One Last Hurah for Summer

Yesterday I took the girls, along with some others in the ward, to the Zoo before the weather gets all cold. Kaitlyn had never been to the zoo (that she remembers) and she loved it. every time I ask her what her favorite animal was she tells me a different one, so she must have liked them all!
There were a lot of baby animals there this time. Kaitlyn loved the baby elephant Zuri. There was also a baby giraffe and baby tiger cubs. I guess the animals are drinking the same water as all the other girls in Utah!

All the kiddos! Phoenix, Kaitlyn, Jack, & Tanner

This tiger came right up to the glass and was licking it! The kids were going crazy!

Hailey had fun at the zoo too....eating her duck!

Bell Canyon

This summer Brian and I decided we wanted to go hiking. So about once a week-ish we would drop the girls off at my parents and head up the mountains.

One of our favorite hikes we found was the Bell Canyon Trail up off Wasatch. You start in the middle of some condos but once you’ve been going for about 20 minutes you walk up over this hump and all the sudden THIS is what you see:

It is beautiful. As we hiked around more we got some beautiful views of the salt lake valley. THIS is why I love living here and never want to leave!

The Government Can....

Even if you don't share in my political views, you'll still have to admit this is pretty funny. And boy can this guy dance!!!

Pride and Joy

Wakeboarding, snowboarding, basketball, shooting, and now GOLF. Brian has been playing a lot of golf lately and recently he purchased a new set of golf clubs, bag and all. Brian loves his clubs and I have to say I find them pretty spiffy myself. This weekend we took a family outing to Mulligan’s to the driving range. We all had a lot of fun and got to participate, even the girls!

Nonie's 80th in St. George

We had a FABULOUS long weekend down in St. George. It was my grandma (Nonie)’s 80th birthday! So ALL my cousins and aunts and uncles headed down for some birthday cake and fun in the sun. For Brian and the boys, it was A LOT of golf! My Nonie has 4 kids, 18 grandkids, and 9 great-grandkids (with 2 on the way). So with spouses there was quite a lot of us… I LOVED it! I have the best cousins in the world, we have always been such good friends and we love spending time with each other. So lucky!

Kaitlyn was a little fish and wanted to spend all her time in the pool. She can now swim on her own (with floaties) and just loves it. Hailey had some fun in the pool too!

Carson just chillen!

Carson and Hailey will be such good friends, just like their parents!

All the girls trying to look sassy!

Me, Tam, & Milea went and got some pedicures. Milea is a LITTLE tickelish...

Saturday was the big birthday party. We had a big dinner, yummy cakes, and my dad put together this amazing video of Nonie's life and events in the world throughout her lifetime. It was amazing to see how much has changed in the last 80 years!

We gave Nonie a bound book with pictures of all of us and memories we have of her. I think she loved it and it all meant a lot to us to get to tell her how much she has meant to us throughout her life.

my CUTE aunts Dwan & Kim

Nonie came out on the floor to join in our dance party, what a lady!

Pay attention to Kaitlyn in this video, she knows how to get down!

We love our Nonie and LOVED celebrating her AMAZING life with her!!!!!