HAPPY 28TH BIRTHDAY JARED!

YESTERDAY WAS JARED'S BIRTHDAY...AND OF COURSE IT IS THE BIGGEST DAY OF THE YEAR TO HIM. NOT CHRISTMAS OR EASTER, HIS BIRTHDAY. IT MAKES IT FUN FOR ALL OF US SINCE TO MOST PEOPLE BIRTHDAYS ARE JUST ANOTHER DAY WHEN YOU GET OLD! TODAY WE GOT TO GO TO L AND K AND ENJOY A BIRTHDAY LUNCH WITH JARED FROM WINGERS. THEN I CAME HOME AND PUT HALLE TO BED. TO MY SURPRISE JARED CAME HOME AT 3:30 TO ENJOY SOME OF HIS BIRTHDAY AT HOME. HE DID IT WHILE WATCHING ESPN AND NAPPING. SAD THAT WE COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE BUT HALLE WAS NAPPING AND I WAS NOT ABOUT TO WAKE HER UP. WE THEN WENT TO PEANUT PARK WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR CAKE, ICE CREAM, AND OF COURSE, SOME GIFTS. ALL IN ALL IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND JARED SAID HE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABE, WE LOVE YOU! YOU ARE THE BEST!
JARED THE BIRTHDAY BOY! TREVOR DUDLEY AND HIS SON CARTER (IN THE BACKGROUND!) SO GLAD THEY COULD COME BUT BRIT WE MISSED YOU!

HERE IS THE CAKE. I WAS IMPRESSED...I SAW THIS CAKE IN A COOKBOOK AND THOUGHT IT WAS PERFECT SINCE JARED IS A FISHERMAN. I THINK IT TURNED OUT ALRIGHT AND OF COURSE FOR JARED, IT WAS FUNFETTI CAKE!

NANNA PLAYING WITH HALLE AND FEEDING HER CAKE AND ICE CREAM! LOVE YOU NANNA!

TROY, NIKI, AND TREVOR CAME. WE ARE GLAD EVEN THOUGH TROY HAD TO WORK HE MADE IT TO SOME OF THE FESTIVITIES.

JARED, HALLE, AND I POSING FOR THE CAMERA!

KIM AND JOHN ENJOYING THEIR CAKE.

RENAE AND KEN WERE THERE. KEN HAD TO LEAVE SINCE HE HAD A MTG BUT THANKS FOR COMING!

MIKE AND JEN HIGBEE AND THEIR DAUGHTER, KATHRYN PLAYING WITH CARTER. SO GLAD THEY COULD COME. THEY ARE MOVING BACK TO BOISE ON MONDAY AND WE ARE SO SAD. HOWEVER, THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PLAY AND SEE THEM OVER THE PAST LITTLE WHILE. WE WILL MISS YOU GUYS LOTS!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY AND OTHER STUFF!

