Beck Reunion

The Beck Reunion came and went all too quickly. It was so fun chatting, playing games, eating lots of good food (thank you dad), and watching all the nieces and nephews play together. We've been very blessed to have an incredible family who not only loves each other but likes each other as well, that's a pretty awesome thing we have going. I still remember when Garrick first met my family, it baffled him that we could just sit around and talk for hours, it blew him away. Now he's gotten the hang of chatting it up with the fam and enjoys getting together with everyone as much as I do! Some of the highlights were soccer games in the backyard, wiffle ball, fireworks, game nights, ultimate frisbee, relay races, lake/jetski time, dodgeball, dance party, duck duck goose and musical chairs with the kids, and lots of chatting and chilling. 

This is the cutest. 

Kayla, Garrick and I are BFFs.

One of the most important things we did on this trip was convert Garrick to be a jetski fan!

Colby and McKay have sick moves. 

Coolest kids. 

I just think this is precious, Grandma and Grandpa love their grandkids.

Shout out to Kasey and Emily for throwing a successful reunion, we can't wait for the next one!

June to July

Summer is flyin'. I really can't believe July is already here, it's actually making me a little sad because July brings August and August brings September which means back to school...Ugh but I'll try to stay positive. Now that July is here Garrick is completely done with his Organic Chemistry course! He made it through triumphantly. And what does he do with his free time now? He goes to school and works in his research lab of course. That boy doesn't know when to take a break! O chem is checked off his summer list but now he has the rest of his list to work on which includes preparing for AT (uggggh), MCAT prep, resume building and application prep. That boy is very motivated (I can't even bring myself to take summer classes) But for now we are getting ready for the epic Beck Family Reunion! Skybekah arrived a couple days ago so we've been able to spend time with them pre-reunion (park time and temple trip) And everyone else should be here either tonight or tomorrow. We've really been looking forward to seeing everyone again, it stinks having everyone so spread out, but it makes us really love the time we're all together. Also it's our first real vacation of the summer (Moab excluded) I'm excited to be missing half a day of work! So the reunion post will be coming next. 

Until then here are some pictures of the Orem Festival we went to a couple weeks ago. One thing I really love about Utah is everyone loves festivals, it seems like each city has their own little carnival during the summer. With fireworks, rides, and parades-very impressive. But I must say that Orem's Festival has had the best firework show I've seen yet!

   We met up with Garrick's friend, Jesse (aka his best man) We hung out and played frisbee while waiting for the parade to start.

More waiting...

        Garrick's family saved us a spot for the parade, we had a perfect view. All in all it was a great day. 

                  Great  food, weather, friends, family, fireworks. I'm now a fan of the Orem Festival. 

And here's one more picture of Garrick because he's just the cutest thing in the world. 

Love this kid.