We love our families!

We have had such a fun summer so far! I have been really bad at updating our blog so sorry to the two people that read it. I am just going to list the things that I haven't updated lately as well as post a zillion pictures to document it. To start off, we moved 2 months ago to a new house and we absolutley love it! It is twice the size of our last apartment and cheaper rent. Kayla turned two years old! She is getting so big and so smart and we love her so much. She makes us laugh every single day. I had a birthday as well. Brandon planned a surprise party for me which I had always told him that if he ever did that he would die! It ended up being really fun though and I was glad he did it. Both my family as well as Brandon's family drove out here for a week each and we were able to spend some time with them. We spent some time in Nauvoo when each family was visiting. We feel so lucky to have Nauvoo so close to us. We also got family pictures taken two months ago which I have just been too lazy (or busy) to post.



Kayla on her 2nd birthday. It is also the day we moved to our new house so there are boxes everywhere.

Me on my birthday!

All the friends that showed up for the party. The reason I told Brandon he better never throw me a party was because I always figured no one would show up. We had a great turnout though and I'm so grateful for all the friends that helped Brandon make the day so special.

Kayla and her Aunt Abby when she came to visit. Abby is 3 months older than Kayla and they are best friends.

Carthage Jail with the Egbert family next to the window where the prophet Joseph Smith fell.

Brandon's cute family

My cute little girls were pooped out from all the sight seeing.

Kayla at the lake. She loved the water!

Brandon's siblings Ali, Ashley, and Kaleb.

Mississippi River

Walking the Trail of Hope

My family in Nauvoo

Carthage Jail, outside the window where the prophet fell.

We were able to go to the Nauvoo Pageant with my family which was wonderful! We were rained on the entire time! They had fun pioneer activities before the pageant started. Jared and Brandon are pulling me and Kayla.

My family copying Brandon's family.

Tessa being a little cutie pie

Kayla at the lake with my family

This is the only picture I have with Kayla's real smile. It is so hard to get her to smile for pictures. She always does a fake smile that is pretty, but doesn't really look like her. I'm so happy I finally have one that shows just how beautiful she is!