Happy Father's Day Dad!

This is a picture of my dad and his sister. I LOVE it! Happy father's day, dad! Thanks for taking me on daddy-daughter dates even when I was reluctant to go play tennis, hit golf balls, or play softball (I'm really glad you took me and taught me to play anyway. I always thought you were super dad cause you could play and coach any sport). Thanks for teaching me to ski, buying me jelly shoes from Cloud Nine, and betting on who would see someone they knew first at the mall. Thanks for documenting my life on film and for the millions of emails I get weekly. I know I am not good at replying, but keep them coming because I love them. Most of all thanks for loving me and supporting me in everything I do! LOL... this time it means lots of love, not laugh out loud!

Ridiculously long post with ridiculous amounts of pictures :)

When JP and I were dating he decided he would do the "4 days of Beeta" for my birthday. He says that one day is not enough to celebrate. Now we kind of drag it out to 5,6,7 or more days of celebration for our birthdays. Surprisingly, we managed to squeeze all of our fun into one day for JPs birthday. We had a big, yummy breakfast, went on a long bike ride, had a picnic in the park with sushi for JP and classy cuisine for me, enjoyed the beautiful scenery of a perfect day, traded birthday smooches, played a little tennis, and had a barbecue with friends up the canyon. We had a fun day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JP! I'm so lucky to be married to my best friend! You make me happy everyday.











I got to babysit these darling monsters for 3 days! I would do it again in a heartbeat if Indie promised not to hate me the second her mom got back. I took a million pictures of all our adventures...the school carnival, dance festival, swimming, barbecues, the secret rock etc. Our days were jam-packed with lots of fun! One of my favorite moments was when I was changing Indie's diaper and made a face. Libby told me I would just have to get used to it because I would have my own kids someday!!




JP's hard core. He ran the Squaw Peak 50 miler in the rain and snow. Ick! He managed to look like he was having fun during and after the race, but we all know the truth, right? JP you're an iron man. I couldn't run a fraction of the distance on a sunny day with flat terrain at a snail's pace!



Little Haven was born on May 21. Congratulations Steve and Liz! She is beautiful! Liz is a trooper and already looks incredible. Sorry I'm the last to post about this, but I'm the last to post about a lot of things!!!!



Family pictures = fun times (sometimes). Aren't my grandma and grandpa the cutest? They just celebrated their 64th anniversary!!




Elder Joshy Boy is in the MTC! We already miss him tonz. JP keeps reminding me that it is ONLY two years! Not so comforting when he's only been gone 6 days. He will make a great little missionary and the folks in West Virginia better love 'im, er else!

The Sky is the Limit!

JP just passed his commercial check ride with "flying" colors. This is a HUGE accomplishment and I am so excited for him (and us)! He has been working on this for a long time and is now a commercial pilot and one GINORMOUS step closer to being finished. This is a video of him performing a commercial maneuver called a power off 180. You have to turn 180 degrees while your engine is out and you must land within 100 ft. of the thousand foot markers on the runway. Sounds pretty freakin' tricky/sick/awesome/sweet to me! I have been amazed at how smoothly he lands when I have flown with him. Way to go JP!!
For the slow ones around here...this was my attempt to create a plane flying a congratulations sign (you know how you see those at the beach?), but JP didn't get it, hence my explanation to you.

I am not talented enough to make an airplane cake, so this is the best I could do.

JP told me these were not aerodynamically correct and would not fly. At least they look kind of cute, right?


Saint George Trip with Jon, Shelby, and Owen, and biking and skiing with Emily and Tiffany

I AM GETTING OLD(er)! I turned the big 24 on the 9th. "Happy to you me" as cute little Indie says. Kelene, Tiffany, and Hollie got me rollerblades!! Now I can go fruit bootin' too! I can't believe all the calls, texts, emails, cards, and messages people left. It made my day!!! Thanks a million.

My BFF, Lori, sent me pictures of us when we were little for my last two birthdays. Priceless! Bet you're jealous of my boots!
Does this picture look candid? Cause it's not. My dad really wanted it to look natural, but I blew it by looking at the camera. I got the coolest birthday candles ever (or maybe they were just hard to come by). My step grandpa made his famous pound cake and it was delicious!

Two more cute moms! I love the look on Nash's face.

My family usually celebrates my birthday and mother's day on mother's day because they're so close together. I hope you had a happy mother's day mom! Thanks for sharing it with me.

Libby's birthday card to me said, "I no I can go mountain biking sometime." It was so cute.

My Grandma Jaacks and Step Grandpa were in town for Mother's day. It was fun to see them.
JP and I went to Sundance for my birthday and coincidentally my parents and their BFFs were there!

I told my parents to start a blog, but because I know they won't I decided to post the picture for them!

We got to go to the last Jazz game. The 4th quarter was ALMOST awesome, but then they lost...well, you know!

SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER!!!

Just call us Captain JP and Master Brittany!
JP graduated from Utah Valley University with a Bachelor's degree in aviation science/professional pilot, and I graduated from the University of Utah with a Master's degree in speech-language pathology! JP was too cool for school and decided not to walk, but I did. I posted enough pictures so that those of you who couldn't make it could actually feel like you were there, but you didn't have to sit through a long, painful graduation:) Thanks for all the support, encouragement, calls, and emails and thanks to my family members who could make it and made me feel like a rock star with your awesome cheering! I love you guys!












We ate dinner at Biaggi's after graduation, and it was delicious as usual (if you haven't been you should definitely go)! JP gave me 10 pounds of Haribo gummi bears for my graduation gift...any bets on how long it will last?

These are some of the pictures we used and wished we used for our announcements. They were next to each other and formatted so perfectly and now they're messed up?