Summer 2 011

 I LOVE dressing my girls in twinner summer dresses! They are SO SO cute! Every Wednesday throughout the summer, I organized summer playdates at different parks around us with people in our neighborhood! It was fun to meet up with friends all summer-moms would talk, kids would play! Great activity for everyone!

 We did a 5k run with our young womens group! I was impressed with these girls! I am struggling with my running! Emery is 3 months and I have a 1/2 marathon planned for October, but I still hate to run!!! I need to lose 30 pounds, so this is basically the way to do it, just wish I liked it!

Our new playset!!! The kids were so excited to get this playset in our backyard! It is perfect for all of their ages and we have loved it this summer!

 I LOVE Elle's squishy face with her goggles! My kids have loved swimming this summer! We took 2 sets of swimming lessons and swam at friends houses!!!

 My cute and sassy Sunny Bunny! Can't believe she will be in kindergarten this year!!!

 My handsome Riley! All he wants to do is goof off as much as he can during the summer before 2nd grade starts!!

 The whole fam at Regan's Spudman in Burley, Idaho. He beat his time from last year with a huge sprained ankle!!!

The sad day of the summer-helping my sister and bro in law move!!! They moved to conneticut and I already miss them!!! They are a great aunt and uncle to my kids but they will start a new adventure!

Presidents Club Excursion

Because Regan's numbers were so high for the Hawaii Trip, he qualified for the Presidents Club. American Family flew us to Honolulu, took us to Pearl Harbor to the USS Missouri. We walked down the red carpet--I totally felt like a celebrity! We had the most amazing dinner on this huge ship, and then the guest speaker was Collin Powell-President Bush's Secretary of State! It was a night to be rememered. It was all possible for me to come with Regan because of my amazing friend Bobbi! She told me, not asked me, but told me she was going to take Emery so I could enjoy this special evening with Regan! She is an amazing friend! I am so proud of Regan-he does a great job at what he does!

Oh how I love Hawaii!

                                        My favorite drink of all time now: lava Flow!

       Our favorite place to eat on the whole Trip! Huli Sues!

  

                                                     Kona Temple

                                  How cool is this tree?

Regan won this Hawaii Trip to the Big Island and it was pure bliss! If I could have a say in the perfect vacation, it would be this trip for sure! We did a lot of relaxing, a lot of reading, a lot of adventure! I think I could live here because the weather is just perfect! I snorkeled for my first time, and at first, I was NOT a fan. I couldn't regulate my breathing, I got ocean water in my mouth, and I was afraid that the fish were & coral were going to touch me! Just as I was headed in and ready to swear off snorkeling, I saw a huge turtle, so I got behind it and followed it for a long time! It was so cool! So I guess I am a fan now, but I just don't want anything to touch me! AHHH--I already miss Hawaii!!! Now this was the LIFE!

Hawaii=Paradise!

                                        Hiking in a rain forest to see some beautiful water falls!

 The little blue speck you see on top is Regan jumping about 60 feet into the water! He saw a local Hawaiian do it, and had to do it himself even though we all told him not to do it! He is one brave guy!

 Okay, these donut like desserts are called Malasadas and they are delicious! They are stuffed with fruit filling or cream. We had to go back 3 times because Regan loved them so much! His favorite was Guava and Bavarian Cream! YUM! We went 2 out of the 3 times with our friends the Hartmans!

                          Emery actually loved being in the snuggly as we hiked all around!

                                                     More Malasadas!

                                   All of the agents in Regan's district who made the Hawaii Trip!

     This place is called 2 step because it is so easy to just get into the water and snorkel. It was pretty much the most amazing thing I saw on the whole trip! I seriously felt like once I put my eyes in the water, I saw the movie Finding Nemo! Everything was So crystal clear and bright! I saw the most amazing things here!

                                             Me & my little guy at our aweomse Hotel

                                          The Waikaloa Hilton

                                        The Waikaloa Marriot {Where we stayed}

elle's mishap!

On Sunday, July 3rd, we went to Sundance to hike around as a family. We hiked up to the ampitheater, and Sunny & Elle wanted to play around on the stage. The next thing we know, Elle is screaming and Sunny says that she has a blister. I ran up to her on the stage and immediatly told Regan we needed to go to the ER! Turns out, the stage was so hot because it was painted black that it burned her skin to a 2nd degree burn! I have a picture on my phone, but I will spare you! It was aweful and so painful for this sweet little girl. They had to cut the dead skin off and scrub the burned skin! AHHH--she got her foot wrapped up in a pink bandage and kept on telling Regan and I to pick her up and relocate her whenever she wanted to do something and would say, "I can't walk!" It was super sad, but it healed in a week, so that was good!