WHAT WE DO
LAKE POWELL
We go to Lake Powell at least every year (usually twice)! Both Nate and I grew up going to Lake Powell, and staying on a house boat and now we are lucky enough that we get to bring our kids. It has become our favorite week (or two) of the year. My boys ask all year long when it's time for Lake Powell.
BIRTHDAYS
We love birthdays! (Okay, mostly me). But my boys have learned to love them as much as I do. We plan together, choose a theme together, decorate together, and choose what games and activities we want together! It is such a fun experience to plan and hype up how fun it is to grow and learn.
When Chase turned 2, he was obsessed with The Little Blue Truck, and we had a great time coming up with fun farm snacks. A few months before his 3rd birthday, he had his heart set on a dinosaur theme, but then saw an image of the new Grinch movie, and his mind was changed and there was no going back! He talked about his Grinch party for 6 weeks leading up to it, and he loved the party so much. This year he decided on a snowman party! We made snowman cookies, watched frosty, played snowman games and built a snowman!
Bryant gets so excited over the littlest things, and it doesn't take much to make it the best day of his life. He woke up on his birthday this past year and came in my room and said, "Mom it feels like Christmas morning!" We hadn't done anything yet, I hadn't even told him what we had planned for the day, he was just so happy! He's had some pretty awesome birthday themes over the years, including Wild Kratts, Rescue Bots, and dinosaurs. This year Bryant wanted a "normal birthday." haha so I think my themed birthday parties might be coming to an end.
There is nothing I would rather do than celebrate my children and I look forward to birthdays as much as they do.
When Chase turned 2, he was obsessed with The Little Blue Truck, and we had a great time coming up with fun farm snacks. A few months before his 3rd birthday, he had his heart set on a dinosaur theme, but then saw an image of the new Grinch movie, and his mind was changed and there was no going back! He talked about his Grinch party for 6 weeks leading up to it, and he loved the party so much. This year he decided on a snowman party! We made snowman cookies, watched frosty, played snowman games and built a snowman!
Bryant gets so excited over the littlest things, and it doesn't take much to make it the best day of his life. He woke up on his birthday this past year and came in my room and said, "Mom it feels like Christmas morning!" We hadn't done anything yet, I hadn't even told him what we had planned for the day, he was just so happy! He's had some pretty awesome birthday themes over the years, including Wild Kratts, Rescue Bots, and dinosaurs. This year Bryant wanted a "normal birthday." haha so I think my themed birthday parties might be coming to an end.
There is nothing I would rather do than celebrate my children and I look forward to birthdays as much as they do.
HIKING
Here are just a few pictures of the hiking adventures we have been on with our boys over the last 6 years. We love exploring the outdoors. We live so close to the beautiful mountains and take full advantage of spending time exploring them. We also love traveling to the national parks that are so close to us. We especially enjoyed visiting Arches National Park and Dead Horse Point this year. We are so lucky to have such magnificent beauty in our backyard.
HALLOWEEN
I have LOVED finding simple costumes that we can create a theme with and dress up together. Every year, Nate's mom has a fabulous Halloween party for the kids, and we all dress up. It's the best way to celebrate together. This year we had an EPIC Harry Potter themed party. We read the books as a family while quarantining. Our boys loved them.
READING
I have always loved to read, but I never realized how much I really loved it until I had kids. I started collecting children's books when I taught school and I have continued collecting them as my kids have grown. We have an outrageous amount of books and we read all of them! My boys love to read. Sometimes we sit down to read—and before we know it, an hour has passed. Bryant has recently started reading on his own, and it is so magical to hear him reading to his brother. I have my books organized by season, and I pull out special ones depending on the time of the year. It's so fun to read together. I will always treasure the memories I have of reading with my boys.
TRAVELING
We have been lucky enough to see some pretty amazing places around the world. When Nate and I were first married, we spent a summer on the East Coast. We lived in Connecticut while Nate was working in New York. We visited Washington D.C., Newport, Rhode Island, and Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. We ended up driving from Utah to New York and back so we got to see a lot of the United States on our very long drive. Shortly after Bryant was born we went to Hawaii for the first time with some friends. We visited Arizona and San Francisco after that. We were lucky enough to make it to Europe a couple of times while my sister was living there. Bryant and Chase are world travelers. We have loved the opportunity to see different cultures and visit all of these beautiful places.
