RYAN'S GOING ON A MISSION!!!

So my cute little brother Ryan opened his mission call on Aug. 1, after a long wait. We all went over to my parents house to see where he would be spending the next two years of his life. Everyone got to make two guesses where he was going. One nationally and one internationally. There were close to fifty people there, so we had most of the countries covered. My other brother Cameron decided to guess North Carolina for his national guess, because that is where he lives! Then he guessed Campinas, Brazil, because that is where he seved HIS mission. We thought he was CRAZY and just being SILLY!!!

Well, he opened his call... You have been called to serve in the Campinas, Brazil mission. We all FROZE. We didn't know if he was joking or for real! So Natalie took the liberty to go and find out what the truth was. She read the first couple lines....yep! Campinas Brazil it is!!!! Can you believe it???? He is going to the exact same mission as his older brother! We were all in shock. I still can't believe it! But we are so excited for him! I guess the Castleton's need to be in Brazil!!!





We love you Ryan!!!! Congratulations!!

SLEEPING BEAUTY!!

Me and my sisters have each been a Disney character since we were little. I have always been Sleeping Beauty. I thought it was just because I like to sleep... and NEED it. But I took this test, seeing which princess I was most like, and guess who it was... Sleeping Beauty. Sisters, try it out! I think we picked pretty good! And anyone else who is curious!


You Are Aurora! (A.K.A. Sleeping Beauty.)

Thoughtful and loving. Authority figures probably have been sheltering you all of your life. Thankfully you're a very tranquil person who is content with what life has given you, but secretly you want to know how the outside world works.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

WE HAVE MOVED!!!! YEAH!!

Can you believe it!! After a year of constantly looking for a place we could call home... we have found one! We moved to Bountiful! We love it here so far. It has been a crazy couple of weeks. We are pretty much settled. I am so grateful that we could find a place before I head back to work next week.

Here is Eric entering our house for the first time as home owners.

We started out last week by painting our humble abode.
Eric was so excited to paint!!

But he did such a good job! Love you honey!
Here is me in our new kitchen for the first time!
It has been a fun, crazy week, as we have been trying to get settled. We have done pretty good so far. We feel settled and happy to call this home.

I wanted to plant flowers so bad. This is the first time I had the opportunity to do so. But... it is quite late in the year, being almost August. There are not many flowers left, that aren't almost dead. So I bought whatever they have left that was mostly alive. This is what I got.
With a few stragglers in our flower bed. I'll do better next year!

We are just so excited to be here! Thanks to all those who helped us move! We couldn't have done it without you!

PIONEER DAY!!!

WE LOVE PARADES!!! I know that we might sound lame... but... WE LOVE PARADES!! We hit up the Kaysville parade for the fourth, and then went to the Days of 47 parade on the 24th. We had great seats at the start of the parade, thanks to Bob.

My favorite part of the parade is always seeing our cute prophet- President Monson.
Eric's favorite part is always the bagpipes. He wants to learn how to play them! I told him he would have to wait until we get a bigger house!!

We always love a sight of our wonderful military!! It gives me the chills!
Here is the BEST float of the day!!!
We always enjoy the weird creepy clowns and randoms that try to entertain the crowd!
But most of all we just love spending time with the family! Happy Pioneer Day!

BABYSITTING...AKA... BIRTH CONTROL

My parents took my younger brother and sister, Lindsay and Ryan, on a church history tour. They were gone for ten days. So Eric and I were elected the babysitters. All I can say is, I don't know how my mom raised EIGHT children.

Jordan and Cody were great. But it still made us think again about having children any time soon. Here is what our journey consisted of.
BUILDING CARS

HANGING OUT WITH MAX... and posing for the camera (they LOVED that).




JUMPING ON THE TRAMP... PRETENDING TO BE SUPERMAN!!









HITTIN UP THE RODEO






Cody caught this shirt for Jordan at the Rodeo... he wanted to wear it everywhere!

JUST BEING BOYS...





PLAYING WITH FOOD...





SLEEPING...







ERIC BEING DAD!!!





WE DID HAVE FUN... BUT WE WERE TIRED AT THE END. We might start thinking about having kids again in a year or so! Love ya Mom and Dad! Glad you have fun.