rat race

Lately I've felt like blogging has been a rat race, which I'd never get caught up.  Since yesterday I had toenail surgery on both big toes, I can't do much today.......... so that's why I've been blogging for hours without guilt! It will be so nice to finally be caught up!
So back to our July fun.  This month has seriously been SOOOO BUSY! After our fun-filled 4th weekend, we had a few days recovery, but not without some fun going-ons. The girls and I went on a little trip to the pool with a group of mommy's and kiddos from the ward. I have such great friends up here!

July 8th LUKE AND I CELEBRATED OUR 5th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!

We technically celebrated with our Havasupai trip....... but we still HAD to do something fun together on our big day.  We wanted to spend the time with our girls too, so we first had a yummy dinner of stuffed shells and such, followed by some divine chocolate dipped strawberries. Then just before bed, we slipped out and let the girls sleep with a babysitter at our house while we went out on the town. 

We saw Eclipse and splurged on popcorn AND soda! When I say splurge..I really mean it! It was $10 just for the snacks! RIP-OFF!!! But hey, it was a celebration, right?

Oh... and my sweetypie spoiled me again. 

That weekend we stayed with my aunt and uncle in Alpine so that we could go to my cousin's temple sealing on Saturday.  We met one of their fun neighbors who insisted I try out his nice ride........ and gave us (well, my aunt, who gave it to us) a free child's picnic table. We haven't had time to test it out yet, but I'm sure it's going to be really fun!

Draper Temple to witness my cousin, Julie's adopted baby being sealed to them. It was such a special day! And such a fun reunion. 

That night we said good bye to our sweet girls for a whole week.  Luke's sister drove them down from Salt Lake for us.  I had girls camp the next week and this was the best time to get the girls down to the grandparent's houses.  It was sad to leave them! But wonderful to have a few days to prepare for camp without "help".  

Tuesday thru Friday was girls camp and sadly, I don't have any pictures.  I was too busy to take any! But let me just say... everything turned out perfect! Every second of our 6 months of preparations was worth it.

There was no drama, no fighting, no complaining. All the girls participated and loved everything. It was fun and very spiritual. I enjoyed every minute of it! 

After a  good night of sleep, Saturday rolled around and we met up with my family in SLC to pick up our daughters. WE SURE MISSED THEM and it's so good to be home. 

home for a day or two anyway.