Summer Fun

It's crazy that today is the last day of August! Where has the summer gone? We have had an eventful two months and here are some pics of what we've been up to. 

 Cousin play date, while the Riders were in town

 OH-IO reunion! Our Bishop and his wife were in town so we got some fellow Ohioans together and visited.

 Checking out the animals and dinosaurs at the zoo with friends.

 Maddie and her bug house 

Pioneer Day Parade. Madison had a total blast watching all the floats and LOVED collecting tons of candy. 

 We got to spend a fun day at Lagoon with our dear friends the Harts. 

 Madison was super brave and rode her 1st roller coaster ride, 3 times!!! She loved it:)

 The whole crew 

Maddie and Ben with their little tots summer camp teachers. We randomly saw them at the park, and the kids were super excited.

 Park City, Olympic Park with the Schultz

 Going out on a limb at the ropes course 

 I may have been a little freaked out... 

 Scottie on the Alpine Slide 

 Thanks for the fun day guys!  

 Family dinner. All together:)

 Madison requested we make a rainbow fruit platter, so we did!

 Maddie and Beckham, these two adore each other!

 Fun with cousins at the splash pad and on our new playground

 Firehouse Fitness 4 week challenge with Laura, Camille, Me, and Ashley. We had a blast getting buff aka sore together.  

 Frizbee golf!!! The city put in a course at our favorite park, we were super excited to try it out.

 Maddie and Mom with our game faces

 Picking LOTS of blackberries at Grandpa Groovy's garden. Check out the sweet picking get up we are wearing!

 We went to the Farmington Fair with some friends, while all our hubbies were at work late. Here is Maddie holding a baby pig above. 

 Riding a pony

 Riding an elephant 

 Riding rides 

 Writing away

 Madison saying the sweetest prayer to cheer me up and having her pony fold its arms too! A memory I don't ever want to forget. What a sweet girl:)

 Being twinners with Eleanor

 Bowling with the Stevensons and Adairs

 Scottie spoiled me all weekend long for my birthday and did all the cooking and activity planning. 

 He even made Big Macs that tasted just like the real thing! 

Out to dinner at The Copper Onion

 The birthday circle

 Sooooooooooo excited to have my own canner!

Fun at the Museum of Curiosity at Thanksgiving Point. 

 Dressing up in her 6-9 month Halloween costume. I can't believe it still fits! 

 Cute blue eyed girls. Brooklyn, Maddie, and Madi 

 We ended our August by going to seven peaks with the Adairs and Schultz. It was super fun. 

Bear Lake

Another fun summer trip we had was going to Bear Lake with Scottie's Family. It was our first time there, and boy and boy did we love it. The water was gorgeous (called the Caribbean of the Rocky's), we had perfect weather, and loved spending time together. The boys went fishing, we visited my dear friend Steph, tried as many raspberry milkshakes as possible, and watched an amazing meteor shower as a family. 

 Thursday we arrived at Bear Lake, had fun checking out the house we stayed at, and then went to the beach to let Maddie play. 

 We let Maddie swim around in her clothes and she thought it was the coolest thing ever. Yep, me that crazy type A parent relaxed on vacation and let Maddie do the unthinkable! LOL

 That night we went to dinner at La Beau's. We got burgers and yummy "famous" raspberry milkshakes. I think Quick and Tasty was my fav place for shakes tho.

 Friday we all went to North Beach to play on the water trampoline Grandma Tracy had rented. It was a blast to watch Grandpa Groovy do back-flips!  

 After that we went with Gpa and Jason to Bloomington for a little hike to a really fun rope swing. 

 Angie on the rope swing!

 Bloomington hikers

Even though the water was freezing there, it was super fun.

 Friday night we went and met up with the Harts. We enjoyed chatting and letting the kids all play together. Bear Lake is where Steph is from, so it was so fun to finally see the place, I have heard so much about. 

Fun with cousins! I love how much Maddie adores her Zaugg cousins. They all play so well together! 

 Saturday we went back to North Beach for some more beach fun. We had kayaks, a wave runner, and lots of sand toys.

Making Arendale's Castle from Frozen

 Selfie with my hubby

 Maddie and Mom's first time on a wave runner, and it was soooooooooooooo fun!

 Going on a family ride

 More fun in the sun 

 Bye Bye Bear Lake House- rendition sang by Scottie Jay Parker. 

 Sunday we loaded up, went to church, and then came back home. It was a super fun and relaxing trip.