Jam Packed June

Holy cow we really packed it in all June! The day after Brandon and I got back from Vegas, we went and hiked to the poppies again with Amy's family too this time. We were supposed to hike to Battlecreek Falls with the hiking group but Amy and Kristen thought it would be too hard with their littles so we did the poppies again and they were still beautiful.

After that we hit up the free swim day at Pleasant Grove pool for Strawberry Days. It actually wasn't terrible. And I took the kids to Purple Turtle after for strawberry ice cream. It was a great summer day!

Randomly ran into Harper and Hudson at the pool!

And Ellery who was there with Harper!

The next day (I think, might have been two days later) we went to This is the Place for a free day up there. It was a lot of fun and the weather was amazingly cold ish and overcast to start out. When it got hot later, we really appreciated the cooler weather we started with. 

There is a ton to do there, we didn't even see half of it.

This horse had a little episode when a bigger girl got on it, and kind of fell onto its neck, it freaked out and ended up kicking Dani over to the ground. So sad!

Fun little train ride with beautiful views.

So fun to see these old buildings. Crazy to walk inside some of the tiny cabins that those pioneer families lived in.

This is a sight that makes me so happy! The kids have been reading and doing math this summer! I'm so proud of them. Mckinley reads all the time and can't find enough time to read her books, the others hate it and they hate me for making them do it, but I'm trying my best to not give up and keep having them do it! Trying to avoid a bad summer slide.

We got to serve at the Bishop's Storehouse with the Murri's and all these little cousins tagged along which was kind of a pain, but we got through it!

Kallie and Tyler went to Maple Dell for the day with activity days and missed out on the Bishop's Storehouse with us this time.

Another pond day!

We outlasted everyone else this time. I love being up there. Kayaking is so fun and it's so beautiful there.

My family did sealings in the temple as a Father's Day gift to my dad.

Back to Airborne and Navy got to come with us this time.

Anniversary Trip to Vegas

We lucked out with the chance to go to Vegas for the Agents United trip. Jason and Shannon should have taken this trip because we got the New Orleans one, but Jason had to stay home to go to stake young men's camp, so we got to go again. Which worked out perfectly because it was right on our 17th anniversary!

The first night they had a dinner for us and then we got to go see Mystere. Brandon doesn't love these shows, but I sure did! It was awesome!

Fountains at the Bellagio!!

Saturday we explored a bunch, walked around inside the Paris hotel for the first time ever, found a really fun candy shop we had never seen before, I got to try Giordano's for the first time.

Walked inside the Venetian for the first time in years.

And we got to see Nate Bagatze on his last night there for the season. His show was sooooo good. 100% clean and just so so funny. His opening acts were amazing too. Such a great night!

 We loved this trip and were so grateful to Ross for taking care of the kids alone for us while we were gone!

Summer - Week 2

The day after I got back from Vegas we joined Kristen's hiking group and hiked to the Alpine Poppies. It was a super short hike and the poppies were beautiful!

Tyler was so excited to see sego lily's, Utah's state flower, after just having learned about them doing his county report.

Swimming at Krista Gray's pool. She's so great to always invite us!

The kids got to ride in a golf cart during a golf tournament Brandon played in.

Scooter ride to the sand park.

Saratoga Springs Temple open house.

 

Salmon Girls Trip to Vegas

Thursday after the zoo we hit up the library and then I was packing for my trip to Vegas the next day.

Friday morning I left bright and early to fly to Vegas for our girls trip we had talked about for years and years and finally made happen.

Our flight was delayed for two hours and between that and getting the rental car, we could have driven there faster.

But we finally made it and the pool and resort were great. We were so sad Chandra decided not to come but everyone else made it!

We had lots of time relaxing by the pool, got Trader Joe's salads and ate them by the pool.

Acai bowls.

Cheesecake factory for dinner.

Squished into one car to go to the Bellagio.

Waited for a while to see a fountain show and then got to see three right in a row!

Did a little outlet shopping and flew home to our families.

Fun and relaxing trip! I got home and we rushed right over to the first concert in the park for the year.