Zucchini

Kayleigh was pretty proud of our first zucchini.  I didn't even know we had one this big!  I like to pick them when they are smaller because I think they have better flavor but this one got past me.  So we are on the look-out now for more to be ready.

Yep, it's a mosquito bite

I know what you are thinking, poor Kayleigh, right?  It actually didn't hurt her, just itched a little bit.  She inherited one of my awesome traits, being allergic to mosquitoes.  She got this bite a few weeks ago at my mom's on a Thursday night.  By Friday evening (when this picture was taken) the swelling was getting really bad.  It had started to travel down the bridge of her nose and was getting in the way of her eye site.

I knew it would eventually go away on it's own because this has happened on other parts of her body, but this one kind of worried me with it being by her eyes.  So we decided to take her to the Instacare.  Luckily I made an appointment at the Kids Care and we got right in.  The doctor confirmed that it was a bite and she gave us a prescription for a steroid (Orapred) to help it heal quicker.  After a long 1/2 hr wait at the pharmacy and me about having a heart attack (I mean really, how hard is it to enter my insurance info and get it to work?) we finally left.  I know their computer system because I use the same one every Saturday morning.  I about got my badge and walked behind the counter to fill it myself.  Oh well. 

Initially, I felt as if her swelling was worse the next morning, but it did get better throughout the day.  By Sunday she looked herself again.  This girl has to have repellent on!

Landon's words

I know I did a post a long time ago when Kayleigh was starting to talk and I listed all the words she could say.  Since Landon is finally starting to say some things I thought I should write them down, too.   So here is his growing vocabulary:

Ball
Moon
Star
Car
Popcorn
Dadda
Momma
Kay Kay (this is Kayleigh)
Moo (for a cow)
Bah Bah (bottle)
Go
Elmo
Nana
Go gur (yogurt)
Cracker

The kid is obsessed with the book "Goodnight Moon" right now!  He brings it to me all the time and wants me to read it to him.  Kayleigh loved that book, too.  We've somehow managed to get ourselves 3 copies of that book, guess it's a keeper!

Our happy 4th

 Cute toes

 Yummy fruit

 He climbs on everything!

 Landon's mouth stuffed with a cupcke.

Our 4th of July began with a yummy waffle breakfast at my mom and dad's house.  Then we were off to the Kaysville parade.  Kayleigh has been talking about this parade since it ended last year.  She loved it and couldn't wait for it this year.  I'm sure it's because of the candy.  She kept saying, "I want the parade to be just like last year."

The weather was perfect for the parade.  We even got sprinkled on a little bit.  I love when it isn't blazing hot when I am outside for longer than a few minutes.  We had a perfect parking spot, just down from Main St. thanks to our friends, the Erickson's, and then we weaseled our way into a great spot for the parade on Main St.

Sadly, all the "floats" are just advertising, but the kids don't care.  One of the entries was throwing stuffed animals and we saw two guys get in a fight over it, one was in a head lock.  Now really people, go buy a dumb stuffed animal at the dollar store if you need one so bad.  It's a parade with kids all around for crying out loud! 

After the parade we went with my sis and her family (they were with us at the parade, too) and went to Pace's for some lunch and most importantly, rainbows!  Yummy! 

Then we went back to my parent's house where some kids took naps and then we got out the pool.  I had brought nail polish and all the girls got their nails painted all festive for the holiday.  Web-cammed with my sis-in-law back east.  We celebrated Michael's birthday with my family.  My dad and Michael helped the kids shoot rockets with my dad's rocket launcher.  We had dinner.  We cleaned up, we went to the fireworks at Davis.  Sat in our regular spot in the field at Kaysville Junior, the sprinklers went on, lame!  The kids loved the glow sticks we got them.  All in all, a super fun day. 

I am grateful for our freedom.  I am thankful for our armed forces, who fight for us.  I am grateful for our fore fathers who sacrificed their lives to organize our government and set up this great nation.  I am thankful to Heavenly Father for this choice land and pray that it will stay free.   Happy Independence Day!

Happy 30th Birthday, Michael!

July 2nd was a big day this year for Michael, it was his birthday and he turned 30!  Happy Birthday!!  I wanted to do something special for the big day but I couldn't think of anything that I could do.  Finally 2 days before his birthday I decided I would give him 30 presents.  It was a pretty fun idea and he really liked it.

