Our Summer

Sorry for all of the pictures...they just say it better! Here's what we've been up to this Summer!

Bike ride at Tahoe!

My mom put on the raffle for my brother's Grad Night, so Steve made a Long board for her!

We packed up the truck and trailer...With a lot of work from Steve and the bro. in law Justin...this is the set up we took to Utah. We headed out to Utah for the Walter and Mary Ogden Family reunion. It was such a blast!

My great great grandma Brox, which is where my middle name came from.

The Fam with great Grandpa and great Grandma Ogden!

The reason we took that set up all the way out to Utah....after the reunion, we headed down to Lake Powell!!

We had so much fun at the Lake...It's so beautiful there!

The boys on the S.S. Mino...

Steve wake boarding...

While I watched....can't wait til next summer!
Built a sandcastle!

Headed to Idaho to visit Julie and go to my sister Megan's graduation from BYU-I.

The three BYU-I Alumni...

Spent several weekends at Folsom Lake...

Went to Santa Cruz...

Went camping at Fort Bragg with these little boys...

We are excited for fall...probably cause our little one will be coming soon...but it's always sad to see Summer go!

So Much Has Happened...

There has been so much going on in our lives lately...But first, we have exciting news...

We are going to have a BABY!!!!

We are so excited for our little one to come, our due date is Nov. 22nd! I am 22 weeks along, and I have been feeling pretty good! We are past the half way mark...YAY!!

First Lake Trip

One of my favorite things to do growing up was going to the Lake w/ the family! And...welll...some things don't change! And luckily Steve loves the water sports too!! This past weekend was my sister's birthday, so we headed out to the lake for the day!

We headed up the south fork where the American River runs into Folsom Lake. Steve and Trevor decided to jump off of the Salmon Falls Bridge!

The Birthday girl and I!


Some of the Family!

Uncle Steve and Ryan on the Tube! Ryan was so cute...he loved the tube! He got 3 different people to go with him!

We love the Lake and look forward to some more trips this summer!

Cabin Trip!

In January we took a trip to the cabin with some friends! It was a fun weekend, despite the traffic we experienced on the way up there!! I had only heard of the nightmares of traffic on the Donner pass...and this weekend with a bad storm, we experienced "the traffic on the pass." It took us over 4 hours to complete what should have been a 45 min. drive! People were walking along the highway, building snowmen on the center divides, and we even saw a man full on asleep at the wheel, unfortunately when traffic started to move. I think it was the semi's horn that woke him! Anyhow, we had a great time with some friends!

The gang!

This was our friend that kept coming around and hanging with us! He is such a pretty dog!


Eventually we did get some blue skies.

The sledding hill!

That night the boys decided that they would build a snow cave!

Steve digging it out!

Steve and Eric...they even made a coffee table in there!

Merry Christmas and More!

The past few months have gone by so fast!! Here is a quick update of what's been happening in our lives...

The beginning of October we celebrated Steve's 26th Birthday!!

We also got to take a trip with all of Steve's Siblings to visit their Grandma Ross in Reno. It was such a nice visit and we are so grateful for the opportunity to have spent that time with her together as she passed away a month later. She was such a great lady, with a great spirit! She was full of love, and we will miss her greatly but will always remeber the example she was to us.

Steve, his mom, siblings, and a couple nephews!

Steve and Laura



Steve and all of his boy cousins.

Happy Halloween! We had some friends over to carve punmkins in the garage!!

Steve loves to build and make things! He's on a new kick...making longboards. I am not sure if he just really wanted one, or if he was more interested in the building of one at the beginning...? Anyhow, he has loved doing it, and is actually pretty good at it ( both building and actuallly riding the board).

He helped our friend Eric build one. These are boards 3 and 4. They turned out really well.

We had such a great Christmas! Being in a house this year, it was the first time we got to put up lights, and get a real Christmas Tree!!

Steve and his gifts.

We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas, and enjoyed the Spirit of the season!