Summer Happenings

Scott and I are really into Instagram right now. I'm tired of carrying around my heavy DSL camera so most of our summer has been captured by iPhone. Here's what we've been up to...

We bought season passes to Lagoon and are taking full advantage of them. It doesn't have the charm, magic and cleanliness of Disneyland, but there are so many fun rides for the kids and us adults. And the water park isn't a bad way to end our hot, sweaty day either. Caden's thoughtful and selective about the rides he goes on, only doing his absolute favorites and always holding out for the next best thing. Abbie, on the other hand, does them all. She's fearless and approaches each and every one with the same enthusiasm. My two little people couldn't be more different!









Our Abbie girl turned three and we celebrated with a little family BBQ and strawberry cupcakes. She is such a blessing to our family. Yes, she is a handful. Yes, she has more energy and attitude than I can appreciate right now but she is my little sunshine and her smile and laugh are contagious. She's working hard at teaching me to be a better, more patient mother and as hard as many of my days are with her strong, independent personality running the show, I love her to pieces!





Caden is almost done with summer school. I've been busy running him back and forth everyday, but we really wanted to make sure he didn't lose the reading skills he left kindergarten with and we were hoping he would start first grade with a good head start. We're so proud of him for all the reading he has done this summer and for advancing three reading levels in only a few weeks. He's excited to start school again in the fall with a new teacher and class. Caden's pretty mature for his age (not sure yet if this is a good or bad thing). He's very thoughtful and calculating in his approach to life. He constantly weighs out the expected investment vs the expected payoff to help decide his course of action. He definitely takes after his dad in this way!




Scott and I celebrated eight years together with a delicious dinner at LaJolla Grove and seeing the latest and greatest Harry Potter movie. I know this sounds so cliche but I really can't believe it's been eight years. It seems like just yesterday we were texting flirtatious comments to each other and he texted, "hey, let's make out". True story. How he won me over with that line, I don't know but I do know I am just as smitten with him today as I was back then. Things haven't always been perfect for us, sometimes we've had to sacrifice and struggle to find our way, in many ways we still are, but I couldn't ask for a better partner to enjoy this journey with. I'm so grateful Scott followed his heart and brought our family to Utah. I would have never thought we would end up here, let alone love it. Of course we miss our family and friends in Vegas, but for now this is our home and we've grown in ways I don't think we could have in any other place. It's been a great eight years!