 I'll admit, it was hard to come up with 30 gifts for a guy though (that aren't too pricey).  As I did it I thought this wouldbe so easy if it was for a girl because for girls there are so many little things they like.  For example: lotion, jewelry, nail polish, lip gloss, etc.  Anyway, with the help of my co-workers I came up with 30.  Ten of them were one dollar bills and about ten more of them were just little things like gum, mints, his favorite candy, socks, hair gel, stuff like that.  Some of the "real" gifts were the movie "Knight and Day", an iTunes gift card, a Minute to Win It game, a night out with me, and a bew BYU shirt.  I wrapped them (with the help of Kayleigh, sometimes not so much help) all individually which took forever, but it was worth it. 

The morning of his birthday he mowed the lawn while I was at work-the typical Saturday morning routine.  Once I got home he opened his presents.  Then he and Kayleigh went to Cherry Hill to mini golf.  This was Kayleigh's first time and they had a really good time.  Kayleigh even had some "assisted" holes in one. 

That evening we went to Olive Garden (we had a gift card there that made the choice for us of where to eat).  Michael's mom and my parents and brother came with us.  It was really fun!  We hadn't eaten there in a long time, I think it's been since before Landon was born. 

After dinner we had Michael's sis and her fam, his mom, and some of our neighbors over for cake.  I made an ice cream cake.  Michael chose the flavors of cake and ice cream, white cake and cookies and cream ice cream.  Cake turned out yummy and just the right amount for everyone.  All in all I think he had a great 30th birthday and here's to another year of fun and good health for the big 30 yr. old!

Random picture post

Cute Kay in her new green tank that Caprice got her in Park City. 

 

 Kay asleep on the couch after a long day.

Cutie Landon just eating some fruit.

No real common theme among these pictures, just some cute ones from the month of June.  

Summer fun

Last week my cousin, BreeAnn, came over with her kids to let everyone play together.  Unfortunately, I only got these 2 pictures.  I got the pool out and our little sprinkler and they had fun outside together.  They also ate a million popsicles, but that's what summer is for, right?  The kids did get bored though and then they came in and played in Kayleigh's room. 

Thanks for coming you guys, we sure enjoyed the distraction and the kids love when we have visitors.  



She's a pirate princess

"I'm a pirate princess, brave as I can be..."  Yep, Kayleigh loves Jake and the Neverland Pirates on Disney Junior.  Last week she also got to go to one of her friends birthday parties that had a pirate theme.  She thought it was so great, especially all the cool things she got, like a sword and pirate patch, tattoo and treasure chest.  Aww, to be a little kid again...

Our 7th Anniversary Trip

We were able to get away (1st time in 3 yrs without kids) this year for our anniversary.  Through some family friends of Michael's we were able to find  a condo to stay in up near Park City.  It was so much fun!  We stayed for 2 nights and 2 1/2 days.  The first night we had some of our friends hang with us.   Tyler and Caprice, we love you guys!  After arriving there on a Monday night we went to dinner for some sushi.  On our way to dinner, Tyler insisted on me getting some heels for the night out, so after stopping at Famous Footwear and getting a great deal on some cute black heels we were ready.  (They are very cute and I'm glad I got them.) I really loved the sushi, but Michael said it was just okay.  That night we played a card game with SkipBo cards called 9's and stayed up til 2 doing that. 

The next day the guys played 36 holes of golf.  Yep, you read that right, 36.  I think after 27 they were ready to be done, but they couldn't get a refund for the other 9.  They were beat when they got done.  Caprice and I hit the outlets while they golfed.  It's funny, without kids you can sure shop longer!  Hmm, wonder why that is.  :-)

After golf and shopping, Tyler and Caprice headed back home.  Michael and I were pretty tired so we just got some dinner at Panda Express and then had a quiet night in.  The next morning we didn't get out of bed til 11:00 and it was so nice!  Then we went to see the movie 17 Miracles.  It was amazing!  It was really great.  It's about the Willey and Martin Handcart companies that came across the plains to come to Zion.  It 's truly a miracle that so many members of those companies made it here to Utah and didn't lose the faith.  We thought it was one of those movies that just changes your day and how you feel. 

Then we went back to the condo and cleaned it up before we headed home.  We were really excited to see our kids, even though we'd only been gone a couple of days.  Thanks to my mom and dad who watched them for us, we really appreciated it.  And that was our little get away trip.