LATELY, IT SEEMS THAT WE HAVE HAD QUITE A BIT GOING ON. OUR FRIENDS, THE HIGBEE'S HAVE BEEN UP FROM BOISE FOR AWHILE FOR MIKE TO DO AN INTERNSHIP AT FORT HALL, THEY HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH JEN'S PARENTS AND WE HAVE ENJOYED HANGING OUT WITH THEM. THE CADYS, JARED'S BEST FRIEND MIKE, AND HIS WIFE ANGELA WERE UP FROM FLORIDA FOR A COUPLE WEEKS AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THEM TOO. THE DUDLEY'S AND MARSHALLS WERE AROUND TO PLAY ALSO, AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING. I HAVEN'T TAKEN A LOT OF PICTURES SO THIS WILL JUST BE A BLOG...BORING SOME MAY SAY! WE HAVE BEEN OCCUPIED WITH THE SAME OLD SUMMER STUFF-WORKING ON THE YARD, HELPING FARM IN SODA, SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY, AND JUST OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON. WE HAVE ENJOYED THE PAST COUPLE WEEKENDS HANGING OUT WITH AUNT NIKI AND TREVY AS WELL AS NANA. WE WENT TO THE FAMILY LIVING FUN DAY LAST WEEKEND AND THAT WAS ALOT OF FUN FOR THE KIDS. IT HAS BEEN RAINING A TON SO ANYTHING TO GET THEM OUT OF THE HOUSE WHEN IT'S NICE FOR A BIT, HAS BEEN IDEAL. THEY ENJOYED JUST WALKING AROUND ROSS PARK SEEING BOOTHS, KIDS, FOOD, ETC...NIKI AND I ENJOYED GETTING OUT OF THE HOUSE FOR FREE ALSO. THIS PAST WEEKEND STARTED WITH JARED, TROY, MY STEP-DAD, AND MICHAEL TORGESEN HELPING WITH OUR GARDEN. YES, WE FINALLY GOT THE RAILROAD TIES WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. WE ABOUT GAVE UP AND THE NEXT DAY THEY CALLED-YIPPEE! THEY PUT THAT TOGETHER AND I WENT TO LUNCH WITH HAILEY DYE, BRITNEY OFISA, AND HEATHER JENKS SINCE HEATHER MOVED YESTERDAY. WE WILL MISS HER AND WISH HER FAMILY TONS OF LUCK. THEN FRIDAY NIGHT, NIKI AND I ALONG WITH OUR FAMILIES, HAD MY DAD AND KAREN, AND MY GRPA BOB TO NIKI'S FOR FATHER'S DAY DINNER. GOOD FOOD AND FUN WITH GOOD CONVERSATION-WE HAD A GREAT TIME. SATURDAY, WE WENT TO THE FARMER'S MARKET WITH NIKI, TREVY, AND NANA AND JUST HUNG OUT-THE WEATHER WAS CLOUDY BUT NO RAIN. WE THEN WALKED AROUND SHOPS IN OLD TOWN POCATELLO AND JUST PLAYED, SO FUN! THEN NANA CAME AND HELPED ME MAKE HOMEMADE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP AND THAT WAS FUN AND TURNED OUT SO YUMMY. WE THEN WENT TO THE RIVERFEST HERE ON THE GREENWAY AND LISTENED TO BANDS AND JUST WALKED AROUND, MOST THE BOOTHS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS WEREN'T UP DUE TO THE WEATHER BUT IT WAS STILL FUN. WE THEN CAME HOME AND JARED AND I WATCHED THE MOVIE, "TAKEN" AFTER HALLE WENT TO BED. WE HAD A FUN DATE NIGHT AND IT WAS A GREAT MOVIE.

TODAY, WE GOT TO CELEBRATE FATHER'S DAY. THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO ALL THE FATHER'S OUT THERE, WE LOVE YOU! I AM THANKFUL FOR ALL THE MEN IN MY LIFE AND ALL THE IMPORTANT LESSONS THEY HAVE TAUGHT ME. I WOULD NOT BE THE PERSON I AM WITHOUT THEM AND THEIR INFLUENCE. ESPECIALLY, MY HUSBAND. HE IS A GREAT PERSON, A WONDERFUL FATHER, AND AN OUTSTANDING HUSBAND. I AM SO THANKFUL FOR HIM AND THE LOVE HE HAS FOR HALLE AND I. HE IS A GREAT PROVIDER, CARE TAKER, AND LISTENER, AND I AM SO GREATFUL FOR HIM. I LOVE YOU JARED! WE SPENT THE EVENING WITH HIS PARENTS AND SISTER KIM, AND HUSBAND JOHN AT THE BERNT'S HAVING A BBQ. IT WAS GREAT AND WE HAD A GOOD FATHER'S DAY!

OTHER THAN THAT AND BEING BUSY, NOT A WHOLE LOT HAS BEEN GOING ON. WE DID FIND OUT JARED HAS AN EYE INFECTION WHICH ISN'T FUN AND DUE TO LASIK SURGERY LAST YEAR, HAS LOST SOME SIGHT IN HIS RIGHT EYE AND WILL HAVE TO UNDERGO SURGERY AGAIN SOON. THEY ONLY PAY FOR IT WITHIN 18 MONTHS OF SURGERY-WE ARE GOING ON A YEAR SO IT WILL BE SOON. HOWEVER, WE ARE THANKFUL HE IS OK AND NOTHING MAJOR IS WRONG, AND HE WILL GET BETTER.

WELL, THATS A LONG POST, SO HOPE ALL IS GOING WELL FOR EVERYONE.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY AGAIN TO ALL THOSE MEN OUT THER!

WE LOVE YOU!

CUB AND FAMILY

THIS EVENING CUB AND I WENT FOR A MULE RIDE UP TO MY PARENTS HOUSE DOWN THE ROAD. GOING ON THE MULE IS HER FAVORITE THING. WE TOOK A COUPLE OF PICTURES WHILE WE WERE UP THERE.

STILL GETTING USED TO THE WHOLE SMILING THING.

WE PICKED A FLOWER AND PUT IT IN CUBS HAIR, IT DIDN'T STAY THERE LONG BUT WE ALL GOT TO SMELL IT.

HALLE GETS A LITTLE EXCITED SOMETIMES AND TAKES OF IN A DEAD SPRINT TO CATCH US. ITS FUN TO WATCH BECAUSE HER BUTT MOVES MORE THAN HER LEGS DO.

