utah...again!

nana just loves cats! 

NOT REALLY. 

about 2 minutes after we got to sally house this is where i found one of her cats!

IN nana's purse.  hilarous!

the kiddos helped sally with the dishes and making dinner. 

they were in heaven.

kale needed some testosterone being with us girls all day so he would

find brian as soon as brian got home and hang out with him!

olivia loved this doll.  she even slept with it.

the kids went outside in the heat way (it was in the 100's when we were there)

and played and played.  they got in the neighbors hose and

played with chalk. 

i went inside for 1 minute and crazy aunt sally let the kids draw all

over eachother.  it was really funny.

the kids thought it was awesome.

can you see those huge smiles on their faces?

aunt sally always let's them do super fun stuff!

canadian projects

i love me a good craft.

this is because my momma is one of the best crafter's ever.

so, i got my need for a fabric stash and modge podge straight from her.

i have also become quite an organizer, especially of other peoples stuff. 

so, naturally i helped my mother organize her quilting and crafting supplies.

we forgot to take before pictures but here is the after.

(really blurry but you get the picture.)

besides organizing i made these dresses for the girls.

favorite colors.

don't judge us.

we went alittle over board on the diaper changing pads and matching wipes cases.

we just couldn't stop.

they did turn out pretty cute!

more canada

the tot lot!

of course we had to visit!

we picked a great day and went with a lunch.

the kids had a blast and were quite popular because

 they had some buckets and watering cans.

best friend sisters!

the boy.

it was surreal to see MY children playing were i played as a child.

how am i the mom? 

tons of memories of a great childhood.

i hope i am doing that for my kids.

popsicles on the stairs.

a nightly occurence

because nana and papa spoiled us rotten while we were there!

olivia with just a small amount of nana and papa's strawberries this year.

the strawberries have taken over almost their whole garden.

we had fresh strawberries everyday!

YUM!

the old man river

sunday night walk.

we decided to go down to the old man river bottom to get eaten by alive by mosquitos

walk around and throw rocks in the river.

here is the beautiful bridge.

 

finding some good rocks.

 

the train we passed on the way there.

it was perfect timing and so awesome to get to see a train go by!

it was strangly green for july. 

the area had recently had some flooding and it was still green and wet!

mallory had to leave her make it the river bottom and went potty in the bushes.

good mother-daughter bonding, wouldn't you say?

olivia mid-throw.

 

 

me trying to be a photographer....

 

more settler's days

settlers day had a petting zoo for the kids.

we had to go back about 3 times for olivia to get here bunny fix. 

they are really cute though.

kale even held a bunny with nana's help.

right after i took the picture nana let go of the bunny and it fell right to the ground.

good thing they weren't wild!

the girls got their nails painted.

got to make cookies.

got their hair colored.

olivia always looks so happy, huh?

there was also face painting but nana stood in line for us for an hour and didn't move.

so, we decided to just go home.

especially because by that time, papa had already taken kale back to the

petting zoo and then walked several blocks to get kale a balloon.

we went to pick papa and kale up on the way home and kale had fallen asleep on papas shoulder.

it was one of the sweetest thing i have ever since.

TOO CUTE!

here are the girls climbing the tree sally and i played in when we were little.

i guess we must have been older because they didn't think it was very fun.

candy parade and a weirdo with braids

we picked the perfect weekend to go to coaldale, it ended up being

 settlers day!

coaldale has a candy parade and all sorts of fun stuff.

here we are at the candy parade.

it's just down the street from nana and papa's house. 

the kids were in heaven.

the loot!

we got TONS!

the girls were so excited and had to sample lots of the candy while at the parade.

crazy kale! 

pretty braids. 

olivia wanted me to take a picture.

olivia was doing ballet on the railing down the stairs.

it was very inventive.

isn't she cute!