Monday, July 22, 2013

July Fun!

Our fun purchase this summer was an Hawaiian Shaved Ice Machine!  The piece on the front is something Mark and Bryan rigged up to keep the block of ice from flying out onto someone's toes if the ice breaks (which it does frequently). It's just a piece of a plastic bucket.  We bought a bunch of Torani syrups, and that machine will sit on our counter all summer until the Phoenix heat subsides.  Our kid's friends love it (and so do we!)!

Morgan asked me to take her and her friends shoe shopping.  They were hilarious as they tried on shoe after shoe after shoe...




We decided to go to the Sea Life Arizona Aquarium here and the kids had a blast!  Not quite the Monterey Bay Aquarium, but it was still really fun!  My sillies...



Friday, July 5, 2013

Summer Utah Trip / EFY

Bryan and Morgan took a plane up to Utah for EFY at BYU this summer.  We came up to meet them the Saturday they finished, and then spent the week there in Utah visiting with family.  It was strange driving up without Bryan and Morgan.  We are so used to having a carload of kids when we leave on vacations.  But it was also kind of nice to have that one-on-one time with Colton and Kyle.  The first night of the drive, we stopped at this amazing bridge right at sunset.  So beautiful!







We went to the Stadium of Fire Independence Day celebration at the football stadium at BYU with our family, the Jergensen family (Mark's sister), Mark's parents, and my niece, Emily (Mark's brother's daughter).  That is always SO FUN, with an awesome concert finishing up with an AMAZING fireworks show!  The kids were all dancing in the stands during the concert...


We also headed up to Park City to go on the Alpine Slides and Alpine Coaster.  It's so fun to take the ski lift up, then to slide down the mountain through that beautiful forest!








On Sunday we went to watch the Mormon Tabernacle Choir perform in the Conference Center.  They were doing their Independence Day tribute.  It was so beautiful and so fun!  After, we walked around Temple Square...




My nieces, Emily and Sara.







The next day we headed up to Logan to spend a few days with Mark's sister and her family.  Mark had brought several of his guns, so we went out shooting...

My niece, Madison...


My niece, Emily...


I love that Bryan helps Kyle to hold up and keep the gun steady.  So cute!


My turn...



Mark's dad came with us.  He is so cute!  He found a place to sit on this old, discarded TV.