The Zoo

Every year on Labor Day we head to Utah's Hogle Zoo. Last year was FABULOUS it had rained that morning and when we got there there was hardly anyone there, it was quite cool and we had a ton a fun. This year....

we waited 45 minutes just to get in the door! Yes, that's right, 45 minutes. It was super hot and guess what? We still had a ton of fun!!!

F.Y.I. Ashley is hilarious!!! I am not going to say why, she just is and I love her to death :) Last year Riley was terribly afraid of the Chimps. Not this year! Yay I think that means she is growing up a little (sniff sniff). I am excited but not so excited about that.

Mine and Cassie's Birthday Dinner

Okay I realize that I have got to do something about my camera! I am working on it but for now I am posting my fuzzy pictures! This goes from left to right: Cassie, Carly, Crystal, me and angel Emily (due to the light right on her face!). We went to Goodwood for mine and Cassie's birthday and had so much fun. I love getting together with my friends and wish I could do it more often. Thanks girls it was a blast.

Family Pictures

Okay, so I know a lot of these pictures are in my new header, but I love them! Penni did our pictures a couple of weeks ago and there are soooooo many cute ones that I just want to post as many as I can! Thanks Penni you did a great job, we love them :)

Riley's 1st Day of Preschool

I have got to either get a new camera or get my camera fixed because my phone is not working out for me:(...but this is Riley on the first day of preschool. She was so cute and so excited. She didn't even tell me goodbye when I dropped her off. She is getting so big and we are very proud of her. We love you Ri!!

Boston's First Haircut

These pictures are not super great in quality but they were the best we could do with my phone! Boston got his first hair cut. He was so cute but did not want to hold still. He loved the clippers though! I think the sound soothed him.

This is my little guy and me (I look fabulous don't I?) He ended up on my lap because he wouldn't hold still! You can barely see this one but it is Crystal and Boston. We are SO lucky to have Crystal she does such a great job! Thanks Crys.

My Birthday

This is my cute birthday cake that my sister Penni made for me! I had such a fun day and I am so lucky to have such good family and friends! Jason was very sweet and sold his fly rod (which was very dear to him) and gave me the cash to go buy some clothes! Thanks babe you are the best. Thanks to everyone again for the fantastic birthday.

THIS IS MIKE

So I need to clarify a few things. First of all, Jason does not "hate" water, he just doesn't like cold water and isn't much a of a "swimmer". Second of all, this is MIKE. He is fabulous and we love him. This is his fancy trick he did off the board at North Shore the night we went with our ward! Notice the position of Mike in comparison with the diving board....CLASSIC !

What a FUN Weekend

On Thursday we went to Surf 'n' Swim with Crystal and her girls Mayli and Breelyn! It was way fun, Riley loves hanging out with Mayli :)

Friday night was our Primary party at North Shore! It was a blast thanks to everyone who came. This is Riley and her friend Millie eating Creamies on the grass. I had something on my lense that's why the picture is foggy sorry!

This is my husband. Yes, Mike got my husband who hates water AND heights to go off the high dive, pretty funny! The next morning we had a ward breakfast....sorry it was too early to get pictures but was super yummy!

Saturday night was Jason's work party at the Raptors game! We had so much fun. Go Raptors it was a GREAT game.

It was a super fun but busy weekend! Now we can just relax for a little bit.

The Fair and the Derby or The Derby and The Fair

Our family is a big fan of the Demolition Derby at the Fair! We usually go to the Fair just for the derby. Here are some pics of our last adventure...my mom and dad give Jason tickets ever year for Father's Day! Thanks Mom and Dad we had so much fun.

This is the beauty contest...my vote was for the shark car (which you can't really see in this!)

Me, Riley, Boston, Brynn and Ashley waiting for the Derby to start. It was very cold this year!

Here is Riley riding the rides that cost a minimum of $3 at the Fair. She got to choose two and the other one she chose.....

The swings, they have to be her favorite of all rides I must say.

Here she is milking a cow! I have never even done that, so fun.

The petting zoo. Jason wouldn't feed the animals he said something about a goat licking his hand just wasn't for him! I loved it though.

This is a big Yak they had there.

It's Official

I am officially going private! Let me know your email address by Aug 15th if you want to look please!

Pioneer Day

My 24th of July had a rough start! I was suppose to meet at my parent's house @ 7:50 to go to the parade and my alarm didn't go off! AHHH, so needless to say Riley did not look how I would have preferred and I was a little bit grumpy at first but we made it in the nick of time to the parade!

