happy birthday AMERICA!

i love the fourth of july and all of the festivities we have for it. it's so much fun to be with family and friends and for those of you who couldn't make it this year you were all missed and we better see you next year! kandis and adam came out for that weekend to hang for the fourth! i was so happy that some of my family could come out this year! it was hot but we had such a fun time with everyone!

just getting some ice cream at the dairy

me and miss k!

  on the lake the next day

the parade on the fourth of July!

feeding the geese at the river... they were swarming us!

 always love when they come to visit!!!

then these all of these cool cats and kurt and paige decided to take off to lake powell without me... more info and pics coming soon!!

kurt and paige come to visit!

my brother, Kurt, and his wife, Paige, came to visit us in idaho falls for the weekend! it was so much fun to be able to see them because it has been so long! we've missed them so much and also their little boy benson! we had a great weekend spending some time on the lake and just hanging out! so glad they drove all the way from Canada to come see us! love you guys! 

could this kid be any cuter!

benson boy!

i love my dad!

paige and benson!

my pro skiing dad!

 i sure love this little boy!

i'm an aunt... again!!

i'm one of the luckiest people ever... my family just keeps getting bigger and bigger and i keep becoming an aunt again and again to all my awesome nieces and nephews. i love them all so much. they all have different personalities, and they are so much fun to be around. well my sister Kellie had her baby boy on June 13th. they named him Ryder Andrew Clark! he is extremely cute and kellie and baby are both doing good! i'm so happy for kellie and steve! they are such great parents and i really look up to all my brothers and sisters and their own families! congrats you new parents and i can't wait to see you guys and the new little boy!

my cute sister and her baby boy! 

the family of four!

chad sharpe

even though idaho falls isn't that cool to some people... pro wake boarders still like to come here.. several weeks ago, my friend heard that there were going to be pro wake boarders here at our little lake here in idaho falls. they were also doing a pro demo so that people could go out on their boat and be able to ride with them and get tips on how they can get better. me and the friends that i went with were all in school and we found out about it on the last day so we didn't actually get a time signed up for us so we all jumped in the car and drove to blacktail after class. we almost made it but the boat drove off for the last ride right when we got there. we were still able to meet chad sharpe who is a canadian pro wakeboarder for RONIX and we got to go out on his boat (which is a malibu wakesetter VLX :) and he showed off a bunch of his tricks for us. i didn't get any pics because it all happened so fast but it was so much fun and he is extremely good. i've never been able to see stuff like that before in person so it was a pretty awesome experience. he was way nice and so was his team.. glad we hurried down there for that even though we didn't get to wakeboard.. we should have ditched class!!! (haha jk mom and dad!) 

chad sharpe

he's extremely good... it was pretty rad!

it's wedding time!

my roommate Amanda, from fall semester, got married on June 18th in Tacoma, Washington, and she asked me and my best friend Megan (who also roomed with us) to be bridesmaids in her wedding. we all got really close towards the end of that semester and so megan and me were pretty excited to go. it was a pretty fun best friend trip for us and then to be able to be there for our old roommate at her wedding was a blast. we are so happy for her and we had such a fun time even though it was such a short trip! we met a lot of great people and new friends! thanks washington for a good time... even though it was raining!

me, megan, and amanda on our way to the rehearsal dinner!

me, megan, jennifer, and courtney.. some of the bridesmaids before we got into our dresses

bridesmaids and the bride

 me and the gorgeous bride... aw i love her!

almost ready

 megan, me, jenn, brittanie (maid of honor), and courtney.. we all became good friends after the trip!

our other old roommate DANI!! was there.. it was so fun to see her!

yup we enjoyed ourselves... 

the happy couple off to disneyland.. those brats!

soooo happy for amanda and jake! 

dreary washington.. you'll be missed!

father's day!

i need to give a shout out to my dad for father's day. i wasn't able to be with my dad on father's day because he was in georgia. but i hope that he had a great father's day and i wished that i could have been with him on that day. my dad is the greatest and has become one of my best friends! i love hanging out with him and chatting with him while he works on projects. he is one of the hardest working people i've ever met and i'm pretty sure that my dad can fix anything! he's extremely smart and is an amazing example to me! he water skies like a pro but is very humble about it! he has such a strong testimony and loves the gospel so much! i look up to him for everything! i'm so thankful for him and the way he raised me! i couldn't ever imagine a better dad then mine! thanks for the best 20 years so far and i'm sure they only get better! you're my best friend and i love you so much! HAPPY FATHER'S DAY DAD!

Arizona... is HOT!

my sister Kandis had her baby boy Pierce in April and they were blessing him at the beginning of June. My parents and i flew out for that weekend for the blessing. it was so fun to be able to see my family and hang out with everyone! we had such a great weekend and baby Pierce is so cute and doing so good!

My super cute sister and her very cute family! sure do love them!

 we took a drive canyon lake. it was so pretty!

 love to go visit in arizona! miss my family!

Dougie V comes home!

So i'm a little behind on my blogging but i finally have a little time to update. My best friend/big brother got home from his mission in Arizona in May. I was so excited for this guy to come home! Our families are very close and doug and me have been friends every since we were little! I look up to him so much and he's always been the nicest friend to me! So glad he served a faithful mission and gave that time up for the Lord but i'm so excited he's finally home! gonna be a sweet summer of boating together! love ya doug man!

the valentine family... my second family

 doug and me!