Trip to St. George

 We went to one week of school, and then took off to St. George. We had to be down there for an HOA meeting and we decided to make a vacation out of it. None of the other cousins came so it was just us, and we had a lot of fun. Other than Brandon working a bunch while we were there...

This trip was the trip of all trips and we will remember it forever. This is a cute girl named Sunny who was there on vacation with her family too. She was Ava's exact age and she was super daring in the pool. Which encouraged Ava to be brave too and Ava started swimming without her floaties! Seriously, it shocked us and she got sooo good at swimming!

The exercise room is super exciting for the kids and it's usually part of their plans that they make before our trips.

We stayed in the new unit that we had never seen before and we loved it!

The deck is just heavenly. We enjoyed watching a really cool lightning storm out there one night.

Back to School!

The kids got to return to school! Which is quite lucky during the global pandemic. A lot of other people had to do online learning or just a couple of half days a week at school and the rest at home. I feel so grateful that our kids were allowed to go back for 5 days a week, just 5 hours a day instead of 6 hours a day, which turns out is actually a really great schedule and we absolutely love it.

Before they went back, we finished out our summer with more fun. Lemonade stand with friends and cousins.

Lots of playing outside.

Picnic at Nielson's Grove.

Had to document the cuteness of his legs hanging out of his crib.

Before and after of Tyler's haircut.

And finally August 18th arrived! The kids were so excited to go back to school!

Picture out by the school of all the Salmon kids, including Hadlee who moved here from Seattle. (And Ava who wanted to be in the picture even though she has 2 more years to wait till it's her turn.)

After school I surprised the kids and took them to Airborne with Kristen's family. We brought Kiara along too.

 

August fun

I finally made it to Maria Bonita to get my drink!!!

It cost as much as my meal but it was worth it!

Then the food had to go and be amazing too!!!

Back to the cabin, without Brandon again. But this time I just drove the kids up for the day and didn't stay overnight. It was so nice to do it that way! I was able to see my cousins and get out of the house for a day which was very much needed.

It was just 4 weeks after our last trip and the lake had gone down so much! It wasn't pretty to look at, and we didn't go out on the kayaks at all. That first trip in June/early July is the best time to be at the cabin!

Brandon's favorite place to be, watching a show with his kids. They quickly binge watched all of Avatar, Korra, and the Dragon Prince.

I had my first and second experiences at an escape room. We had a great time!

We had another amazing pond day with family and friends. The kids were so sad when I told them we had to leave, 5 and a half hours later, ha ha.

We have had tons of fun with Tara and Chandra in town for over 3 weeks. We got lots of cousin time in and got some much needed entertainment.

Swimming at Scera. Forgot to take any pictures till we were walking out.

I have the best video of Jackson scootering all across the basketball court! So crazy that he figured it out.

So great to be able to spend so much time with Tara's kids these last few weeks!