Happy Fourth of July

This past weekend was, as everyone knows, the Fourth of July. Case and I spent the whole day with family and we had so much fun.
We started the day by waking up really really early. The Fourth of July is my favorite holiday so I did not want to miss a thing. We were able to make it to the balloons early enough to watch the people fill the balloons with air. It was kinda cool to see the balloons be filled with air and get so big. Case went a little camera crazy and took a lot of pictures, here are just a few.

Casey's favorite balloon was the giant pig.

After all the balloons were in the air, my family called and said they had finally arrived. We went and found them and Mer took this picture of us.

Mer and I at the balloons

Ryan and Canyon at the balloons
After the balloons we went and found the "4:15 group" the family members who woke up at 4:15 to save seats at the parade. The parade is always a tradition with our family, we always go to Albertson's for donuts and snacks to eat during the parade. As always we carried on the tradition this year and ate donuts, choc. milk, orange juice and snacks during the parade.

Mom and dad during the parade--I'm glad they brought the camping chairs with the giant umbrella's on them because it started to rain and they kept us pretty dry.

By the end of the parade everyone was a little tired from waking up so early.

Mer

Cousin Jenny

Little Canyon

I forgot my camera the rest of the day so I don't have anymore pictures, but after the parade we continued to celebrate by going and getting snow cones. They were definitely needed, it got pretty hot outside. After snow cones and a nap Case and I went over to our aunt and uncles for our annual Fourth of July party. We had a bar-b-q, ate homemade ice cream, the boys played volleyball, and the girls tied quilts, it was so much fun.

After the party we ended the Fourth of July by going over to Amy and Jared's house for fireworks. I wish I had pictures of Lydia, she hated the fireworks and would cry during them until my mom started plugging her ears, it was funny.

I love the Fourth of July and I hate for it to be over but, I look forward to it next year!!

What a Week

Wednesday June 17, 2009
Case and I woke up at 4:30 a.m. so we could make our 7:00 a.m. flight to California. When our plane landed we grabbed our luggage and started waiting patiently for our shuttle to take us to the hotel. While we were waiting, some Samoans were getting ready to board a plane. They were talking in Samoan and Case could understand what they were saying, it was so cool. We made it safetly (the shuttle drivers are a little scary behind the wheel) to our hotel and immediately headed for Disneyland. Our first ride was Indiana Jones followed by: Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Whinne the Pooh, Thunder Mountain, Soarin' Over California, Screamin', Hollywood Tower Hotel. Monsters Inc., Jungle Cruise, Astro Blasters (Buzz), Thunder Mountain, and to end the night Splash Mountain twice. We also ate churros, watched the beautiful firework show, and watched Fantasmic. What a fun day to start our vacation with.
Case standing in the line for Thunder Mountain

Our first and last meal in Disneyland. Two slices of pizza and a salad cost us $32.00

Thursday June 18, 2009

This day was the whole reason Case took me to Disneyland, My Birthday. Disneyland opened at 8:00 a.m. so case and I woke up at about 7:00 a.m. so we could be there when it opened. When we got to Disneyland we showed one of the workers it was my birthday. They gave me a $70 gift card and a pin that says "Happy Birthday Kimberley" on it. Complete strangers would come up to me and tell me happy birthday it was so fun. We started the day by riding Space Mountain twice followed by: Star Tours, Pinocchio, Storybook Land, It's a Small World, Case rode the Mali Boomer, Midway Mania (Toy Story), Hollywood Tower Hotel twice, Monsters Inc., Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, and the Jungle Cruise.

Case even let us go to the Ice Cream shop in Disneyland (in lou of a birthday cake) and took me to Tony Roma's for dinner. I never imagined spending your birthday in Disneyland could be so much fun.

Standing in front of the Disneyland castle

Case riding the Mali Boomer (Casey is the one on the far right). Case was holding on for dear life and would not even look at the camera when I took his picture.

