SAN DIEGO 4th of July

I'm a little late posting this but overe the 4th of July we were able to go to Coronado and just relax and do whatever we wanted for a few days. Our good friends were so nice and invited us to go with them and we couldn't have asked for a better 4th of July! We hung out at the beach, the pool, went out to eat, tennis, and just whatever we felt like doing. For the 4th we woke up and went to the parade on Coronado, and the coolest part was at night when the fireworks went off. We watched 5 different fire shows across the bay at the SAME time IN our condo. We definately had the best seats in all of San Diego! Thanks so much Kim and Jake for being such great friends and for letting us be tag alongs on your trip! :)

Like always I didn't get to many pictures, but here are just a few of what we did get!


Nate and Jake just chilling by the pool I guess when you live on an Island this is what your parade consists of :)

Just waiting for the parade to come

Jake, Kim and Nate.... still waiting for the parade

Nates favorit place to be in the world (the water) Looking for Sand Dollars and Shells in the sand

A new Job... A Girls Day Out

So its official, starting on Tuesday July 14 I am moving to "Amara Day Spa and Salon." Amara Day Spa is moving locations to the Tuscan Villas off of 8th North in Orem, and to celebrate there will be a Grand Opening event with free services, giveaways, free cosmetic bag full of goodies for everyone who comes, catered food, cupcakes and treats. - Free Botox consults, Plus $9 per unit that day only-$50 credit for permanet make up-All Retail and Boutique items will be 20% OFF or more-Drawings and Door Prizes. Bring your friends and come see us!! You don't want to miss out on the fun and a great girls day out! The time slots will fill quickly so if you want a free service done call first thing Monday morning the 13th (801-226-2300) Otherwise, you can just stop by, look around and see what they are all about :) Feel free to let me know if you have any questions. Below are the services being offered and what all is going on that day!! (click on the picture and it will enlarge on a new screen)

Strawberry fields, Plantation Houses, Atlanta

These two pictures are at the plantaion houses, the one below was the biggest one. If you look really hard you can see us on top of the stairs.

In the good old days, this was the bathroom. Try going at the same time along with 3 others. I am sure glad we have stalls with doors on them these days! (the 4th hole got cut off)

Nate and his parents holding our hand picked straweberries in our bucket in the strawberry field

Nate couldn't wait long enough to put them in the bucket so they made it to his mouth and I don't think he got a lot in the bucket. Good thing there were 3 others of us so we were able to make it home with enough :)

Last week Nate or I should say Nathaniel (thats what he is known by in Georgia) and I went for a short visit to Dunwoody Georgia to visit his family. We were there for almost a week, so we tried to fit in as much as we could. We didn't get too many pictures cuz we were slackers, but thats what our memory is for right!? :) We went to the lake for the first couple of days which is always tradition. Besides seeing his family, that is what he LOVES about Georgia We also were able to go to a Strawberry field to pick strawberries. You fill up a bucket with as many strawberries as you can fit, and they were so fresh. I wish we had somewhere here like that to just go pick fresh fruit! We were able to go to the "plantation houses" in Georgia. That was pretty neat to see the old homes and how they lived back in the days. It was cool to see the slaves houses, and how all of that took place. It was really interesting to see cuz you here about it in history but it was neat to actually be there. Then another day we went to downtown Atlanta and hung out there for the afternoon. We actually were able to go take a tour of Martin Luther Kings birth house which was pretty neat as well. I guess you can say this last trip was kind of a history tour which was neat because we haven't ever done that before. Besides all that, we were able to just hang out with his familiy and enjoy the "southern" life. Thanks so much Kranendonks for letting us come spend the week with you, we can't wait till we get to come back next summer :)

Arizona

This past weekend Nate and I were able to take a nice long road trip down to Arizona to visit my sister and her husband. We didn't leave until after work on Wednesday night so we ended up staying in Vegas for the night. We really just walked around so there wasn't anything too exciting to take a picture of so I just ended up taking one of Nate in front of the Bilagio Water Show. We left the next morning bright and early to finish out our drive. I had to put the picture of the Hoover Dam up because Nate insisted I take a picture of it since it was a famous scene in "Superman" I wasn't up for it because my ear was killing me but I took it anyway since it was such a memorable moment for him :) We finally arrived to my sisters apartment then we all went bowling. We didn't do to much that day cuz I spent most of the day in Urgent Care finding out that I got a ruptured eardrum and that was why my ear was killing me. Needless to say, it put a damper on swimming or any fun activities for me and being able to hear out of my right ear for at least a year. Although it was a great excuse so nobody could push in the pool since my brothers think that is so fun to do :) I still had a good time though just being able to relax and taking it easy! We went out to dinner twice and both times we celebrated Nate and my brother Colby's Birthday. That is what those lovely balloon hats are in the pictures, and the cupcakes from the second restaraunt. To sum it up it was a great trip, fun to see where Bri and Bret live and their lifestyle and we will for sure be going back!!

California!

This past week Nate was so willing to let me go on a trip with my mom, my sister, and my grandmother down to San Diego to visit my aunt and her 4 kids while her husband was away for business. It was so great to spend time with all of them! We went to parks, went on walks, went mini golfing, hung around the house and just got to spend a good few days together. My aunt actually ended up getting appendicitis and having to go to the hospital, so we were able to spend a couple days watching her kids which was so great to be able to spend one-on-one time with them. They sure kept us busy but they were so fun! I LOVED it. Her 2 oldest did a run-a-thon so we were able to go cheer them on. They are all such cute kids!! (We really only took a few pictures which is the reason I am wearing the same shirt in most of them :) I love California, I love the Arnlolds and I can't wait until I get to go back!

Picture Tag!

So I was tagged by Misty. I got into my sixth folder on my computer and found my sixth picture. This picture was taken about 2 yrs ago. Nate and I were dating and it was my first time visiting Georgia. One of the days we spent in downtown Atlanta and this was at the Coke Museum. We were about to go see the 3D movie, as you can tell by the glasses :)

I tag: Marcie, Kim, Bethany, Melissa, Devyn, Alyssa and Cindi

Meet the Kranendonk Family

Meet the Kranendonks! We had a fun time visiting them in Georgia this past Christmas and New Years. We didn't really get any pictures this past trip, but at least you can see sort of what we do when we go to Georgia! We go waterskiing, to parks, or just hang out :)