Putting my craftiness to use!

My best friend is having a baby boy in August so I decided to throw her a baby shower! I am so excited because if you know me, you know I love to plan a GREAT party! We are doing a duck theme which I am so excited about, minus the complications with finding ducks! Here is the invitation that I made, and I am very excited about how it turned out!

The duck is hanging there by thread so it can easily move so one can read the invite.

If planted it will grow...

Shaun and I have a fairly large patch of dirt in front of our home and this year we decided to plant flower seeds. I was NOT convinced they would actually grow....but hey, Faith is like a  little seed, if planted it will grow! A few weeks later our little seedlings are sprouting nicely...well four of them, but that is an accomplishment!

The MOST AMAZING Chocolate cake EVER!!!!!

Women's Conference

Every April my mom and sister come up for Women's Conference. THis year I was finally able to go because I was able to get it off work, and let me tell you, It was TOTALLY worth it! There were great speakers that I felt were speaking directly to me, and there were great service projects. I was so lucky to have gone with my mom and sister to this wonderful event. It was so uplifting and it took the load from the world off my shoulders. I recommend any women of age to attend this conference!

This is one of the Service Projects they had going on while we were all listening to the speakers. We sat in the back and made this little boxes. This was a very hard project to get through between all the tears. I was truly humbled by this project. These boxes (and they did little infant bracelets to go inside) are made for mommies who have a baby that dies, so they have something to bring home from the hospital. When i heard this I lost it. TO think we were making these boxes for mothers of children who have passed away broke my heart. It made me really think was those mothers go through, and it made me so grateful that I have only had miscarriages, and not made it far enough to where I was delivering and not coming home with my precious baby. Nothing can replace their baby but these boxes are made to let them know that they are loved and cared about.

Frosty the Snowman...

Was a little lost this Spring! 

Boondocks!

Shaun and I decided that we need to take advantage of what Utah has to offer this summer, so we are trying to visit places like:
Boondocks
Hogle Zoo
The Hale Center Theatre
Thanksgiving Dinosaur Museum
Thanksgiving Point Corn Maze
The Arches National Park

In March we decided to go to Boondocks! It was a good decision because it was so much fun! They had bumper boats, bumper cars, race tracks, miniature golf, arcade games, and lazar tag! On Tuesdays they have their 12 buck Tuesdays where you can get in at that price from 4pm-9pm and all day every Tuesday during the Summer!

                                                                        

We DEFINITELY took advantage of this deal! We had a lot of fun playing Lazar Tag, riding bumper boats, driving race cars and playing on all the arcade games!

New car!!

Shaun and I decided it was finally time to get a second car! We have been putting it off for a long time because we just made it work with one car, but with our work schedules and them sometimes being opposite it got ridiculous! I am now the proud owner of a 2007 Toyota Corolla, and I LOVE IT!! My family are big Toyota fans, they have a sequoia, and two corollas! When I was in college I drove a car that was IDENTICAL to my car now and I loved it. I am now very excited to have its twin a couple years newer! Toyotas are amazing, and they run fantastically! My family has never ever had a problem with the toyotas, just routine maintenance. I have had the car for 2 months now and we are best friends! 

Our newest adventures coming SOON!

Our sister, Emilee, is graduating high school a week from today, on Thursday, June 10th. She will be attending BYU in the Fall and we are so excited for her! We will be driving to California for that, as well as the 8th Grade Graduation for our sisters, Saryn & Katie & our 4 year old little sister, Katelyn's, dance recital! It is going to be a busy weekend for the Neeley family and we can't wait! We are proud of all the girls in our family and for all of their achievements!

Shaun and I are lucky enough to get to attend the Stadium of Fire this year with my grandparents and my aunts and uncles! We have missed it the past two year but we are excited to return to the tradition! 

I am also throwing my very first baby shower for my best friend and I am super excited. If you know me, you know I LOVE to plan parties!!! She is having a boy so I am showering this place with plenty of blue and the chosen theme of Duckies! If you have any cute ideas for food or games please let me know!

