Labor Day Hike

For over a year now Eric and I have been wanting to hike to the Y in Provo. We have planned on going several times, but something always comes up. The last time we planned to go was our anniversary weekend, but when I came home the night before our hike with a sprained ankle, we had to put it off again. With my ankle finally feeling better and a morning free, we finally made it up the mountain. I thought I was in fairly good shape....today proved otherwise. That is a hard hike!! Our only goal, besides getting to the Y, was to get there before the parents who were carrying their kids up the mountain.

Our view at the beginning of the hike

I made it!

Isn't he cute?!

The view of the valley from the Y

It was hard, but fun and I am glad we finally did it!! Maybe next time I will be one of those parents carrying a kid up the mountain. I can dream, right?

Take Me Out To The Ball Game!

Both kids came down with horrible colds this week! Thursday we had tickets to go see the Orem Owlz play at UVU. Adam LOVES baseball and was so excited to go. He didn't care that he couldn't breathe, he just wanted to go to the game. I let Eric take him for a couple of hours and Tessa and I stayed home. Eric said Adam loved everything about it! He can't wait for next season.

He was so excited to get a hot dog...

You can tell by his poor face and eyes that he doesn't feel good, but he hasn't stopped talking about it. I think we have a future Dodger on our hands! He even had to change into his baseball shirt before they left.

Thanksgiving Point

Yesterday we had a fun afternoon at Thanksgiving Point. In August they do $2 Tuesdays and we took advantage of it! Eric took a couple hours off of work and we took the kids to the Dinosaur Museum and the Children's Garden. We loved spending an entire afternoon together!

Summer is coming to end and with everything we have had going on, I feel like I forgot to blog so many things. Library trips, swimming lessons, mornings out in the yard, trips up the canyon, holidays and so many other adventures. I am thankful for the memories we made this summer and for the blessing of being a mother. Everything is better with kids around!

Sleepless in Spanish Fork

We were spoiled by Adam. He has always been such a good sleeper and so good about bedtime. Tessa is an entirely different story! We made the switch from crib to big girl bed last week and I don't think I have had a solid 3 hours sleep in about a week. She will not fall asleep or stay asleep unless I am in the bed with her. Now she has a cold and our nights have been even worse. On Sunday she stayed in her bed for a while without me and when I went to check on her, this is what I found. Perhaps if she slept inside the bed she might stay asleep. I just keep telling myself....this too shall pass. I'll sleep when I'm 80.

6th Anniversary

On Saturday Eric and I celebrated our 6th anniversary. I can't believe how fast 6 years has gone by. The best part of the weekend was actually getting to see each other! We spent most of Friday and all of Saturday together. We had to adjust some of our plans when I came home Thursday night with a sprained ankle-oops!

Friday we drove down to Manti and did a session at the temple and then went to dinner. Saturday we were going to go hiking, but I couldn't walk. We ended up doing some Christmas shopping for the kids (we are on the countdown!) and Eric was sweet and took me to one of my favorite kitchen supply stores. Then we headed to Salt Lake and went to lunch at a place called Lone Star Taqueria. AMAZING food!! I heard about this place on TV a while ago and then it was on the Food Network-so I had to try it. I cannot wait to go back!! It was delicious!

See what I mean?! A serious burrito!!!

We realized that the 3 of our 6 anniversaries that we have been able to be together on, we have gone to see a movie. This year was no exception. Eric has been so excited to see Inception and I must say-it did not disappoint! Thanks to my family who took the babies so we could run away for a while. Happy Anniversary to us!

David's Eagle Court of Honor

Last week was my brother David's Eagle Court of Honor. He has had a big year-graduating high school, getting accepted to BYU, 2 interviews with Bronco, preparing for a mission next year and now his Eagle. We are very proud of him!

Tessa liked the stars on the cake

Davey Baby (as we loving call him)

Andrew and Ben walked with him through his scouting journey and Kevin conducted

Danny was the voice of the Eagle

The Eagle's nest

I was very surprised when David presented me with his mentor pin. That is something I will always treasure!

Katy, Kevin, Andrew, Ben, Danny, me and David. We are missing Mattman who is on his mission in Texas.

This is more like it.....

Mom, David and Dad

He did it!