Madeline's Birthday

I finally uploaded pictures from our camera and saw this really cute one of Madeline. I love this girl!

2008 Utah & Idaho Populations by State, City, Metro, and County

I was interested in city populations between Idaho and Utah so I went to census.gov and got this info.

2008 State Population and Growth since 2000

Utah	2,736,424	122%
Idaho	1,523,816	117%

Top 25: 2008 Population by City

Rank	Area	State	Population	% Growth Since '00	Temples
1	Boise	Idaho	205,314	105%	1
2	Salt Lake City	Utah	181,698	100%	1
3	West Valley City	Utah	123,447	113%	0
4	Provo	Utah	118,581	112%	1
5	West Jordan	Utah	104,447	131%	0
6	Sandy	Utah	96,660	109%	0
7	Orem	Utah	93,250	110%	0
8	Ogden	Utah	82,865	107%	1
9	Nampa	Idaho	80,362	147%	0
10	St. George	Utah	72,718	145%	1
11	Meridian	Idaho	66,916	182%	0
12	Layton	Utah	65,514	111%	0
13	Taylorsville	Utah	58,785	100%	0
14	Pocatello	Idaho	54,901	106%	0
15	Idaho Falls	Idaho	54,334	106%	1
16	South Jordan	Utah	51,131	172%	2
17	Logan	Utah	48,657	114%	1
18	Lehi	Utah	46,802	237%	0
19	Murray	Utah	46,201	101%	0
20	Bountiful	Utah	44,473	107%	1
21	Coeur d'Alene	Idaho	43,360	124%	0
22	Caldwell	Idaho	42,331	153%	0
23	Draper	Utah	42,317	166%	1
24	Twin Falls	Idaho	42,197	121%	1
25	Riverton	Utah	39,751	157%	0

Other 25 Sentimental Cities in Idaho and Utah

Rank	Area	State	Population	% Growth '00	Temples
26	Roy	Utah	35,672	107%	0
28	Pleasant Grove	Utah	33,798	144%	0
30	Spanish Fork	Utah	31,538	153%	0
32	Cedar City	Utah	28,667	138%	0
33	Springville	Utah	28,520	138%	0
35	Rexburg	Idaho	28,028	157%	1
37	American Fork	Utah	27,064	120%	0
39	Kaysville	Utah	25,820	126%	0
41	Moscow	Idaho	22,798	107%	0
42	Eagle Mountain	Utah	22,309	749%	0
47	Brigham City	Utah	18,709	107%	0
51	Payson	Utah	17,429	132%	0
54	Saratoga Springs	Utah	16,053	1,281%	0
59	Kuna	Idaho	13,354	207%	0
66	Lindon	Utah	10,466	124%	0
68	Heber City	Utah	9,830	130%	0
76	Vernal	Utah	8,696	113%	1
85	Park City	Utah	7,980	107%	0
109	Ephraim	Utah	5,284	115%	0
122	American Falls	Idaho	4,069	99%	0
128	Rigby	Idaho	3,394	112%	0
130	Manti	Utah	3,312	109%	1
164	Monticello	Utah	2,018	103%	1
177	Enterprise	Utah	1,636	127%	0
179	Duchesne	Utah	1,612	114%	0

Metropolitan/ Micropolitan Combo

Rank	Area	State	Population	% Growth '00	Temples
1	Salt Lake City	UT	1,115,692	115%	5
2	Boise City-Nampa	ID	599,753	128%	1
3	Provo-Orem	UT	540,820	142%	2
4	Ogden-Clearfield	UT	531,488	119%	1
5	St. George	UT	137,589	151%	1
6	Coeur d'Alene	ID	137,475	125%	0
7	Logan	UT-ID	125,070	121%	1
8	Idaho Falls	ID	122,995	121%	1
9	Twin Falls	ID	94,752	115%	1
10	Pocatello	ID	88,495	106%	0
11	Lewiston	ID-WA	60,395	104%	0
12	Ontario	OR-ID	53,873	103%	0
13	Rexburg	ID	50,007	127%	1
14	Brigham City	UT	49,015	114%	0
15	Cedar City	UT	44,540	131%	0
16	Blackfoot	ID	43,903	105%	0
17	Burley	ID	39,993	96%	0
18	Moscow	ID	35,906	103%	0
19	Vernal	UT	29,885	118%	1
20	Jackson	WY-ID	29,209	119%	0
21	Mountain Home	ID	28,997	100%	0
22	Heber	UT	21,066	137%	0
23	Price	UT	19,549	96%	0

