Summer Re-Cap (Utah)

We went to Utah for about 3 weeks in July and stayed with Jed's parents. Jed and his parents surprised me and the girls and flew him into town. He actually ended up staying for two weeks, because he was able to finish his training at a facility in Ogden. It was so much to be able to see him more - or at least for a few hours in the evenings:) One thing I really miss about Utah are the gorgeous summer nights!! When I'm there I'm constantly reminded of all of our Heavenly Father's beautiful creations:) The beautiful sunsets, the large mountains, the cool mountain breeze and air - wow, I'm missing it now just thinking about it! And if I haven't said this before, I truly have the world's greatest in-laws. Jed's family has made me feel loved and welcomed since the first day I met them:) They really are the most incredible people - I love and miss you all!!


We discovered this summer that Lexi LOVES horses! She calls them the nay-nays:) She couldn't wait for grandpa Tim to come home at night so that she could go out and see the horses while he did the chores. She also loves Teton (the dog). She would kiss him and hug him and talk to him - so cute. Oh, and pull his ears - not so cute. P.S. I'm not pregnant in this picture - horrible angle I guess:( Lexi loves Coda - the horse:)



Olivia loved spending so much time with all of her girl cousins! Jessa just turned 10 - these girls are growing up way too fast!



Lexi and Tycee definitely had a love-hate relationship. I think this picture says it all:)



Grandma Lori and her granddaughters (minus Ella). The girls wanted to go on the 4-wheeler any chance they could get!



Grandma Betty and Grandpa Dough gave Lexi a stick horse for her birthday that said "Lexi's Coda" - she plays with it all the time!



My little model in action. Tim and Lori gave Lexi her first pair of jeans, boots and a belt for her birthday. It's become kind of a right of passage with the Gines granddaughters - such a fun tradition.


Also while we were in Utah, my mom, sister-in-law Brooke and I threw a couple's shower for my brother Bryce and Lora at my aunt Becky's house. It was so much fun and we had such yummy food!! We already feel like Lora's part of the family - we love you guys!


And this is the best cake ever!!!! I was looking forward to the shower so that I could eat this cake (ok so that's only partially true, but still they're AMAZING!) "Nothing Bundt Cakes" - chocolate and pumpkin are the best. They all have a divine cream cheese frosting. Check them out if you haven't - you'll thank me for sure:)

Summer Re-Cap (San Diego)

Lexi went from one injury to the next this summer. As soon as one would heal she would get the next one! She slipped by the pool and put her tooth through her lip, but the worst was her fall down the stairs:( You can't see it very well in the picture but she had a good bump on her forehead with a bruise and her nose was swollen, giving her a black eye. I guess this is what happens when you have an adventurous child:) She truly has no fear and wants to see and experience everything! It's actually really fun to watch her, when she's not getting hurt.




We also took a day and went to the Del Mar Fair. This has become a tradition of ours when we're in San Diego in June and the kids always have so much fun! Olivia really loved getting her face painted. I was just surprised that she chose the dragon - but I must admit it looked pretty cool once it was finished:)





Jed flew to San Diego for Father's Day and we had a great weekend with him and my parents and Chris and Cassy and their kids.

Summer Re-cap (Texas)

Okay, so you may have thought that we fell off the face of the earth, but we've actually just been moving around the country instead! So I promise that I won't be too long and boring in my summer re-cap - or at least I'll try not to be;)



Our first move took place over Memorial Day weekend, when we packed up our house and put everything in storage as the girls and I moved to San Diego to stay with my parents while Jed finished his training in Houston. Before we moved we were only seeing him on the weekends - so being at my parents made the summer go by a lot faster! It was really hard to leave San Antonio and all of our friends, but I refused to say "goodbye," just "we'll see you later!" We left thinking that we would definitely be moving back to Texas, we just weren't sure where?! The night before we left we went to dinner with our best friends, the Biorns!! I was also able to go to lunch with my girlfriends. Oh we miss y'all so much!!









I never posted anything about Mother's Day, but I found this picture and had to let everyone know how amazing my husband is!! One of my favorite meals in San Antonio were the Panchos Enchiladas from Canyon Cafe - yum! So Jed got the recipe from my friend Kristina and made me an unforgettable Mother's Day dinner - a true highlight:)

Dos Cumpleanos!!

Do you love my Spanish attempt? Well it is Cinco de Mayo today, but that's not the only reason we're celebrating! We have two Birthdays in our family today - My Dad and Lora:-) HAPPY BIRTHDAY you two - we love you so much!!!!

I'm getting a new Sister-in-law!!

Bryce, Lora and her sister's family



It's official!!! Bryce is engaged to Lora Light and we couldn't be happier:) They are so happy together and we absolutely love her. Congratulations!

Ella and Bishop's Birthday

We tried to talk Bishop Addams into wearing his pin to church, but I guess he didn't like that idea - wonder why? :-)





We spent last weekend celebrating Ella's birthday and our newly called Bishop's birthday at the Biorn's house - always a good time:)

Graduation Day

Bryce finally did it!! He graduated from BYU and we were so excited to be there celebrating with him. It is now official that the entire Richard Romney family has graduated from BYU - go cougars! Way to go Bro - we love you:) I must admit that it was really fun being back on campus again. Things have really changed since I graduated 6 years ago - WOW I'm getting old!

Trip to Utah

Congrats Bre!! The second baby boy will be joining the Gines family in August 2010:)


Olivia and Jessa



Two weekends ago the girls and I took a quick trip to Utah for my brother's graduatio. While we were there we also got to spend a couple of days with Jed's family. Livvy and Lexi had so much fun with their girl cousins - thanks Gines' - we love you:)

Easter Fun

The sister I never had:) Love you Mandy:)





The Biorns - Livvy, Maren, Dallin, Brianna, Lexi, Madison and Ella





I know it's way past Easter but life has been pretty chaotic around our house lately - so thanks for all of the comments which helped motivate me:) We spent Easter weekend with our Texas family, the Biorns, coloring Easter eggs, eating tons of yummy food and candy, and taking beautiful pictures in a field of blue bonnets (oh and we also watched conference too). Lexi thinks that Mandy is her second mom - or maybe her first:) Either way, I'm just happy that she's finally deciding she likes my friends and will go to someone else besides me!

St. Patrick's Day

On St. Patrick's Day we all dressed up in green and hit the bowling alley:) That afternoon Jed took my dad to the Base to try his hand at the Flight Simulator. We ended the day with a wonderful green dinner and a very funny movie!! Thank you mom and dad!!! We always have so much fun when you come to visit - not to mention all of the incredible food that we get to eat too:) We're really looking forward to this summer!

Spring Break with Mimi and Papa

We had so much fun over Spring Break with my parents! They were able to see Olivia score her first goal at her 3rd soccer game - we were all so excited for her. She is really enjoying playing soccer and she even has some natural talent for the sport (she definitely takes after her mom:)) We finally made it to Sea World too and had a really fun time watching the shows, riding the rides and pushing Olivia around all day in a wheelchair (yes, she hurt her leg on her scooter and couldn't walk - just our luck)!
We had so much fun that we completely wore out Papa and Livvy! Good thing they had each other to sleep on:)