Getting Nice and Dirty

We had so much fun this year on Heath's annual family camping trip! I like camping but seriously, I do it for Jace because he loves it so much! He had a blast being with his cousins. They took trips to the Fish Hatchery, played rounds of baseball, (notice Jace as the catcher) roasted marshmallows and just got real nice and dirty! We had quite an adventure this year when a HUGE storm hit our camp. Within 5 minutes of rain, thunder, lightning and hail, our canopy was collapsing on us, water was past our ankles, we were huddled together in a ball because it got so cold. The temperature just dropped so fast!

I was very impressed with the men--they knew just what to do. They all went out in the pouring rain and dug trenches and a draining system around our whole camp to drain it. What boy scouts! I just know if it was us women, we would've been piled in our cars waiting for the storm to pass. It was a pretty traumatic experience for the kids. Jace still talks about it and how daddy saved us. What a memory. Oh, and lightning hit the camp site right next to us--that's just a little too close for comfort. It's always so great to get together and just enjoy the outdoors. It's beautiful out there and I am grateful Jace gets the opportunity to take part in this tradition. Hope we can come next year.

The Pains of Cravings

I absolutely am craving Pinkberry yogurt right now. It's the most refreshing frozen yogurt I've ever had. I even bought yogurt and freezed it hoping it would taste the same--not even close!!! But, seeing as my craving is miles and miles away, I don't think I'll be able to quench it tonight. I just looked up the locations in hopes of one being in CO--it's not! Only California and New York! I guess it's true.... absence makes the heart swirl fonder...and for me, that will be until December. Until then Pinkberry.

Catch Me if You Can

I made these thread catchers with my mom a couple weeks ago! I have to say, I am super proud of them! They are so cute and definitely handy! They were kind of difficult to put together because the directions were SO confusing. This experience just reinforced my belief in patterns being not so useful at times. When all else fails, use common sense! The top is a sand bag to hold it down but also works as a pin cushion and the hoop catches all the threads, fabric strips and scraps in one place! I love them!

Joys of Packing

Jace is being quite the helper these days...when he's not inside the boxes :) We've been up to our ears in boxes lately. We have so much to do still but I'm just taking it a day at a time. I love that Jace can fit into the box with the lid close. He's such a little munchkin! We've been trying to prepare him for the move...and the baby...and the new house...and the new weather. It's quite a bit for a toddler to take in but we are hoping and praying he will be resilient!

Hello Hello Again

Hello again to the blogging world. I've been MIA for a while now. Sorry! As you'll see in the below posts, we've had a lot going on on top of getting ready to move! Blogging has kind of become like a very good friend to me--one I haven't spoken to in a while, so I keep putting it off because there's just too much to catch up on. We'll this is me trying to catch up.

My life these past weeks have been filled with searching the internet non-stop for housing, securing education loans, getting insurance for Colorado, packing everyday, worrying about things I have no control over, not sleeping very well at night, and pretty much losing my mind at times. I am happy to say that just today we got approved for the townhouse we want so I can check that off my list! Yeah!! We'll be heading out the first week in August for our new adventures in Denver.

These pictures are from our Fabulous Fourth of July! It was such a fun day!! Heath's parents took us to see WALLE. Jace LOVED it and I too thought it was a very cute and creative movie. I was surprised how many times I laughed out loud :) Then we went swimming, ate yummy food, spent time with lots of family and watched fireworks for the finale of a great day! That's a picture of my sister-in-law and my new niece. She was born two months ago at only 31 weeks and she's truly a miracle!

Girls Havin Fun

Well, a few weeks ago, we had our annual Girl's Weekend! We had so much fun! I had the best time ever. I really needed this! The first time we had it, I missed Jace terribly. So, the second time, I brought him and it was hard to enjoy myself as much. Third time's a charm!!! I left Jace and decided to have a TRUE girl's weekend for myself. We laughed so much and had so much fun together. It was so nice to just enjoy my family and we can just be completely ourselves! We had some fun shopping trips to Anthropologie! A couple trips to the best frozen yogurt place, Pink Perry! Attended the Newport Beach Temple together! We also had some great mexican food down at the Pier. Last of all, we went to see WICKED!!!! I loved it! As we were taking pictures, a limo drove by and we all commented that it would've been so fun for it to be for us. Guess what! It was!!! My sister, Alison arranged it all! We were all so shocked and thrilled! We rode to Wicked in style. When we got out of the limo, we all kept our sunglasses on so people would think we were some famous gals! The show was amazing! The music was inspiring! I really loved it! I can't wait for next year! I love you Alison, Tiffany, Jenn and Mom!

California knows how to party

Couple weeks ago, Jace and I went and spent a week with my parents in California and we had so much fun!! His great grandparents came too and between everybody, Jace got plenty spoiled! We went to the beach, the park, the movies and saw Kung Fu Panda, an indoor play gym, watered the garden with Grandma, danced a jig with some outdoor music, got really dirty in the mud, ate yummy oranges and strawberries and so much more.

He certainly had an adventure with his cousin, Haylee with some paint. All I have to say is, when the cats away, the mice will play! The women left the men in charge for 30 minutes and came back to this beautiful piece of art in the backyard! The men had fun cleaning it all up!!!

We had such a great time and Heath drove up the last couple days to watch Jace so I could go to Huntington Beach for Girl's Weekend!!! Wahoo...more coming on that.