Wildhorse Pass Resort Vacation

In the first week of June, Matt's family planned a great vacation right here in the Valley. Instead of spending a bunch of time and money traveling somewhere, we decided to take advantage of the hot deals here in Phoenix. All the resorts here have lower prices in the summer because it's so hot -- not exactly peak season. Wildhorse Pass Resort is about ten minutes from our house, which was nice because Matt's Dad could still work during the day and meet up with us for dinner. The rest of us stayed in two adjoining rooms and spent a few days relaxing and enjoying the nice pools.

The water slide was actually really fun! Matt and his brother Andrew must have gone down about thirty times -- after patiently waiting their turn in a line of excited little children. Matt decided to take Josh down because it wasn't a very big slide.

I'm not sure how much he liked it. His hat fell off on the way down and he made a really sad face for this picture, but he got over it quickly. He's generally a pretty tough kid.

Josh had so much fun with Uncle Andrew in the pool!

Although his face didn't show it very much for the camera, he had fun with his daddy too.

I don't think the men liked it very much when I made a comment about "Josh's two daddies" playing catch with him in the pool. They had a really loud conversation afterward about being BROTHERS, urging Josh's MOTHER a.k.a. Matt's WIFE to get in the pool with her son.

Here are the lovely Snow sisters avoiding the camera and relaxing on the comfy hotel bed. Stephanie is really good at making unrecognizable faces in pictures.

What's a family vacation without a little wrestling between siblings?...Or a lot.

I swear I was there, along with Cheri and Murray (Matt's parents). It just so happens that I was the only one taking pictures again. Shucks, none of me in a bathing suit?! (I might have planned that.) Thanks Snow family for a super fun vacation!

June is Craaaaazy

Wow...June was a busy month!! I apologize for being lame and not posting any news lately. Matt still thinks it's dumb when I post pictures without any text, but I was out of town most of the month and literally only had time to copy some family pics from my Facebook album and stick them on here.

Here's a general update of what the past month has been like for us (with picture previews, of course):

Stephanie (my little sister who just finished cosmetology school) was living with us for about eight weeks to see if she wanted to find a job here. Unfortunately, she decided that Arizona was not for her and moved back home to Redding for the rest of the summer. The first weekend in June, my mom came down here to help Steph move out and drive her home. Josh sure misses his crazy "nanny."

Also the first week of June, Matt's family took us on a totally awesome vacation to Wild Horse Pass Resort! Instead of spending the time and money to travel somewhere, we decided we might as well take advantage of the summer deals here in Phoenix. We spent a lot of time swimming, which Josh absolutely loved! More on that later.

The next weekend, Josh and I left for Redding to visit my family for a couple of weeks. While we were gone, Michelle (Matt's youngest sister) left for BYU. We miss her terribly, but hope she is having the time of her life! Also that week, Matt's dad left for Baltimore to pick up his mother from her mission and drive her back to Las Vegas. Yes, I said DRIVE. They spent two weeks visiting historical sites across the country and got back a few days ago. Just their cup o' tea.

The weekend after that, Matt flew out to California to be with us, just in time for Father's Day and JOSH'S FIRST BIRTHDAY! A few days later it was Matt's 26th birthday. My two boys actually got two birthday parties each because we celebrated with the Snows before we left for Redding. I'll post the adorable pictures of these parties soon.

Finally, last weekend was my cousin Oakley's wedding. Oakley is my "best cousin" or "twin cousin," as we call it. We are very close in age and we grew up a few hours apart from each other, getting together as much as possible. I was sooooo thrilled to be able to go to her wedding! She even asked Matt and me to make her cake, which was definitely a challenge, but worth it. Seeing relatives was great fun, as usual, especially since I'm not sure when we'll see them again after we move to Chicago.

And now we're home, busy as ever with my schoolwork, Matt's job, family, church callings, preparing for the big move, and getting everything squared away with U of Chicago. Life is crazy sometimes, and I'm glad I can at least write it all down once in a while and see that time doesn't just disappear.

More pictures coming soon!

The Other Snow Family Pictures

P.S. Happy 26th Birthday to my wonderful husband!!!

Snow Family Pictures

Pictures for Melissa to See During Work

My sister Melissa told me to make a new post so she would have something to read/look at during her shift at the hospital. She's a totally awesome registered nurse in San Jose, and sometimes things are slow during the night shift. So, Melissa, here are some pictures to make you less bored.

Here is Josh playing with the last bit of the jello cake Mom made a few weeks ago. Stephanie put him on the counter and let him go wild. He didn't seem to like the taste very much, he sure enjoyed making an enormous mess for me to clean up.

Matt's old roommate James got married last Saturday. We were able to attend the sealing at the Mesa Temple that morning. James is still as goofy as ever, and his wife Patrice is super cute and nice. Here are the pics from their reception...

I like these pictures because you can see how Josh's hair has decided to stick straight up in the front like Jack-Jack on The Incredibles. That's our newest nickname for him, in fact.

"Yum! Eating Mom's face is the best!"

It is ridiculous how much Josh loves his Aunt Stephy. She wrestles with him and tickle-tortures him and throws him around every chance she gets! Just like she did with our little brother when she was four. She is so cute with little boys.

Steph is staying with us for a while this summer. She graduated from cosmetology school in March and is here to look for work and see if she likes the area. We like to call her our "Mexinanny" because she is always with the baby and she is way too dark to look like my sister.

"Put me down!!! I need to explore and find myself some hott lady friends!" (which he did)

This is Matt's sister -- Josh's other Aunt Stephanie. Hopefully he won't be confused about that for too long.

Here is Matt with his old girlfrie...I mean roommate, James.
And below is James with his woman. Just lovely!

So Mel, that's what you've missed. I'd say it's about time to plan your next trip out here, right?