August 2012

Let's see what the end of the summer brought our way:

Logan Canyon Camping Trip July 24th Weekend

The girls and I decided we wanted to go camping and Max and Hillary were both game! We loaded up and found a great spot up Right Hand Fork to set up. We roasted hot dogs and made s'mores and after the girls went to bed, the grown-ups stayed up chatting. It was a lot of fun!

Sophia sitting by the campfire

Hillary getting to work on one of the tents! Good work!

Max manning the fire

Evelyn and Molly 

Just some regular ol' summer fun!

Trying out the monkey bars at school - Ev is really getting anxious for 1st grade!

Slide!

Play dough with Elliot after getting new school haircuts August 13, 2012

Pretty new haircut August 13, 2012

Haircut! August 13, 2012

Getting Frosties after Patty Jones' funeral August 14, 2012

Hanging out in swim suits with popsicles August 17, 2012

Miniature Golfing FHE August 20, 2012

New bike and bike track at Little Wonders, SCHOOL STARTS TOMORROW! August 22, 2012

Weekend Camping Trip to Mantua with Sarah and Joe and Richard and Pamela - August 24, 2012 

Evelyn and Sophia play so well together. This was a play that they made up and performed for me

We went with Jill and Saige to the stake swim party at the Aquatic Center - August 30, 2011

We hang out with Jill and Saige a lot. I taught Saige at Little Wonders and Jill and I became friends because we have so much in common, and our daughters love each other. Well, she finally talked me into setting up an online profile on ldslinkup.com. GAG. I have been hesitant because, frankly, there are weirdos roaming around out there and after being single for one year I was just opening myself up to the idea of dating again and didn't want to date any psychopathic criminals masquerading as Mr. Nice Guy. But for some reason or another I found myself plopped on her couch one night with the girls watching My Little Pony on the floor as we tried to make myself sound remotely interesting for the leagues of available men on the hunt (not that I enjoyed the thought of being hunted). I did think that, if anything, I would have some funny stories to tell my brothers at Sunday family dinners. And I did end up getting proposed to right off the bat by someone in Peru who claimed I was his long lost eternal companion...and a fresh out of the big house guy asked me down to his house for the weekend (which I declined) but then after about a week this nice looking guy from California showed up on my page....

Aaron Jackson. From Phelan, CA. Nursing student. Widower. 

We exchanged information and started texting and talking. Turns out we have a lot in common. Who knows..

Back-to-school Dinner - August 19, 2012

We are getting ready to go back-to-school! We had the fam over to a special dinner.

Here comes a new year of preschool and 1st grade

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL - AUGUST 23, 2012

Official first grader - ready to go!

 One proud momma

Evelyn's first grade classroom

 Mrs. Downs

July 2012 Happy 4th Birthday Beeb

Happy Birthday to my spunky four-year-old!!

Sophia turned four on my 31st birthday. We celebrated with a 

Giraffe Party!

Sophia picked out all of the decorations for a giraffe party because giraffes are her favorite animal, and we had my family over for the party.

 Grandma Kari Max and Emily

 A "Sophie-Sandwich"!!

 All tired out after a busy birthday.

July 2012

Fourth of July & Bear Lake
To start off our exciting month of July, we celebrated our Nation's Birthday with fireworks at Romney Stadium and a day trip to Bear Lake.

My friend Jill and her daughter came with us to the fireworks and we had a great time lighting sparklers and watching the spectacular show in the sky.

Since the holiday fell on a Wednesday, and we only had one day off work, we made a day trip to the Lake and had a great time! Emily and I brought food and the kids played on the beach and waded in the water while Max and Russ napped under the umbrella.

Aunt Emily with Sophia

 Evelyn loved playing in the water!

Spectacular Sandcastle

 The littles playing in the sand

I love this picture!

Relay for Life & LAGOON!

Jill recruited me for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life and it was a great experience. Relay was at Elk Ridge Park and for 24-hours we walked and did fundraisers for cancer research. Since my grandma died of cancer and Patty Jones is currently battling cancer I walked for them and lit luminaries in their honor. 

After being up for 24 hours - we went to Lagoon! It was Adam's company Lagoon Day and he got tickets for the girls and I and Max. It just so happened that Russell had his company Lagoon Day on the same Saturday!! We had a blast! Evelyn and Adam were roller coaster buddies and since she is barely tall enough to be admitted to all of the rides Adam took her on the Wild Mouse (her favorite) three times, and the white roller coaster once. We all took turns watching the kids on the kiddie rides and going on the adult rides. I haven't been to Lagoon for nine years and it is every bit as fun as I remember (maybe more).

 Oops! Guess it was a good thing that it was a warm day boys :) 

 This is my favorite picture of the day because the girls just love Elliot 

 These two loved the car ride

 The Roller Coaster Buddies hit the Wild Mouse 3 TIMES!!

With Uncle Adam on the white roller coaster