Braxton started 2nd Grade!

Braxton started 2nd grade today! He was so excited to go back, mostly to see his friends. He was getting so bored with summer. Its fun to just hang out, sleep in and play all day but we were ALL ready for school and a daily routine again. I bought him all his school clothes a couple weeks ago and I told him he had to wait for school to start to wear them. He said "well you better hide them then, cause I have a short memory":)

Seattle

Dee and I had a chance to go to Seattle last weekend ALONE and it was great! We had the best time- We havent gone on a Vacation with just the two of us for a long time. We went for Dee's cousin, Ashleys wedding. She got married at a really cool place in Seattle called "The Ruins", It was Beautiful. Her mom and dad actually married them too:) They got ordained online- which is the most awesome thing I have ever heard! Anyway, besides wedding stuff- we just sorta chilled out. We went to Pikes Market and to the downtown shopping district, where I was in HEAVEN!! Poor Dee, he just sorta followed me into every store I saw:) I have such a good husband- what a trooper! I love, love, love to shop:) Pikes Market was a blast too, they had the most Beautiful flowers I have seriously ever seen, bouqets were like 5 and 10 dollars- the same bouqet here would cost like 90 bucks! I wish we had a place like that in SLC. We also got to hang out with my BF Lindsay and her daughter Stella, which was great- they took us to a few farmers markets and just kinda showed us around. The best part of all though, I think was just doing nothing at all- sleeping in, taking naps, and not having to worry about anyone but ourselves! Dont get me wrong, I love my boys to death but I think every parent needs at least a weekend away every once and awhile:) We missed them like crazy but it was definately a much needed getaway!

We love the 24th!

We had a great 24th! First off not having work makes it a great day to begin with:) We started off our day by going to the new water park in Draper, Cowabunga Bay. The boys had a blast- It was a really fun place to go, it was overcast most the day so it was a little chilly but we still had a great time. We were going to see the big fireworks but were so tired( by that I mean me and Dee) so we did our own little firework show with our neighbors and it was just as fun. I figured we saw the big ones on the 4th so it was ok. Peyton was obsessed with sparklers! He didnt care about anything else- so we lit about 10 boxes of sparklers and called it good! Here are some pics of our day:)

4th of July!

MARLEY

This is our little Marley. She is such a good dog just a little hyper:) She just turned one in April so thats expected. She really is a sweetheart though, we love her. We got her spayed last week and it was HORRIBLE! It was the saddest thing I have ever seen in my life. I dropped her off at the Vet at 8 in the morning and couldnt pick her up til 5 later that day. She was SO sick from being put under- she is normally an outside dog but I would have let her sleep in my own bed ( I didnt though), I felt so bad for her. I made her a bed in my living room, she was so out of it all day. She would just look at me like YOU! YOU DID THIS TO ME! She threw up all night- it was so sad:( The next day I could start to feed her again and start her pain medication- she would NOT take anything! I ended up feeding her water through a dropper and shoving the pain pill down her throat. After about 20x of trying- I succeeded and she was more like herself a day later. After the surgery they are supposed to take it "easy" for 10 days- Ya right is all I have to say. Try making a 1 year old Lab lay low for 10 days... not gonna happen.

Hangin Out

Mom & Dad
Peyton
Braxton

Dee Stricking a Pose!

Peyton watching his bugs

Fishing with Papa

We went fishing with Papa Bruce and the boys loved it! Braxton has been before but Peyton has been waiting his whole life for this! Its his new favorite thing to do- When we were driving there, Braxton asked grandpa if he brought the fishing poles and grandpa said, "No, we are just gonna swim around and catch them with our teeth." and Peyton says from the back seat, "Well that makes sense!" Maybe next time we go, we will catch something:)