LABOR DAY WEEKEND IN CALI...

to sum it up... when you are married to a

land cruiser enthusiast, you learn early on,

when you find a good deal...you jump on it!

Kenny was on the internet Friday and saw

a land cruiser he couldn't pass up. (The only

problem was it was in LA, which turned

out to be not such a problem)So we booked

our one way flights that night and left the next morning

at 6am! We are lucky Tate is a good sport and

doesn't mind traveling...

This is Tate figuring out the air conditioning
in our hotel room. It was so funny watching
him get wind blown.


We had to wait for banks to open since
it was a holiday weekend so we had 3 days
to spend at the beach. The first day we went to
Santa Monica and the next we went to Huntington.
Finding a parking spot was a small nightmare,
but the beaches were beautiful.








Like always, Tate liked eating more than anything...

It took a little bit for Tatie to want to go in

the waves, but once he worked

up the courage, he loved it. He is like a little fish,

with a tan line that would make the coopertone

baby jealous!

Kenny and Tate had fun building sandcastles

and sand turtles...

We would never make a trip to the west coast

without making at least a few trips to my favorite

places to eat, The Cheesecake Factory and

In-n-out! Animalized cheeseburger with fries and

a diet coke and my two boys...life doesn't get much better.

Tate took one look at that yummy burger

and could hardly contain himself.

I think Tate likes our new car better

than we do.

I had to get a pic with the sweetest man in the

world. His name is David. He is the owners dad

and just kinda walks around and does PR at the

dealership. I almost cried when we said goodbye to him

not only because I hold a special place in my heart for old men,

(not in a creepy way) but he was so presh to Tate and I. He bought

us drinks and gave Tatie balloons and a teddy bear...he really

is why we bought the car. WE LOVE YOU DAVID!

SWISS DAYS!

Every year my mom her sisters and I head

up to swiss days is Heber. Its always so fun to

walk around, look at all the cute booths and

of course partake of all the yum-o food!

(ok that's the real reason we go)

Tate had fun playing with my aunt Springs kids

Tennyson and Finn. All they needed was

a few treats and some bev's and they were

good to go.

So I guess their fav part was eating too...




Say 100 degrees!

Every year we hurry to the gourd ladies

booth first because hers is by

far the best. She does the most creative

cutest stuff. Her web site is jenibee.com

Everything else is kinda same-o same-o,

ya I get it- live well laugh oft and love much

blah blah blah blah.....

TATE'S FIRST TRIP TO THE ZOO!

Tate's friend Ayden taking
such good care of him...

My friend Mary (the party planner) let

Tate and I tag along with her and her sister

in-laws to the zoo. It was such a fun day.

These are her cute kids, Ayden and Sophie.

Regardless of the face Tate is pulling,

he really did have a lot of fun. He was

convinced since most everything we saw

had four legs, they were all dogs. He kept

pointing at the animals and saying, Gog...

rrrrr, rooo. (his version of a ruff)

I think his all time favorite were the giraffes.

One came right over and put his face with in

one foot of us. It was so crazy/scary!

I have a picture by this lion fountain when I was

really little, so I couldn't resist

taking the same one of Tatie.

Here we are on the train ride. I hadn't been

to the zoo in at least 10 years. I was

very impressed at the "new and improved"

Hogle Zoo! It used to be way ghetto.

Tatie and his girlfriend Sophie...just

6ish weeks apart.

FAMILY PICS!

I realized the other day that

we don't really have any real family

pics, so thanks to my very talented

sister Brynne, now we do. I wanted to

post one and I got carried away...sorry!

I know some think I'm joking but sometimes
I think life should be a musical. (alright,
most of the time, OK fine...always!) Look at
Kenny and Tate, they are like what-the?


We found some really cool train tracks and
an old box car along the way. Apparently
Bob found it before we did.

I know Tate looks very innocent, but you

wouldn't believe how may fruit

snacks it took for him to hold

still even for just one minute.

Again the look of innocence really is uncanny!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US...

Kenny and I celebrated our anniversary on

Saturday. Since we have had a crazy summer

and we are going to San Diego in a couple weeks,

we decided to keep it low key. We made plans to

go do a session at the Salt Lake Temple and than

dinner at the Roof, over looking the same beautiful

place we were married. As we were walking out the

door we grabbed our recommends and realized they

were expired by a week...ugh! We still wanted to make

our dinner reservations but had time to kill so we

went and saw Rush Hour III...not quite the

same experience the Temple would have been, but

humorous non the less. The Roof was beautiful and

soooo yummy. I kept hoping someone around us would

propose. Then we went and walked around the Temple

grounds and snapped this pic by the eternity tree (or

whatever its called)remembering where we stood on that

same day two years ago. It was so peaceful and fun.

These last two years have been the best of my life.

Kenny is everything I could have hoped for and so

much more. He is the best husband and father in the

world. It was so worth wondering in the wilderness for

what seemed like forever before finally finding my promised

land...I love you babe! Two years and a one year old, oh ya!

CABIN FAMILY FUN!

Why is it so fun to strip babies down and

put em in the tub?

Every year we head to Kenny's family cabin
at Duck Creek for the weekend. Its always
good times. Tate and his cousin Ryder loved just

hangin out and watchin shows.

The sandbox was a big hit too...

Another highlight was takin the four
wheelers and jeeps out on the trails.
Kenny claims hes the warrior and
I'm the worrier

HAPPY PIONEER DAY...LATE!

July is one of my favorite months. Celebrating

the fourth and Pioneer Day is always so fun!

We were in Lake Powell for the fourth so

the 24th was really Tatie's first firework experience.

BBQ'in up at Grandma Nelsons is always
a highlight!

Tate and his favorite (and only) cousin Caden.
Any family resemblance? Not really, they both look

like their dads...Grammie Nelson, and Kenny,keep
beggin for more grand kids...funny huh?

Every year we get a huge game of golf ball swing
goin and every year I dominate. (because your on my
team and my team always wins...) oh FRIENDS my it rest.