I think this is all the rest of July...!

My Birthday!

As per her usual, my mom let me choose dinner and dessert for my birthday! I choose Greek lettuce wraps and cheesecake. And she delivers, she made me this DELICIOUS cheesecake special. YUMMY!!

Justin was SO sweet and planned a little overnight-er around the Little America Breakfast--cause it's my favorite and we rarely get to go, that breakfast is a big deal to me.  The sweetheart booked a night AT Little America so we could be right there to eat the breakfast-cause I'm pregnent and I need breakfast asap when I wake...;) Before we checked in we went went to City Creek and and had SUCH a good time and then ate a delicious dinner at this nice place outside and had "2nd dinner" at Bruges Waffle and Fites, oh my yum. It was GREAT! THEN we went and checked in and they told us that the Breakfast Buffet was closed!! Till September!! We were beyond bummed. The highlight of food was ruined. So in the morning we got up and checked out and almost starved waiting to eat at this weird place. Evil Little America dropped the ball and ruined breakfast. All Justin's hard work...! But it's okay, we went to Park City afterwards and shopped and shopped. Not even Little America canceling the best breakfast ever could ruin the day, It was really, really fun. Justin is the best to be so thoughtful. I love him so much.

Thanks Mom for watching our kids!!

 Steel Days!

  

Steel Days courtesy of Debbie and Preston. It was really relaxed and fun, snow cones and snacks and glow sticks make for a pretty cool get-together!:)

  

Look how cute the kids are! They got pretty hyper...:) 

    

They had a really good time, in case you can't tell...!:)

   

   

 Pioneer Day!

 

Lisa threw an awesome water party for Pioneer Day! Grama gave a devotional, and there were marshmallows and Uncle Gord brought the COOLEST fireworks. It was SUCH a great time!!

  

  

  

Stewart Falls Hike!

This one time when I was super pregnant I hiked Stewart falls. That is a WAAAY longer hike than I remembered! And on the darn website it says it's a "kid friendly hike"--only if your kids are not pregnant or are not kids. My mom and Chanel took turns carrying 30lb Rod the ENTIRE way back while he slept--it was AT LEAST an hour. I guess he might have been able to do it if it had been earlier in the day, or if we had food. I don't know. All I know is that hike was PACKED and we just kept passing whinny kid after whinny kid, parent trying to coax their child to keep walking and not get heat stroke. And I felt like telling them, "Just turn around! You are not even close, you are going to end up dragging that screaming 4 year old the whole way!  For the love, turn around." It's just not an "easy" hike, everyone says it's "easy". Well not for pregnant women or children. And yet, the amount that I saw, the masses of sweaty, panting, pregnant women and their crying children...Not to mention me and my children, boy did I feel dumb. The hike up was okay, but then you had to come back!! I felt like I was going to die. And it was HOT. HOT. HOT. And we didn't have any food because we didn't know it was going to take 3 hours. On the bright side, these pictures are cute, and the falls are really pretty, and I love my family.

 

  

 

 

 Haha, and my mom and sisters ran through the waterfall. Jax was beyond Jealous. His mean mom wouldn't let him. The chaffing and whinning that goes along with a 5 year old being soaking wet while hiking is something I didn't want to be a part of. Also the dirt that turns to mud. Anwyay...he'll never forgive me. Love you Jax!!

The amount of fun things we did this summer with family is just unreal. My kids have been in heaven. And I just love when they are happy. Yay for good times with family!!