trip to campus MOA

Last week Hailey & I picked up Chloe & headed to the

 Museum of Art on the Brigham Young University Campus.

It was a blast!

A great activity for a hot, hot summer day.

 Right now there is a fantastic exhibit called Work To Do
Click on the words & check it out! We loved some of it, were confused by some of it, it made us think... and most importantly we had a GREAT time.

This was my favorite & very thought provoking.

Think about it-

both plants got equal amounts of water & light.

One is spoken only "good" words to-

the other only "evil" words.

The difference was obvious. Not huge- but obvious.

Leave a comment- and let me know what you think about this! 

I think it's amazing- absolutely amazing.

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Chloe could only stay with us for a couple of hours, but afterward we met up with Jack.

He needed some new clothes so we headed out with him and... 

it's always fun to be out shopping with Jack.

That's really all I have to say about that.

We headed to dinner with a gift card to Olive Garden I was given- (LOVE Gift cards)

And- I realized how fun to be out with my two

Middle Children!

I am pretty sure this has never happened before.

It was great. These are two fantastic kids.

Jack is working for the summer. He has a job & an internship. 

He also has a .... girlfriend... and we are loving that!

Hailey- just started school to learn American Sign Language.

She is loving it & hoping to work with Autistic kids or just be an interpreter for the hearing impaired.

She is so good at this kind of thing! We are really excited for her.

I am sad that I didn't take any pictures with me in them???

I was there!

I really was!

But notice I did get a picture of my mushroom ravioli?

it was good-

scenes from hot, lazy summer days

Watching movies

Playing inside with Nya

watching the summer rain

Hailey posing with the creepy stand up poster at Arctic Circle.

I forgot to take pictures of our chocolate topped cones. 

 Walks through Target.

And

Slurpees

To help us cool down & promote happiness.

Because every Nana knows that Slurpees bring smiles.

it had to go...

 One of the things we love about our home

 is the big beautiful deck & tall trees in the back yard.

 It is so fun to eat & play outside.

 But.... the deck is old now.

 It was built long, long, even really long... before we moved in.

 We kept up the paint etc. but it is time- time for it to go. Several spots have started to rot out.

 Yep- it's gotta go.

Brett & Trent spent Friday & Saturday tearing it out and- next week 

(ha ha, that's what the builder says- but we shall see?) 

new stairs and railings will be built & a new cement patio will be poured.

We are really excited!

Our back yard is already looking so much bigger.

The big boys have real jobs so it was just Brett & Trent for this job.

Thank goodness for Trent- he has really been a big help.

It's a long way down from the back door- EEK!

Thank goodness they left the back steps from the other back door- yes there are two.

I am terrified someone will forget & in the middle of the night step out & break their legs!

So we have the kitchen table pushed up against the door.

Wish me luck-- you gotta know I'm kind of a klutz.  

Let's all cross our fingers that our builder comes sooner than later!

ice cream, you scream we all scream for family night

A couple of weeks ago- we had family night at the hospital. Hailey was there.

 We had a wonderful lesson with her- we got too loud & noisy with extreme laughing- after the lesson. I like that we can have fun as a family even in the hospital. She has been in & out of the hospital with an illness that I am not ready to blog about- oh the worry- still so glad you are home Hailey girl.

 You are a joy & a light in our home.

 (sad Trent because Hailey is not with us)

I wanted to document something-

Whenever we go to Baskin & Robbins (or any ice cream place- frankly, it's not that often, but still)

TRENT ALWAYS GETS THE DARKEST CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM.

It is so funny to me!!!

You know the kind, the almost black, chocolate fudgy ice cream.

I never get this kind--- he let's me have a taste of his, then wish I did.

Oh Trent- He is so, so funny. 

I am so glad he is mine.

I forgot to get a picture of his chocolate mustache. 

I will leave it to your imagination.

day 2

last week on day two of our stay cation-

The boys got up early & went fishing. The girls & I did not. We did get ready & later in the day we all drove up to Park City for shopping & dinner. We headed to the outlet mall & had a great photo free time shopping & people watching. Even in Park City these days- it's HOT in Utah.
Baja CAntina for dinner was a huge hit- you can see why!?

I LOve Park City- it's been way too long since we have driven up. Every time we go up there I think- why don't we come here more?

All views are beautiful.

WE are full on into school now-

and I've got a cold. it's HOT- one of the hottest weeks of the year. All three of my kids are in school with NO AIR CONDITIONING- NADA, NONE. Crazy. Today's predicted high- 98 degrees. IT makes me so mad.

I better just stop.

last hurrah

Last week- we decided to take a couple of days to play. You know, before the dreaded... school starting. We took two days & had a blast! Kind of a little mini- stay cation.We started out here at Jungle Jim's Playground. The girls were so kind to go along & not complain (ya, they had fun- because they have such good attitudes!) Trent was in HEAVEN.

We were all having a GREAT time- until - Trent talked me into getting on "The Amazon" with him. I don't know what is wrong with my mind? HELLO? When will I ever learn? Frankly, I just felt bad for him... I wanted him to have a friend/brother to ride with so- I. got. on. the. ride..... Just before it took off the girls came walking around the corner & saw me. Their mouths dropped open & they started to giggle & point. The two kids in front of us told me this was their 12th time in a row. I asked, "have you puked yet? How do you keep from puking?" Their answer, "it's easy lady. It's fun." Ya--- I used to be a kid too. The ride started up & it hit me-- I'VE GOTTA GET OFF THIS THING!!!! By the second time around I was panicking & yelling at the teenage operator-- STOP THE RIDE, HEY HEY- STOP THE RIDE!! He may have let me go around one more two more times out of wicked spite. Before it had come to a complete stop, my seat belt was off & I was climbing out. Crisis averted. The girls were nearly rolling on the ground with laughter. jerks.

Trent survived & thrived & even found a buddy to ride with.

Yes, it was tempting to stay all day... but after a couple of hours we headed off to here:

This place is so darn cute!

Not to mention- so good!

Chloe got a Va Nei lla cupcake.

Trent & Cranny (the blow up crayon he bought & named with the tickets at Jungle Jim's) shared a Root Beer float cupcake.

Mine was raspberry lime.

Hailey chose a sopapilla something? I can't remember now, but it was good.

(I texted this picture of some new Tom's to the girls)

We headed to the mall where we met up with Brett. The girls got to do some shopping - then we went out to dinner!

GREAT DAY