Birthday-Jackson Hole-Mission Call

On June 1st was my 25th Birthday. This is us having cake that night. My mother-in-law and sisters-in-law took me to get a pedicure and out to Olive Garden earlier that day. It was very sweet of them. I was really looking forward to my birthday because this last year has probably been the hardest year of my life. I hope things start getting better this upcoming year... I still can't see the neurologist until September so I hope my pain can just ease up a little for the next few months.

My parents took our whole family to Jackson Hole and Yellowstone last week. This is a picture of Bear Lake on our drive there.

This is us next to a Buffalo at some shop in Jackson Hole.

This is my sister Stacey, her husband Nick, and their two kids Mitch and Faye. They are moving to Texas in July and I am so sad about it!! My kids are the same ages and they are all best friends! Plus I am going to miss my sister like crazy!!

My brother Jay and his wife Bethany. They are in front of some horse thing in the middle of Jackson.

The whole family in front of the ever famous Jackson Hole arches.

A prairie dog that kept going in one hole and popping up another one. There were a few of them, and it kind of reminded me of Whac-a-mole. The kids LOVED them, they just watched them and laughed at them for so long.

My brother Troy and my sister Annie. They wanted to show off their rival school hoodies.

Waiting for Old Faithful. That is my sister Emily and her husband Danny standing up. She recently found out that she was pregnant, which was a big shock to everyone, especially them, after thinking they wouldn't have kids. She was nearly four months by the time she found out and right before the trip found out that she is having a boy.

Me, Stacey, and our wonderful parents who took us on this fabulous trip! If anyone knows my Dad, this is just the perfect picture showing what he is like all the time! Such fun and awesome parents!

Kaylee and Mitchell watching Old Faithful. They are best friends. They were together the entire time. Nick and Stacey were nice enough to let Mitchell ride in our car with us, and Kaylee and Mitch just visited and laughed together the whole ride. They just have these conversations like they are adults and are so much fun! Abbie loved having Mitch in the car too, she kept tickling him and saying "tickle, tickle, tickle."

We are standing in front of some Waterfall, Cascade something.

Here is our campfire. We all had so much fun. The night before this my parents took us all to Bar J Wranglers. It is a dinner and a cowboy show. It was so fun and funny! And they give you a ton of food! They rented two cabins at Colter Bay that were very nice, they even brought their projector and we watched movies one of the nights. We had a really great time. It was really nice to get away for a few days and just have an enjoyable time with the family. Especially since Stacey is moving and Troy is leaving on his mission. Speaking of Troy leaving on his mission.................

The call came on Wednesday!

He is going to be serving in the Philippines Cebu Mission and will be speaking Cebuano. He will be entering the Provo MTC on September 23rd. Troy is the baby of the family. He was so excited and got so choked up reading his call. It was very shocking when he read it! A lot of our family had predicted State-Side. But I am so excited for him and proud of him!