In August Shaun and I will both be starting school. I will be starting another semester at BYU and Shaun is starting Nursing school and we are very excited! Shaun is so happy to have found something that he enjoys and he will truly be a blessing to the Nursing field!

We will also have several chances to see family this summer which is always amazing since we live so far from our parents and siblings!

In the midst of all the craziness we have definitely found time to be grateful for all of our friends and family! We have been truly blessed with great jobs, great co workers, great family, a great home, and each other! We love each and everyone of you and we hope you all have an amazing summer and travel safely to wherever you may be going!

                                                   Ta-ta for now! Love the Hill Family

                                              

Viva Las Vegas!!!- Shark Reef Aquarium

Shaun's birthday present from my parents, was two tickets to the Shark Reef Aquarium. We were really excited to do this and we saved it till the last day so could spread the trip out and keep the fun going until the very last minute!

The Piranas! They had a Aquarium worker standing by the Piranas....must tell you how dangerous they are if they are afraid to leave the area unattended...that and people can be so dumb!

We got to touch the Manta-Rays, it was so cool! 

 

They have an exhibit with the largest Octopus...I think in the world, I could be wrong, but it was no where to be seen. I am thinking largest Octopus has got to be pretty large and I was shocked no one could find it. SO I WAS DETERMINED! It took a couple minutes but I finally spotted part of it and let me just tell you, I am AMAZED at how this huge thing could get itself into such a small area! If you look closely you will see it's tentacle curved in almost the middle of the picture!

At the end of the exhibit you walked through a tunnel where you could see sharks swimming over you. I wasn't super impressed...I guess I was expecting a Jaws sized Shark...which is dumb cause I know that then we'd all be in danger...but it still would have been cool.

This picture was in the Shark Aquarium Gift Shop. Sue (Shaun's Step mom) LOVES Flamingos and we saw this, so Shaun modeled it for her- SO CUTE!

Viva Las Vegas!!!- Breakfast on the Patio

Wednesday came very quickly and we were sad to leave, but we certainly made the most of the last day there! We started the morning off by getting everything packed up and ready for check out, then we enjoyed a very nice breakfast out on the Patio.

Typical Dad and Shaun..hahaDad and Shaun having a very difficult time getting serious for the picture

Not sure what was going on here...Finally a decent picture....until I realized Jason closing his eyes!

He made sure his eyes were open this time!

Viva Las Vegas!!!- visiting awesome pools and going out for Shaun's late birthday dinner

on Tuesday we played at the pool and had a BBQ then we decided to go visit some pools at the awesome hotels in Vegas.

We visited the most amazing pool at the Golden Nugget on Freemont Street. They had a slide that went through a Shark/fish tank, multiple levels, awesome lounging chairs, Cabanas and so much more!

                                 Tanning while laying in the water!??? I THINK SO! 

                         After we were done being so amazed it was on to Ceasers Palace, which wasn't nearly                   as cool but still pretty dang awesome!

          

My hubby the very SEXY lifegaurd!                                                                                               How they do it in Vegas!

                      ....When we were done looking around we then realized why there was no one out at the swimming pool! Most if not all pools on the strip close early...I guess because they want people gambling away all their money, not swimming.

 

After viewing some awesome pools we headed over to Mandalay Bay to The House of Blues Restaurant for Shaun's birthday dinner (they don't do anything fun for birthdays...like free dessert, FYI!)

                                  I finally got my VIRGIN Pina Colada! They are SOOO hard to find in Vegas!                            We thought we were pretty darn cool!I saw this shirt in the House of Blues Gift Shop and I thought it was hilarious!

There is this really nice restaurant in the Mandalay Bay and they have this tower of wine and "Wine Angels" go up and down to get wine.Also in the Mandalay Bay there is this bar. It costs $25.00 to get in but we heard it was worth it! Everything is made of ice!! EVERYTHING! They give you Parkas to wear inside and you just go in an hang out like a normal bar except FREEZING!