-Feed the Birds-

Toppins a bag!  Aaron and I went to the Tracy Aviary a few Mondays ago.  Did you know that if you have the pass of all passes that its free on Monday?  Oh yes you heard me right.  FREE!  That's what I'm talkin' about.  The birds were hilarious.  I seriously could NOT stop laughing.  Sorry for the poor quality of pictures.

OWL

Bear Lake

Aaron's side of the family has this fun tradition where they go to Bear Lake every summer.  Count me in!  We went three weeks ago right after Aaron's birthday and had such a great time!  We toured Minnetonka Cave the first day (which was really incredible,) camped, played sand volleyball, swam in the freezing water, went kayaking, and played bocce ball.  I was actually able to go with his family last year while we were still dating.  Of course his little brother Thomas says, "Hey Rachel, why did you even come with us last year?"  Oh hey thanks Tom I'm glad you're so found of me haha.  I'm actually really glad I went last year.  I got to know his family a lot better that way and it was such a blast.  This year was way better though.  Do you want to know why?  I didn't have to sleep in my own tent this year :)

Stairway to Heaven inside Minnetonka Cave

Kermits Castle

Lots and lots of bocce ball

The kids LOVED playing in the water all day long.

-Happy Day of Birth Aaron-

Hey hubbie!! Happy Birthday!!  It was July 25th so obviously I'm a little behind on blogging but here are a few pics of the celebrations.  I asked him what cake he wanted and of course he chose a Killers theme.  So we did his name in the font and the lighting bolt from the new CD.  Awesome idea Aaron!  Then we went to my parents house and had a little party.  We also celebrated in Bear Lake with his family later that week.  That post is coming shortly.

Making "The Killers" Cake

In the process..



Awww he is darling.  All finished!

He LOVED all of his presents!

For The Love Of

Deseret Book. Aaron and I met at this fabulous place in May of 2011. It sure seems like a marvelous place to work right? Well it definitely is, but only for the first few months and then it just goes downhill from there. I started working there in August of 2010. The Distribution Center and Deseret Book combined in May so they needed to hire new people. My parents and I were on a lovely vacation in Europe at the time of the merger so when I came home and went back to work, there were a ton of new faces. Aaron caught MY eye! He finally asked me out and of course we were history from there. Aaron is a very hard working, trusting individual. He immediately became a favorite with the boss. He was able to get his cousin Scott in on the job. A few months later he was also able to get his third cousin Stephen to work there. Aaron loved his job for a while. After all, he was working with two of his best friends and his girlfriend! When Aaron and I got married he was offered a supervisor position. If he were to take to job I would of had to transfer stores or quit. I was totally fine with quitting. Let's be honest. It was actually a really nice way to leave. A really great excuse anyway. So now Aaron is the lone survivor out of his two best friends and his now wifey. Stephen left to go work for the MTC as a security guard a few months ago. Scott followed in his footsteps and also got a job at the MTC as a security guard a few weeks ago. What will Aaron do without his best buds? I was able to come into Deseret Book on Scott's last day at Deseret Book and take a few pics for the besties. You know, as much as working at Deseret Book really made me have a sour taste in my mouth for that particular store...Deseret Book did give Aaron and I a great love story.