more snowbird...

While we were in Snowbird Brett and his cousin climbed the wall at the Cliff Lodge. It is 120 feet high! We all came to watch and cheer them on. Madie kept cheering "go daddy", "good job", and "yeah daddy"!

Snowbird

We just got back from Snowbird! We spent five relaxing days in the mountains. I love the mountains in Utah! We had a wonderful time with Brett's extended family. Madie loved playing with all the big kids. She thinks she is so old now! We were lucky that all the older girls loved playing with her. She was spoiled all weekend. We had such a good time hiking, swimming and eating! We also got to do the alpine slides and zip line!

Aloha

So apparently "Aloha" means hello and goodbye in Hawaii. My sister and her husband are off to Hawaii for two months! I am so excited for them! Brandon is doing an internship there for the summer. They found out they were moving last week and this afternoon they took off to beautiful Hawaii. I am a bit jealous...
Here we are saying "Aloha" to them over breakfast before taking them to the airport. We were lucky they were flying out of Boise so we got to spend a couple days with them before they left.
So, I have been trying to talk to Brett into a trip to Hawaii to visit them, but so far its a no go.
Hailey, If I don't make it...I hope you guys can enjoy yourselves with out me on the beautiful beaches of HAWAII!!!!

Date Night

Date Night with our best friends...

We went to dinner at Flatbread pizza and then went to the driving range. Don't be fooled this is one of my very first golfing experiences. Our friends are pros and I thought I would give it a try. They all gave me tips on my form etc. I can't say they will invite me on next time they go golfing...but I had a good time!

Here we are after eating a half dozen warm cookies and cold milk!

Bike Ride

We are enjoying the beautiful summer weather!! We have been spending a lot of time outside lately. Last weekend we went on a bike ride on the green belt. This is one of my most favorite things to do in the summer. It was a nice evening! We stopped at the park and Madie played in the big sand box. She absolutely loves the park and being outside. When we left she said "bye bye slide, bye bye tree". She is starting to say so many things all of the sudden. It is so cute! Next, we stopped for dinner at the RAM on the river. Our last stop was downtown for the Twilight Criterium.


Brett and Madison on our bike ride


Madie playing in the sand at the park


Me and Madie enjoying our dinner


The bike racers at the twilight criterium

Movie night in the Park

At our favorite park nearby, there is a family movie night every Friday night during the summer. They blow up a big movie screen and families come with their blankets and lawn chairs to watch a movie under the stars. We went with some friends this weekend. It was so much fun! It was a beautiful summer night!

4th of July Rodeo and Fireworks

Happy 4th of July!! After the parade we went to a Rodeo and fireworks. We all loved the small town Idaho Rodeo! What a good way to celebrate the 4th of July! We stayed and watched fireworks right after the rodeo! My camera broke that night. This is the only picture that I got. Maybe my sister will send me some more....

Happy 4th of July

We celebrated the 4th of July in Rexburg with Hailey, Brandon and Connor! We went to the parade and Madison absolutely LOVED it! She waved at all the people in the parade and yelled "Yeah" when they came by. There were lots of floats with little dance teams and cheer leaders on them. She danced every time they came by. They threw lots of candy and her and Connor had so much fun running to pick up all the candy!

Summer fun with Connor and Hailey

Hailey and Connor came to visit again!! We have so much fun when they are here. Madison and Connor are starting to play together more. They try to make eachother laugh! They are so cute together!

Our 6th Anniversary

The Sawtooth Mountain Relay ended in Sun Valley. There was a big party at the end with lots of good food. It was our 6th anniversary so Brett and I stayed the night in the Sun Valley Lodge. It was beautiful. We had a relaxing rest of the weekend celebrating 6 years of marriage!! Here is a picture of us in front of the Lodge.

The relay

Yeah!!! We finished our relay! We had a blast! We stayed in a hotel the night before and woke up at 4:00am to get to the start. McKay started the relay for us. It was very cold in the morning and then ended up being very hot the rest of the day! We partied the whole time and cheered eachother on. We finished in 10 hours! GO TEAM WILDE WARDS!!!!!! Thanks for the awesome weekend!!!!

The Sawtooth Relay

Sawtooth Relay here we come!! My family and I are running the Sawtooth Relay this weekend. There are 6 of us: me, my mom, Jordan, McKay, Hailey and her husband Brandon. We will each run 2 legs of about 6 miles each. For a total of about 65 miles!! It should be fun!!!

Birthday Slide Show

Happy 2nd Birthday Madie Rae!

Our Beautiful Birthday Girl!

We can't believe she is two! She is such a blessing to us. She makes us smile every day.

We love you Madison!!

She absolutely loved the pinata at her party. It was a pink butterfly. When it broke she kept yelling: "Yea, Yea, Yea" and was giggling as she picked up the candy. It was sooo cute.

Eating her candy at the end of the party.

She had such a good day. I don't know if she knew the party was for her. When every one was singing Happy Birthday, she stood there staring at them wondering why they were all looking at her while they sang! The video camera was out of battery so we didn't catch any of her birthday on tape, but luckily we have plenty of pictures of her special day.

The Birthday Girl!

The Cute birthday girl on the monkey bars

Eating a cupcake before we cut the cake open. This was the first thing she did when we got to the party. She was a mess before it even started!

She is two!

Blowing out her candles with Grandma Susan!