June 30, 2018

summer

checking on his best friends
 i wish i had bought them a hundred more pairs of pajamas each while we were in paris
they are so beautiful
 such a crack up
 after years of a terrible dishwasher we finally got a new one and LOVE it
jennie and her girls came for a visit and we had so much fun



 mini michael
 dressing like i'm in high school
 cuddle bunnies
 i took the kids to the nature reserve in boise


 all six swinging at once

 we took noah to the temple to do baptisms for his first time
it was very special
 i love eating outside
 sharing oatmeal

something feels a little backwards about henry and jude's swings
but also fits their personalities...
wearing her kitty in the ergo
girl's night to a dinner and movie with my friends
i happened to see natalie there, too
on our way to eagle island for the day

with karly (who was visiting from california) and mandy and a few other friends
hazel loved karly's baby

riding the roller skate
eleanor loves her kitties and takes such good care of them
girl's night with these girls before karly left to go back home
monkey
lunch with michael
eleanor comes up with the best outfits and feels so proud of them
i rearranged a bit while michael and noah were gone camping
they went to silver city and had the best time
meanwhile at home i took the other kids to the farmer's market and camelback park




then we were hanging out at home until i guy called me saying michael didn't have reception but was stranded because the alternator went out on the truck and i needed to go get him
so we loaded up in the car and went and found our boys
it was an adventurous day
and i'm glad michael took the time to go camping and make memories with noah 
i made myself a jumpsuit
all the cool kids on the tramp
henry loves himself a ponytail
i love his cheeky smile
summer's pretty great

June 26, 2018

adventures in utah on our way home from california and FATHER'S DAY

gas station excitement on the drive

 when we got to st george
we took the kids to see incredibles 2
they were dying to see it and loved it
 these two couldn't quite sit through it after a long day in the car
 picking up dinner at harmons
happy father's day to michael...in a hotel room :)

 slurpee stop
 we stopped in salt lake to see the temple
and visitor's center
and happened to see debbie dempsey, who was a stake yw leader when i was young
and she was in our ward when michael and i got married
 a picture with their dad for father's day
 family picture in front of the temple
 the kids loved seeing the Christus statue
 even though it wasn't the most traditional father's day 
i hope michael knows how much we love and adore him
and that we think he's the best ever