Sa-wingin' it

Last week was CRAZY. Crazy and crazy fun that is :). The title refers to how last week we were totally wingin' it all week and it ended with swinging. The week consisted of:

1. Sunday after church-Wednesday camping in Idaho. My Uncle Burton lives there and we had a little family reunion there and camped on his property in our tent trailer. We had a lot of fun spending time with the family, having a bonfire while roasting hot dogs and smores, boating/wakeboarding/tubing on his BRAND NEW boat, and going on the wave runners. We all had a great time.

2. Thursday Darrin and I went to Lagoon all day with his team from work. My amazing (have you caught on yet how incredible and generous my Mom-in-Law is yet?!) Mom-in-Law watched the boys while we had the day to ourselves. It was so much fun to have a day date and spend time just me and the hubs! It was HOT HOT HOT but a lot of fun. I know Parker would LOVE the little kids rides so I hope we take the kids with our bounceback passes.

*FUNNY STORY ABOUT LAGOON: All you breastfeeding Mother's out there know that you can't leave your baby all day without pumping. If you do-OUCH!! So, I knew I'd have to pump. Long story short we have an inverter for our car. You know-you usually hook it up to the cigarette lighter and you can plug something into it like let's say-a breast pump :). Well, we tried to buy a regular one but they were out. So, we had to use our inverter that hooks up to the car battery rather than the cigarette lighter. We hooked that up, had an extension plug hooked up to that coming in through the window, and my pump plugged into that. So, here I am literally hooked up to a car battery and pumping (covered of course) in our car. EVERYONE passing by showed everything by their faces. First thought-"oh look-they must be having car problems! Wait, there's an extension cord...what on earth is that lady doing?!?". Super embarrassing but SUPER entertaining at the same time. Darrin and I couldn't stop laughing at all the people just stopping to stare and wonder what on earth was going on... but a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do! That includes pumpin' :)

3. Camping Friday-Saturday. We went to a fun place by Mona, UT. They had large ponds there with rope swings that we utilized. It was a lot of fun.

All in all, a really fun week that left me EXHAUSTED :)

Next up-GIRLS CAMP STARTING NEXT MONDAY with a 4 month old baby...we'll see how it goes!

The Big 2 and Other stuff

We've been having LOTS of fun around here livin' up our summer. Hence, I'm way behind on all the stuff we've been doing and so I'm going to attempt to record it all now...so, warning...lot's of pictures. In summary this is what we've been up to since St. George:

1. We got a 4-wheeler and went out with it. It was more fun than I expected. Darrin made me face my fears and drive it.

2. We went to the zoo for Parker's Birthday. His favorites were the Monkey's (of course!), the birds and elephant.

3. I went to youth conference allllll day and took Spencer with me. It was fun-I taught a class at the church first in a rotation of 8 classes and then we went up to Camp Williams and did repelling and some challenge courses. Testimony meeting was afterward and it was wonderful to hear the youths testimony's and what they learned. Lot's of fun!

4. Parker's 2nd Birthday! He woke up to Streamers and balloons out his bedroom door (loved that!), then we had breakfast which consisted of pancakes in the shape of the number 2, stars, and balls :). He then took a bath with lots of bubbles and went to church. After church we opened presents and played with them. He loved to play with them and open each present. Then we had dinner and family over for cupcakes and sparklers! I feel so blessed to have my little boy Parker in my life. He is so sweet, caring, loving, brave and fun! My life wouldn’t be nearly as fun without Parker. Love you Parker! Happy Birthday!

5. Tracy Aviary-fun!

6. We went to the Manti Pageant and stayed the night in Nephi. It was a wonderful experience! The pageant really brought the Book of Mormon to LIFE! Through different experiences my testimony grew in bounds. On our way home we went through a scenic byway. BEAUTIFUL!!! It was a wonderful weekend.

7. Seven Peaks. We've done this a few times this year so far with our Pass of all Passes. Parker is LOVING all the waterslides. Darrin takes him on all the big ones on the tube and the laughs and smiles all the way down. That boy is adventurous!

8. BBQ & Granite High School Fireworks with Darrin's family. Always a GREAT show! Our Brother and Sis in Law are in town and we've LOVED spending time with them. Parker was terrified of the fireworks at first this year saying "Hurt, Hurt" becuase they hurt his ears and "All Done!" Because he wanted them to be over already. But he finally warmed up to them and was trying to name all the colors and saying "pretty!" :). Spencer stayed up and watched them. He was in awe and loved them.

9. West Jordan 4th of July Parade and time with the Simon's. Parker was such a great candy grabber/beggar. haha. He really enjoyed himself :) although it was HOT HOT HOT!

10. On Saturday we went Boating/Tubing and Darrin went 4-Wheeling with his Bros. We then had Dinner, family pictures, and did LOTS of BIG fireworks at my Bro and Sis in laws house.

I know what you're thinking-THAT's a SUMMARY? haha. We've just been having a great time and I wanted to record all the fun! Here are pictures:

4-wheeling and the zoo:

Youth Conference:

Parker's Actual Birthday:

Manti:

Scenic Byway going home:

7 peaks fun:

4th of July:

Parker's face watching the fireworks at the beginning:

Boating: