First Day of SCHOOL!

 What cuties ♥

Today my heart hurt and my eyes got misty. I will miss having them all to myself

They were excited.

I loved watching them walk together and giggle about first day jitters.

A week in St George

We spent the last week of summer in St George. This time it was just us.

 We spent mornings sleeping in and eating on the patio, we spent lazy afternoons at the pool and we went out to eat almost every night.

it was pretty much as close to paradise as I can imagine.

Texas Roadhouse...yum!

 We spent a couple afternoons at the splash pad and rode the nearby carosel.

This sounds silly but it felt magical.

We made fools of ourselves at Walmart.

But it was so fun.

I am a terrible mom that I let Addie hold that one. They all grabbed one and we went with it.

We were all giggling.

She thought it was a chocolate kiss.

Of course it was.

We pretty much just chilled the whole week and were lazy, which was perfect. We loved watching the Olympics every night and cheering the US gymnastics team on. Go Simone Biles!

***

We went on one adventure to Snow Canyon and hiked Jenny's Canyon.

It was beautiful

The kiddos had a blast climbing around the rocks

The princess liked it too

It was a beautiful and relaxing week. We all really enjoyed the time we spent there.

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa! ♥♥♥

Bear Lake Fun

We made it to Bear Lake twice this summer.

Once with our good friends the Pero's and once with my sister and her kiddos.

The beach is so perfect.

Soft sand and shallow water forever.

The kiddos loved paddling around on the board.

Markham was having a hard time fighting the wind

 Kaity with baby Alexander

 Addie got tired and took a little nap in the back of the burb

Adorable cousins that could pass as twins 

Summer at the Treehouse

We spent quite a few afternoons at the Treehouse Children's Museum this summer. We met my sister there and the kiddos had a ball running around together.

Jackson and Lincoln are both quite obsessed with dinosaurs.

9 times out of ten Lincoln is a t-rex and Jackson is a raptor.  

 The girls headed to a magical destination on the train.

 Kaitlyn especially loved playing in the diner.

We made so many precious trinkets at the Art Garden

They all were totally enchanted by the circus room.

 They loved the "Partica-plays" This time they were baby owls and Kaity was the momma.

Pretty cute.

 Riding the bulls at the rodeo! Addie makes a perfect Rodeo Queen.

 Pretending to be a Knight.

We had so much fun!!

After we played we usually went to Costco and ate pizza and ice cream before we shopped.

YUM.

Monte Cristo in the Trailer! ♥

So I never thought we would own a camping trailer. Haha. But I am learning that I should never say "Never." I end up eating that word over and over again.

The kids love to camp. We went camping in Bear Lake a few weeks ago...in a tent...and it wasn't my favorite...at all.

Anyway we decided that the only way we (I) would enjoy camping would be in a trailer, with a bathroom and a bed. So we spent a couple weeks looking at different ones and finally found the ONE on KSL. Wahoo!!

We had so much fun!! 

The kiddos helped me get dinner ready.

We were all so hungry and it tasted sooo good!

****

We followed it up with s'mores

Dirty girl!

She loved playing in the dirt.

We gave all the kiddos a warm shower in the trailer before bed.

They needed it! Especially this one. ♥

In the morning, the kiddos helped Markham put cinnamon rolls in the dutch oven.

They could hardly wait for them to cook.

Frosting time!! YUM

It was a beautiful campground.  The kiddos loved riding their scooters on the paths

 They also spent a lot of time working on their hula hoop skills.

They loved roasting hot dogs around the campfire

 

Relaxin' in the trailer

 Playing games at night

 Reading stories in the bunks

 Heading home

We had such a fun time together out in the woods.♥ Cant wait for our next adventure!