Backyard Water Fun

Summer Swim Lessons

McKayla started summer swim lessons this past weekend (kindu kicking myself for not enrolling Bodie after seeing his enthusiam for the water in St. George, but they're all full now). We did group lessons this time which I think is good and bad...she gets a little bored waiting, but I think it's good for teaching her patience. After her lesson her teacher also came to talk to me and told me that he told the director she should be moved up a level (insert proud momma moment). He said she has really good intuition and he thinks she'll do much better and progress faster if she gets more of a challenge. McKayla was a little nervous about having a boy teacher, but she ended up really liking him and I think it gave her some variety she hasn't had yet. I'm excited to watch her learn new things and we are all excited for the outdoor pool trips we plan to do after swim lessons this summer (we actually took the kids to the outdoor pool this week and they had such a fun time...especially going down the waterslide with Todd).

Lollipops are a MUST HAVE to get through  the lessons)

Snowbird Family Night

Friday night was family night at Snowbird so we headed up to meet Todd and play on all the summer stuff. The kids had an absolute blast and it was really fun to meet more of Todd's co-workers. The kids tried a couple new things (the trampolines and alpine slide) and played on an old favorite (bounce house/slide) before we sat down to a nice dinner with Todd. The weather was great and it was fun to have some family time before Todd headed back into work.

This week so far...

We are ABSOLUTELY loving the long summer nights around here. We've already had multiple BBQs, friend visits, park time and bike time. I do need to get the kids to bed a wee bit earlier (it's SO hard when it stay light out so late, but 10:30pm bedtime makes for grumpy babes the next two days), but we are taking FULL advantage of this time of year and plan to do so ALL summer long. Oh how I LOOOOOVE summer!!

The Big 32

My family and friends made this birthday a special one for me (as always ;-) ). My girlfriends took me to dinner last week at a fun new taco place which ended up being super yummy. It was really nice to sit and relax with them...and final catch up...it'd been too long. We were in St. George for my actual bday so I got to spend the whole day with Todd and the kids. They woke me up with hugs, kisses and cards (best way EVER to wake up). McKayla also brought me some money and told me to go shopping (you don't have to tell me twice :-) ). She also asked me if she could call me "Birthday Girl" all day and then she really did; which prompted birthday wishes from many strangers we encountered during the day :-). We enjoyed hiking in Zions and lunch at a cute place called Oscars. When Todd asked where I wanted to go for dinner I really couldn't think of anything that would be better than sitting by the pool, ordering pizza and hanging out casual style. We also had cake left over from the night before so Todd and the kids snuck it out of the room and then brought it back to me with a sparkler in it while singing "happy birthday". The day honestly couldn't have been any better...it was just perfect.
This past weekend we celebrated with my family by BBQing at my parents. It was casual, special and perfect again. My boss also took me to a cute little cafe (Eva's Cafe) for lunch and it was super delish (stop by if you're in downtown SLC). I can't thank everyone enough...celebrations like these make me remember how incredibly lucky I am to have the family and friends that I do....there is no better gift :-).

Such good gift opening helpers

Fun new purse

Such a yummy place...definitely go there if you live in Utah ;-)

Dessert with the girls

Biggest slice of cake ever!