Show me the love!!!

Our sweet little Peyton is a very loving girl. She loves Axton.

And Grandpa.

And Grandma.

And Shayla.

And Uncle Danny.

But NOT Ronald McDonald! She is DEATHLY afraid of him. (as you can see by her burying herself in Grandpa's neck) Ha!

One FUN date!

A few days after our trip to Lagoon with Scott's company Scott and I got to head back. Alone! We got "bounce back" tickets so it only cost $9 each. Woo hoo! It was a really good thing too since we didn't go one 1 adult ride when we had the kids. Lagoon has some of the funnest roller coasters, including one called the Samurai. It is, by far, the scariest coaster we have EVER been on. So fun, too! We rode that one 4 times. (puke!) We had a blast that night and felt like teenagers all over again!

We left when the park closed and thought it would be fun to drive to all the temples within our valley. First there was Bountiful....

Then Salt Lake, my absolute favorite.....

Then Draper...

And Jordan River...

And last was our very own, Oquirrh Mountain! It was a perfect way to end a perfect date. We feel so blessed to live within 40 minutes of 5 beautiful temples!!! It's definitely a huge bonus to living in Utah. :)

When we got home, this is what we found. How sweet!!! Thank you to Dad for babysitting Peyton. And thank you to Sarah and Kyle for watching Kaleigh and Shayla. (Mom was in Provo visiting Dan and Meg for a few days.)

Lagoon

On August 1st Scott's company, Kiewit, took all Utah employees and their families to Lagoon for the day. They also catered a lunch for us all. It was fabulous! Especially since that place is so expensive. We had a BLAST and stayed till almost 10pm. Sarah and Kyle came too. Here they are with Scott, Kay and Shay on the Rattlesnake Rapids right before being DRENCHED by the waterfall. WAY too funny! Scott and Kyle were dripping wet.

We went on a ride that was a lot scarier than expected. All 3 girls FREAKED out!

The day was PERFECT! We loved every minute of it. Thanks Kiewit! ;)

Oquirrh Mountain Temple

On the 28th we went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house. It was such a beautiful experience. The temple is absolutely breath taking inside. The Celestial Room brought Mom and I to tears immediately. I am so glad we went!!! I feel so blessed to live only 7 minutes from this beautiful temple. Needless to say, I will be going OFTEN!

The Birthday Girl!

Fortunately while family was in town it fell on Mom's actual Birthday. She turned the big 42 on July 27th! I tried to make the day as special as I could, so I made her a special breakfast.... Dad took her out to lunch and shopping that day and then us adults went to Goodwood for dinner...... (thanks for babysitting Suz!)

Here's Dad giving the Birthday girl a big fat kiss!

In tow was.....Danny and Megan,

Sarah and Kyle,

And Scott and I.

After the restaurant Dan and Meg had to head home and the rest of us headed to the movies to see "The Proposal". Kyle REALLY had to go to the bathroom and was afraid he wouldn't make it, so he used the trash can instead! LOL (awesome, I know! :))

We all loved the movie. Well, Dad pretended to. We had a great time together and hope Mom had a fun Birthday! We all love her soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!

(P.S., Mom WISHES she only turned 42!!!) ;)

Tender Moments

Anyone who knows me knows I take a ton of pictures. I do for the very reason that I feel life is short and relationships are what make life so wonderful, so why not capture those tender moments? Here are some pictures from when family was here that I feel are special.
The girls playing checkers outside of Cracker Barrel one night...
Shayla and Grandma have a very special bond. They just ADORE each other! I love how happy they look to be together...

Aunt Sarah is AWESOME because she's still willing to play Barbies with Kay and Shay!

And the girls LOVE her for that! (and many other reasons)

Kaleigh wrote Grandpa & Grandma a thank you note on her Magna Doodle.

This is sooo sweet!

And the girls adore Aunt Nancy! (Mom's BFF) Doesn't she look like she'd be their Grandma?!

Oh, and I LOVE my Axy-boy!!!

Mom, Sarah and I saw "My Sister's Keeper" together. As you can tell from the picture, we BAWLED!

The girls are in love with Sarah and Kyle!!! They are so good with our girls too.

Peyton and Grandpa are seriously buddies. She just can't get enough of him!

Such a good Grandma!

This is too cute. Both Axton and Peyton have a special bond with Suzie. They LOVE her!

Grandpa is too sweet! He read many books to his little side-kick.

Peyton loves Sarah too!!!