We had to eat churros and popcorn on my birthday.

Showing off my Happy Birthday pin

Friday June, 19, 2009

Our final day in Disneyland came too fast. We went into the park as soon as it opened so we could do the things we really wanted to do before we left. We started the day in California Adventure we rode: Soarin' Over California, Mullholland Madness, Bear River Rapids, Mali Boomer, Midway Mania, Screamin', Hollywood Tower Hotel, It's Tough to be a Bug (Bug's Life), the Train, the Monorel, Honey I Shrunk the Audience, Thunder Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, Splash Mountain, Jungle Cruise, and our final ride was Indiana Jones. I was so sad to see our Disneyland trip come to an end.

Case standing in front of an airplane by Soarin' Over California

Case and I on Mullholland Madness

Getting ready to ride Midway Mania

Case and I in front of a waterfall in California Adventure

Before we left we had to get the famous picture of us standing in front of Mickey Mouse.

Saturday June 20, 2009

Since our flight left at 7:00 p.m. we had some extra time to kill. We decided to go to Down Town Disney to do some shopping and look around.

Case with Dearth Vader
Sunday June 21, 2009

We ended our exciting week with Father's Day. We were able to spend time with both our families and we had so much fun. We were also able to celebrate my birthday with my family and Casey's family. I have the best family in the world, they along with Case gave me a birthday I will never forget.

Me and Mer

Case and I

Lydia really wanted to help me open my birthday presents.

I was able to celebrate my birthday with my dad, I love when that happens.

My family sang happy birthday to me and Lydia helped me blow out the candles.
**Thank you everyone for such a great birthday!!

Dear Dad

Dear Dad,
Thank you for always working so hard to provide for our family.
Thank you for always being there for me.
Thank you for always taking us on family vacations.
Thank you for always telling me you love me.

Thank you for always being the best dad a daughter could ask for.
I love you dad--Happy Father's Day!!

Summer Sno

You know summer has officially started when the "Summer Sno" snow cone shack opens. We visit this place at least once every other day, if not more often. We even crave these snow cones all year long.
We were lucky enough to go to the snow cone shack on opening night with my sisters Mer and Lin and sister in law Stacy and we went the next day with Mer, my mom, Amy, Jared and Lydia.

Case and I eating our snow cones (our favorite flavors are lemon lime and watermelon)
Even Lydia (my niece) loves snow cones

Mer loves Pina Colada

I think I learned to love lemon lime from my mom, lemon lime is her favorite flavor too.

I think Lydia loves any and every flavor

Now that summer has officially started we have no school, hot weather, vacations, snow cones, and spending time with family to look forward to.

Our First Anniversary

Case surprised me by taking me to Midway to spend the night at a bed and breakfast called Johnson Mill for our one year anniversary.
We stayed in a room called Mill Pond. When you look out the windows you have a beautiful view of the small pond that surrounds Johnson Mill.

The place had 15 acres of beautiful grounds. Case and I decided to take a walk around Johnson Mill. We took lots of pictures (with the new camera Case gave me for our anniversary) of the many waterfalls we found.

Since Johnson Mill is surrounded by a small pond, they have a paddle boat and canoes you can take out on the pond. Case and I thought it would be fun to take the paddle boat out for a short ride. The paddle boat was extremely hard to steer and after being on the lake for about a half hour we found we were just moving around in circles and were only about 10 feet away from the dock.

I can't believe that Case and I have been married for a whole year. This year has gone by so fast, but I look forward to many more years to come.

A Year Ago

A year ago (tomorrow) I started the greatest adventure of my life...

and I've never been so happy.

To My Mom

• You have always been there for me
• You always listen to what I have to say
• You go to Costco with me so I never have to go alone
• You call me just to make sure I'm doing okay
• You still make me lunch even though I'm married and out of the house
• You have a strong testimony and you are such a good example to me

I want to become just like you someday

Happy Mother's Day!!
I Love you Mom