Our Family of 3

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Father's Day Flop...

This year for Father's Day we were going to be in St. George for Christian's homecoming talk, so I told Jer we would celebrate Father's Day early for him. I wanted to plan something so fun that he wouldn't mind being in St. George for the actual day. I thought long and hard about what to do, or I guess I knew we were going camping, I just didn't know where. I wanted to go somewhere close that we hadn't been before. I did a little research and stumbled on Utah Lake. I thought it would be a blast to go camping there and then play in the water, maybe even rent a canoe or peddle boat. So I reserved a spot and made all the arrangements. We got out there and it started out okay. Adda was a little fussy, but not horrible. We took a walk to the beach and got camp set up. Then Adda lost it. We tried putting her to bed while it was still light outside and she wasn't having it. She basically just screamed forever. I felt so bad for Jer, because it was supposed to be a really fun camping trip for him and it was turning miserable for both of us. At 9:30 we finally decided we'd had enough and we were starting to get eaten alive by mosquitoes so we gave up and headed home:-( So disappointing!

Mommy and Me Fashion Show

On mother's day weekend Adda and I participated in a fashion show for the University Mall in Provo. I saw a post on facebook about it about a month before asking for mother and daughter volunteers. They were wanting kids 3+ years of age, but I replied anyways thinking it would be fun if they decided to take younger kids. I didn't hear anything back for about 3 weeks so I just figured that they just wanted older kids. Then the week of the event they finally got back to me and said we could participate. I was so excited! I thought it was just a bunch of moms and daughters doing this for fun like we were. I was wrong. I showed up to find out that they hadn't had enough volunteers so most of the show was legit wanna-be models doing this gig as an audition for other shows. They were throwing out for-real modeling terms and practicing all morning. Needless to say, I was way out of place, but we still had a blast! Jer was a trooper and pretty much hung out at the mall all day so we could do this. Thanks babe! Also, thanks to Shellie for sticking in town a little longer than planned to come see the show!

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Cody's Graduation and St. George Fun

Adda and I hitched a ride with Cassidy and her kids to St. George for Cody's high school graduation. He was senior class president so he both spoke at and conducted the graduation. He did a great job! It was fun watching him and remembering speaking at my own graduation. The graduation was by far the best I've ever been to. There were no boring speakers and a flash mob dance to finish it off:-) So much fun!
We also took advantage of the St. George sun and went swimming and to the splash pad. Adda was a little apprehensive of both, but did good for her first time. She was a trooper putting up with long days and short naps!