I cannot even tell you how nice it has been to have my husband back! We have been able to spend A LOT of time together in these past couple weeks. His classes are pretty easy at this point, so I have seen a lot of him. Best part about it, he only has school 3 times a week. We have definitely been making up for lost time. At first it was feeling like a dream that the summer is over Now, the summer itself is seeming more like the dream. I can actually hang out for hours at a time without his cell phone ringing off the hook! SO nice! Although his text messages are pretty boring these days, not any fun drama for me to secretly read (shh don't tell!) I love that he is able to come on all of our little daily adventures. We have been taking ivy to the park like every day, and going out to try all of the new "fro-yo"' that have popped up while we were gone! (there are seriously 5 new "pink berry" taste-a-likes in provo but NONE of them compare to Berrychill in Chicago:( We have also been spending a lot of time at the gym. 1. because we are both trying to get our groove's back, and 2. Ivy is obsessed with playing at the gym day care. Tomorrow we are taking Ivy to the petting zoo and then off to gateway to let Ivy play in the water fountains (anyone know of a water fountain closer to provo?
Anyway, It is great to be home-well not home but back to Utah...which brings me to my next point. I am really starting to miss AZ. Last year when we moved to Provo, I was nothing but excited. It ended up being a great year. We met a lot of new friends, we loved our ward, and had a lot of fun. This year we moved into a new place... AGAIN- love our condo, but hate the area. Also it seems that all of my friends who were in provo last year have peaced out. I am pretty sure that I am the only one that will be here after Johnny graduates. I dont mind it here, but the fact that I dont have my family (except for Ash...whom I love hanging out with:) and my friends have all moved home, is really starting to set in. And to make matters worse, I now have to pay for Ivy to fly. It now costs around $500 bucks for us to fly home. As glad as I am that the summer to be over, I miss having the girls at the tip of my fingertips and instant friends for Ivy. OK! I think I am sounding a bit like Debbie Downer "whaaaa whaaaa." But anyway, We have just decided that we will probably buy a house in Utah-- a little scary bc I never thought that we would be here longer than school... but because with this crazy job we are moving every 8 and 4 months. This year we have moved 5 times! I am thinking that moving somewhere a little more permanent would be good for us...what do ya think!? We haven't got the first clue of where we want to live though!
On another note... I bought a new lens for my camera! I am SO excited! Johnny lets me pick out one rather large purchase at the end of the summer for "enduring" so that is what I chose. Well I am hoping that I will end up getting it... I am pretty sure that I got scammed on eBay today. I won the auction, and then received all of these wacked out emails supposedly from the seller, but still not sure...too bad I already payed him for it!
Well enough rambling ---I guess I am finding it pretty therapeutic tonight:)
This past weekend I attended a photography workshop. One whole day of photography=amazing. I learned so much, but still have SO much to learn. After we were done learning, we got to go shoot some gorgeous models! It was definitely a breath of fresh air to shoot kids that know how to hold still! I loved it. I cannot wait until Ivy gets a little bit older. Now if only I could find an excuse get a new camera.... I swear... this hobby is NOT cheap! Oh and these were taken with my new lens.
pricless! Ivy makes an "f" sound when she blows on things...dang cute!
typical face.
We go to Nelson's grove park at least 2-3 times a week. It is seriously the greatest park ever! They have an awesome playground, a little pond with ducks, water fountain, and the most beautiful flower garden. Great place to take pictures too! Now if only she would look at me! I swear, she has to be the hardest little thing to photograph, and when she does look at me, I get the famous blank stare:) oh well!
all of us were home (except for johnny boy) so we decided to take a pic
can she get any cuter!?
While I was home, Carli. Kelsee, and I were able to hang out. I cannot even tell you how much I love these girls! We have so many memories together, and no matter how long it has been since we have been together, we ALWYAYS have the greatest time! We went to Red white and brew and to that sisterhood movie. We laughed so hard that we about wet our pants... Thanks for the fun time girls!
us girls at sprinkles cupcakes
ash, tara, and kip all go in for their first bite like a bunch of barbarians- but what were you guys thinking!
then this happened...kippy got a little too aggressive trying to get the biggest bite, that she ran into the stairs and totally fell! (at least she got the whole cupcake though!)
SO glad I had my camera out documenting her!
we laughed so hard...and so did everyone else around us! You know I love you kip!
LOVE THESE GIRLS!
haha this is the only pic I snapped of them...woops:) 
