summer so far

The long 4th of July weekend has come and gone and

it was such a fun one.

Perfect weather!

On Friday night Caitlin & Brinton took Lucy to a carnival

while Blake and I enjoyed a dinner up Emigration canyon at Ruth's.

Lucy had a blast (as always) and it was a great way to kick of the weekend.

On Saturday we prepped for a little bbq in our backyard. I put up a

bunch of cute decorations and we had lots of laughs -

as for pictures these two were all that happened.

Looks like a real happening party, huh?

I promise people came and I promise there was more decor than

the same exact fans in the front and back (lame).

There are no pictures but believe you me -

Blake was truly master of ceremonies of this event. He worked non stop

all day Friday (he had off) and Saturday. Blake wanted a new menu

so all on his own he researched recipes, made an extensive shopping list,

did all of the shopping, unloaded and spread a huge delivery of topsoil,

planted new perennials in the front yard, mowed, trimmed, did ALL the yard work,

helped me decorate, prepped and cooked the ENTIRE meal, cleaned-up and put on

a great firework show while we all lounged on the lawn and ate treats.

He was AMAZING!!!! Everything was perfect and delicious and I really

should be embarrassed that he did all of that and I watched.

I love him for hundreds of reasons but also for making our holidays memorable.

The rest of the weekend was spent going for a drive, working on a few more

yard projects and Monday we had a bbq at my aunt Beth's house (again no pictures).

If someone flew overhead and looked down in her backyard they would have

seen quite the scene of 20+ people playing tug of war...

yes tug of war. This tradition is hysterically fun and this year was no different.

We tried as many varieties (girls vs boys, over 40 vs under, etc.) as we could

think of and the neck ache I woke up with proves that we gave it all our all...

in tug of war.

Since I just have a handful of pictures of this weekend I'll add a few more

of what else we've been up to. We saw Toy Story 3 - Lucy's second movie in the theater.

She was great and can polish off a lot of buttered popcorn.

The movie was very cute and I cried a bit.

Lucy has allowed some room for the Toy Story characters but

no one can touch the princesses.

We went to the Salt Lake Arts festival. It was super crowded

but still a fun evening. Caitlin & Brinton volunteered so Lucy

got her face painted by Brinton. We ate, looked at booths and then watched

Lucy entertain many people by dancing to a jazz band.

If we were smart we'd put out a bucket for tips.

Other than that we've done swim lessons, picnics, saw Eclipse, backyard

baby pool and plenty of snow cones.

And once Lucy's tucked in this is our latest obsession!

Mad Men

This series had been recommended so we finally netflixed all

three seasons and I can't stop thinking about it.

The new season (4th) starts the end of this month and we're all caught

up and counting down.

Don Draper - why must you be so complicated?

Summer tv leaves a lot to be desired so do yourself a favor and

get this in your queue - NOW!!

happy summer!