Phone Dump

Ok so I am recomitting today to start blogging again!!! I know I have been MIA lately and I regret that becasue I write this blog for a journal and we have been having so much fun and Blakely is growing like crazy and is hilarious. I will feel so sad if I don't capture that on here to print off for my books so I have to step it up. I of course love your comments too :)

Since the summer started I have taken most photos on my phone because my camera got packed away and I was lazy, but I have so many cute funny photos that really have no rhyme or reason...so here is my phone dump so that I can get back on track!!!

 Kate's Justin Bieber B day Party

 Falling asleep in the highchair

Hank's Demolished Car

Cooking with Mommy in her fav pj's!!!

 Lagoon Boats with Cousin Allie!

 Lagoon Day

 Swimming with Crew

 Nerd Alert

 Dahl's Visit: Alpine Slide

Dahl's Visit: Temple Square

My New Ride...I feel like a real mom now!

Graham's Ligtening Mcqueen Party

This is how we do slides!

5 year anniversary present. I got spoiled!

General Relief Society Meeting with Mom and Sisters

Cousin Love

Canning Peaches, yes I am so domestic, ha ha!

OK now we got that off our chests we can move on to more detailed posts!

Twinkle twinkle

Miss Blakely loves to get her sing on! I have been wanting to capture her singing all her songs but she gets a little camera shy. I finally got her to sing a little for my phone, she has bed head and it isn't the best, she gets a little distracted because she loves to see herself on the phone....but I think it is just adorable. She will sing songs word for word. Sometimes Hank and I just look at each other in amazement because we didn't even know she knew a song and she will sing the whole thing!

Getting Settled

Well we did it!!! We finally moved into our own house here in Utah. It is a little rough around the edges but we are slowly and surely putting our little touches into it and it feels like home! I love the floorplan and I love the yard, so the little things like ugly paint colors and railings can change with time. Hank started school this week so he leaves at 7:30a.m. and gets home at 10:00p.m. so needless to say all projects will be put on hold for longs weekends and Christmas Break! Now that we have our computer set up I can be a lot more regular on this blog unlike this summer where I completely neglected it, but don't we all. We are too busy having fun outside, blogging is for cold winters.

Here are a few pics of some projects we have been working on!

P.S. To all my Calgary peeps, I miss you like crazy! Please come visit! I have red back doors and a swing in my playroom, come on I know it is tempting!



VIP

Saturday night my dad surprised me with VIP tickets to Tim McGraw! Sometimes through his work he can get tickets to concerts like this so all month I kept asking him and and at the last minute he pulled through. We went early and got VIP parking, the best part because you get out so fast, and then had dinner and sat in the suites. It was already a great view but then good ol Timmy surprised us by coming up on platform and singing two songs where he was literally less than ten feet away, it was awesome!

Good food, family, and Tim McGraw in his tight jeans with that amazing voice... It doesn't get much better than that!

Mountain Running: my new favorite hobby!

My whole life my father has been a major mountain runner! He ran the Wasatch 100 (100 miles through the mountains all by yourself) many times while I was growing up and continues to mountain run almost every day even though he claims he is too old and fat. While I was living in Canada my sisters also got into mountain running. My sister Whitney even trained and ran the Wasatch 100 as well (I know they are all crazy, we need medication).

Right when I moved back my dad and sisters mentioned that they were doing a mountain run relay race and wanted me to do it with them. I was a little hesistant seeing as how I had never run up and down mountains in my life, sure I had hiked and run on the road but never mountain run, but how was I to pass up a fun filled weekend with my dad and sisters, so I said I was in!!!

The relay race consisted of 6 team members who run a total of 140 miles. Besides a little dehydration and car sickness that reminded me way too much of being pregnant, it was one of my favorite races ever. I can't wait until next year.

 Me, Dad, Whit after my dad finished his last leg

Gorgeous views and some of the team members!

Last night my sisters and our friend Emily decided to escape away for a moonlight run up in Brighton, it was the perfect temperature, the most beautiful scenery and good company. The last 1/2 mile it became a torrential downpour on us. I couldn't ask for a better night! 

From the very first training run with my dad and sister Bekah I was hooked. You really can't describe how amazing it is until you do it. The mountins are steep but the views you take in and the smells of nature make it so worth it. I will not claim myself a real mountain runner yet and I will NEVER run the Wasatch 100, but I hope to continue to do much more mountain running, it is my new favorite hobby!

Piggies!

My little girl is growing up way too fast!!!

Never Ending Party!!!

The great thing about July in Utah is you get two holidays...the 4th of July and the 24th of July(Pioneer Day). In addition to those holidays I have a birthday, Hank has a birthday, and just to name a few more...my mom, cousin Annie, brother Judd, brother in law Jarom, Grandpa, and neice Kate also have birthdays! So to say it has been a non stop party might be an understatment.

This past weekend we celebrated Pioneer Day and it was an absolute blast! We started out Friday evening by going to the Bountiful Parade. This is a parade I grew up going to and being in with my dance company, as a cheerleader and also with my high school drill team. I was so excited to take Blakely to it and didn't know how she would react. To my excitement she LOVED it. She waved her little flag and clapped the whole time. She pointed out the horses and princesses. The only drawback would be the 105 degree weather. Literally we were sweating from every pore. My shirt was soaking wet with sweat ( I know you didn't need to know that).

After the parade we headed to the carnival where we took Blakely on the swings. Every kid was in heaven on the swings...we had to wait in line and the whole time Blakely kept saying my turn my turn. She could hardly wait. So of course I put her on and she screams the whole time. Everyone was laughing like that poor kid!!!

We put B to bed and went to the firework show (a plus of living with your parents, you can put the kid to bed and take off)

Saturday we headed down to my sister Adriens brand new beautiful home for a bbq and their neighborhood fireworks. I thought she meant little fireworks on the ground. To my surprise it was a full blown show set to music and a slideshow. This was Blakely's first firework show so I didn't know if she would freak out but she seemed to love it!!!

 She is girly but loves her balls!

 Who knew my child is obsessed with popcorn

 Adrien and Elle

The girls at fireworks

We finished off the celebration today with a family dinner at the cabin. It was hectic and fun all at the same time!