Lovin' the Summer

First- this may be a 'dull' post in that it is lacking in pictures. Our camera is MIA- very sad. I'm very much hoping it's somewhere in the mess that is our apt. (UPDATE: miraculously found the camera- now my phone is missing.. I can HEAR it, but thanks to my deaf ear, I can't locate it anywhere. Thoroughly aggravating..) So- Here comes a picture overload. Probably should have made this multiple posts..oh well..


We have been LOVING this summer!!

A recap of our past 2 weeks:

Monday, we went to 7 peaks (again) with our little family. The kids Love that place!
Thursday: Nate (very generously) watched our kiddos so Patrick and I could have a MUCH needed date. With housesitting, kidsitting, schooling, and desperately seeking employment, we needed a night out. Goodwood BBQ did NOT disappoint. I Love me my Steak and Potatoes. Thanks again, nate!!!
Friday: Patrick had off work. We started the morning off bright and early with the Freedom Fest Balloon..fest. Christian thought the super huge balloons and FIRE were awesome.
Then we drove out to Hogle Zoo- as we haven't been there before. Christian also loved saying hi to all the animals. (We do have pictures of these events, but...they are on our camera still...)




Saturday: EARLY morning to save seats for the 4th of July Parade. Total insanity. Remind me to not live on a parade route... (how's this for an awkward teeth picture? Have no idea how it turned out like that..definitely NOT intentional. :) )


-parade, naps, then the annual G&G Hyde dinner/lunch...dunch? Linner? DE-licious. Then Fireworks at PG. Christian would 'act out' the fireworks. He'd crouch down, the jump up and stomp all around saying "pop! Pop! Pop!". Pretty dang stinking Cute.
Sunday: Nate and Molly's for leftover 4th of July food goodness
Monday: Nate, Molly, Cannon, and Noah over for delicious homemade pizza- then Nate and Cannon joined us for some more 7peaks goodness.
Tuesday: Intramural Ultimate Frisbee.
Wednesday: Up American Fork Canyon to the Cabin w/ the Summerhays family. Christian saw a deer and thought that was pretty spectacular.
Thursday: Picnic with our friends Arianna and Yuko Wolf. Sweet Lubka watched our kiddos so P & I could go enjoy the intense rides at 7 peaks. Such a fun date!!
Friday: CAMPING!!! Christian has been BEGGING to go camping all week. He'll put blankets over his head and pretend he's in a tent. He gets out his little camping chair and sits in various 'tents' and pretends to have a picnic and roast Shmarshmallows. Every day he would head to the door with his camping chair and inform us he was ready to go camping. Finallllly friday came around and we got to go for REAL.
It was such a fun time. Christian thought the tent, the fire, the food, his LQ sleeping bag- everything was just perfect. He cried saturday when we took down the tent. And in the car, begged us to go camping again. Pretty cute. And heart breaking.
Sunday: dinner at mom and dad S. to celebrate Jon's birthday. We made the cake (awesome) and christian finally decided Jon could share it with him. :)

Needless to say, we have been living it up and Loving life. Every day has been so wonderful and fun. Our house is a bit of a mess, but our boys are happy and healthy. :) This time passes too quickly to worry constantly about keeping everything perfectly clean. This I am finally starting to learn.

It's crazy to think summer is already over halfway over! We have a LOT more to do- more adventures to have, more laughs, more excitement, more FUN!

What am I sitting here for?!?