Thursday, June 26, 2025

June

This summer was actually quite rough for me, mentally. But looking back on it after the fact is helping me see that we made a lot of great memories and did so many fun things over the summer!

Taking these two to splash pads until they grow out of them like the rest of the kids!

Ava and Jackson both played baseball this summer for the first time. Ava's was machine pitch, Jackson's was coach pitch.



Provo Rec swimming again.

I convinced Brandon to come with us to the zoo this year. I love visiting the zoo. He doesn't. But I was grateful he came! 






Classic fun center bounce house, which is now gone.

Mckinley went to FSY at BYU this year with Greta and had a great time, despite a few cranky girls who were in their group.



Scera pool with friends. Kallie and Maddie.

Nico, Merrick, and Tyler.

Ava and Teagan.

We went to Nickel Mania to try it out instead of our usual Nickel City.


Tyler fell in love with this old school game!

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Blue Jack

Oh my goodness, I probably should have split Blue Jack up into multiple posts. There are soooooo many pictures I want to include. 

Chandra invited the whole family to go to Blue Jack in Houston. It's a golf course resort where they own a couple vacation homes. A bunch of us were able to go and boy, did we have a good time!

Much better flying to Houston this time out of Provo and on a direct flight!

Blue Jack is up in the mountains and it was absolutely stunning having the pool and golf course surrounded by tall trees. It was so gorgeous.

The resort was full of all sorts of fun stuff for the kids to do.

There was a couple of big fields where you could play soccer, wiffle ball, football, and the kids had so much fun with their cousins!

Driving around everywhere on golf carts was super fun.



One of my favorite things was that they had bikes all over that you could just take and ride! And then someone would pick them up from your house and bring them back where they go.

The boys had so much fun fishing in the pond and caught so many fish! (Or more likely the same few fish over and over.)



The house we stayed in was incredible with a screened in deck and swinging couch. It was heavenly.



Tyler and Kade on the range.

The pond just spoke to me, I think this was a lot of why I absolutely loved Blue Jack so much.


 Roland took the boys boating one day and the girls boating another day.

And oh, the frogs! I love frogs so much and we had such a good time catching and holding them.

Fun outdoor movie one night!


Chandra planned so many fun crafts and things for the kids to do together. They were all in heaven.


The candy shacks were pretty fun.




This was the lady's lounge inside the bathroom at the gym. So fancy!

We snuck some of the kids over to the adults only pool.







These guys are holding the tiniest little frogs!!



Brandon went golfing with the men.



I had a great time out on the paddle boats!








Okay this was the most amazing memory. We were out by the pond and the rain started coming down and we could see it across the pond. It looked like fish jumping. But we realized it was rain and it was RACING towards us so we RAN to our house and got slightly drenched but oh my heavens, it was the coolest thing ever.

We had to take this pic to remember getting drenched in the rain that we could SEE chasing us!

Brandon and I went out for an anniversary dinner one night on our own. It was super fun.


Fanciest Caesar salad I've ever seen. With actual anchovies on top!


We ventured out one day to go to Buc-ee's for the first time. It was amazing.




The 18 hole putting course was so much fun!


Adult dinner.








The girls boating trip ended in one of the craziest rain storms/experiences we've ever had!


Brandon, Mckinley, and I stayed back with Roland to help him get his boat off the lake and he had to back it into the garage by himself for the first time ever.


It was quite the adventure and we were so proud we did it!



Delicious street tacos made to order.

Paddle bikes! So fun!




Evening dip in the cold plunge/hot tub.

Worn out kids after a week of so much fun!!! It was a trip to remember.