Celebrating our 1st Anniversary!

August 9th was our anniversary! I cannot believe it has already been a year. Ryan and I often laugh about how fun and easy this past year has been. We have definitely had our moments of working out a few problems and ironing out some kinks, but all in all--we have completed year one Successfully!!

Ryan makes me laugh everyday and I am so grateful for him. I am so excited for year 2! This next year will be So busy. By next August, we will have accomplished:

- 2 Bachelor's degrees

- 1 baby .... haha

- LSAT test

- Law School applications

- Law School acceptances...

- and Law School deposits...with a future home for the next 3 years.

Hooray for good times!

It was also great to be at my parents house because our cake was there! It was delish!

My Birthday!

Eating Ice Cream at Bruster's!

Lots and Lots of Boating...

Ryan and I are safely back in Rexburg. We just spent 10 glorious days with my family in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was so great to be back. I just love that area of the country. Ryan and I are excited to hopefully go back next year for Law School...but only time will tell. My parents kept saying "Hotel Steele is open next year for a low rate for those who have babies..." So apparently, we are invited to come live with them next summer! Yay!
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Here are some fun pics from the week. Basically, all we did was go out on my parents boat. They live about 3 house lots back from the water front and they just got a boat in March. They absolutely love it. My Dad is a great driver and really had fun pulling everyone in the tube and skiing. Ryan has spent a lot of time driving boats from his high school days so he was able to help out when my Dad wanted to water ski or tube. We all had such a fun time just hanging out and telling fun stories. It'll be awhile until we are all back together as a family which will probably be December 2010 when my brother Jared gets back from his mission!
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Saturday Night dinner at Firebirds

(Left: Benjamin and Jill, Top: Dad, Jill and Mom, Bottom: Tiffany, Benjamin and David)

Tube Time! Benjamin did NOT like the tube. For his first time out on the lake, we probably should have started out on something a little more low key for him!

(Top left: Benjamin, David and Tiffany, Top right: Sophie, Bottom left: boat crew! Bottom Right: Mom and Jill)

My Dad thought I needed to ride on the tube (bad idea because my back killed that night!) But I rode with my bro David and Sophie...we went realllllllllllly slow but it was fun! Next summer will be better!

(Top left: Benjamin and me, Top right: Me, David and Sophie, Bottom left: David and me, Bottom right: Jill and me)

More boat fun! As you can see, Sophie loves the boat!

(Top left: Mom, David and Sophie, Top right: Ryan and David, Bottom left: Me and Sophie, Bottom right: Dad, Ryan and me floating with Sophie)

NC fun!!

Just so you know, Ryan and I are having a blast in North Carolina. We have spent the last two days on the boat. I spent about 10 seconds on the tube going ZERO miles per hour. My back started hurting so I ditched that idea. But, it has been so much fun watching Ryan out on the wake board and tearing it up! He is so good! The weather hasn't been Toooooo bad. Humidity has been down a bit but it's still in the upper 90's during the peak hours.
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My Birthday was on Monday, and we had so much fun! I didn't want to make my birthday a big deal because #1 I'm prego and I'd rather save money for the baby #2 it's a birthday present enough to be in NC. But, I got my hair done in the morning (so cute PS), boat time until about 4PM, dinner (bratwurst and shrimp), and then ice cream at Bruster's!
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:Ryan is such a sweetheart. I told him that the only thing I wanted were new Rainbow's and a massage. And that's what I got!!! I had the best foot massage of my life. He is so amazing. Trust me, when you're pregnant, the only thing you want is someone rubbing your feet allllllll day.
:My sister got me a $50 gift card to Anthropologie....LOVE HER....and I got a diaper bag! Well, it's not an official diaper bag, but it'll do the job. Pictures will be soon, I promise.
:My bro and sis-in-law got me a Bath and Body Works set of lotions and shower gels for my first shower after the baby is born. Tiffany said that will be the best shower of my life. I'm way excited!
:My Mom and Dad got me some $$$ for my hair appointment and some great books for the Baby's first year. Oh, and she got me an adorable Gap Maternity dress for the fall when I'm still prego.
:My wonderful In-Laws got me a Visa gift card which I am so excited to spend. I think I'm going to get some shoes. And they included the most adorable baby girl dresses for next summer!!! So excited!!

Thanks for all the birthday wishes. 23 is going to be a big year, but I am So excited.

We still have a busy week ahead of us! I'll update with pics when I get back!