Bradlee Turned 4!!!

We celebrated Bradlee's birthday party on August 21st at a park in North Salt Lake. Bradlee had been telling me all week that she didn't want a party, she just wanted presents. Nevertheless, the party turned out to be a success. All four grandparents, all Tyler's siblings, Keiler, Max, the Healeys and the Jacksons all came to celebrate with us. We are so glad they came because I could tell Bradlee really felt special having all those people there just for her, even if she did spend the whole time just playing with her friends, Caylin and Keelia.

Pizza and cake. No party is complete with out them.

At first she didn't want to open presents, but after I forced her to open one, she was ready to get down to business. She got tired of it after a while, but she pushed through. Poor girl!

You'll all have to forgive me. I didn't get pictures of everyone, but here are a few of the people who were there.

Lindsey and Bree. They were so nice to let Brock play with them.

My mom and Kate and Hunter.

Grandma Wendy and Megan.

T. Chuck.

Caylin.

Keelia.

Thanks again everyone for making it such a special day for Bradlee.

Camping at Hobble Creek

On Thursday, July 29th we went camping with Bryan and Wendy at Hobble Creek. Everyone knows how I feel about camping, but it was only for one night, and turns out I can handle that pretty well.

Here are Father and Son starting a fire.

Here are Mother and Daughter watching Father and Son start a fire.

Yeah, I don't know. Except there were some cows up there. Clearly, Tyler was armed and ready for action.

I hate it when he gets dirty. So gross. That's chocolate, by the way.

On Friday morning we hiked up the creek to some natural hot springs. Turned out to be a much longer hike than we thought, but we made it! I don't know about everyone else, but I totally got a workout too.

The people who made it happen.

We, of course, had to get in the water. I really like this picture. Tyler looks like he is glowing.

I was a little nervous to get in the water, but if Bradlee could do it, there was no way I could wuss out.

Grandma got in the water too!

Tyler, Brock and I went home Friday night, but Bradlee wanted to stay an extra night with Grandma and Grandpa. I know she had a lot of fun because she didn't want to come home.

Thanks, Bryan and Wendy!!! We had a really good time.

24th of July Weekend

On Friday, the 23rd of July, we went up to Bountiful to see the Pioneer Day parade with Tyler's family. It started out super duper hot but it cooled down pretty fast, and we had a really good time. Apparently, they are still allowed to throw candy at parades in Bountiful. Who knew? Unfortunately, we don't have any pictures of the parade, so you will just have to imagine how awesome we looked and how awesome all the floats were.

The Phair family also came to town for the week, and we did a TON of stuff. Don't worry...I will be brief. I want to type this any more than you want to read it...besides pictures say 1,000 words, right?

Saturday morning bright and early, Molly and I ran the Deseret New 10K. Molly beat me by 3 seconds, and we both ran our best times. I finished in 51:55 which is 8:22 min/miles. Since then I have been able to increase my speed A LOT. That race really helped me break through. I am excited for my next half marathon on September 4th.

We also went hiking at Silver Lake.

We went to the Days of 47 Rodeo. Thanks Mom and Dad for the tickets!

Bradlee really grew fond of Aunt Molly this trip...not sure why...oh, that's right, Molly gives her everything she wants.

so....attractive.

That's right, he wore a cowboy hat, and so did Dad.

We went to the Salt Lake Temple grounds with my parents' singles ward. After we toured the grounds a church architect came and spoke to us about all the symbolism on the temple. It was very interesting and very educational.

We went up Mill Creek Canyon and had tin foil dinners. It was nice to get all the kids outdoors.

FYI, Brock was in time out in this picture. He runs away a lot.

Christa was not in time out.

YUM...s'mores.

He's bringin' sexy back.

We had competitions to see who could keep their hands and feet in the ice the longest. Craig won both competitions. However, in fairness to Kole, Craig cheated. Kole easily could've kept his foot in the longest, but Craig shoved him out!

We also did a lot of swimming, and well let's be honest, we ate a lot. Other than that, I am so behind on my posts, I can't even remember what happened. I know we had fun, and I am pretty sure I remembered all the main things.

4th of July Weekend

On Fourth of July weekend we went with the McLachlan side of the family to watch fireworks at the Eagle Ridge Golf Course. Everyone had a really good time hanging out and playing before the show started.

On a side note...Bradlee made her first boyfriend while we were there. It was ridiculous!!! She pretended she didn't know how to throw a ball just so he could show her how. He was also pushing her all over in her stroller. On the up side, homegirl has good taste in boys because he was a cutie for sure!

Rowdy, Diane and family were also in town over the weekend before they left for Europe. My mom, Bradlee and I spent all day preparing fun treats for their arrival because we all love the Fourth of JULY!!!

Here is Bradlee with the festive cupcakes we worked so hard on!

Freedom, family and food...that's what the fourth means to me.

Here we are all dressed up to go the Bees game and watch more fireworks. They were probably the best fireworks I have ever seen. I usually am not close enough to hear the music that is being played, and being so close definitely made it a much more spiritual and patriotic!

Graduation and such...

Well, my oldest niece graduated about a week and a half ago. Can you believe it? I am so proud of Jo! She is so smart and talented. She accepted a full scholarship to the University of Utah guaranteed for four years! Now that is something to brag about! Well, that and the fact that she got an almost perfect score on her ACT. I think she only missed one question.

Of course her parents came to town to go to graduation and celebrate with her. We had a lot of fun with them in town. We went running together, got snow cones from Jo at her new job, watched the UFC fights on PPV and had an all around good time. I am always a happy camper with family in town!

Poor girl...I clearly invaded her personal space...sorry! I just love her SOO much!!!

Brock is IN LOVE with his boy cousins. They spent so much time fussing over him...he was in heaven! Also, you may have noticed that Brock is very much in favor of any and all types of headwear.