...Picture Overload...

This last week was probably one of my favorite weeks of the summer thus far. Travis yet again, was unable to get his interning hours started because the Doctor was once again out of town (I'm starting to like the idea of Travis being a doctor if it means we'll just vacation all summer:) So between having Travis home, the 24th of July, weather that would start out sunny in the mornings and then rain in the evenings creating the perfect mix for the day, and lots of activities you can maybe you can understand why it was my favorite.

MOnDay July 23rd
Maddix and I enjoyed the morning just playing together until Travis came home and then we spent the day together as a family. It was a bit of a lazy day.

PiOneeR DaY-24th
We cleaned up the house and the yard and had my family over for a trip to the river trail, games, and food.

Then later that night my dad, Tayla, and I went for a run and it was beautiful. It started to rain on us, but not enough to keep us from going, just enough to bring the temperature down, drench us, and make it smell like wet pavement (my favorite). While we were on the river trail I turned around and even noticed a double rainbow over us and I just WISH I could have snapped a picture of the beauty. Then that night my family came back over and we made some s'mores.

Of course they had some boys time and played X-box

Wednesday July 25th
I just remember going to work... but I know we did some fun things. I just WISH I could remember what! Oh but while I was at work Travis and Maddix read some more Tom Sawyer and then they literally went out and started White Washing the garden fence :) How cute right?

ThUrsDay July 26th
Travis went and worked the morning roofing with some friends so Maddix and I took advantage of the morning sun and gave Nala a MUCH NEEDED bath.

 Travis surprised us by coming home early, just exhausted from working on the rooftop in the heat so when we met up with Mackenzie and Taylor we decided to take it easier. Mackenzie and I took the kiddo's to Neilson's Grove (behind Walmart) and let them play in the fountain, then we ran to Walmart to rent a movie, and met back up with Travis and Taylor (who were playing X-box and having manly bonding time) where we played a round of Settlers. Then that night I went running with my dad and Tayla again.

FridAy July 27th
Zoo Day!

He found a group of boys and ran right over and started laughing at whatever it was they were laughing at! 

We got home right in time for me to go to work.

Saturday July 28th
Maddix and I started the day with a movie because we were so tired. We cuddled and snuggled in our blankets while watching Curious George (and I fell asleep for about an hour more). When Travis got up we took Maddix to play with his Uncle Colton and we went to mow lawns. Two and half hours later we were going to pick him up and my brother begged me to leave him longer... so we did. We rushed home and cleaned up the house because the Johnson's were coming home from their almost two week vacation in Cali and then we picked Maddix up and headed to Heber to go spend the rest of the day at the Steinagel's cabin with Kenzie and Taylor.

We ate yummy food, walked down to a stream where the kids had so much fun throwing rocks (Maddix even played in the icy cold water most the time we were there), then went back to the house and put on a movie for the wet, cold, exhausted children and played another game of Settlers:) Then afterward we ended the night with a delicious dinner and we drove home. Then when we got back I tried to go on a 5mile run with my dad, but my stomach was SO FULL that I only made it 2 1/2 before having to stop, but I enjoyed just walking around talking to my dad.
And that's been our week. Now today we have Trav's Springville Grandma's birthday dinner at 4:00pm and then my family's brithday dessert celebration at 6pm, so for now we're taking it easy and in an hour we'll be on the go! Enjoy your week

~What Didn't We Do This Week?~

Monday, July 16th
Let's just say... it started like a Monday. I was running late to work for several reasons and on my way out I handed Travis the phone with instructions to make some calls while I was at work and then drove away as fast as I could. Now my car is getting old and one of the struts are out so if you hit a bump or a pot hole too hard it has a feature that kills the car by shutting the gas line off to the engine. It's happened a few time and Travis has fixed it... but as I took a corner on my way to work I smacked a pot hole and Travis wasn't there to restore my car to life. I knew that there was a switch in the trunk that would fix it........ BUT I HAD NO IDEA WHERE! This lovely old farmer man was outside and allowed me to use his phone (since I had no phone) and when Travis didn't answer and no one would help me he offered to help me push my car into his yard and then take me to work!
                                       He was my Angel That day.
When I got home we had fun by going to over to Garett's Baseball game. Maddix had more fun running around, and playing catch with daddy.

