My Family in Town

I was so very lucky to have my mom with us for an entire week, and Kent, Carly, and Amy with us for part of the week visiting us and playing with our little boys. We had so much fun. Kent and Carly are expecting their little girl in just a few months, so it was a real treat to have them come all the way up here from AZ to be with us and see the new baby! Grandma spent so much time playing with our boys, playing "Dragon", holding Cayden, and Kent, Carly, and Amy were just the best Aunts/Uncle to my boys. Thank you all so much for being here with us and spending time with our family. It meant the world to us to have you here!

My mom treated all of us to Chilis one night (and thanks to Amy, too; Amy waits tables at the Chili's in Mesa so she hooked us up with a cool discount) Thanks Mom and Amy!






Tiffany, Coby, Corbin and Jaden came over, and Aunt Laurie, Uncle Wayne, and Som came over to see the family and show off that CUTE baby boy.. (our boys are just 16 days apart!) The boys played some basketball, Aunt Som wrestled with the kids on the trampoline, and we got to sing happy birthday to my mom, Amy (19 Years Old on the 22nd!) Austin, Corbin, Wayne and Laurie. Sort of a catch-all birthday party for most everyone there. We had so much fun having the whole family there.





The girls roasting some s'mores out by the fire pit; I loved having my family in town and just spending time talking around the fire. There's just nothing better than this!

My family having a pic-nic at Deer Creek; funny story! Just enjoying the beautiful weather...


My boys playing in the garage... wishing we were at the Sand Dunes!


We went down to Mapleton (Jared's good friend who lives down there invited us to be in a car show and bring the chopper; we saw some cool cars/bikes and had a BBQ)



My mom and I went for a walk and took the kids to the park...



Here's Jordan and Austin in their Dragon Slayer gear; my mom became the "Dragon" and Jordan would look for her everyday so she could play the Dragon Slayer game (yes, those are my dishes). He just had so much fun playing with Grandma and she was so much fun to have around.

This was quite the site! The morning that my mom's flight left we woke up to this:
Mom, Kent, Carly, and Amy, I'm SO glad you guys were able to visit us and I miss you all so very much. Wish you were closer by. Love you TONS and hope to see you all again very soon.

A day at the Zoo with Grandma

We're all so lucky to have Grandma in town with us this week and we penciled out a few fun things that we wanted to do while she's here with us. Here's our first stop, Hogle Zoo:


Taking 2 very energetic boys and a newborn to the Zoo was quite the trick. Especially with Cayden and his hollow leg (this kid eats every hour!) My cousin made me this very cute cover up for moments like this (Thanks so much Tiffany!) I was able to feed on the go.




Jordan and Austin playing at the playground:



And of course the two older boys wanted to go on a train ride:
It was a fun (and hot!) day at the zoo but we had a great time.

Park City

We took Grandma to Park City for lunch and some rides; Texas just doesn't have anything like this! (Don't get me wrong, I love Texas and I'll always be a Texas girl at heart) but Utah has some very cool stuff like the rides that go all the way down the mountain. I really love this beautiful state. Here we are in Park City:
My mom, Jordan, and I went down the Alpine Slide, and Jared, Jordan, and my mom went down the Alpine Coaster. We wanted to show Grandma a good time, right?



We had lunch on Mainstreet and sat outside to enjoy the weather:



My cute little boys:

4th of JULY!

Oh, how I love the 4th of July and celebrating our great country and getting out to see all of the festivities. We started our 4th of July a day early; we took the family down to Provo on Friday for the evening and got to see all of the activities down there, and have dinner at the Pizza Factory in Lindon. So it was a fun way to start the holiday.





July 4th: I'm so lucky that my mom was able to come out to visit us and spend time with our kids and the new baby. We actually picked her up from the airport that morning and she was able to spend the 4th with us (and she's with me all week!) We have some fun things planned for the week, but first things first.
Riverton Park: We love going to the parks and checking out the booths and the kids love the rides.









Later that night we went and watched the fireworks from Danny and Emily's front yard (they had the best view in the valley - right next to the Riverton park). The kids had plenty of room to run around and play, and we got to hang out with our good friends for the big firework show.
My mom and my boys:

Happy 4th of July!!