Why?

Why no more summer vacations?
Why no more snow cones?
Why am I staying up till 11:30 or midnight?
Why do I not get to see Case everyday until 9:00 at night?
Why am I having cereal or something made in the crock pot every night for dinner?
Why am I feeling stressed and overwhelmed?
Why is all the money we have saved gone?
Why? Why? Why?

Because summer is over and were back in school.

Introducing...

I'm a new aunt and Case is a new uncle to...
Landon Terry Hess
7lbs. 3 oz.
19" long
Proud Parents: Jared and Amy Hess
Proud and Excited Sister: Lydia Jane Hess

He has lots of hair on the sides, but little hair on top

It's so fun to have another little baby in the family, he is so cute and I think I have even seen him give a little smile. I just think he is happy to belong to some of the best parents in the world and to have such a helpful older sister.

Congratulations Hess Family!!

We Love Elder C

Today my cousin Scotty is leaving on his Mission to the Philippines. The time Scotty would leave on his mission I thought would never come and now that it is finally here, it has struck each and everyone of us pretty hard. For the next 2 years we will not see Scotty running through the field, we will not see him riding the lawn mower to mow the field, and we will not get annoyed by him when he just walks into the house without a knock. Although the next 2 years will be hard without Scotty, we all know that he is going to be in the right place at the right time. We all know Scotty is doing the right thing. For the next 2 years Elder C (Elder Crandall) will be having the time of his life.

From Left to Right: Emily, Tim, Natalie, Jenny, Elder C, AnnMarie, Meg, Ry, Me, Case, Mer, Lin, Lydia, Mom, and Dad

Missing from Photo: Daniel, Stacy and Canyon--Daniel was off to trek and Stacy took Canyon home for bed. Amy and Jared--Amy was in the hospital having a baby.

Meg, Ryan, and Elder C

Me, Elder C, and Case

Lydia she was definitely missing mom and dad

Canyon

Crandall Family: Emily, Tim, AnnMarie, Natalie, Jenny, and Elder C

We Love you Elder Crandall!!

24th of July

Every 24th of July we gather with family to celebrate. This 24th of July we carried on the tradition. We started by going over to Casey's mom and dad's for some delicious pizza ( I forgot my camera so unfortunately no pictures). It was fun eating pizza and talking to Case's family. A couple of hours later we went to my mom and dad's for a BBQ. I must warn you, we had so much fun so there is a PICTURE OVERLOAD!
Case and I at the BBQ

I think Lydia had a little too much fun. She found a bucket of water with some toys in it and it kept her entertained the whole night.

Amy and dad

Jared (goofy as usual)

Ryan and Meg

Lin and Mer

Jessica (Jenny's friend) and Jenny

Scotty and Lin

Tim and Mom

Aunt Natalie

AnnMarie and Lydia

We went to find some fireworks but by the time we got there, they were over. So everyone came back and we did Sparklers. Between all of us we ended up doing about 900. We sure do love Sparklers!

Mer

Mer and Me

Trying to capture crazy designs with the camera

Happy Pioneer Day!

Never

It's one of those moments when you wish you had a camera. My sister's Amy and Mer and niece Lydia and I decided to go to Ikea this past week. Amy wanted a few things so she could start to set up Lydia's new room and the baby's new room so we thought Ikea would be the best place to find inexpensive but cute things. While walking around the huge store we found many cute things that would be great for Lydia's new room. One of the things we found was this bookshelf.
We loaded the bookshelf into the cart along with a few other things and went to checkout. Obviously we were not thinking, for we went out side to load the 5 ft. shelf into this

and it would not fit. We tried every way to load the shelf into Amy and Jared's car including: placing the shelf in the trunk, folding down the backseat so the shelf could lay half in the car and half in the trunk, placing the shelf diagonally in the car, and finally tying the trunk shut (non of us knew what to tie the string to so that plan failed as well). After about 45 min of trying to load the shelf in the car we decided to try one more idea, laying the box horizontally in the back seat. So i got in the back seat of the car, we strapped Lydia into her car seat, then Mer and Amy started to shove in the shelf. We thought we had it, but then tried to shut the door and it would not shut. Finally we rested the shelf onto the armrest on my side of the door, Mer got in the back seat and rested her side of the shelf on her side of the armrest on the door and we finally got the door shut. The back seat got a little cozy with Mer, Lydia, me and the giant shelf resting over our laps. No one sat in the front passenger side so it was like having a personal chauffeur.

While driving home we saw this...and we were wishing we had it.

We learned a valuable lesson that day, Never go to Ikea without a truck...or an elcamino.

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!!