2012 Summer vacation part 2

After our hike, we drove to West Jordan to spend a day there. The kids and I spent most of the day hanging out with my bf Amanda and her kids. It was great to spend time with them, wish we could have stayed longer. :( 

I think the biggest challenge of any visit to Utah is trying to find time for all the people I want to see!

 On our way up to Bear Lake for our H family reunion, we passed through Ogden where Aaron grew up. The Burger Bar in Roy is an awesome institution! It was just as delicious as I remember. The only bummer was that I ate too many onion rings and didn't save room for a shake :)

Braden is thrilled to be at the Burger Bar :)

This was our 3rd year staying at this cabin. We love this place and the view is just beautiful! No fireworks on the 4th this year because of the fires :( 

craft time with the cousins!

Lexie and Paige :) 

Paige had so much fun being silly with Lexie :)

this group of boys are all 2 years apart. They have so much fun together...

I love how blue the water is...

 Aaron was walking back to shore from the boat and doing a silly dance for the kids :)

 brothers :)

 boats are just so much fun!

 This is one of my favorite pictures!! 

 taking a hike in the rain

 When Alisha said she got some pizzas, she wasn't kidding. They were massive! 28 inches I think. She also ordered a dessert pizza called "Nude Beach". Of course the kids had fun for the rest of the reunion making jokes about eating their Nude beach pizza :)

 The kids with our New Yorkers Heidi and Steve

 Kissing?! Yuck! :)

 After our fun-filled reunion, we traveled to Vernal to see my family.

We had a family dinner and a birthday party for Paige. After spending a night and saying good-bye to our kids, we traveled back to Salt Lake to hop on a plane for our anniversary trip to NYC!!

to be continued...

2012 summer vacation part 1

The first stop on our awesome summer vacation 2012 was Moab, Utah. We drove up and met my cousin Chassie and her family. I'm so glad we were able to meet up and share this experience with them.
We have wanted to stop and explore Canyonlands National Park and Arches for years! What a gorgeous area Moab is!
These are pictures from our day at Canyonlands:

 Mesa Arch

 

 Jr. Rangers!

 baby Oliver was such a good baby!

Island in the Sky

We got up early on Sunday and headed to Arches to hike up to the delicate arch

 It was about 50 degrees and the kids were cold! :)

 

 "Kids! Smile!"

 We had to get up early so we could fit this hike into our trip. It was so worth it to see the sunrise

We loved Arches!

From Moab we traveled up to West Jordan to stay with Grams and Gramps before heading to Bear Lake for our H family reunion

to be continued...

another new chapter

We got back Sunday from a 3 week vacation :) We had the most awesome time! I took so many pictures. I just need a few days to get through them.
I'm entering yet another new chapter in my life this year. I'm now working full time at the school as the lunch coordinator/supply clerk. Oh boy...just when I think life couldn't get crazier, it just did :) The last time I was working full time, B was just a baby. It's been a while and it's going to take some time for me and our family to adjust...

Happy Birthday Paige!

 Happy 10th Birthday to our sweet little Paige! 

She brings such a fun, happy energy to our family :)

We love you!

Welcome home B!

 B just got back from a week at Boy Scout camp. He came home without a voice, chapped lips and totally exhausted. We are glad to have him home!
This is the page I've been working on this week :)

YES!

Look out! H is ready to go :)

just breathe

something I need to remind myself to do every day :)

gotta love Tony Robbins

the playground

this is a layout I've been working on for a couple of days (5 or 10 minutes here and there to keep my sanity) 

Most of these pictures were taken on the last few days of school. Those kids were so excited and out of control...it was so much fun. I've loved looking through my yearbook at all the fun little things they wrote. It makes my heart so happy :)

We are enjoying our summer so far. Lots of swimming, playdates and trying to balance the rest. Braden is getting ready for Scout Camp next week. P&H are doing a Talent Team camp next week. That means I will have a few hours each day next week to myself!!

That's huge! CAN'T WAIT!

My parents were just here for a visit, it was awesome. They came down to watch Paige in her dance recital. She's been in ballet this year and she's loved it. I will post pics and hopefully video soon. I cried like a baby when she was on that stage dancing...makes me miss it so much :)

 

Squinkies...and they're rare...

This is one of the videos P&H made yesterday. They love their Squinkies :)

another life lesson

An opportunity was presented to me a couple of weeks ago. It was promising and I felt really good about it. A couple of days ago I found out that this opportunity was given to someone else. I felt as if someone kicked me in the stomach...I felt really good about this, why didn't it work out??

I found this article on Positively Positive and it was just what I needed. Maybe reading this could help you too :)

 {Trust Your Process}

May 2012

I just uploaded a few more fun things from the crazy month of May. Paige received the Presidential Physical Fitness award this year. Way to go Paige!

 Paige LOVES crafting. Right now, she likes to make food out of clay :)

 Paige and Elaine...these two are 2 peas in a pod. I could see them starting an animal shelter some day...

 BFF!

 I'm either desperate, crazy or both. I let the kids buy this huge pack of water balloons. They were told that part of the deal was cleaning them up afterwards. They had so much fun :)

 Kindergarten graduation!

 The program was so cute. I made it through without any tears :)

 Daddy and Hes

 Momma and Hes

Mrs. L, Hes, Mrs. M! They were awesome teachers! 

 Paige and Mrs. K. Paige adored her :) She's such a great teacher, one of the best.
I took this video as the 1st and 2nd graders were going back to class after recess. I love these kids!!

Soccer!

School is officially out! Wow. May is a crazy month. To celebrate school being out, I fired up Photoshop and did a few pages. I haven't scrapped in a few weeks, I've missed it! These are pages of Braden's soccer season:

I honestly don't know what happened this year. B has grown up so much! He loves playing soccer :)

{Supplies}
templates- Crystal Wilkerson
Soccer Cutups- DD
elements- Anna Aspnes

2 more days!

I found this on Pinterest!

It's titled "Summer in Arizona" :)

2 more days (1 more for Braden) of school!!! It's getting HOT outside and homework is getting in the way of swimming!

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!

 I just adore these kids. I just adore being their mom.

I'm so feeling so blessed today. I remember being 5 years old and wanting to be a mom. (Along with my dream of being owner and waitress of Kriston's Kafe and being a nurse on the side)

Who knew being a mom would be so challenging and rewarding? Mom made it look effortless. (no joke, I have one of those mothers that always has her stuff together.) Seriously, my mom is such an inspiration to me. She has so many great qualities. I love her so much :)

oh boy...that's a good one

via Pinterest

Oh boy...that's a good one!

shooting hoops

I stayed a little longer at school today so Heston got to play at recess with the 5th and 6th graders. Don't you just love the way the boys are letting Heston play and even rebounding the ball for him? The kids at school are just awesome.

I get the biggest kick out of Hes and his granny shots :)