Tuesday July 17th
At the end of my shift I was lucky enough to have my boys come up and eat with me. I was even more blessed to have one of my co-workers give me free meal coupon so it cost us nothing:) We ate a TON because I never work Tues and it's our favorite day at Chuck-a-rama. Afterwards we went to my parents to borrow a dvd and found Mackenzie and her family out in the front yard so we went over and talked... for longer than we thought. And then just enjoyed the end of the night with a movie

Wednesday July 18th
 Well I can't remember exact details but I know we played around the house. Maddix read a book Treasure Island, to himself, and then we went to the county building to finish getting my shots for Poland and Travis' so he can go intern in the hospitals for the rest of the summer. Then that night I went to work.

Thursday July 19th
This was a big day for us. After my dentist appointment (and I have to brag I had NO cavities) we met up with the Mecham's and Elder Kennedy (Ethan) to go hiking. We had such a great time, especially when Pres. Mecham and his son Cole decided to accept a dare and run through the water fall:)

They also came over and enjoyed some games before they all had to go. Once they were gone we very quickly cleaned up, had my sister come over and babysit Maddix, and ran to meet up with Travis' best buds for bowling and Brick Oven. Then we came home and took a nap for an hour (from 10pm to 11pm) and then got ready to go see the Midnight premier of Batman at Thanksgiving point. IT was AWESOME but the not getting home till 4am and then having Maddix up at 6am then having my Uncle call to say "Smoooooothiiiieeeesss!" (A quote from our favorite movie.. classic timing he had) was not soo great.

Friday July 20th
After that late night we took Maddix and gave my littlest sister $2.00 to play with Maddix while we took naps, but after only 30mins I gave up because of how many people kept calling and knocking on the door! Later we went and Travis helped his dad with a tiling job at his Grandma's in Provo, and Maddix and I enjoyed the cars track she had, a movie, played the piano, and then we all had a wonderful dinner and dessert before going home. It was nice and relaxing, which was needed to say the least.

Saturday July 21st
We had to be up just after 5:30am to get Maddix up and over to my parent's house, as well as to pick up my sister and dad for our 7am 5k in American Fork. My aunt invited us to run it with her last year and we loved it so much we met up with her again this year. My dad took 2nd in his age bracket, Trav took 4th, Tay took 10th (I think), and I took 5th in mine.

We dropped my dad and sister back home and then ran to meet up with Vaughn (trav's dad) to go mow lawns since his brother is in California. Because of the rain the grass was like a jungle and it took longer than we thought so we had to have him drop us off at the cafe rio in Orem where we met up with Becky and Bailey Mecham and had lunch with them. We loved getting another chance to see them and we worked over some plans for our trips and stays in England this fall. They dropped us off at home and we got cleaned up and started preparing for my Great Grandmother's 97th birthday party, as well as our Concert we were going to in Salt Lake that night. On the way up we finally got a hold of our Polish boy who's visiting from Poland and we stopped by and took him to get some quick ice cream

This is her legacy

And just to end, I want to say how WONDERFUL the concert was. We watched Dancing With The Stars this last season and fell in love with this classical singer, Katherine Jenkins, so when we heard she was singing with the MOTAB we instantly grabbed tickets. She was lovely, everything from the selected numbers to the arrangement of flowers was perfect. And Pres. Monson came out the door RIGHT NEXT to our seats and he waved to Travis. I wish our Polish boy would have come because I honestly believe he would have been able to meet him. Oh well, we still had a great time.

~Once Again... Another Weekly Update~

Just a quick picture of my adorable Son last Sunday in his cute outfit:

Okay, as well as I can remember, here is an update on our last week:
Monday, July 9th~
The highlight of the day was getting to go with my best friend Mackenzie up to our other best friend, Steffany's bridal shower. And then on the way home there was a large wreck that stopped all of us so we enjoyed some extra time to just talk and catch up since she lives in California this day.

