Pioneer Day

We had a great weekend.

On Friday we attended the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Pioneer Day Concert. This year was a tribute to our soldiers and it was absolutely awesome! So glad I got to go.

On Saturday morning I picked up my produce from Bountiful Baskets. I got all of this for $15. I am so excited to be able to afford produce now!

Paul got off work early on Saturday and we went for a drive. We went up to Utah lake state park and found an awesome trail. We went for a nice, long walk along the river there. 

Later on we took James to the splash pad in Spanish Fork, picked up Slurpee's and went for another drive. We used to go on drives in the country all the time when we lived in Springville. It was really nice to just drive around  and enjoy the scenery.

On Sunday we went for a walk up at the Provo temple after church. It was hot, but we had a good time. James loves the temple.

On Monday we woke up early and went to the parade in Spanish Fork. Luckily the weather was decent so we didn't fry.  We headed back to my parents house where we ate BBQ, played in the kiddie pool, went to the park & played and finished off the day with ice cream cones and fireworks.

playing the piano at Grandpa's house

he wanted his picture taken in front of this rock

Cosmobile a the parade

Fireworks!

I hope you had an equally awesome weekend!

Paul recently took a trip to Dallas with his boss's boss for a huge food convention. He slept in luxury accommodations all paid for by the school.  

Cowboy on Stilts

The Resort

James and I had movie nights every night, ate lots of fruit snacks and hot dogs. We stayed up super late every night and James slept in my bed, which is probably going to cause some sleep issues in the future.  I don't like sleeping alone though and in order to not freak out I had to be truly wiped out before going to bed.  I feel so much safer with Paul around.

I took James to his first movie. He really wanted to explore the theater, but after about 45 minutes of that, he finally passed out. I don't know if I'll be taking him to the movies again anytime soon.

In front of the theater

One of the few times he wasn't squirming around

And then there were the things that Paul does around the house that I didn't realize that he did.
Like taking out the trash (needless to say, the place was pretty smelly after a few days) and filling up the humidifier (it actually will run out of water!).  Not to mention his hour or so of play time with James when he gets home from work that gets all of James' wiggles out. There was also a spider incident that was particularly horrifying.

We are so glad that he's home. Paul and James have been playing pretty much non-stop since he's been back. Now we just have to get back into some sort of schedule. What a crazy summer it's been so far!

Independence Day!

Our weekend was crazy busy. It started on Friday with Paul going shooting while I went shopping with the girls. Then there was a baby blessing, a priesthood ordination and a pre-wedding BBQ.

On Saturday we had two weddings at the Salt Lake temple. My brother got married at 11:40 and Paul's (adoptive) sister got married at 12:30. It was in the triple digits outside and I still can't wear shoes from the blisters I got. That evening there were two receptions and I'm pretty sure we were all asleep within 30 seconds of hitting our pillows.

Sunday there was another baby blessing, a luncheon, family blessings, and family dinner.

Monday we woke up and went to the Freedom Festival in Provo. We saw the parade, walked around, got James his first cotton candy, made a craft, jumped in a bouncer and general fun was had. Then we went home and set up his pool on the patio, played with bubbles and got ready for a BBQ at my parent's house.  I brought sidewalk chalk and everyone had fun drawing while Paul cooked up the food. Then we watched Wizard of Oz and blasted off a bunch of fireworks. James was scared at first but ended up having a good time.

"I'm bouncing!"

First taste of cotton candy

My sister Reanna drew this

Grillin'

Patriotic Trifle. Yum!

fun with fireworks

Watching the fireworks with my little man

Very tired. Watching the Wizard of Oz.

For the last few weeks we have been watching two awesome shows on Netflix. I would highly suggest them both! I love our country. I feel truly blessed to live here.

  

I hope you all had a great 4th of July!