Hello family and friends...we are alive and doing well, just haven't had much to blog about.

We have officially started summer and are very grateful for Air Conditioning and swimming pools (both of which we use quite often) We will be glad when summer is over but are doing our best to enjoy it!

We had a great 4th of July and spent the day with my sweet cousin and her family. We are so lucky to have them close and love spending time with them. We are at their house weekly and just love them to pieces! Here are a few pics of some fun times with them:

They have a fire pit in their backyard and we decided to roast marsh mellows one night. Well Ethan (pictured above) squishes all of his food before he eats it and this was the result of the mallows. If you notice he has one stuck to the front of his shirt as well. We were all laughing so hard, he for sure keeps us entertained! :o)

Jeff and the kiddos watching "Shark Boy and Lava Girl" 3D style!
Soph and Samo on the 4th strikin a pose


I was able to go home for a visit in June and it was tons of fun! My sis Katie and I drove up to Idaho to spend the day with my other sis Paige and my sweet niece Grace. It's so fun to hang with my sisters, I miss them so much and I'm so glad we get along so well!

On the way up Katie had said something about coloring her hair...I mentioned it to Paige and next thing we knew Katie was getting a new doo!

I didn't get a before pic but this is after. Doesn't she looks so pretty? She is growing up so fast!

And I can't post without adding a picture of Grace! Isn't she the cutest thing ever! Poor thing has been getting lots of ear infections and so she is getting tubes put in soon :o( We hope you get feeling better soon Gracie Lou, we love you so so much!

That's what we have been up to...hopefully I'll have something else to post about soon!

Recap of May

I'm the worse blogger ever, I just haven't been very motivated to blog. Here's some of the things that happened in May...

We Moved!

We moved just down the street from our old apartment. Our lease ended and they wanted to raise the rent so we decided to look around. We found this apartment that is a lot cheaper and tiny bit bigger. I hate moving but I'm glad it's over and we have a little extra mula!

Janiel came for a visit!

It was so fun to have her here for a few days. I had to work while she was here :o( but she and Jeff got to spend a lot of time together. They have such a good relationship and I know Jeff was excited to have her here but very sad when she had to go. We love you Janiel and miss you guys tons!

We got to practice our parenting skills.

One of the doctors I work for and his wife spent the night at a hotel for his birthday and we got to watch their 3 cute kids. This little one is so cute but hate me! She wanted nothing to do with me but thankfully LOVED Jeff. As long as he had her she was fine :o) He didn't let me forget that she loved him more for the rest of the week!

My favorite part of summer!

I love watermelon so much and was so excited to get my first watermelon of the year!!!

Memorial Day we went on a hike

We both had Memorial Day off so we rode the bike up to Mt Charleston and went on a hike. It was nice and cool up there and is our favorite place to go. I told Jeff that I feel the most at home here when we are in the Mountains or in the Temple...my two favorite places in Vegas!

My HOT Biker Babe :o)


Camping!

We went camping with some friends the next weekend and had a great time! Jeff made us some fabulous hobo dinners!

And we got some great Peach cobbler and did S'mores (my favorite part of camping!)

This is a terrible picture but it's everyone chillin by the fire.

Jeff and I in our tent. He's totally pretending to be asleep, he just didn't want to pose.

We went up Friday night and had plans of going on a hike Saturday morning but those plans quickly changed when it started raining on us. So we packed up and went home. We had a great time and are so glad that we have such great friends to go with!

That's about all we've been up to. Jeff had finals a couple of weeks ago and did great! He had a 2 week break between semesters and was able to meet some friends in St George and go to Zion. He had so much fun and I'm so glad he was able to go. Sadly those 2 weeks have come and gone and he is back at studying like a mad man.

My cute brother Alex graduated and I can't believe it! I was so sad that I wasn't there to support him but I get to make a visit to Utah next week and I'm so excited! I'm bummed Jeff doesn't get to come with me :o( but it will be fun to see family and friends! Hope everyone is doing well and I'll try to do better at posting.

The Greatest Website...

My mom emailed me a link to this website and my life has never been the same. I don't mind cooking but I hate coming up with things to make for dinner! Jeff is not a picky eater (thank goodness!) but he is no help at all when I ask him for dinner ideas...well problem solved. This site has tons of ideas and they are way easy. I hope this website brings you as much joy as it has brought me :o)

Happy Cooking!

http://www.simplifysupper.com

***OOPS! I totally put the wrong website....you guys were probably thinking what the heck? Sorry! This is the right link***

Families are Forever

What a wonderful day we had on Saturday. We made a quick trip up to Utah and we able to be apart of Janiel and Klaas' sealing! The spirit was so strong the entire time and I loved every second of it! I didn't get very many pics but here are a few.

The Mayberry Clan in front of the Temple


And the flowers were beautiful!!!

And it worked out perfectly that Paige and Bart were in town too! Gracie is getting so big and she is so much fun! This isn't a very good picture, right in front of the window but you can still see the cuteness :o)

And being bored on the journey back home...

and of course the Sweet Serum that gets Jeff through these long trips!

It was a quick trip but and awesome one at that! We love our families so so much and are grateful for the time we were able to share with them! Thanks for a great weekend fam, we love you all!

Belated Bdays

We have lots of April Birthdays in our family...I'm just a little late

My sweet beautiful sister...love ya Paigey

my hard core bro...what a stud :o)

And my sweet father-in-law Rich!

Hope you all had great birthdays! We love you guys so much and are so glad we have such wonderful families!

Study Buddy

I called Jeff yesterday on my lunch and asked him what he was up to. He told me that he had been studying but was working on making himself a dummy to help him study. When I got home from work this is what I found...



I'd like you all to meet Chip Cheerio, he is Jeff's study buddy.

For school Jeff has to do all different assessments and memorize everything for all of them. For example a Skin assessment: "have you noticed any change in skin color, change in moles, or skin texture?" So to practice all of this fun stuff he made Chip. I asked why hands and feet? He said he has to check for a pulse! I was so impressed with Jeff creativity I had to share :o)

Katie Bug

I am such a slacker...my sweet sister Katie turned 13 on the 21st and I wanted to give her a birthday shout out!
I love you Bug and I'm so glad that you are apart of our family. You are growing up so fast, I can't believe that you are a teenager! Thanks for being such a good example to me and for being one of my best friends! I love you so much and miss you like crazy! Hope you had a great "birfnay"!