WE TRIED TO GET HER TO DO BIG GRINS, THIS IS WHAT WE GOT.

CUB GETS A KISS, DO I HAVE TO HAVE PIG TAILS TO GET ONE OF THOSE?

MOM AND RUFUS PUT A LOT OF TIME IN THE BACKYARD GARDEN THIS SPRING, IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

GRUMPY LOVES HIS POND, A LOT, IT WAS COOL BECAUSE GRUMPY WAS SHOWING CUB WHERE ALL THE FISH WERE AND WHAT A FISH WAS. I THINK SHE FIGURED IT OUT TOWARDS THE END.

HALLE AND THE BERNT FAMILY SAY-

1. WE LOVE YOU ALL!

2. NOTRE DAME IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD!

3. DON'T TAKE ANY WOODEN NICKELS!

JUST KEEPING BUSY!

SUMMER IS ALWAYS BUSY FOR US AND THIS YEAR IT SEEMS TO BE NO DIFFERENT AS OF YET. JARED AND I HAVE BEEN DOING ALOT IN THE YARD, ALOT WITH HIS FRIENDS THAT COME HOME FOR A COUPLE WEEKS EACH SUMMER, AND JUST BEING TOGETHER AS FAMILY. THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS A BLAST. THANKS TO NANNA AND PAPPA FOR WATCHING HALLE FOR HER 1ST OVERNIGHTER AWAY FROM HOME, NANNA SAID SHE DID VERY WELL-WHAT A RELIEF. JARED AND I WENT TO SUN VALLEY FOR THE KENNY LOGGINS CONCERT FOLLOWED BY A NIGHT AWAY WHICH WE BOTH NEEDED BADLY. WE LEFT SAT MORNING AND GOT TO SUN VALLEY AND PLAYED AROUND FOR THE AFTERNOON, CHECKED IN OUR HOTEL, THE SUN VALLEY LODGE, WENT TO DINNER, AND THEN TO THE CONCERT. IT WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE SHOW! I KNOW HE IS OLD AND I LOVE HIM TO DEATH-WE HAD TONS OF FUN! AFTERWARDS, WE WENT TO OUR HOTEL FOR RELAXATION AND NITE-NITE. I ENDED UP GETTING SICK WITH STREP AND A BUG AND SO NEEDLESS TO SAY DIDN'T GET MUCH SLEEP AWAY AND ENDED UP COMING HOME EARLIER THAT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BUT IT WAS STILL A BLAST!! THANKS FOR THE GIFT JARED-LOVED IT AND LOVED BEING WITH JUST YOU! I LOVE YOU!

(DIDN'T GET LOTS OF PIX SINCE WE WEREN'T TO HAVE OUR CAMERA IN THE CONCERT, HOWEVER; JARED SNUCK A FEW!)

HERE IS OUR HOTEL OR, "THE SUN VALLEY LODGE!" SO OLD SCHOOL, LOVED IT!!

JARED AND I IN FRONT OF THE PAVILION WHERE THE CONCERT WAS!

OK-LOOK CLOSE AND YOU WILL SEE KENNY LOGGINS-HE IS THE HOTTIE! ALSO, LOOK EVEN CLOSER AND YOU WILL SEE ME IN A PURPLE HOODIE ON MY WAY TO TOUCH HIM......

JARED AND I DURING THE CONCERT, SO FUN!

WHAT CAN I SAY? THIS COUPLE WAS SO FUN. THEY WERE IN THERE 50'S AND THEY WERE FROM EAGLE, ID. WE GOT HIS NAME, IT WAS TOMMY AND WE NEVER GOT HERS. WE HAD RAN INTO THEM A NUMBER OF TIMES THE DAY OF THE CONCERT AND THEY EVEN TOOK OUR PICTURE FOR US, THEY WE ENDED UP SEEING THEM AT OUR HOTEL, AND THEN AGAIN AT THE CONCERT-THEIR SEATS WERE RIGHT NEXT TO OURS. THEY WERE THE NICEST, FUNNEST COUPLE EVER. THEY HAD BEEN DRINKING AND THEY WEREN'T HIDING ANYTHING. TOMMY ACTUALLY WENT DOWN TO THE STAGE WITH ME SO I COULD TOUCH KENNY LOGGINS! YES, THAT IS RIGHT I TOUCHED HIM-NEVER BEEN THAT CLOSE TO SUPER STAR! THEN THE REST OF THE NIGHT THEY DANCED WITH US AND GOOFED AT THE CONCERT, NICE PEOPLE!