Fire. It's the best! We have the best seat in town. I'm sure it's great inside the stadium, but I'm convinced the show is better while eating tons of goodies, playing in the grass, and lounging on a blanket in the shade with friends and family.

 I kid you not when I say that I have 60 pictures worth of fireworks on my camera from last night. I mean they're cool, but not THAT cool. It's just that my mom kept saying "Oooo! Get that one!" every 5 seconds, and "Ah you missed a good one, be ready!", and "why did you take a picture of an ugly firework, get one like THAT, hurry!".  Eventually I gave up and just handed her the camera. But then words just flew out of my mouth like "Nice one mom! Keep going!" and "Did you get that one?!" I couldn't help myself... hence the millions of terrible (most of them turned out bad) firework pictures I have. It sure was fun though :)