{Pinetop trip}

Hello friends! Again, I havent posted in a very long time. But of course, I have a good reason :) William & I have been in Pinetop with his grandparents & cousins {annie & mark} most of the week. William's grandparents have a cabin up there. We try to go up there a few times a year to just relax & play a few rounds of golf {even though I am absolutely terrible}. This week we did just that! We had a blast! We went fly fishing, played golf, & played LOTS of mexican train. Here are some pics from our trip! 

{Willy & Mark getting ready to fish!}

{Annie & Mark in the Canoe}

{Me & willy all suited up to go intertube fly fishing!}

{William fly fishing from the intertube}

{It rained ALOT while we were there, especially while we were golfing}

{Soaked! & still playing}

{Annie was a good sport, playing through the pouring rain. A lot more brave than myself!}

{Mark teeing off}

{William, looking pro}

{Me, sitting in the golf cart haha}

{We went go cart racing too!}

{william}

{William}

{I dont look much like a golfer in my Toms, white jean shorts, & my Liz claiborne maternity top haha}

{William made pancakes}

{Mexican train! We played every night!!}

{We love our family!}

In a couple weeks we head out to Garlands, for yet ANOTHER family trip. Looking forward to it greatly :)   Did you do anything fun this week? Have anything exciting coming up soon?

Happy Thursday!!

{Garlands}

Garlands Lodge is a great place in Sedona that our family loves. My husbands family has gone there every summer for the past like 50 years! I've had the chance to join them the last 3 years, this year will be the 4th year. We always go sometime in July. This year, were going closer to the end of July, & we are getting more and more excited every day! It is something we look forward to all year! It is always just a fun time with family. Here are some pictures from the past years we have gone:

{2008}

{Mark, Annie, Beth, Me, William, James, Becca}

{Me & William! We had just gotten engaged a week before the trip}

{William & James with their mom, Cindy} 

{2009}

{My father in law, sitting on a rock, in the middle of the creek, while its raining haha}

{Willy & mark}

{Me & Willy}

{Maggie!}

{Willy, James & Mark}

{Me & willy}

{Beth, James & Becca}

{My mother & father in law}

{Dinner!}

{2010}

{Our family: Becca, James, Cindy, Joe, William, Me}

{Me, William, James, Becca}

{James & Becca}

{Me & William}

{Our favorite spot on the creek, you swim out to the ledge & jump off!!}

{Fresh blackberries are all over the property, so yummy!}

I cant wait for the trip this year! It will be so fun! I will be sure to post lots of Pics when we get back :) 

Does your family have any annual traditions? 

{Happy 4th of July!}

This 4th of July, William & i spent the day with some wonderful friends. Two of our friends, Travis & Taylor, are getting married in October {& we are totally psyched}. We spend quite a bit of time with them as it is, so of course it was natural to spend a holiday with them! We spent the 4th of July at Travis' parents' house. We are absolutely in LOVE with his parents, Mark & Loretta. They are the neatest people I have ever met & they really like us too :) Oh! & I cant forget about Luke, travis' younger brother, he celebrated with us as well! He is a total sweetheart :) Here are some pics from the day:

{Travis & Taylor}

{Mark & Loretta}

{William & Luke}

{William & myself}

{We played poker for hours...}

{& Taylor cleaned us all out!!!}

{The boys set off lots of fireworks..}

{Woohoo!}

{The girls had fun with sparklers}

{Here we are!}

{We ate Mark's Home smoked ribs. Delicious!}

{We enjoyed Tylor's homemade apple pie. This was the first one she made completely from scratch & it was absolutely wonderful!}

{We ate LOTS of watermelon too!!} 

What did you do for the 4th of July?? Happy Monday!