Silver Lake

Mama was craving some mountain air, so after church on Sunday we packed up the boys and headed up to Silver Lake.  Mama is not super familiar with the mountains in the Salt Lake valley but saw several friends post about it in the past few weeks so we decided to go.  It started raining as we headed up the mountain and we were a little worried, but determined.  It stopped raining just as we got to the lake.  We had the perfect amount of time to walk around and let the boys do a little exploring.  When we got back in the car and started heading down, it started to rain again... such a perfect day.  Rain in the mountains is mommy's favorite.  It was a beautiful drive, a beautiful lake, and our beautiful family.

 

July

These poor boys want to play outside all the time, then they realize how hot it is and want to come in.  We do try to go out in the evenings.  They are starting to be a little more cooperative for mommy when she wants to take photos.  We have been to a couple splash pads this month and are going to try to make it a weekly activity.  They won't play in much of it, but they like the puddles and the small sprayers at the edges that they can step on.... but they have fun and that's all that matters.

 This is the face we get when we ask Nolan to smile...

 

 

 

 

Independence Day!

On the morning of the fourth, we got up and went to breakfast at our church.  Pancakes, eggs, bacon, fruit, muffins, juice, milk... it was SO good.  After breakfast, our leaders sat in a dunk tank and let everyone throw softballs to dunk them.  The boys thought it was hilarious, except when they got splashed and didn't know why or what to think about it.  We came home and set up the boys new big beds, in their new room that daddy had just painted blue, had lunch, and took a nap.  After nap time we grabbed some dinner at Taco Bell and went to the Sandy City Center to wait for the parade.  We waited for about an hour and a half, but we were at the beginning so the boys could see a few floats and some fire trucks and were able to play.  They loved the parade.  The fire trucks, motorcycle cops, the big tractor, walking animals, and a few of the floats.  We went home, took a bath, and daddy lit a few fireworks on the street in front of our house and then we got some ice cream and watched the big fireworks from Rio Tinto stadium from our backyard.  The boys LOVED them.  It was a long, fun day.  The boys were very tired and asked to go to bed.  We love Independence Day.  We had so much fun!

Waiting for fireworks!