Last hikes

Provo Canyon-Bridal Veil FallsRobbie loves sitting on top of our shoulders. I just love their expressions in this photo as Robbie rubs Rich's face.
Robbie giving daddy a head massage. Probably the only person that can get away with touching Rich's hair.
I miss the days when Robbie use to snuggle with me. Now he just wants to run away.
It was so green and fresh up the canyon. I love the smell of nature right after it rains.
Big Cottonwood-Silver Lake (Brhhh!)
Every other Monday Rich has the day off from working 9 hour shifts. The last couple of Monday's that he has had off we went up to the mountains. Today we went up Big Cottonwood Canyon and took Robbie around Silver Lake. We didn't stay long because, there was tons of snow and Robbie being the curious boy that he is fell into a pile of snow and got all wet.

Robbie was having a blast just crunching his feet in the snow.

Robbie ended up wearing daddy's hat because, his got all wet. All the pine trees were glistening with snow. It reminded me of Christmas and how it is almost here. It least we got a few last hikes in before the dreadful winter arrives.

West Virginia

After hitting the beach we drove back up to West Virginia to visit the rest of my extended family.
Hay bells were everywhere when we got to the farm. I put Robbie on top of one to see if he would like being that tall.
Instead I think he was confused by the scratchy straw stuff under his legs.
This is Robbie by the entrance to the barn. I like this picture because, you can see the rolling hills behind the barn. Plus Robbie always gets distracted by the little things no matter where I try to take him.

This is one of my grandpa's newest tractors on the farm. I left Robbie in the stroller cause that was the only way I could take a picture without him running under the wheels.

Myrtle Beach

Myrtle Beach is one of my most favorite beaches and is located in South Carolina in case you didn't know. The Atlantic Ocean is much warmer then the Pacific. Some girls prefer to layout all day on the sand, I actually like to swim and get wet. Don't get me wrong I still enjoyed my nice little tan and the beach is definitely therapeutic when relaxing on the soft sand and listening to the waves. The rest of my family however; didn't seem to love the beach as much as my mom and I did. They preferred to hang out at the condo's pool where they didn't get dirty. So we did a little bit of both every day.
Robbie on the other hand loved the beach just like mommy. He even took a few naps while hanging out at the beach. I don't think I have ever seen the kid happier. His two favorite things playing in the dirt without being controlled and splashing in the water. It's too bad Rich had to start school he would have loved to come with us and experience Robbie's first time at the beach.
I swear he has no fear. He would run directly into the waves and they would knock him down and he would still try to get past me to go out further into the Ocean. If you didn't know better you would think he lost his mind. I think he loved the beach so much because, he could actually stand up and run around whereas the pool he was constantly stuck in floaties and had to be held.
I admit I love to boogie board. I think it is so fun to catch a big wave in. Unfortunately the waves weren't superb until the tropical storms hit and then they were just to dangerous to be going out in. I really want to learn how to surf. Loreena and I talked about taking a class during college break, but we never got around to it. Oh well, perhaps one day I will learn.
Cody and I dug a hole to see how far down we have to go to get to the water and then we thought we would put Robbie in it to see what he would do. The problem with being wet is the sand sticks every where and though he was trying to clean his mouth he kept making it worst by putting his hand all over his face. It was pretty funny to watch him eat it though. I am told that I ate a lot of sand when I was little too so I guess it was bound to happen.

Here is part of the firework show from the Stadium of Fire. I swear it went on for it least 15 minutes, I've never seen so many fireworks at one time or any shows that lasted that long. Not to mention I have never been that close to fireworks, they were literally above our head. I am surprised that nobody or anything got burned with the fireworks being so close. It was the best fireworks show I have ever seen in my entire life. Man...Utah County knows how to put on a spectacular show.

Independence Day

Rich doing his famous blue steel look from Zoolander.

Robbie's first sparkler

Stadium of FireDancers performing summer olympics in their routine.

Skydivers that landed on the field to celebrate 4th of July.

Giant flag coming over us to be held on the field by all the Utah soldiers.

Miley Cyrus concert

Can I just say that Independence Day is my most favorite holiday. I know most people love Christmas and all, but I can't stand the cold and their is so much hype months before Christmas that it starts to get on my nerves and in a sense ruins the whole meaning of it. Anyway the reason I love the 4th of July is because we get to celebrate our freedom and the wonderful things that our country stands for. I get all choked up when I think about all the Americans, our founding fathers and the soldiers that sacrificed their lives so that we could live in this great nation. Not only is the holiday celebrated in the summer with great bbq food and lots of fun outdoor activities, but it just so happens to be close to my birthday. Come on who doesn't love to gawk at all the awesome firework shows at the end of the night. Anyway, this year I lucked out and bought cheap tickets on craigslist to the stadium of fire show down in Provo. Just in case you are wondering; Rich and I are not Hannah Montana fans. I do think she has some great songs and I do admire her accomplishments for being so talented at such a young age. Anyway the main reason we went was to hear Glen Beck who was freakin awesome and inspiring by the way. I also, was interested in checking out the blue man group from Vegas. Considering this was our first time going to Stadium of Fire, we hired a cute girl from our ward to watch Robbie because we didn't know what to expect and we didn't think he would be able to stay up that late. It was a good thing we did because I don't think he would of liked all the noise. Overall the show was very exciting and they had a lot of great performers.

Gardening

Robbie played in the dirt while I planted all of the vegetables, then I laid out a blanket so he could drink his milk while I mowed the backyard. Before I know it he fell asleep under the tree.
I swear he can sleep through anything. I wish I could be a deep sleeper again. I guess all Mother's become light sleepers after having a kid.
Daddy and Robbie going down the slide at the Sandy Park.
All the neighbor kids love to come pick up Robbie whenever we bring him out to the front yard to play. What a busy day.

Stake Fair

Face painting by the cute young women who baby-sit Robbie once in a while.

Pony ride. I thought Robbie would be scared of the horses since they are so much bigger than him, but he didn't seem to mind going for a ride.
The saddle even had a little handle for him to grab onto.
Robbie and Dylan laughing on the train ride.
The annual stake fair is a fun event held in June, where you can run in the morning eat breakfast and get all sugared up with cotton candy, popcorn, snow cones and all of the fun fair foods. Then they have a bunch of activities for the little ones. It was a blast, too bad that Rich had to work that day. Em and I sure had fun taking the kids their.