Fall Recess

Is anyone else ready for a nice, long weekend?

Quilted Bags

My mom has some of her darling quilted bags for sale! If you are interested, come on over to my house and check them out between 4-8:00pm on the 24th. This photo shows one of my favorites, but there are so many different colors to choose from, as well as two different sizes. Each bag is hand-made, washable, and completely unique. You will love them!

Happy Birthday, Tiny!

Isabelle is honestly one of my very favorite people. Her beautiful blue eyes always seem to be sparkling. She is:

smart
kind
talented
funny
determined
happy...

The list goes on and on. I am so lucky to have her in my life, and I hope she knows how much she is loved--especially on her special day! Happy 8th birthday!

Summer Storms

We took this photo just a few minutes ago...Luke called and told us we had to go outside and look at this beautiful rainbow. I'm so glad he did! The wind was blowing our hair, and little raindrops were kissing our cheeks. It was so perfect that we stayed outside for a while and did cartwheels on the grass. And giggled. Then Dylan grabbed his umbrella and turned into "Mr. Poppins", but he almost blew away, so we decided to come inside :)

Bear Lake

We had a great time this weekend. It went by too fast, but we still managed to fit in a lot of fun.
We went to Hill Air Force Base...

We played at the park...


We had fun in the lake...

Played on the beach...


Went for a hike...

Ate fresh raspberry shakes, made yummy food, visited family, slept in, sat in the sky chairs, played games...too much fun to fit into one post! We can't wait to go back. Thanks to the Robbins for going with us and making it such a great weekend!

Top 3 Reasons I'm Having a Great Day...

1. I'm done teaching for the week.
2. Sarah and I just got home from the Patagonia sale. Score!
3. It's a long weekend, and we're headed to the lake tomorrow.

I'm so happy right now.

Antelope Island

Luke and I thought we would treat the kids to a trip out to Antelope Island. Things started off really great. Right when we got there, we saw a buffalo. He was huge, and Dylan was so excited. We got out the binoculars to check him out close up. Totally cool.

Then we walked over to the visitor's center and stopped to take a photo by this buffalo. The kids wanted us to hurry up and take the picture because it was hot and the sun was in their eyes. Not quite as cool.

Then, as we were walking toward the front door, Luke spotted this spider. When we got inside, we learned that it is an orb weaver, and they are all over the island. Very uncool.

We jumped in the car to drive around and spot some antelope. We wanted a photo of the kids with the buffalo in the background, so we asked them to stop and pose. Izzy was frantically looking around for more spiders, and it was obvious that she was already over it. Five minutes on Antelope Island and she was already done.

We didn't see any antelope while we drove, but we saw tons of buffalo, and a flock of pelicans. We stopped at the Garr Ranch to look at the old houses and equipment, and ended up seeing a great horned owl. Ok, that was pretty cool, but we still decided to call it a day. We headed back to the causeway, but made a quick pit-stop to walk down to the lake since we probably won't go back anytime soon. Dylan borrowed my shoes.

We had to walk through a fog of thousands of brine flies at the edge of the water, but once we got in, it was umm, nice. Izzy just wanted to know why it smelled like cabbage. Ok, point taken. Not. Cool.

Izzy and I walked back together, and I promised her ice cream for being a good sport. Luke took a picture of us right before a brine fly flew right into my eye. Good timing.

We stopped and got soft serve toppers at Artic Circle on the way home. I can't remember what got us giggling, but all four of us were sitting there eating ice cream, smelling like the Great Salt Lake (aka cabbage), laughing. Really hard. It was so funny, and made the day worth it. Spiders and all. Cool.