Our week

The first half of these pictures didn't exactly happen THIS week but once I started this post, they were cute enough for me to want to add them in. I'm trying to be a better picture taker - I know I should just say photographer but I wouldn't call myself a photographer. I am just a picture taker. I do the best I can with my Black Friday super find of a camera from Wal-mart - a Samsung BL103 10.3 megapixels (whatever that means). At least it's cute and red and fits in my purse.

The boys have been begging Jed to sleep on the tramp with them forever, he kept giving them excuses but then they found two cute little neighbor girls who were just as excited as they were.

Look at that organization! Boys asleep one way, the girls another - Brighton was in charge of that. They were all out about 20 minutes after the movie started. Brek brought Kaden in sometime during the night. He even tucked him in bed but went back out and lasted until the morning with BrinLee and Brighton.

Pickles! Yes, I have pickles, lots of them. If anyone needs a jar come to my house.

Football already?! Brek loved getting his uniform this week and wanted to show everyone but after about 45 minutes of wearing the helmet and pads he was sweating like no other. How is he going to last a whole game? Aw, but doesn't he look so cute and tough?

Happy Anniversary to me and Jed! 11 years, wow! It makes me feel old but happy. We are not that great at getting surprises for each other because #1 Jed just so happens to buy big ticket items just before holidays, birthdays, anniversarys so it usually lets me off the hook. And #2 if there is something that I would like I usually just tell him and that is what he gets. Jed does always get me flowers and a card though for both our anniversary and my birthday, which is very nice. I took this picture of the flowers this morning and was messing around with the hue and saturation. I thought it looked pretty cool at the time but now I'm not so sure. Oh well, practice makes perfect!

Summer fun

Jed had a week off of work last week so I wanted to make sure that we got out and actually did things. It's hard to believe that we packed in so much stuff in such a short time. We went to Lagoon, camped a night at Bear Lake, spent a few nights in Park City and had Fourth of July fun with family. Here are some pics of our adventures...

My mom stayed with Kyler when we went to Lagoon which was so great. We had such a fun time despite getting absolutely soaked - first from the ride, Cliffhanger (I got sprayed right in the eyeballs) and then from being stuck on the ride OdySea when a complete downpour started. I also got talked into going on the Sky Coaster with my good friend Michelle and her sister Jessica. I had done it before when I was in high school but it had been such a long time ago that I was still so nervous. Just being up there, waiting for the rip cord to be pulled was SO scary but it really was fun. Jed also went on it with Michelle's husband Kaylon and their son Isaac.

I love Bear Lake! I love just the idea of doing nothing but sitting in the sun, talking about nothing, watching the boys play in the sand and water and eating junk all day long. So fun! Gary, Helen and Karly camped with us and then Skip and Sarah came up and hung out with us the second day we were there.

As we were about to leave for Park City, I looked back and didn't want to forget all this cuteness.

In Park City we stayed at the Marriott Mountainside Resort. It was so nice and kid friendly, I loved it! We will definitely be going back there. We didn't take too many pictures there but the first one is of Brek and I doing the zip line at the Olympic Park. The second is one of the boys at the resort just before bed. I had to include it because Kyler has just discovered that he loves getting his picture taken - I have so many of him with that little nose scrunched up like that. The third one needs a little explaining but to make a long story short, Jed totally smashed Kaden's finger (accidently) when we were at the Olympic Park. Brek, Kyler and I left them while they were getting a band-aid for it and this is what we came back to. Apparently, Kaden's weak stomach doesn't like the sight of blood and he thought he was going to throw up. Thankfully, he did not but the EMT thought that a little oxygen might help him. After a little neosporin, a bandaid, a gold medal and a free ice cream, Kaden was A-okay.

Yea for summer and the fourth of July!