Summer happenings

I just looked and the last time I blogged was July 1st and it was about things in June. July was mainly spent trying to not let anyone know that I was pregnant and trying not to throw up. Oh the joys of the first trimester!

We participated in a Relay for Life with our ward. We walked from 11 p.m. until 2 a.m.

Our group- It was so fun next year we want to bring a tent and party all night and do a cook out!

Matt and I have tried all the soft serve dip flavors at our local ice cream stand.

(Cherry,chocolate,blue raspberry,cotton candy, peanut butter, and cake batter)

I made homemade swig cookies! Sour cream frosting so good! 

In May I officially had lost 49 pounds but lets just round that to 50 POUNDS! I would like to lose another 15 but that will happen after the baby!

Fourth of July outfits!

Jamberry nails 

I love sprinkles!

Free slurpees for 7-11

$1 ben and jerry ice cream  at the yankee candle factory!

Face chatting with my best friend Kaiti and her adorable baby Olivia

lake day

super moon

pool dayz

I really love the lemonade slurp

Couch covers!

Anniversary Photo Shoot

Yes it is August 15 and we celebrated our anniversary on May 13th,but I had to do a post about our traditional picture. Normally my sister Allie would style me and then take the pictures for us,but we live  on different coasts now so we asked our friend Lisa to take the pictures. The nice thing about living in Mass is you don't have to go far to find a beautiful background.

A quick trip

A couple of weeks ago Matt and I drove down to Virginia for a cousin's wedding. It was a quick trip,but while there we were able to do a lot of fun things. We ate lots of good food especially MEXICAN! We went to a Washington Nationals game, where it went to the 13th inning, we only stayed until the 11th! We only stayed until the 11th and we made the most of the experience by eating cotton candy and pastrami/cuban sandwiches! The ballpark is literally right off the metro, it was cool to basically hop right into the game.

                               

While in Virginia I was able to meet up with Chelsea one of my dearest friends. We met a noodles and company for lunch to chat up. She then drove us into D.C. where we went to try this cupcake place Baked and Wired. It was good,but I think I still prefer Georgetown  Cupcakes. We went shopping at Tyson's Corner and just enjoyed being together. Chelsea said that I'm her friend that she has hung out with in more places than anyone else. We met in Provo, I  visited her in Seattle, she came to Texas for my wedding, we met up in Salt Lake in April( I'm counting it as a different place since we don't live there anymore) ,and now Virginia! I love that we follow each other around.

On Sunday was our cousin Sarah's wedding. The whole reason for our trip down there. It was at this beautiful location in Maryland. The ceremony was under a tree and it was so beautiful and loving. She had the same ministers that married her parents and used the same vows they used over 30 years ago. The reception was such a party. The d.j was great and got lots of people up and dancing! It was a really fun night, where we got to see all the Starliper clan.

Another thing that we have to do while in Virginia is eat at Cafe Rio! We had just make a copycat meal of Cafe rio a week before we came out and having the real thing reminded us just how good the real thing is and how off our recipe is. I love that the cafe rios on the east coast have free refills on their horchatas! I also cut my brother Andrew's hair while I was there and it turned out great. Matt's mom took us shopping and got us a ton of fun treats to take back with us! It was a great trip and we are hoping we can make another trip before next summer since this year is Christmas in Texas!

Camping in Mass

Last weekend Matt and I went camping with our good friends the Bowens. A member of our ward has some property with the perfect place to camp out. We had a 10 minute walk up a hill. We were thankful that said member took all of our stuff on his 4 wheeler so we didn't have to carry everything uphill. It was the perfect weather for a camp out. We brought Matt's new grill and grilled some hot dogs and sausage. We also had bought a new tent that was perfect! We brought our air mattress and it was so NICE! It was a great start to the summer! Now I just want some s'mores! In the morning we hiked up another 10 minutes to this Peace Temple. It was so cool and I loved seeing this beautiful white temple in the middle of the woods!

                               

                              

                                                             

Matt's 26th birthday!

Since we  only semi celebrated Matt's birthday in Texas, I wanted to make sure I did something special for him once we were back in Mass. I got him a grill, something he really wanted and had been asking for, for awhile. We had a party for him  with some friends from church. I got him a cake from Big Y our grocery store and we played games. It was a fun night!

Happy Birthday my love, 26 looks great on you!