A Summer Season at 7 Peaks

We recently kicked off our season at 7 Peaks! The kids and I love it there, especially on those super hot days when you need to be either in the pool or in the house :) It's a bit tricky keeping an eye on both the kids at the same time (in the pool!), but I am slowly getting the hang of it. Stockton and Annabelle both LOVE the wave pool. Annabelle loves splashing around and going down the waterslides in the kid pool. Stockton loves his freedom, so he loves the baby pool and gets frustrated being confined to a tube in the kid pool :) It's definitely a give-and-take experience for both of them, which is good! We have many, many more days of splashing fun ahead of us in the next 2 months!

Park City with Friends

I was SO lucky to be able to spend the day in Park City with some of my friends! I served with most of these girls in the primary presidency, and we became very close. I am so blessed to have them in my life as friends and as great examples. Natalie (on my right) moved to Park City a little while ago, then had a new baby. We were able to see her in the hospital when she had the baby, but we haven't had a chance to see her since then. We all decided lunch and a day of shopping in Park City would be the perfect chance to get caught up and see her new baby again. He is darling, and her daughter, Kennedy (on her right), is also super cute! We ate lunch at Red Rock and browsed the little shops on Main Street. It was nice to relax, shop with friends, and laugh a lot :) I get together with these girls about once a month for dinners out and game nights; we have so much fun together--true laugh-til-your-stomach-hurts FUN. I feel I have known them forever! I know we will be close for a very, very long time!

From Left: Luz, Julie, me, Season, Natalie, Nelle, and little Kennedy. I taught Kennedy in Nursery for a little while, and Nelle was Annabelle's Nursery teacher--she and her husband, Rex, were the BEST Nursery teachers EVER! :)

Thanks for the awesome day everyone! And thank you MOM for watching the kids! :)

Pioneer Fun

We took an afternoon trip up to "This is the Place," and we had such a nice time. I really want to get an annual pass up there! It is so nice, quiet, peaceful, beautiful, and low-key. I love that the kids can run free, and that there is so much space--the less I have to confine the kids, the better :) Late mornings and early afternoons during the weekdays provide the best times to visit. Annabelle and the girls had so much fun on this particular day making necklaces, kneading bread dough, and riding the train around the lake; they also spent some time riding ponies and looking at animals in the petting zoo. Simplicity in all its glory :)

Annabelle loved this little necklace she made all by herself!



Kneading bread dough with a pioneer woman :)



I am pretty sure we'll be purchasing the annual pass next time we visit!