monday.

i had one day off work this week instead of two, so miles and i made the most of it,
here's what we did last monday:

do you know what a "fresh beat smoothie" is? if you watch nick jr, you might.
miles learned how to make one while watching "the fresh beat band"
so while i was shaving my legs to go to seven peaks,
he came up to tell me about how he made one and each step (orange juice, fruit, blender)

i came down and found that. a tomato, half a lime that's been in the fridge too long, and some "orange juice" which is actually: YUM!

after i cleaned up that little mess, we went to seven peaks with alisha & emarie. SO FUN.

and then we got rained out, but we were done anyway.

then i came home and whipped up some dinner, look how yummy:

camping!

last saturday, i randomly got the idea to camp.
we haven't gotten a chance to until now because how crazy this spring/summer has been so far, but it was so great to get out there.
unfortunately, i looked at my camera to make sure there was battery...3 bars (full) so i didn't worry about charging.
well when we got there, the camera didn't last even getting the tent up, but here's what we did get:

miles was so excited for his very first camping trip!

the sign at balsam campsite in hobble creek canyon.

we opted out of tin foil dinners since it was late when we decided, and went for pizza.

and apple juice.

our camp spot was great.

walkway to the river.

our cute little tent!

jasper: a month later

we're about to hit our 4 week mark with little jasper...lets look at how he's grown.

8 weeks

to 12 weeks

his favorite thing to do:

and how about one of his cute daddy

KD Phone Home

I always had a sneaking suspicion that Kevin Durant wasn't who he said he was. His basketball skill level just didn't make sense for a human. Now it does.

Kevin Durant checking the score with his teammates during an Oklahoma City Thunder game.

birthday week.

some of the birthday weeks events:

wednesday: jonny's birthday! dinner with his family @ goodwood, (one of his favorites) and some GREAT gifts, real salt lake tickets (front row!) & $50 to happy sumo. i also got him some sanuks, 2 discs and a disc golf bag. he seemed like he loved everything, and considering he's super picky, i'd say it was a success!
friday: miles and i went to seven peaks to use our passes for the first time, it was super fun and brought back memories! we met meredith and hibbin there and played for a few hours. later that evening, after meeting my parents & their best friends at a wedding, jonny stayed home with jasper while i went and saw eclipse. love that movie.

saturday: jonny, very surprisingly, mentioned wanting to go to seven peaks, so all of us went & met up with nate, meres and hibbin. it was fun with him, i'm excited to keep going the rest of the summer. its nice to only be there a few hours but to get some sun, let miles play, and spend time out of the house together. that night we went up to salt lake city to celebrate jonny's birthday with my parents. dennis, kennya & kennedy also came up and we had dinner at ruth's diner (as seen on 'diners, drives in & dives'). they got him a pair of "nice" jeans for his birthday that look pretty awesome on him. after dinner, we went to baskin robins and to my parents. it was a fun night, but we stayed LATE and the drive home complete with i-15 traffic wasn't great.
sunday: unfortunately, the only pictures we got of the week were taken today, and they were taken of a very unwelcome guest in our backyard. say hello to carl...
yes! that is a sick bat. jonny was out back doing some yard work & looked over & saw this little guy.
jonny thinks he's cool, miles wanted to kill it, and i'm just scared it's going to give us rabies like on the office.

happy birthday husband!

i'm not going to get all ooey gooey here, because you all know that's not my style.
there's only one thing i have to say to prove i have the best husband in the world:
he gets on my case for not liking to cuddle.

happy birthday, babe!

the july 4th weekend.

did you all have a good fourth weekend?

we did!

started it off friday night, we took jasper downtown to the freedom festival and literally, we can't walk 5 feet without someone commenting on how cute he is, or asking what kind of dog he is, etc... unfortunately it was a little overwhelming for him, so we walked over to guru's and had some dinner outside while he hid under jonny's chair.saturday, we tried to relax a bit to gear up for our big night...a fun family filled bbq at my grandparents (complete with ALL 3 great grandchildren) and a new obsession with izze drinks (grapefruit is the best). then we trekked over to midway to watch the fireworks from my dad's house. love their yard and having the kids there for miles to play with. they loved jasper of course and so did their little year old lab ghia. "samanta" jonnys sister came with us, and i think became miles new best friend...the first thing he said when he woke up the next morning is "where's samanta?"sunday, we were dead tired, but jasper was NOT...we decided to head out on a little advent ure. we drove up to south fork and explored around. i loved having all 3 of our boys stomping through the "forest"...it makes me crave real, big forests. afterwards, we went to the holts for a 4th of july bbq and spent a little time with them since the twins are in idaho and samantha is lonely...he loves to play with the cowboy stuff at the house!

monday, we went to the parade and had a great curb spot thanks to jonny's office being on the parade route. no sleeping out necessary! miles loved it, seeing the big balloons and the floats, but he was tired...i had to wake him up to make it there on time. later that night, we had another little family outing up in slc, my cousins are both leaving soon, one for london for an amazing internship, and the other is my cousin ashlee, who is moving with her husband and daughter to VA for him to go to school. i also got to see my mom's new house, which i'm SO jealous of. a cute old home that's been updated right a block from 9th south & 9th east in salt lake.


i also have to mention how amazingly amazing my company is! they've just approved me to take my hours down, back to part time (after just upping them 6 months ago) so i am now working full days tuesday, wednesday and thursday...and staying home with meelos on mondays & fridays! i'm really so grateful to be able to spend time with him, it was super important to me, especially considering he'll be in school before we know it!