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.

sunday drive.

today we went for a little sunday morning drive.

we needed to fill up the long morning with something other than movies, laziness, pajamas, whining, boredom, etc.

1:00 pm church is the worst.
{ok, 2:30 pm church is the worst, but 1:00 is still rough.}

serena still whined {"grandma's house! grandma's house!} but hey, she's 2... i had better just get used to it already. i think we will have to make the sunday drive a ritual for the next 5 months. it might just save my sanity.

what do YOU do with little kids on long sunday mornings when you have late church??? please help! seriously. HELP.

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.

doll bed makeover.

before:

after:

i've been meaning to post this makeover for a long time, but here it is several months later. serena got this $20 ikea doll bed for her 2nd birthday. as a ploy to get her excited about sleeping in a big girl bed, i thought i would spruce it up a bit. it came with unfinished wood and the most hideous bedding ever {meant to be gender neutral or something}. so i found some fabric and my mom did the sewing. i painted and mod podged the bed, and voila! we bought serena a big girl doll {one with hair} to put in it, but she is napping with her at the moment, thus the baby doll.

if i were to do it over again, i would paint the bed a paler pink or white and skip the mod podging, but overall i like how it turned out.

did the ploy work? not really. but that was weeks ago and she now sleeps in her bed like a champ. for the most part.