A Little Get Away

 This summer is flying by faster than we want. With Tyler starting a new job this year, he doesn't have much availability to go on a trip, but we wanted to get away for a little bit, so we decided to go down to Mesquite for a little get away. It was a quick trip, but so much fun. 

We stopped in St. George for lunch at the Pizza Factory. 

A couple stopped us on their way out and told us how cute of a family we had. It really made my whole day. 

After lunch we went to explore the St. George slot canyons. It was fun, but so miserably hot!!

The slot canyons were so cool!

All the kids loved climbing on the rocks. 

We finally made it to Mesquite and the kids watched me gamble for a little bit and lose my money. I hope they learned from my example why gambling is so dumb. 

We had dinner at the casino that night where the kids got to try oysters and crab. 

We loved this vacation because the kids would wake up and swim for a few hours before it got too hot. Then we would go bowling or go to a movie where we could cool off. Then the kids would go swimming again until the pool closed. 

The only bad thing is that Caden and Makayla got really bad sun blisters on their lips. They were so bad and spread all over their lips. Makayla kept picking at hers to the point they were bleeding. Poor kids!

It was a quick trip, but so much fun.  Can someone please explain where this child came from? 

Funny story... we were on our way home in the 117 degree heat and Makayla kept complaining that it was so hot. We told her to adjust the vents so it was on her, but she just kept whining. We thought she was just trying to get out of being in the very back of the Buick, but when we stopped in St. George to fill up with gas, we felt the vents and they were not blowing any cold air at all. We felt so bad for Makayla! Our vents were working in the front, but they were not in the back. Luckily we were able to get the vents in the front to blow to the back and we made it back home.

Remember how I was rear ended back in December? Turns out it did some damage to the a/c system and that's why it was so hot. We got the problem fixed and now we can drive comfortably during this very hot summer. 

Let's Celebrate!

June is always such a fun month because we have so much to celebrate. 

June 20 was our 13th anniversary. We celebrated with a stay cation in Salt Lake. Remember back in February when we were supposed to go out on a little Valentine's get away, but Brynnli came down with the flu? Well we were able to move our hotel stay to a weekend in June. We stayed in a hotel downtown and went to lunch at our favorite P.F. Changs. Then we were supposed to go to dessert at The Melting Pot, but missed our reservation. We decided to try going to Keys on Main and we ended up having so much fun! I think that may be our new anniversary tradition. 

June is also another important anniversary. This year was our 4 year family sealing anniversary. We had a yummy steak and shrimp dinner outside and talked about what we love the most about our family and made some fun plans for the future. 

After dinner we went to Hokulia for some snow cones. 

Bella even got her own plain snow cone... aka water. 

We also get to celebrate our favorite daddy for Father's day. We love Tyler so much and are so grateful for all he does for our family. 

We got together with our family to celebrate all the great dads in our family and snapped this classic picture... the kids have done the head tilt so many times it just comes naturally now. 

You know what Father's day means... new matching 4th of July shirts. 

Before you know it Independence day will be here!