Busiest Month Ever

You guys are in for a real doozy. This past month hasn't given me any spare time to sit down and write about all that has happened. I'm going to post each event on their own post. That way it doesn't become the longest post in the history of the Smith Saga.

It all started back in June. My sister Alexa finally got to see her missionary come home. It was Tuesday; June 28th and she was oober excited. That weekend she went to his family's Ranch for the 4th of July celebration. Then the whole week afterwards she went to New York with his family. Well on Sunday; July 9th I got a phone call from Alexa while she was still in New York to tell me that her and Craig were engaged. The wedding was planned for Tuesday; Aug 16th. Yes of this year. So a 5 week engagement. So this explains why I haven't had any time to blog about everything. I have been helping Alexa and my mom put a few things together. (more to be posted later).

Originally my family was going to go to Lake Powell the middle of July. But my parents had to cancel it because they couldn't afford to go to Powell and pay for a wedding. Plus that would have been 1 week less of planning.

Manda and Jon already had their flights booked to come to Utah, but now no Powell Trip. So instead we stuck around here. Manda and Jon flew in on Saturday; July 16th. During that day Jesse and Jon went on a bike ride, then that night we all got together as a family and went to Benihana's for Jon's 29th birthday celebration. The cute little waitress ladies sang Happy Birthday to him. I couldn't help but laugh because they were all in a different key. It was quite lovly. haha. For Jon's gift we all went in on a JetBoil and 2 mess kits.

Continuing with out 'trip'... Monday morning all the girls got together to go wedding dress shopping with Alexa. While the boys all went golfing. We spent several hours searching for the right dress for Lex. She finally found 'The ONE' at Kathleen's in Kaysville. It's Beautiful! (pics still to come).

That night we all drove up to Pineview Reservoir, set up camp and cooked dinner. It was great to have everyone there. (Ty was in Alaska still, he couldn't get the time off to come down).

The next day was spent on the boat. Just having the time of our lives!!!!!