The rest of July

Once again I am behind on blogging so its time to play catch up!

July 19th: Amanda and Angela were in town and we decided it was the perfect time to go wedding dress shopping for Amanda! She had already been up in Provo with Alena, my mom and Dad but Angela and I had yet to see her try on any dresses. Since Alena had previously gone she volunteered to stay home with our kids (she is the best!) and Angela, Mom, Grandma Olson and I all went. It was so fun watching her try on all the beautiful dresses and she looked gorgeous in all of them! On stood out above the others and it was the same one she and the rest of the clan loved at the Provo store! It was meant to be her dress!

When we got back the kids were playing so cute together! The girls were playing together

and the boys were playing together :)

They love their aunt Alena!

July 20th: Bailey trying to wake up Daddy!

We went over to grandmas to swim and play with cousins

Then we had a Krave one of course! (a must when they come into town!)

July 21st: Happy birthday to Angela! We went over and hung out with the family again. Amanda and Craig got their engagement pictures done that night by Alyssa. They turned out awesome! Here are just a few of my faves. Oh and another Krave run to celebrate the birthday girl!

July 22nd: Bachelorette finale! I loved the Bachelorette this season with Emily Maynard. She is so sweet! It was fun watching this season because a local boy from St. George was on that Skyler went to high school with. Not only was he on it, but he won! They are the cutest couple and I feel like their love is actually genuine and real. I hope they last and find there happy ever after! (cheesy i know!)

July 23rd: Alena was picked to be a Senior Spokes Model for Shannon Kneading Photography and I got to go on the shoot with them! What a model Alena is! I can't wait to see the finished product! She did awesome! Here are a few snapped by my phone during the day!

July 24th: Happy birthday to the greatest husband, friend, and father I know! Skyler turned 27 today! He wanted to escape the heat and go up to his grandparents cabin in pine valley! The weather was great! We made steaks, dutch oven potatoes, and had some yummy sides to go along with it! It was delicious! Skyler requested to have Scotcharoos instead of his cake because they are his favorite. We ended the day singing happy birthday and eating dessert and then headed back home. It was a great day!

Bailey loves being tossed in the air!

July 26th: Had so fun and learned how to add at the same time! Also got some target and aim practice in :)

That night we went and watched Skyler play basketball! His team only had 4 guys show up and they were playing one of the hardest teams! Skyler's team ended up winning the game! It was so exciting!

July 27th: We went and swam over at my moms and Nate was doing cannonballs into the deep-end and swimming to the side! He has come so far with swimming this summer and hasn't even had lessons! So proud of him! 

Playing in the little pool with Bailey

That night we went over to the Estridges and ate dinner and hung out! The kids were having a fun time playing together! 

July 29th: Beautiful sunday night!

July 30th: Nate had a dentist appointment today and I always dread them! He is scared of the dentist and hates everything about it! He did the best he has ever done today, but there were still a few tears shed. It was the first time he didn't have to go back in the back room from crying so hard haha!

July 31st: We had a free night and the weather was nice so we took the kids over to Dixie Rock and did a little exploring and site seeing! It was so nice to be out together and the kids loved it!! It was a beautiful night and the sunsets were amazing! Skyler and Nate hiked the highest rock and thats them on top of the rock in the top picture with the sunset in the background. 

While the boys were off hiking and exploring Bailey had a little photo shoot :)

San Fransico!

July 13th: We surprised Skyler's mom for her 50th birthday with a trip to San Fransico that all her kids were taking her on! We scheduled it for July 13th so that Justin could be home and come with us. That was about the only week that nobody had to much going on too :) Thank goodness for a wonderful mom who agreed to watch my kids for the 5 days that we were gone! I know that is no easy task! I dropped the kids off with my mom about 2 so they could go down for naps and we left St. George about 3. When we got down to Vegas we went and ate dinner and shopped around at the mall thats next to the airport. Our flight was scheduled to leave at 9:50 so we got to the airport at about 7:30 to make sure we were at least 2 hours early. We got through the airport really fast and were sitting down waiting for our flight about 8:15. Next thing we knew some lady came by and told us our flight had been moved to depart out of a different gate. We rushed down to the other one and found out our flight was going to be an hour late. They came pushing back the time and our flight did not end up taking off until 11:30 and we didn't get to our hotel the night until after 1am. There were thunderstorms going on when we were flying so the flight was really bumpy and scary! I was so glad to be on the ground once we landed! The boys drove to San Fransico and met us there and they were completely exhausted as well. The plus side was I was able to get some TCBY at the airport...yum!

