Weekend Shenanigans.

Labor Day Weekend with the fam was a blast. It was nice to spend some relaxing time with my family. On Friday, my mom and I went to lunch at Maddox and had some delicious peach pie. That night we all went to a family friend's wedding. This kid is the exact same age as my brother but it seems so strange that he's married! I still can't get over the fact that kids I used to babysit or are friends of my little brother are getting married. I'm starting to feel a little old. That night Nicole cut and colored my hair. I love being a redhead. :)

On Saturday Terry threw a Luau/birthday party for me and Xander at her house.

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I got to meet the newest member of the family, Shelby. She's such a cute pup!

Erin loved her too. She was taking one piece of Shelby's dog food out of the bag at a time and feeding it to her. Shelby loved it and Erin was having a blast!

Erin was having blast with this balloon and not 30 seconds after I snapped this picture, it popped. The girl didn't even react! It scared me to death but she was just wondering when she could get another one to play with.

Erin also loves corn.

Big bite!

Then she picked up mine and offered it to me. As you can see, I had already finished but she wanted to make sure I enjoyed it as much as she had. So sweet.

 Terry had leis for everyone. Erin's favorite thing was to wear all of them.

And of course we have the birthday boy! Xander turned 1 this week.

I think I've seen 4 of 5 of Brittaney's kids eat their cake but Xander was the one that seemed to enjoy it the most. I've never seen a kid go to town as much as he did. They had to hose down the high chair when he was done!

Offering me some pieces of demolished cake. Look at that mess!

Right after the party, my dad, Austin, Nicole, and I made our way over to the BYU game.

I threatened my dad that if he didn't buy me a BYU t-shirt then I would wear red to the game. He told me to not even think about wearing red and that he would get me a shirt. I should really go into top secret negotiations or something. Judging by the shirt I'm wearing in this picture, I'd say I'm pretty good at getting what I want.

I love it!

(PS can you tell how sunburned I am? It hurt for a week!)

On Sunday I went to Rylee's baby blessing. She's such a doll. Hollie has the cutest little girls! I'm so glad I got to meet up with her cute fam and Amy. I miss them!

On Monday we had a barbecue lunch and played around at home. I wish I could just do that kind of stuff everyday. Too bad we have to make money. On Tuesday my mom and I ate lunch at the Dodo. It was delicious and the desserts were amazing. Check it out if you're in Salt Lake.

This past weekend was pretty low key but I had a really good time. As I was driving home from work on Friday I got to watch a lightning storm. It was amazing. There wasn't any rain. It was just lightning continuously flashing all over the sky. It was like I was watching a show as I was driving home. Incredible.

On Saturday I volunteered at the Spinach Festival in Lenexa. Popeye and Olive Oil were there and people were walking around in shirts that said "I like spinach". Ick. I hate spinach. I feel bad that they have spinach days instead of peach or cherry days. At least pick a good fruit or vegetable! I just played a game with kids and gave out prizes. I love easy service projects like that and I love playing with the kids! Later that night I went over to a friends house to watch NC State beat UCF. Too bad the Cougs didn't beat Airforce. It would have been a perfect day in football. :)