Birthday Wish Come True

I love Disneyland!!  I have always had two dreams with Disneyland.

Dream 1:  Go to Disneyland on my birthday.

Dream 2:  Go to Disneyland with my sweetheart.

Check and check.  Thank you to Brock for an awesome day and making both of those come true!

I got a special birthday pin, call me a 5 year old, but it was sweet.  They even gave Brock a pin that said he was celebrating.  The park opened at 10 and closed at 8 so we didn't have a ton of time, but we still got through both parks with time to spare.

Cars Land just opened a couple months ago so I had really been looking forward to going.  It was awesome!!  They did such a good job with everything, I literally felt like I was in Radiator Springs.  The rides are mostly geared towards little kids, but the "Radiator Springs Racers" were awesome!!  What a fun, fun, clever ride!

World of Color, was of course, AMAZING!!!!  Brock was blown away by it which was so fun.  He said that World of Color alone was worth what we paid to get in to the park.  And since that is one of my favorite parts of Disneyland, I was glad he liked it!  We had a great day and it was just so fun to be there on my birthday with the man of my dreams.

The rest of the California trip was fantastic as well.  We stayed with Corrine and Alisa which was way fun.  I got to meet Brock's brother Todd for the first time.  He is on base in San Diego right now so we got to drive down and see him.

We spent lots of time with the nieces and nephews, we had a blast playing with them and they were excited to see us.  Exhibit A:

Mac was all over the place goofing off and making us laugh

We got to go to all the kids sporting events on Saturday, we went to 5 soccer games and 1 football game.  It was a long day but it was an absolute blast and we loved supporting the kiddos!

Hallie scored 5 goals!

Brock working on technique with Ty

Mac's team ready to go

The Bird kids on game day

It was a fun trip and a great week long vacation from work and the day to day life.

Oh ya, and we bought a new car while we were there. :D

East Idaho State Fair

This may come as a shock to you, but in Idaho, the state fair is a BIG deal.  Everybody talks about it, it last for 10 days, and pretty much everybody goes.  The credit union was sponsoring the fair this year so we got a sweet hookup on tickets.  We got into the fair AND the rodeo for just 5 dollars.  It was a great deal.  I thought the fair was in Idaho Falls, but it wound up being in Blackfoot so we had to drive another 20 minutes.  We almost didn't go because of that but I'm glad we did!

I haven't been to a true fair in years.  We used to go all the time to fair days in Heber, and when they had the fair in Murray as a kid, we would go to that.  It was so fun.  We went to see all the animals and the various fair booths.

The rodeo was waaaaaaaaaay fun!!  I haven't been to a rode on in a couple years and they are always a blast.  We thought that Idaho would be a big rodeo place but this was actually east Idaho's first PRCA rodeo.  They did pretty good, there were some young guys that were outstanding.  Brock knows a lot about the Rodeo because his dad used to be a part of them so it was way fun!  Overall, it was definitely a small town feeling fair, but it was a lot of fun and a great date night for 10 bucks!

Tetons!

Ok, so I love hiking (duh), and we really hadn't done any hiking all summer.  So Labor Day rolled around and I had the day off (one perk of no longer working retail) and Brock hadn't started school yet, so we decided that we would head out to Teton National Park and explore a little bit.

We invited a couple from our ward, Ross and Hannah Davidson, and hit the road.  It took us about an hour and a half to get there.  A little farther than we were originally thinking, but it was worth it.  We had so much fun just goofing off as we hiked.  Ross and Brock were hilarious!  Hannah and I realized towards the end of the hike that the boys were complaining more than we were.  At that point I told them what we told the campers at Oakcrest, "every time you complain, I put a rock in your backpack."  Neither of them complained for the rest of the hike.

The actual hike was very easy, but super gorgeous!  We hiked around Jenny Lake to get to Hidden Falls.  You can pay to ride a ferry across the lake but then you only walk about .5 miles tops rather than hike 5.1 miles.  Where is the fun in that?!  Brock was pretty skeptical about going hiking, especially when the drive was longer than planned, but once we got going, he really enjoyed it and we all had a great time.

Starting out on the hike

Great shot of the Tetons

Jenny Lake

Look how clear the water is!

Hidden Falls

At the lookout point

It is always a blessing to be in Heavenly Father's beautiful creations.  I am always awestruck at the masterpieces that He has created for us to enjoy and it is something I want to do my whole life!