Summer

I'm not even sure where to begin when I left off back in April. I think I can start off by honestly saying what a great summer we are having.

I was so worried at the start of June. I knew having all three girls home would be hard. I was especially worried because I have basically been a single mother for the past few months. Nathan has been away a lot for work, and working late. There have been a lot of melt downs, and just plain hard days...but there have also been some really great days.

Despite my worries It has been fun hanging out with my three little girls this Summer. We have done a lot of swimming, and made too many snow cone stops. We have been hanging out a lot in the Park City area (I love it there) we have made some memorable visits to my favorite big white barn in PC. We hit up the farmers markets, and the canyon for a hot dog roast. We have eaten plenty of gluten filled donuts while Nathan has been away :-) We even made it to the alpine slide several times, and have had some nice summer evenings. I have enjoyed the amazing summer storms that roll in....I LOVE STORMS!

I can't believe it is August 1st? This Summer has flown by so quickly. I'm not ready to have the girls back in school, and I so thought I would be by now. We still have a few more things to check off our Summer bucket list. What a pleasure it is to be a mom. To hang with these girls can sometimes be downright hard, but mostly rewarding, and amazing. I love hearing their funny conversations. I love when Rachel will ask Becca a question, and Becca beams with pride in explaining her answer back. I love hearing Livy singing to herself while she contently plays with her little toys. I love them so much. I have loved this Summer with them. I am thankful to be their mom.

Jaws summer movie night

My very blonde hair for the summer :)

At an amazing toy store in The Rivers Woods provo area.

The Park City home we have been staying at.

At the planetarium with my favorite people.

We tried to take pictures at the photo booth. Rachel was getting mad at Becca for her for "big forehead" being in the way! I died laughing!

 

Nine years of marriage

Nathan and I celebrated our 9th anniversary last month. When we woke up the morning of, the girls had a sign out and made some cards for us. They are so dang cute!! I'm so thankful to have a guy like Nathan who is so good to us. I can't believe we have been married nine years and have three kids. Where does the time go?

 

 

Friday night family night

A few months back we decided to make Friday night a time to do something fun together as a family. Pizza is always involved, with a movie or an evening at the park, something along those lines. The girls really look forward to Friday nights together which is the goal in all of this, really.

 

My little Easter chicks, and the Dino museum

Last weekend we had a coupon to the Dino museum at Thanksgiving Point. It was pretty fun, the girls loved it. Perfect for a rainy afternoon.

Not much happened this year for Easter, which I didn't mind. We went to aunt Melanie's for a Sunday dinner. She put on an Easter egg hunt for the kids and that was about it. It was a very relaxed day, I enjoyed it.

 

 

 

A few little randoms

The other weekend I gave the girls the idea to wash the car...they loved that, thought it was genius! Nana lord asked them to wash her car while they were at it. It was pretty dang cute to watch! Livy being the stinker that she, kept getting herself soaked with dirty water! Yuck!

Also on that same weekend (I believe) Rachel and I went and spent a Saturday night up at Nana Neibaurs for Rachel's birthday sleepover. Nana was really busy in February so we celebrated a little late. Catherine came up on Sunday, so we made a cake and celebrated her birthday as well! Yea for late birthday celebrations :-)

The other week Becca got to go to "Singing in the Rain" with Nana Lord, Great Grammy Critchfield, and her cousin Madeline. She stayed up nice and late! Even on a school night! Mom of the year right here :-)

We are having typical Utah spring weather which I honestly don't mind. I like the rain, snow, and sunshine. I love having it stay lighter out a little longer too.

 

Spring Break

Well we didn't do anything glamorous really. But my little girlies and I did pack our bags (I packed our bags) and headed up the canyon to stay with Nana Neibaur for a week! Pompa Neibaur was in Italy and Nathan stayed down in the valley to work, so it truly was an all girls week :-) We went to some fun parks, ate a lot of gluten filled donuts, watched fun movies, had a fun cousin day in Provo at Malawies pizza, went to another fun park and Watched Krispy Kream donuts being made, ate more good food, stayed up late.....did I miss anything?? :-)

It was truly a much needed break from our usual routine. It was hard to leave and say hello to reality again. So thankful to have family so close by. I don't know what I'd do without them.