Archive for July, 2010

Monday, July 19th, 2010

short visit and groovy vi

We had a nice visit with Matt this past weekend. He facebooked Mike and asked if it was too short of notice to plan a visit with us. As it turned out our weekend was wide open, and we welcomed Matt with open arms. Joey didn’t come with him. In fact, I think Joey may [...]

Friday, July 16th, 2010

get your fresh lemonade

Ever since we moved to this neighborhood the girls have been bugging me to do a lemonade stand because all the other little girls here have done one. I’ve always been on the fence, but Mike has consistently given a resounding NO to the request. The Johnson’s little Alyssa has also been wanting to have [...]

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

summer ‘dos and new teeth

As a family home evening activity we decided to give the girls a haircut. I’ve been the girls’ beauty stylist since their first haircut and will probably continue to be until they are old enough to notice that I don’t do that great of a job. My initial thought was to just “trim” the girls’ [...]

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

totally rad park (channeling my 80′s self)

We’ve been here for 3 summers now, and we’re only just discovering the coolest park located near us. On the way home from Mike’s work picnic last week I spied what looked like a huge and very fun park. I immediately found it on the googler when we got home and decided we needed to [...]

Monday, July 12th, 2010

summer trip 2010 – the utah slice

We finally made it to Utah on Monday afternoon. Our great friends, the Wallaces, offered up their vacation condo in Ogden as a place to stay. I must say it was beyond my expectations and was quite a luxurious way to stay in Utah. I can’t thank them enough for such a great opportunity. Where [...]