I Do...

8 Years ago

(yesterday)

I married my best friend!!!

Over the years we have experienced some wonderful times along with some struggles and challenges, but I'm glad I

married such a great guy to experience it all with!!!

We kept things pretty low key this year and celebrated

an evening, dining out at "Elements".

(Jason was able to top the day by speaking at the nursing home and teaching a bunch of rowdy boys about honoring womenhood.)

I always love looking back at wedding pictures and watching our video, but man we've aged a lot in 8 years. I'm nervous to see what another 8 years will do to us. :)

Weekend in the Bahamas

Here are a few pictures of Jason's latest trip.

He and his brother went to the Bahamas last weekend.

For those who know me real well, know that I HATE flying and miss out on traveling opportunities because of it. I have always said that the one place I would get on an airplane for would be the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas.

Well guess where Jake and Jason ended up visiting?

ATLANTIS

Jason said it was one of the prettiest places/beaches

that he has ever seen. (the pictures do it no justice)

He also said it is very pricey so we better start saving our money if we wan to stay for more than a day.

24th of July

Yay for Utah and being able to

celebrate 2 holidays during the month of July!!!

Little Valley Days Celebration in Mantua.

 

The little store in Mantua has the best candy selection.

How many stores can you find that still has a penny candy selection?  

 

Kyler has a fascination right now with bands.

He will watch the little movie on the Cars DVD

of the "One Man Band" over and over every day.

So he was pretty entertained watching all of the bands at the Ogden
parade on the 24th.

We had to make sure and take his drum with us so he could play along with each of the bands.

July is slipping by....

With only about a week to go during the month

of July, I thought it was time to do a little update.

July 2012 has been warmer than normal (I'm ready for fall),

so we have tried to keep cool by visiting local

swimming pools.

I think the difference in Kyler's expressions between the different slides is kind of funny. He loved and laughed the whole time going down the big slide with Jason. As soon as he tried going down the little slides by himself he wasn't as brave.

 

So during the summer I had 3 big goals for Kyler.

June: Potty Trained

July: Move to a big boy bed.

August: Get rid of the binky.

So far the first 2 have been a piece of cake, but I'm not looking

forward to the last one. :(

Summer rainstorm are the best!!!

And since they don't come along very often we had to take

advantage of it this past week.



We have also spent a lot of time play in the creek.

Kyler loves moving the rocks around, playing with

his fishing pole, and trying to float down in his little raft.

Dear Summer 2012,

Please don't slip by too fast.

Love,

One active, outdoor lover, little boy.

Weekend Camping Trip...

With summer quickly slipping by we figured it was

time to get a little camping in.

I enjoy camping as long as it's not for too long, there are flushing toilets around, and we have plenty of activities to keep us busy.

So last Friday we loaded up the car

 (how do families with more than 1 child have room for everything when they go camping/vacations?)

and headed up to Bear Lake.

Friday we enjoyed going for a little walk along the board walk

and let Kyler play in the water by the park. We then enjoyed some cooler temperatures and sat out on the patio and enjoyed eating at Cafe Sabor.

Saturday we woke up to a beautiful sunrise

and some annoying birds at 5:30 a.m.

We spent the majority of the day at the beach with part

of my family.

The water temperatures are still a bit chilly.

Kyler wanted to jump in, but soon decided he would rather just

wade around in the water. 

With September quickly approaching we try to spend as much time

as possible with Ty. Although he probably could be doing something more fun than camping with family, we are glad he is willing to give up a few weekends to do family stuff with us.

It was also fun having baby Max join us

on his first summer outing.

We finished the day by eating at La Beau's, playing Phase 10

until 11:00, and getting in some good laughs.

Before heading home on Sunday we decided to go and do

the hike at Minnetonka Cave,

since Ty had never been there before.

Notice Kyler's face in the picture below.

This is what happens when he goes 2 days without napping.

It may have also been the reason he decided to cry and whine for over an hour while we tried to finish the hike.