BBQ at the Larsen's

This first picture is Davis climbing the tree in my parents front yard. Well, Grandpa lifted him up into it and then he moved around a little. He was pretty excited about it!
Emery and Aunt Sammy. We had so much fun with her...wish we could go on play dates every week with them!

Grandma Larsen, Davis and Cousin Andrew.

Baby Alivia. She is seriously the sweetest. I could hang out with her all day!
Enjoying some home made raspberry ice cream, Grandpa Wright's specialty. Yum!
Andrew and Emery

Silver Lake

We went up to Silver Lake in Big Cottonwood Canyon one of the first days we were there. I think the thing I miss the most is the mountains so it was amazing to be up there. Davis loved every second of it and asked to go to the mountains almost every day we were on our trip. We went with Grandma and Grandpa Wright and my Grandma Lindsay and Aunt Diane came along for the first part of our outing, but I didn't get a picture of them. It was so beautiful up there.


There was a ton of water...there was a couple of spots that the walk way was covered with water and don't worry, Davis did get in the lake. It happened super quick but he left behind his flip flops and my Dad had to dig them out of the lake.


Snow in July. I couldn't believe it. It was pretty chilly up there and we weren't really prepared for the occasion with our flip flops and no jackets.
Watching a moose run through the lake. It was pretty cool to see. He was huge!

Our Utah Trip

The next few posts will be of our trip to Utah. Steve went on a business trip to Atlanta (his home away from home, unfortunately!) for 3 weeks, so I decided there was no way we were staying home along that entire time! The kids and I got to go to Utah for two weeks and we had the best time. I took a ton of pictures, so here we go...

I was so stressed about flying with the kids by myself. Overall, it was better than I expected but I didn't expect much, so lets just say it wasn't great! We made it there and back in one piece, and that was good enough I guess! Here are the crazies on the one flight out of 4 that I was able to have a seat for Emery's car seat. It was the best leg by far!

Happy 4th of July

We had a great 4th of July here in Kentucky. The last 2 years, Steve has been out of town on the 4th so we were super happy to have him here and celebrate together!

Isn't this dress to die for? I can't stand how cute Emery looks in it. Aunt Jenny got it for her and I wish she could wear it every Sunday. She is my patriotic girl. Davis was already at church with Steve so I didn't get a picture of him...

We celebrated the 4th with a BBQ, of course. Good times with the Larsen's and the Madsen's. These two boys never stop making me laugh. They are just trouble together. Cute trouble, but trouble all the same!

Watching fireworks...the city made the huge fireworks legal this year, so it was hard for our fun box of 'street' fireworks to compete with everything going on in the sky around us, but it made for a good show. I think the kids loved it.

Emery and her best little friend, Kennedi. They are 3 months apart and just so cute!


Our pyrotechnic experts at work. This always makes me a little nervous...

Emery watching fireworks with one of her very favorite people, Uncle Keith.

Learning New Chores

This summer Davis has been working on learning some new chores. He is turning into quite the helper. He can wash windows and mirrors, vacuum the kitchen floor, clean up any room, do the dishes, etc. While we stayed at Grandpa and Grandma's house he learned how to feed the dog (it was super cute, but I don't think he will be needing that skill anytime soon at our house), take out the trash and anything else Grandma needed help with. I think being out of school has been a little hard for him...he does really well with the structure school gives, so having chores to do every day has helped us have some more structure at our house! I am so proud of this big boy!
Of course, Emery had to get in on the cleaning action. She wants to do everything that Davis does.

Coloring

I should of gotten a picture of her with the marker, but Emery got into Davis' markers and colored herself. I think she did a pretty good job! She did it again while we were visiting my parents last week with a pen she found. I am not sure why coloring ourselves is a good idea, but she actually really likes to color on paper, too. She is much more interested in it than Davis was at her age. I think I have an artist on my hands. Hopefully she will stick to legs and paper and not my walls!

Whole lot of Nothing!

Sadly, I haven't even taken one picture since I last posted. So, a picture-less update, I guess! We (the kids and I) are going to Salt Lake soon while Steve works down in Atlanta (after the last long trip he had down there I decided there was no way I was staying here alone!) so hopefully we will take some fun pictures on our trip. The thought of flying with Emery is already giving me anxiety. Seriously, she is horrible. I don't think it is possible for her to hold still. She is a happy camper as long as she gets to do whatever she wants:) It's going to be ugly. I need to quit stressing about it because the anticipation will just make it worse.

So we have been doing a lot of swimming (except for the last week has been a little rainy), working out and the kids love playing at the YMCA, and just enjoying our summer. Grandma Larsen came to visit for a couple of weeks so we had lots of time with Grandma and cousins. We loved having her here and when we put her bed away, Davis was adamant that she was coming back and was mad at us for putting her bed away!

I got a new silhouette craft cutter and I have been putting vinyl on everything in our house. I love it! Speaking of crafts (sort of ) I am obsessed with Pinterest. If you haven't seen it, it is a website where you can visually organize things you find online on virtual 'corkboards'. So instead of bookmarking a tutorial for something I find that I want to make, I 'pin' it on Pinterest and put it in an appropriate category that I created and then it puts it on my corkboard for that category. I don't know if that makes sense but if you haven't been on there, you should check it out. You can also follow people and see what they are pinning and get even more ideas. I love it! There are so many fun ideas out there and this in an amazing way to organize them and have them at your fingertips. If you want an invite, let me know.

I really can't think of much else exciting to report...Steve is outside trying to teach Davis to ride a bike (somewhat unsuccessfully, I think :) so I better head out. Happy Sunday and hopefully I will be back soon with a better post!!