Splash Pad

We're trying our hardest to soak up the last of the hot summer days!  For Family Home Evening this week we went to the Riverwoods Splash Pad and had a fabulous time!

 

And of course, we stopped at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory for dessert  :)

Lindon Parade

We love the Lindon parade.  The parade route is literally right in front of my parents house so we just set up chairs early in the morning and then walk outside about 5 minutes before it starts.  SO nice.  Plus, it's in the shade the whole time.

There were LONG pauses between each of the entries this year so it made for a very slow moving parade, but the kids got tons of candy and still had a great time.

 During one of the pauses...

Sadie wouldn't go out into the street for candy unless
she was holding Bryce's hand.

Adorable.

And sadly, those are the only pictures I took all day.  Oh well.  We had a great time!

When Daddy Comes Home

It makes for 3 happy girls  :)

4th of July Fun

We have a love/hate relationship with July 4th.  It's one of our favorite holidays but Spencer usually works A TON of crazy hours so we don't get to do as much with his family as we'd like.  This year, Spence didn't have to work Tuesday, the day before the 4th, so we did all our real celebrating that day.

We just love the balloon festival in Provo.  The kids think it's extra cool because Spencer's uncle and cousin both fly a balloon so we get to be right up close and help fill it up.

 A little cold in the early morning

 Helping hold the balloon open

 Watching the fire

 Afton thought it was super cool to touch the balloons

Starting to fill up all around us

 My cute family

 Tay and Afton by the pig balloon

After the balloons, we were treated to a breakfast at the park that's put on by the Kiwanis Club that my dad is a part of.  So nice to just walk 20 feet and get a hot breakfast!

We saw Spiderman that afternoon (SO AWESOME) and then just hung around and played with cousins.

We kept the fireworks to a minimum this year because of all the restrictions and fires and just did a few small ones.  Spence and Dave even stood by with a hose and 2 buckets of water, just in case.

(My eyes were still a little sensitive, so I wore my sunglasses the whole time)

The actual 4th was pretty laid back for us.  Spence worked all day so we didn't do much.  We were able to get together with the Gillespie's for dinner at the park before the Stadium of Fire which was way fun. 

The kids had a fantastic time playing in the sand volleyball court.


We didn't get to stay long since Spence had to report  back to work, so I took the girls home to bed and watched a movie...  Some day we'll get to spend the whole holiday together, right??  :)

Happy Independence Day!

Lasik

My blurry vision had been bugging me for quite a while now, but it wasn't ever bad enough to make me wear my glasses regularly unless I was driving. We talked about it and decided to at least go to a Lasik consult and see if I'd be a good candidate for it and see how much it would cost.
The cost was higher than we expected because of my astigmatism, but after talking it over we decided it was worth it.  Plus it came with a lifetime guarantee, so if my vision changes and I need it again in the future, it's free!

Everyone was telling me how much I would love it and that the procedure and recovery was "not that bad."  Well, apparently they all forgot how bad that first day was or mine was way worse!  It was seriously awful!  You know how it feels when you poke yourself in the eye really hard and you can't open it for like an hour?  Watering/stinging/hurting/not being able to see?  Multiply that by about 12 and that's how the whole first day was.

Swollen eyelids and watery, goopy eyes.

This was the first time I could stand keeping my eyes open long enough for a picture and it was as far as I could open my eyes.  I HATED that I wasn't allowed to touch my eyes for the first 2 days because the crusties were driving me crazy!!

Don't mind my bug eyes.  I was really trying to show off my impressive bruises:)

Thankfully, every day has gotten better and better.  Now I just have some burning/stinging every once in a while and I'll probably have these eye bruises for a couple more weeks. 

p.s.  It was totally worth it