Some of the Many Bawden Traditions!

The month of July was basically family reunion month. Almost every weekend we were gone for a family function. The weekend after the 4th we rode up to Lava Hot Springs with Jen and Ruby for the Willard (Koby's Grandma Bawden's side) family reunion. The first night we went to dinner and then to the hot pots. The kids didn't like the hot pots very much, because they are not the fun splash pools, but I thought it was nice and relaxing! The next day we had breakfast with the whole family and then played games. First everyone made a paper airplane and we had a contest in age groups to see whose went the furthest. Rhonda made everyones airplanes because she had watched a show about it with the kids (I want to say it was Care Bears, but I'm not certain). Nate won his age group and was pretty happy about that!! After that they did three legged races. It was pretty entertaining to watch. One little boy was dragging his sister down the field to win, literally! After those races they had age group races just down the field. I just watched, but Koby had to get in on the action so he raced with the under 30 over 18 group. He came in second wearing flip-flops and tripping on his way over the finish line!! I wish I had a video of it, he slide for the longest time after he fell. Unfortunately he cut his arm, knee, and toe. After that we went back to our room to change for the pool! I have only ever been to Lava in the winter time, so it was fun to go to the cool pool.

We also slept out for the 24th of July parade as is tradition for the Bawden's. I stayed up ALL night reading a book. We had a good time as always, but really enjoyed the sleep we were able to catch up on after we got home!! I didn't take a single picture this year, guess it's not that unusual for me not to! It was weird nothing out of the ordinary happened this year, in years past someone walked in their sleep and stole my blanket, a cat fight happened right by me while I was sleeping, and the airbed went flat in the night. This year nothing! It was strange! Anyway in enjoy the pictures of Lava! :)

Two Just For YOU: The 4th of July Weekend!!

I decided I would put all the stuff my sister wanted in two posts in stead of one. Friday the third Lind and Jare had Ty-Ty's first birthday party in the morning!! I was really glad it was in the morning because we went to Bear Lake right after the party. Ty was so stinkin' cute the whole time!! Koby and I absolutely adore our nieces and nephews!! We got Ty some books for his birthday and the first one he seemed to love when he opened it!! Anyway, no one wants to read they want to see, so here are some super cute pics from the party! (Landon helped me take some so that's why they might look weird!)


A year ago with baby Ty-Ty

The happy Birthday Boy Ty!!

Little Brother Big Cake, Big Brother Little Cake!

We also went to Koby's grandparent's cabin over the weekend and had a blast! Koby went golfing and I went swimming with Paislee on the first day. The next day we went to the lake. The water wasn't too bad and the weather was our friend-so it ended up being a great day! Koby's parents have wave runners, which I've found is my new favorite thing to do!! I could ride a wave runner all day! That night we went and watch a little firework show. It was much better than last year's! Anyway here are some of the few pictures we took while we were there:

JUST for You Sista!!! :)

Well, Melissa and Tim are out of the country as most of you know and she has been.....patiently or not very patiently waiting to see some pictures. So this is for me to kind of catch up and post some of the pictures for her to see! First, Koby and I celebrated our first Wedding Anniversary on Wednesday June 24!! Everyday on my way to work I pass a cute cafe on Main Street and hope to go there, so I decided our anniversary would be the perfect occasion! It was so fun and had really yummy food!! After that we hurried to the Salt Lake Temple and arrived just in time for our sealing time. We saw another couple there that had been married the same day as us, so that was pretty neat!! :) After we walked around the grounds of the temple and then sat on the lawn and talked for a while. (just a side note, for our first date we went to dinner and then sat on the lawn near the temple and talked.) We are super excited for all the years ahead!

I believe it was Saturday afternoon, after our anniversary, my dad took Jare's family and Koby and I to Willard Bay. It was pretty windy but at least the sun was out to warm us! We drove around the lake a bit to find some less choppy water but didn't find any so we pumped up the tube. As soon as the tube was filled the water calmed down. Landon and I rode the tube together and then Jare and Ty rode. We had a fun time together as always!!

You Should Be DANCING!!!

Last night Koby and I went to our nieces dance recital!! We just love to watch them dance and see how they have progressed! They are all such cute little dancers! It was so fun to watch them and see how each one has different strengths and shines on the stage!!! We also got to see baby Ruby for the first time. She was born while we were at Lake Powell so we didn't get to see her until see was almost a week old! We love her already and are so happy for Jen and Will!! We both agree that we have the cutest nieces in the whole world. We couldn't be more proud to have them in our family! Just look at how cute they are:

Lake Powell Pics