happy 6 years!

sean and i celebrated our 6th anniversary yesterday. we left the kids with my mom and had 24 whole hours to do whatever we wanted! we did all of our christmas shopping {we always do this on our anniversary... nothing like procrastinating it until 3 days before christmas!}, went to a movie, spent the night at beautiful daniels summit lodge, ate some gooood food, went to another movie, and then finally started to miss our kids :)

6 years.
2 kids.

sometimes i can hardly believe it! they've been fun, challenging, wonderful years and i wouldn't trade them for anything.

bear lake 2011.

some people think fun at a lake has to involve boats, jet skis, and the like. we are satisfied with an umbrella, some floaties, and a well-stocked cooler.

our girls trip to bear lake was so fun. the day included the traditional stop in logan for subway sandwiches, perfect weather, shady parking spot, 5 hours at the beach, showers at the marina, cafe sabor for dinner, and a beautiful sunset on our drive home.

serena had a blast digging in the sand, collecting seashells, bothering heather, floating on the lake, and sneaking lots of cookies. i enjoyed laughing with my mom and sisters, soaking up the sun, loving the beautiful view, and watching serena love my favorite lake.

looking forward to introducing harper to the lake next year!

lagoon at night.

my summer dream come true!






finally went to lagoon at night!
it was perfection. totally met my high expectations.
too bad sean and gina got sick from the rides.
i totally would have gone on the colossus again... :)
{sorry i crowded you out of those last two pictures, gina. geez!}

also,

lagoon in the day:

we took the kids earlier in the afternoon. it was fun... for the most part! serena can't handle not having a nap, so there were some serious tantrums. but it was fun to spend time with our friends :)

to do.

summer is slipping through my fingers! and i never even made a summer list. so here goes.

to do this summer:

day trip to bear lake.
lagoon at night.
pedicure.
outdoor concert or movie.
swiss days.
state/county fair.
finish my book.
more friendship bracelets!
picnic with my real live picnic basket.
{with food from home. no kfc.}
get out of town.
finish memorizing the living Christ.
visit temple square with kids.
splash pad.
snow cones/shave ice.
buy a bubble machine.
steal more veggies from mom.

and on a side note:

harper has been crawling for a few days now.
and
serena ate a mouthful of red pepper flakes this morning while we weren't looking. and then she cried a lot.

dear summer,

please stay forever. we love you.

colorful cookies from parson's, swimming at grandma's pool, bubble gum ice cream, stuck in a huggies box {"mommy! i stuck!"}, beeeautiful sunset, road trip, harper likes swimming {her very first time!}, brand new baby boy cousin {roman}, mommy-serena date at lagoon.

roy's pizza & palisade.

on our way home, we stopped in ephraim for some pizza at roy's {formerly fat jack's} at heather's suggestion. it really did not disappoint. loved it! then we had a swim at palisade state park. we tried and failed at catching some fish {like in a plastic bag, not the real fishing pole type fish-catching}. serena had a love/hate relationship with the lake. she wanted in and out and in out. and mostly only had fun when heather and i swung her around in circles with her feet skimming the water. we left when the dark storm clouds started rolling in. both kids fell fast asleep for the rest of the ride home.

traveling with kids is exhausting. we had a wonderful weekend, and we're glad to be home now!

cove fort.

we spent part of friday touring cove fort, which is just a 20 minute drive from barbra & gene's house. i really enjoyed it, even though my kids were trying hard not to let me. it's a beautiful place and i loved learning about its history. i'm glad we made it as long as we did before taking the kids back to the house :)