July 14th: We couldn't even sleep in in the morning because we were schedule to go see Alcatraz! So we got up and headed that way. We went and ate breakfast on Pier 39. 

Then we went and boarded Alcatraz Cruises...our first cruise ever :)

Riding over on the boat and the first part of Alcatraz

The outside

We took an audio tour of the inside of Alcatraz and it was so interesting! I learned a lot about it! Although it was cool, it was a little eery at the same time!

The views off the island

After Alcatraz we went and walked around Ghiradelli Square and Fishermans Wharf. We ate dinner down on the pier and had some fresh seafood.

July 15th: We woke up and drove down to San Jose to go and see the Winchester Mansion. This was another really cool place. She is the wife of the guy who made Winchester guns. She went crazy and felt like spirits were coming after her. She went and saw a Physic who told her she needed to buy a house under construction and as long as it was under construction the spirits wouldn't get her. So the house she bought was under construction for 24 hrs a day for 38 years! She did the most bizarre things! Like build staircases to the ceiling and doors that opened to walls or would drop down a few stories. It was really cool to walk through. They wouldn't let us take pictures of the inside so I just have a small picture of a small portion of the front. Skyler got his fortune told in the gift shop too :)

Then we went and saw the infinite loop! I think this was the highlight of the trip for the boys ha ha! They are apple obsessed and made sure this was one of our stops :) Then we went and ate lunch at chipolte...so yummy! We went back to san fransico and went shopping downtown. Then we went and ate at cheesecake factory! Thank goodness for all the walking we did so I didn't gain 100 lbs! 

July 16th: So for our last day in San Fransico we went down to China Town and walked through that.

Then we went and saw the Golden Gate Bridge!

The we drove down Lombard St. I couldn't really get a good picture of it, but it was cool!

Then we went and rode the trolley. While we were waiting for Amy to feed Zoey the boys had a race in the parking garage :) We went to look off point to where we saw fews of the city.

Then we decided to go somewhere for dinner where we could have fresh seafood again so we went to Joes Crab Shack. This was a fun night at dinner with dancing included :)

We had a lot of fun on our trip and it was nice to get away! I was so glad to come home to my two beautiful children though! I had missed them!

A little of this and that

July 5th: Bailey woke up at like 5am for some reason this morning and wouldn't go back to sleep! She finally fell back asleep in my arms about 7 but only for about 30 minutes. Then about 8:30 I set her on the couch because and she was back to sleep for another 30 minutes. To bad I never was able to back asleep!

That afternoon we went swimming and on the way home they were both completely zonked as soon as week started driving!

July 6th: Happy birthday to my cute niece Josie! They were in town because Justin had just gotten home so we were able to celebrate her birthday with her. They had a little party at the splash pad on main street. The kids had a blast!

July 7th: These 2 always make for a fun day! Love being their mom!

July 10th: Lazy day! It was 5:30pm and Nate was still in his pjs! Worst mom ever ha ha!

So after dinner we decided to finally get out of the house and go play for a little while! It was such a fun little family night!

July 12th: In the morning Nate and I went and saw The Lorax at the movie theatre with his friend Jayz. It was a cute movie and luckily I got to watch it in peace because Skyler stayed home with Bailey while she took a nap! 

When we went to the store that afternoon and I let the kids pick a toy to play with while we were in the store. Bailey picked they baby like the one she has at home and she was loving holding it! She was upset when I took away when we were checking out!

I was looking for Bailey and Nate and this is where I found them playing...silly kids!

That night there was a big fire down on the Arizona strip and then it started pouring down rain and thundering and lightening. The kids loved watching the rain outside the window. It was the perfect night to cuddle up on the couch and watch a movie and read stories!