I love the rain. I love playing in the rain. I love the way the rain smells in the mountains. And I love taking pictures of my neices going for a walk in the rain like it was nothing...just having a chat about whatever 5 year olds talk about.

Did I mention I love the mountains?

And Alta?

And that Sawyer LOVES babies? A lot. Maybe a bit too much sometimes. Does this mean I need to have another? HA! Yeah right.

Hiding with Alta.

I was so happy to see that all the kids liked the hats Jim brought. All they need now are some cowboy boots and plaid shirts...and maybe a nice cold one in their hand...

Alta. You should just come stay with me for like a year. Or just move here. We need to be neighbors.

Really the best vacation EVER!


Miss everyone already. And I REALLY miss my Utah mountains. I'm not sure how I'll survive without.

We're in Utah!!

I know I said the last post would be the last for a while...but then I realized that it would be picture overload if I waited to get home. So here are a couple photos from the last couple of days.

I LOVE THE HEATH'S!!! Sawyer has SO MUCH FUN with his cousins. They came over on Sunday and started wrestle mania in the front yard. Hey Jim...you know how you REALLY wanted a football player in the family? Well, wait till you see how he tackles the older boys!

Wyatt is being SO SHY! He is never far from my lap, but he is starting to warm up to grandma. He'll at least go to her some of the time now too.

I love Lexi's face in this picture. She looks confused and maybe a little bugged by Sawyer but really she's just sucking on a piece of candy...She and Sawyer were instant best friends. Lexi is 5 and LOVES to take Sawyer all over the place.

Oh Zack...your the best big cousin. Sawyer is going to become a famous linebacker because of you.

And J.T. Sawyer and he are kindred spirits. They are so funny to watch.

Today we went to the water park. See. Wyatt loves grandma now! I get a break from his clinging to me. He hung out with her while Sawyer and I went on some big water slides...which he DID NOT like. At all.

So we stuck with the little kiddie area.

And the lazy river. Guess who else LOVES grandma? And he always says "grandpa work?" when he can't find my dad. LOVES grandpa too.

Look at the mountains in the back!!! Oh I miss them.

Taking a walk up grandma and grandpas street.

Well. That's it for today. These boys sure are missing their dad though. Can't wait to see you in a week and a half Jim!!!

Before I leave...

I have been meaning to post these for a REALLY long time.
Here is the wall mural I did for the boys. Sadly, it's in our old house. But it was fun while it lasted. There was this great storage closet that as soon as I opened the door when we were looking at renting this place I was like wow this is perfect for a little kids fort! So I painted it. So here you go.



I love Hobby Lobby. I got all the cute little wooden pre-painted pieces there and stuck Velcro on them and the wall. Them painted the exact replica of that piece so it was kind of a matching game too. Or they could put them wherever they could find velcro.

The ones I painted are outlined in black, the others are the removable pieces.



The upper part of the closet I made into a space room. Unfortunately for some reason I didn't take any close ups...but here is a cute one. You can hardly see it but there is glow in the dark paint ALL OVER so that when you turn the lights off and shut the door it feels like you are seriously floating in space. It was my favorite room in the house. I might have to make on here in our new place. Again there were removable pieces and painted ones to match.

And here is a picture before most of the paint. That black on the right wall is magnetic paint which didn't work in there because the guy at Lowes said if there is lead paint it won't work over it...yeah, great, we had lead paint where the kids play.


Well. That's it. This will probably be my last post for a while. I'm going to Utah tomorrow morning till the end of the month!!! 14 hours in the car. With two kids. We'll see.

This Week We...

...put Sawyer to work mowing the lawn...



...played outside from sunup to sundown before this 107 degree weather...

...went to the water park with Cheever family...

...celebrated the one year birthdays of Adam, Bodey and Wyatt (who by the way would not hold still for a picture so a video is at the end of this post)...

...watched Wyatt grow before our eyes, he stands up and starts walking all on his own...

...went to a "pool" party (thanks Cheevers!!)...

...sat in a box and read...

...Just had a good time...