summer recap

Because I am a horrible blogger in general, I always tend to skip over a bunch of fun stuff that made up my Summer. But I just can't pass up all the photos from the summertime that are just sitting in my iPhoto so I have no choice but to do a summer recap. Let me warn you though... it is always a photo overload so prepare yourself.

Also, in honor of tradition, I will be doing a Summer recap poem. I am no poet. But it makes it a little more fun. haha

Our Graphic Design BFA Exhibition called NEUE (pronounced NEW) ended senior year on great terms,

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and so did a little brunch with some good friends at Herms.

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I walked in my cap & gown to get my diploma

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then jetted off to LA with my momma when it was all over.

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We had a blast, just roaming the city.

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We ate Sprinkles ice cream, and took pictures of shadows that were pretty.

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In a matter of months my belly grew and grew leading to many belly shots.

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We vacationed in the sun amongst the red rocks.

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We went to St. George for a big Stephens Family Reunion.

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and then headed back to LA for our 2nd anniversary and babymoon.

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The Dodgers, beach, and my favorite surfboard sugar cookies left us satisfied.

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And a trip to the cool driving range ended our trip just right.

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Golfing became Cam's newest addiction.

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Meanwhile, mine became going to the pool to lounge in the sun. 

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Two cute Shewolves tied the knot! 

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and resulted in a lot of great photobooth shots!

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We took Lamaze class to prep for the baby

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And Cam lit some fireworks and things got a little bit crazy.

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We traveled for work to Salt Lake, Driggs, Boise, IF and many more places.

And in the midst of this work we snuck in a few photos of our faces.

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And that's a wrap!

See, I told you I was horrible at poetry but that was my Summer in a nutshell! 

So much fun and so busy. The busy-ness definitely helped this pregnancy go by quickly and made for lots of good memories for our last summer with just the two of us! Here's to many more summer recaps ahead of us.

baby shower palooza!

Whoa! This summer has just flown by. I hear of women saying pregnancy goes soooo slow but I feel like I just found out yesterday! It has seriously gone by so fast. I can't believe that I am a little over a month away from my due date now! It's all just really surreal to think that this little babe has been growing inside of me for 8 months and that it will eventually pop out to be a baby! haha. I can't wait to meet this lil guy!

As we get everything ready I am getting more and more excited. Which brings me to the point of this post... baby showers!  I could NEVER have even fathomed getting everything ready without the help and support from family and friends. I have been so blessed to have some pretty amazing people in my life who are more than willing to shower this baby with everything he needs and I seriously could not be more grateful. 

I was extremely luck to get four showers this summer & I'll be honest... although the gifts are a pretty big perk, my favorite part of showers is reuniting with some of my favorite people! 

The Peterson gals started my summer off right by throwing me an adorable backyard shower where I got to hang out with all of my college friends! I'm not joking when I say that Meg, Coley and Angie Peterson are the most thoughtful, crafty, talented and sweet human beings to walk the earth.  They even went above and beyond and made baby boy the most adorable quilt.

You know that I had to take an individual shot with everyone so of course I threw together this little Brady Bunch collage of all of us! I just love them all so much, I couldn't just post one!

Madi made it home from her mission just 2 days before this so this was great timing for a shewolf reunion with all the missionaries back!

I couldn't pass up taking a photo with two of my best friends, Jennika and Joni seeing as how it would be the last one before they popped. Now I'm the last one who still has a baby in there and I love this photo and am so glad I have this of all three of us and our bellies!

The next shower was thrown by my sister-in-law Katie, my bff Tay, and their mom Kathy Hen in Idaho. 

Do I need to even describe how great this shower was after seeing those photos? Wedge salad bar, warm homemade bread, lemonade stand, and delicious dessert. My mouth is watering right now just thinking about it! 

I didn't get a photo of everyone together but I did get some with Hailey, Tayler & Grey (look at that face!!!), and some with the girls in the family :)

Last, but most definitely not least, was a shower in Utah with my mom's side of the family thrown by my cousins, the Stewart gals. I don't see this side of the family as much as I'd like to so these showers are super fun because it's just a giant party, and if the Creer side knows how to do anything... it's party!

We had homemade Waffle Love (which I've never had before) and it was sooo good. How have I never had it before? mmmmm!

We actually got one with all the Creer cousins (Grandma Floss is blinking, not sleeping...haha!)

And of course, we got one with the mom and mother-in-law!

Not the best photo of me and Grandma, but I'll take what I can get.

Wait.... did I say last? Because I was lying. YOU GUYS! I work at the best place ever and I even got showered by them! There are five pregnant girls working at the Campus Store right now...yes, I said five! Can you believe that? Taylor and I are both due in September so my boss Carrisa threw us such a fun boy/girl themed shower (Taylor is having a girl). 

I cannot even begin to say how grateful I am for the amazing showers that I was able to have for baby boy! They have been such a blessing as we get ready to welcome this little guy and I have never felt so loved! Thank you to everyone who has been so helpful in giving me advice, necessities and love!

and it's back. and so am i.

No, my middle name isn't MIA, 

it's Mae!

Yes, I have been missing all summer long.

Sorry, but not really that sorry...

School is back.

I thought I might be good at blogging for a sec and then I started having wayyyyy too much fun.

haha no but really, this summer has been close to the top in best summers to ever have happened in my life. 

AND since I don't really feel like recapping (is that a word?) it all 

and you probably don't feel like reading all that nonsense

 I'm just going to tell it in a rhyme with pictures that I took on my phone over the summer.

––inspired by the Pioneer Woman's Instagram in rhymes––

Started the summer in good ol' West Yelli

along with a bittersweet goodbye my lovely friend Shelly

 I soaked in the sun probably too much!

And played a lot with this extra cute pup.

Dressed up like white trash for my 1st Demo Derby

Then went to hangout with the fishermen of da sea. 

(just pretend that rhymes with derby!)

 I left Logan to swim in the Ocean

Little girls, bikinis & sand are Oh so fun!

Planking's the dumbest trend I've ever seen.

The Tower of Terror made us scream.

Candy Canes when it's not even Christmas

With our Caption EO glasses, you couldn't miss us!

In my unicorn shirt I shaved yummy snocones

Indians are cool, I wish I could be one!

Roadtripped back to West Yelli and ate otter pops

Dessert food at weddings, nothing tops!

Did you know they paint horses in Ogden?

3 of the cutest girls, I really miss them!

My bookmark is cool, try not to be jealous.

Lime&Coconut with cream is sooooo delicious!

Sometimes at work I am bored out of my mind

Best Friends Forever, she's one of a kind!

This blogpost has helped my rediscover that I'm really really bad at poetry & rhyming.

2 very good reasons to never be a rapper.

so long sweet summer, hello fall semester!