July also

Needless to say, exciting things abound in our family right now. Weddings, trips, babies, and daily adventures to name a few. It's exhausting in the best way possible, and such is life during the crazy days of summer. We didn't skip a beat after being out of town:

-We've explored new splash pads with friends

 

-We've frequented the waffle truck

-We've welcomed new little friends: Bo Barnes was born on July 23rd and what a cute little boy he is! We are excited for the Barnes family and we love them all so much.

-We celebrated Pioneer Day: we went to the Days of '47 Rodeo in Salt Lake. It was held at the Energy Solutions building and we got to watch from the vivint suite. It was pretty weird to be at an indoor rodeo but once when it comes with free food and treats I wont complain. After the rodeo we went to a fireworks display at Clay Barnes' relative's house and let's just say it was not for the faint of heart! The kids loved it, it was in your face and amazing.

 

-We got to go up to Sundance two weeks in a row for events. The first was the Bluebird Concert with Bo and Stephanie Gardner, which was awesome and such a fun night. We ate at the Blue Boar Inn in Midway first then enjoyed the concert. The next week Paul surprised me with tickets to the musical up there "Annie Get Your Gun" (definitely a surprise coming from Paul) and we had fun watching it. Can't beat the cool Utah summer nights in beautiful surroundings. 

-We got to have Whitney, Brox and Nan visit! Nan had a conference up here to go to so Whitney and Brox came along and we had a lot of fun with them. They were here for about 4 days and we had friends over to visit, went out to lunch together, played with all our kiddos, visited both food trucks that Provo has to offer, went to Provo Beach Resort. (Mostly the reoccurring theme of play, eat, chat) On the last day they were here my mom came into town so we all met up for lunch and some shopping. Little Brox is so cute and it was fun to just be able to hang out and talk. I miss having Whitney live here!