Tuesday, July 10th~
I'm drawing a blank but I do know Travis, Garett, and I went for a late night run. At 10:00pm we finally made it out and went 3.3miles and decided we were done.

Wednesday, July 11th~

I was lucky enough to get a morning shift and right after, I drove home as fast as I could and changed to go to Steffany's wedding in Salt Lake. I had told Travis he could stay home, but when my mom pulled up with Mackenzie AND Taylor, Travis quickly changed, I quickly dressed Maddix and we all carpooled to the wedding. While we were there Maddix made friends with Steffany's sister's 3 children. He chased the little girls, break danced with her son Gaston (pronounced Guest-on), and then held hands and danced with one of the girls for awhile. The kids stole the dance floor and everyone's attention, and they all LOVED his curly hair and killer dance moves!

Thursday, July 12th~

What a day. It started with Maddix having a check up in American Fork at 9:40am, and Travis bringing him into me at 8:40 covered in head to toe sharpie marker, along with some other items that had been colored on; oh boy. Eventually we made it to the appointment and he received his last shot and we noticed his i-teeth were coming in (which have got him down now), so when we came home he napped for almost 3 1/2 hrs! When he woke up we had the little neighbor girl, Summer come over to play with him so we all took a walk to the river trail and played in the water

Friday, July 14th~


What an awesome day. We were going to go swimming but with the weather being rainy, we ended up hiking Stewart falls instead. Impressively Maddix walked most the way by himself and then rode on our shoulders the other part of the time. We loved loved loved it. And it was the perfect amount of time before I had to go to work.

~ThE SuMmEr JuSt KeEpS on RoLliN'~

Another update... mostly through pictures:)

July 4th- Wednesday 

It started with a meeting at the park at 6am, and then a 10k at 7am for Me, Travis, and my best friend, Mackeznzie (Travis finished with a 7min 49sec average per mile for the race, nicely done babe). Afterward we met over at our usual parade route spot with all our families.

After a long afternoon nap which consisted of Maddix, Travis, and I cuddled up on our bed passed out during a movie :) We went up to Larisa and Phil's for volleyball, a bbq, and fireworks (which Maddix loved).  While the adults played Maddix and Keili found ways to entertain themselves from racecar driving, to jumping on the tramp... they even added a sprinkler on the tramp later on; Maddix hated that part.

Thursday's Recovery from the 4th~
It was mostly a down day for us... to lazy to really do anything; and thanks to the rain we didn't feel bad about it. I want to say we did go do something, but I just can't remember.

Friday the 6th
Friday I went back to Zumba and visited with all the girls and then saw a few new faces. When I came home I found Maddix and Travis cleaning the jeep (even though it's not Trav's anymore, he still loves it and wants it to be treated right)

He insisted in hiding in the box

Maddix and Nala had a blas in their little fort made from the Jeep shell

Then that night after I got off of work we spent the night at my Uncle Scott's and house/dog sat while he went to St. George for the weekend.

Saturday Fun
We spent the morning around the house due to me not feeling very well and then in the afternoon we made our way up to the City Creek Center

This walk lasted a whole 5 minutes before we went home

We got him to sing into the mic and then he'd play the piano while we sang

Stopped off for some smoothies (mine smelled like freshly mowed grass)

He loved the water fountains all over

Then we walked over to Temple Square just as it started to lightly rain

  Then late that night after Maddix went to bed Travis and I went outside to have a late night fire with smores and we even got to enjoy some awesome fire works from the neighbors next door.

We had tried talking my Uncle's Dog into coming outside but she was moping because she missed him too much, so she refused to come outside. When we came back in we couldn't find her anywhere... and then we found her here:) She was just snuggled up to the boy.

Her tail started wagging so fast when we found her

Then this morning we were cleaning up to go home for church and we noticed Maddix and Nala were gone but we could hear him giggling, and this is where we found them :