1st Grade :)

Today was Ave's first day of 1st grade.

She could not wait to go! She woke up two times last night and asked if it was time to get ready for school. Silly girl! So far she loves her teacher, all the way home she kept saying, "my teacher is so nice!"

My little girl is growing up!

She is the cutest little 1st grader I've ever seen!
I love you my sweet Avery girl!

Last Summer Get-Away

This past weekend we went to Bear Lake for our final summer get-away before the school year begins. What a way to end the summer, we had a great and relaxing time! We drove up Friday evening after Avery's dance recital so we got to the condo just in time for bed. Avery and Quinn were SO excited to wake up at the condo and see Grandma and Grandpa Smith, Madelyne, Savannah, Kristen and Justin. They were also thrilled that they got to sleep on the bunk beds in the "Mickey room"! :)

Saturday was a fun, hot day, just right! We headed over to the east pool for a little summer swim. This year they added a fun slide to the pool and the kids loved it! Both Avery and Quinn were also brave enough to jump off the diving board this year too, we all had a blast!

That night we went to Cafe Sabor for dinner, which was absolutely delicious!!!

.....and of course we can't pass up getting a yummy Bear Lake raspberry shake!

When we got home and in our jammies, Grandma Smith made this great blanket hut for the kids. They LOVED it! They kept taking cover in there to get away from the "yumee".

Sunday we had a relaxing day. As soon as we got home from sacrament meeting it started blowing and raining cats and dogs for practically the rest of the day. And it felt like the temperature had dropped 30 degrees! :) So, we sat in the condo and watched movies. Up and Princess and the Frog to be exact.

Monday morning started out a little chilly but it warmed up quickly so we headed to the west pool this time to swim. Quinney and Madelyne loved the kiddie pool and Avery loved the hot tub and slide!

After swimming and lunch, we went to the Craft Center and the kids did a couple fun craft projects that turned out so cute! Then, on our way out of town we stopped at LeBeau's for a burger, fries and a shake. What a way to end a fabulous weekend, we had a blast!

Dancing Queen

Avery had her first dance recital last Friday. She was so excited to perform and did such a great job! She was very prepared, she had been practicing non-stop at home for weeks, over and over and over again! Even Quinn could sing the words to her dance song because we heard it so much. ha ha! The pictures didn't turn out so well but don't worry, we got it on video too!

She is so happy about her medal! She loves taking dance class!

We are so proud of our little dancing queen! She danced so well at her dance recital and loved every second of it!

Way to go little lady, you're a STAR!

Our Four Kids

The other night when we were putting the buckets of water in the back of the van to water the neighborhood trees, up popped 4 heads.....

SO CUTE!

Girls Weekend! Wahoo!

So last weekend was our long awaited fabulous Girls Weekend! Hooray! Several of the fun ladies in our girls night out group couldn't make it so it just ended up being Amy, Freda, Brooke and I. We went to Park City Friday afternoon and came home on Saturday evening. We stayed in a lovely hotel right by the outlets...Perfect! We had a great time!

On Friday night we went to the Baja Cantina for dinner, one of my favorite Mexican restaurants! YUM-O! The food is so delicious there! Doesn't our food look tasty?!

And you can't go to the Baja Cantina without stopping next door at the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory!!! Another favorite place to go! I enjoyed my carmel and mint to the very last morsel! Amy and Freda got a Apple Pie Carmel Apple to share and we all had to taste it on film of course! Scrump-diddly-umptious!

After dinner we went to a movie. It ended up being pretty lame, we left before it was over. But the thought of us going to a movie and enjoying ourselves sure sounded fun! haha!

We went back to our hotel, played a few card games, went and relaxed/burned ourselves in the hot tub, came back to our room, lounged in our jammies and played more card games. Amy is so good at card games, I think she won every game! ha ha! {She wished! :)} Oh goodness, what a fun night, we were all so tired by the time we went to bed at 1:00 in the morning!


Our hotel included a breakfast buffet. I just ate my little bowl of honey nut cheerios because I over indulged myself at Baja Cantina and the Chocolate Factory the night before, or so I thought, but I think the breakfast buffet left much to be desired. How does gritty eggs and burnt toast sound Brooke? :)

After breakfast we spent the entire day shopping at the outlets except a short/long break for lunch at Ruby Tuesday's. Which again, I didn't get to enjoy, my stomach was still in shambles. That part about the weekend was a bummer but the rest was great! We had so much fun! Can't wait for next year!!!

I thought I was sick because I ate way too much on Friday night but as soon as Quinney started complaining Saturday night that his stomach hurt and then woke up at 12:30 am to throw-up, I knew then, that I did in fact, have a stomach bug. Luckily, I never threw-up, I just felt like Friday nights dinner was sitting in my stomach for 3 days straight! The bug made it's way through the whole family. Yikes!

A night with the Bee's.

We got to go to the Bee's game for Justin's work party. It was lots of fun. They provided a picnic dinner for everyone before the game too. My kind of outing! :)

On our way to our seats the kids saw the little yellow train and just had to ride it.
Waiting patiently in line...

We finally made it up to our seats and enjoyed the game.

This little fella loved walking back and forth from Justin to me between the empty seats. Cute little guy!

Wahoo! What a great hit! Go Bee's!

I think the highlight of Avery and Quinn's night had to have been Mr. Bee himself! The kids were watching for him the entire game and would get so excited every time they'd see him, which was always far away. So when we left and saw him outside the kids nearly lost it, they were so excited! Of course we had to get a picture with him.

What a fun night, we had a great time together!