FaVoRitEs

Now that summer is coming to an end I wanted to make a list of some of my favorite things this summer. My friend Cami that I work with at the Garden always blogs about her favorite things and I love looking at it, so here are a few of my favorite things.

#1 Fergie Flip Flops I bought at the first of the summer. They are so comfy and a little bit more nicer looking then regular Flip Flops so its a Win Win.

#2 House Hunters International on HGTV. Aaron found this awesome show and we have be recording the re-runs all summer. Its so amazing to watch people buy a home in another part of the world and see how much stuff cost, the life style, and how beautiful and exotic places are. I absolutely love this show!

#3 Buckle Shorts I have been looking all summer for a great pair of Jean shorts and I finally found some at the Buckle in St George. They are to the knee and are so comfy!

#4 How I met your mother - Can I just say best find of the summer? We were babysitting ours cousins and found a few episodes recorded on their DVR and started watching them. When we got home I had Aaron download the first season from Itunes and officially came addicted to it and have now watched all 4 seasons. Aaron and I have a toss up on who are favorite character is and its between Barney who has some of the best catch phrases and Marshall who is just totally awesome. Lily came in at a close 3rd place! They are now on Season 5 and I can't wait for it to start on September 20th on CBS.

#5 So You Think You Can Dance - Favorite dance of the season was Mia Michaels The Addiction Dance! On the season finale Kupono and Kayla performed this routine and it gave me chills. A new season started on September 9th on Fox.

#6 Mo Bettah Steaks in Bountiful was a great find. Aaron said lets try this restaurant next to Cold Stone and I was a little reluctant to try it but it turned out to be so delicious! It remind us of Hawaii our favorite place to travel.

#7 The Pixar movie UP in 3D - Aleisha and I saw it in 3D in June and we

both just loved it. I took Aaron to it a few weeks later and it became our favorite movie this summer. We laugh and cried through the movie. My favorite part is when the Russel said "Kevin's a girl?"

You know you are OLD when...

Getting a STORM DOOR installed makes you so happy!

Havasupai Falls

I have been meaning to post this for quite some time but the summer has just come and gone so fast. Back in June Aaron had the honor of going with my family to Havasupai Falls on the Havasupai Indian Reservation in Arizona. It’s an 8 mile hike from the trailhead to the villiage and 2 more miles down to the campground where there are the most beautiful waterfalls and turqoise blue water. I really wanted to go but spouses are NOT ALLOWED so I let Aaron go on the Hardy adventure. Here are some pictures of their fun trip!

The 10 mile hike into Havasupai Falls

After the hike into the Havasupai villiage, they were so tired

This is how they slept under the hot +100 degree Arizona sun

Well worth the hike, Beautiful Falls

Jumping into the falls

Whoops, not suppose to be jumping into the falls

The Hardy's

Aaron and Kenzie"SO HOT"

JC, Matt, Austin, Joe, and James Waiting to helicopter out to the trail head. Aaron said it was well worth the money.


JC and Austin about to take off in the helicopter

Zero to Four Kids in 2.2 Seconds Flat!

This last weekend was full of adventure and a lot of hard work. Aaron and I babysat our 4 cousins’ while my Aunt and Uncle went to San Francisco. My family went to run the San Francisco Marathon there was a total of 5 people that did the full Marathon and 4 people that did the Half Marathon.

We arrived Friday night at Matt and Sherry's house and stayed until Monday night. Here are some pictures of what we did!

First of all can i just say that this little guy is my favorite? Xander and I hung out all weekend together. He was the youngest of the 4 and just such a cute guy. I made Mickey pancakes for them every morning because they told me that they wanted to me to take them to Disneyland while I babysat but this was the best I could do! :) Xander loved to watch Mama Mia, we watched it at least 4 times not counting the times we rewound his favorite songs so he could sing along. His favorite song that he would sing over and over again is...."Don't go wasting your emotion." He also got along great with my dog Jackson they were best friends and would hang out together.
Okay I tried to get this on video but I was too slow by the time it happened. Sherry told me that the highlight of the week is Garbage Day. She told me that Xander gets so excited to see the garbage man pick up there garbage with his big truck. At noon Xander ran out of the house because he heard the truck so i went running out with him. He started jumping up and down saying "Garbage Man, Garbage Man!" They live in a circle so he ran around the whole circle following him watching him pick up the trash. I was laughing so hard I could believe how cute it was. I wish I got this excited to see the garbage man every week!

Bath time! It took me 45 min to convince them that they needed to wash their hair but in the end I made it happen.


On Sunday I made them each little cakes that they could frost and decorate anyway that they wanted. They seemed to really enjoy it and not to mention eating it!

Tage and Miah spent hours playing with their Pet Shops. They even built a whole city and it kept them entertained for hours!

On Monday the neighborhood had a bike parade that started at the Hardy's home and finished at the end of the street with ice cream cones for the kids!

Conner decorated his 4 wheeler and took Xander with him

Tage and her Friend decorated her 4 wheeler

Miah Decorated her Scooter

I was pretty warn out from babysitting these kids all weekend. Going from Zero to 4 kids in a matter of seconds was a lot harder work then I thought. I tried to take them out to Lunch or to get a treat at the store but loading 4 kids up in the car was so much work. We adventured out about once a day and that was enough for me! Lets just say it was a good weekend but I'm happy to be home in my own bed!

Yellow Stone

This past weekend I got to take my first trip to see Yellow Stone. I know, I know I live in Utah and I have never been to OLD FAITHFUL. I think growing up if there was not a Marriott Hotel for my mom to stay at we didnt go there. We traveled with our good friends Heather and Ryan, which are so fun and easy to travel with. We got to stay in Island Park at Ryan’s grandparents cabin. The cabin came with all the amenities: Hot Tub, Four Wheelers, and a bed to sleep on. We left on Thursday night and got home on Sunday. Here are some pictures of our trip!

Friday we went around Yellow Stone

Saturday we played at the cabin...

Went Horse Back Riding

We went 4 Wheeling around Island Park

We Chilled at the Cabin, played horse shoes and had a BBQ

And what's better than finishing our day with HOT TUBING

Heather and Ryan are so much fun to travel with, thanks for the good memories!