Summer Fun!

We have been having such a fun summer that I have put off posting about it. Honestly, we have been away from the house a lot so I haven't spent too much time on the computer. Some exciting news for those of you who don't know, Tyler got a math teaching job at Tooele High, so we will be moving out there the first part of August! We are very excited for this new chapter in our lives but also sad to leave Logan, we have made some good friends up here.

Now on to the fun summer we have been having. Oh about a month ago the girls and I went with Aunt Cami to the Treehouse museum in Ogden. Sophie had a blast dragging her poor preggo aunt around the whole museum. They had tea parties, drew with water on stones, brushed teeth, played with blocks....you name it they did it!

Cami and Sophie having a tea party.

Then at the end of June we went with some friends to the Manti Pageant. We had such a good time. Tyler and I visited our favorite pizza place in the whole world!!! FAT JACKS (now called Roy's Pizza)!!! We gorged ourselves on the much coveted fat sticks...man oh man were they good!!! After that we got our hotel, saved us some seats at the temple and headed to the tabernacle for dinner. We ate dinner and then headed back to the temple for the pageant. Sophie only made it through about 40 minutes and then crashed on Tyler's lap. Zoe...well I'm sure you can guess that she was out from the start! On the way home we stopped by Tyler's sister and let Sophie and Zoe play with their cousins for a while. We came home tired and happy, it was a great weekend.

Here we are at the pageant.

On the fourth of July my mom came out for a few days. We played lots while she was here. Shopping, swimming, shopping....did I mention shopping, and we helped my little sister make a quilt for her baby girl that is due in September. Sophie and Zoe had so much fun with Grandma and Aunt Cami, it was hard to get them home!

Uncle Bowen, Aunt Cami, Grandma and Zoe waiting for the parade to start.

Daddy and Sophie waiting for the parade to start.

Grandma cuddling a very tired Zoe at our little picnic at the park after the parade.

Sophie playing with the bubbles she won at the fish pond.

Sophie and Grandma waiting for the fireworks. Sophie actually made it through the whole night! She loved ooing and awing the fireworks.

Now for my little Zoe. She is getting big so fast! Here she is, four months old, it seems like it took Sophie forever to get to this point! She loves to coo and roll over. In all honesty I think I am going to have another little chatter box on my hands!

Having fun in her bouncer!

Trying rice cereal for the first time. It went better than the look on her face suggests!

Finally, my Sophie. I bought her a princess backpack for church (to carry all her stuff in so I don't have to haul it all, along with a full diaper bag). She is in love with the stinkin' thing. So far she sleeps with it and is constantly wearing it all around the house. She is even pretending to go to school! Gotta love her!

Here is the bag that never comes off!

Introducing

SWEET LULLIBIES.

I am starting a little business called Sweet Lullibies. So far I only have bows but am planning on selling binki leashes, burp cloths, slings, etc. I can even do announcements/invitations.

So check it out at sweetlullibies.etsy.com and spread the word!

Lagoon

On Wednesday we went to Lagoon with Tyler's parents, nieces and nephews. We had so much fun even though mother nature decided to drench us with a torrent of rain every now and then. Sophie had so much fun on the rides. At first she didn't know what to think about them and would tell the rides to stop because it was scary. Then as soon as the ride was over she would declare, "That was FUN!" even though her little face during most of the ride looked petrified!

Bodie and Sophie riding the boats.

All of us on the train.

Daddy and Zoe waiting for Sophie to get off a ride.

Grandma let Bodie and Sophie have the Cheez Whiz and crackers, while we waited for the big kids at the go carts. Bodie was trying to put the cheese on a Gold Fish cracker for Sophie. He finally got it and Sophie wouldn't eat it...it was pretty funny.

Daddy and Sophie on the Flying Aces. My brave little girl!!!

Warding off the torrential downpour in her stylish pink poncho!

Sophie loved her horse on the carousel.

Josie and Sophie on the train.

Daddy and Zoe on the train.

Sophie zapping the kid in front of her with laser beams...lol.

By 6pm we had two tired kids, one of which was hyped up on sugar and fell asleep with the straw of her milk still in her mouth. Success!

Lava Hot Springs

This past week, Tyler had vacation from UPS so we decided to take off to Lava for a camping trip. We arrived on Wednesday and set up camp, walked around Lava and then cooked dinner over the fire and enjoyed delicious s'mores. Then Thursday we spent all day at the pool, much to Sophie's delight. And we came home on Friday. Here are some pictures of all the fun we had:
Here is Sophie barreling down the kiddie slide, she wanted to try the bigger slides but she wasn't tall enough. Bummer because I think she would have loved them!

Poor Zoe had to hang out with either Tyler or I under the shade umbrella. Does anyone know why infants under 6 months can't wear sunscreen?? She did enjoy a long nap and having funny faces pulled at her, though.

Tyler and Sophie being silly in the pool. We couldn't get Sophie out of the pool very easily. She would come to the grass long enough for a handful of snack, maybe a drink of water, and a very hurried reapplication of sunscreen before she took off back to the pool.

Me and Zoe just chillin' at the campsite, while Tyler was putting up the tent. Isn't she adorable!?

Thursday morning before we went to the pool, Sophie decorated a foam visor with foam stickers. It occupied her for 30 minutes or so. She loved it and kept calling the visor her "surprise hat!" It was really cute.

Here I am teaching Sophie the proper way to cook a marshmallow. She didn't really liked them cooked but gorged herself on graham crackers and chocolate bars, little stinker, how can you say no to them when your on vacation?!?!

This is Sophie trying once again to get back into the tent. She loved the princess sleeping bag/bed we got her and it was a constant battle to keep her outside. When we're home I can't keep her in the house and when we're camping I can't keep her outside, go figure!

Zoe and I trying to keep ourselves entertained while Tyler and Sophie tried to get their kite aloft.

Tyler and Sophie trying to fly their kite. Or more correctly, Sophie getting tangled up in the string and Tyler trying to untangle her and put the kite together at the same time, it was quite amusing.

Tyler and Sophie at the Sunken Gardens.

Sunken Gardens.

We were worried about freezing with two children at night, but surprisingly we all slept through both night without any chaos! Even Zoe slept until 4 a.m. which is what she does at home!!!!

A Regular Picaso

Sophie has been drawing a lot lately and these are some pictures of her people. She draws circles for the heads, eyes, nose and a mouth. She even draws the body, arms and legs. What can I say, she takes after me and my love for drawing, who knew it would happen so soon though. My little Picaso!