See, don't I look so happy? I really wasn't that bad I just didn't know this picture was being taken. We have always gone to the parade with my mom's side of the family. It is a fun tradition and makes me miss my grandparents so much, but I still love to go.

Then we went swimming. It was so fun but reminded me why I love my little quiet pool we usually go to! Riley was everywhere and so hard to keep track of. This is my sweet mom and Boston just chilling in the wading pool.

Ashley, Brynn and Riley

The whole gang sitting on the lawn eating and talking.

After all this we went to my parent's for a BBQ, games and fireworks. We had such a fun night but my camera battery died so I wasn't able to get any pics :(

BOATING

I know I have been posting a ton lately, but summer seems to be really busy for us and there are a lot of things I want to make sure I get on here, if anything just for me!

Jason got to be a human tube, we were going really fast dragging him along on the surfboard. I just closed my eyes cause it scared me to death!

This picture I put on here hoping that it will make my hubby not want to pull any more funny faces in pictures! Me and Jas just chillin on the boat!

I LOVE to wakeboard. It is my favorite thing ever. I did crash really hard this time though, but I still love it.

Jason is really pretty good at wakeboarding, he got some pretty good air this trip.

We had so much fun and I can't wait to go again!

OUR CraZy WEEKEND

Okay, well here is how it goes...

First, Friday night Jason and I decided we needed to celebrate our anniversary. So we thought it would be fun to head to PF Changs...sort of got a late start and ended up at Tepanyaki. Still fun, and fabulous I LOVE Tepanyaki. Jason was too big of a chicken to ask anyone to take a picture of us (I must have been too or I would have done it!) so this is what we ended up with. I was really bugged just ask him, but I wanted a picture and he says I got one :) Jason's parents were nice enough to take the kids overnight for us so then Saturday morning I got to sleep in, yes, that's right I slept until 9:30 I don't know the last time I did that! Saturday was spent just relaxing and doing nothing without the kids. We did go to lunch at Tony's which was super good, and then we went and picked up the kids. Thanks Curt and Robyn I needed that!

Then, Saturday night I stayed up cleaning because my house needed some serious attention! Ended up doing laundry and cleaning until 3:00 am. I used to do this all the time when I was working but it has been a while, I kind of liked it I think I will go back to that. This leads into my great picture you see here. Sunday night Jason's family invited us up to the fireworks at the college. I was really tired but I love fireworks so we went anyway! It decided to rain for a minute so Jason ran and got our umbrella this is what happened because of the wind. Normally this wouldn't have been so funny to me but keep in mind I was very tired. I laughed about it for quite some time!

Throughout all this MiKayla had nicely put Boston back into his car seat to get him out of the rain. I put him up on one of the camp chairs with a blanket over him and had to run down to the car to get something. I asked Jason if he would hold on to the car seat to be sure my precious baby boy didn't fall off the chair. Oops I forgot that he wasn't buckled in. While I was gone he managed to finagle out of the chair (which he does all the time, normally he is on the ground though) and fell onto the ground :( poor little guy. He was fine though, but it topped off my funny night! Anyway, it was a fun weekend and I loved it!

WHAT'S A GIRL TO DO?

This is what happens when you lose your mind! Jason has been working a lot lately (which I completely understand and I am so grateful for his job) but I feel like I am going crazy! Yes, this is a casserole dish full of stuffed pasta shells. Somehow it managed to slip out of the fridge right after I put it in and shatter into a million pieces, and yes I sat on the floor and cried before I cleaned it up. Just a little bit about my life right now! Someday I will laugh at this time in my life I am sure, someday.

Marsh Lake

Brooklyn and Kim invited us to go camping up to Marsh Lake over this last weekend. We had a blast. I love camping and everything about it...except...there were mosquitoes like crazy! I wish you could see that we all look like we have the chicken pox in these pictures. Regardless, it was still fun!

Jason and his perfect marshmallow. He is notorious for roasting marshmallows to perfection, he made me at least 10 of them!

Me and my favorite little guy! He was such a trooper even though he was stuck in a pack and play all weekend. It was Jason and I's 7th anniversary so we had to take an anniversary picture.

Yes Brooklyn I really put you on my blog! Brooklyn, Kim and Bridger.

Riley and Jason taking off for a ride on the four wheeler.

Preston and Riley love each other, we are so lucky they get along so well.