Top 25 Counties

Rank	Area	State	Population	% Growth '00
1	Salt Lake County	Utah	1,022,651	114%
2	Utah County	Utah	530,837	143%
3	Ada County	Idaho	380,920	126%
4	Davis County	Utah	295,332	123%
5	Weber County	Utah	227,487	115%
6	Canyon County	Idaho	183,939	138%
7	Washington County	Utah	137,589	151%
8	Kootenai County	Idaho	137,475	125%
9	Cache County	Utah	112,616	123%
10	Bonneville County	Idaho	99,135	120%
11	Bannock County	Idaho	80,812	107%
12	Twin Falls County	Idaho	74,284	115%
13	Tooele County	Utah	56,941	137%
14	Box Elder County	Utah	49,015	114%
15	Iron County	Utah	44,540	131%
16	Bingham County	Idaho	43,903	105%
17	Bonner County	Idaho	41,168	111%
18	Nez Perce County	Idaho	38,975	104%
19	Madison County	Idaho	37,456	136%
20	Summit County	Utah	36,100	120%
21	Latah County	Idaho	35,906	103%
22	Uintah County	Utah	29,885	118%
23	Elmore County	Idaho	28,997	100%

Our Summer Trip to Utah: Smiths

We also spent some time with the Smiths. It was tons of fun and memories.

Some highlights:
Saying Farewell to Brianna as she serves in the Lubbock Texas Mission


Slip & Slide in Payson


Jackson's 4th birthday at Payson water park

Spencer Reunion in Heber on Sunday



Opening tons of later and early birthday presents


Ninja Destruction Family Game


Going to Provo Temple together
Madeline sleeping over at the Nuttall's
Gardening
(our camera is broken, so I stole some photos from Melissa, Thanks)

Our Trip to Utah- The Pratts

We went to Utah for a number of reasons in July. It actually worked out really conveniently. First we went to Jared's parent's house to spend the 4th of July with them. It is also Jared's Dad's birthday on the 4th so we had a birthday celebration, lit fireworks, watched the freedom festival (with a great view I might add), and at hotdogs from a fire built at the Pratt Ranch. It was really fun spending the 4th of July with family. It's been 4 years since we were last with family on the 4th.

Later on that week

Aliza turned THREE!!!

On the 4th of July (during a trip to Utah) Aliza turned 3 years old! I can't believe she is so big already! We love her so much. She has a fun personality. Sometimes she wants to be the center of attention and other times she is totally quiet and wants to be alone. I think when she grows up she'll be really social. We love Aliza so much and are so grateful she's part of our family!!

Madeline turned FOUR!!

On June 25th Madeline had her 4th birthday. It was a fun relaxing day. We went swimming at my friend Annette's house and then opened up presents and ate cake when Jared got home.

I love Madeline. She is such a good big sister. She always wants to play with Amaya and really helps out when Amaya is being fussy and I'm busy doing something else. Madeline is so smart too. It's so fun being able to have conversations with her. I love you Madeline!!

We're Still Here...

Wow! It's been almost a month since we blogged! I think that's a record. We've had a busy, very fun month.

One not very fun thing though... I got pulled over for the first time in my life. I got a ticket for speeding (35 mph in a construction zone 20 mph, but for my benefit, it's normally 35 mph) and not wearing my glasses. Bummer. So I went in like a good citizen, and paid my ticket. About a week later I got a notice in the mail saying my license was going to be suspended for 1 month for driving with a restricted license! What!?! So, after much researching and frustration, I've learned a great lesson... if you can pass the eye test without glasses, even if you wear glasses sometimes, do it! I passed the eye exam later on, but because I paid the ticket I "plead guilty" and therefore couldn't get out of the restricted license. Now I'm home bound for a month... hopefully I don't go crazy!

Now onto the fun things... let the blogathon begin!!!