Me and the mom ran away

 

First stop Chick fil a! Cheers to the start of our get away. 

 Payson,UT temple. (I have decided I would live here bytheway)

 Second stop Sweet Tooth Fairy and Quilted Bear. Side note: Peanut bars are only sold once a month! So I did what any sensible woman would do and ordered a baker's dozen to pick up on the way home.

 Jordan River temple. So cool how the clouds seem as though they circle Moroni in these pictures. 

 And who wouldn't stop for Texas Roadhouse! I mean no brainer.

 Then we felt like getting crazy in the hotel room. So we called the front desk and down we ran in our socks to get a deck of cards from. . . . a Vegas hotel. How authentic right. Sidenote: I killed her at golf.

dinosaur park

This park will always have a memory attached to it. It is the park my sister would take kidnap my three year old to. It was their place, and I just visit here with my children hoping that they feel a little magic left behind.

the projects just keep going

 Chalk paint is my jam guys. No prepping, it smells good, and the texture is fantastic. So here are the hoard sale chairs getting a makeover. . .

  

 And then I have two other chairs from a yard sale I got awhile back and they have been hanging out in the backyard. But they match the design of the hoard sale chairs, so why not disassemble?

 I had bought this waterproof tablecloth at Homegoods, but when I got it home I realized it was for an outdoor umbrella table. Yeah, it had a zipper and a round cutout in the middle when I put it on my kitchen table. So why not use it as upholstery? And then I pronounced myself project superwoman and wore the dang thing as a cape.

 Then I stained them yellow. . . and my kids run around with their toys all day and I say, why not? It is summer and I can do everything I want on my vacation.

fishing

 My husband has this crazy rule about getting up at 4am to beat the crowd at the lake. It is a killer rule. We have been left a time or two, we made it this time though.

 I don't fish, I just take fabulous selfies. Your welcome.

4th of July

 Every year we drag our kids to the parade. Growing up I remember parades as being so much fun, but my kids aren't as thrilled with parades. One day they will thank me though, right? They won't take pictures for me, they won't wave at the floats, and the little man swears that everything is TOO LOUD. And my husband never went to parades growing up so he could care less, but I wave the dang flag at every float and squeal, "look at what is coming!'. So, at least that tradition is being made. My mom used to be the crazy lady getting the free handouts and cheered for the bands. It is a title I can handle.

 Then we head to the family BBQ where we try to keep the kids entertained until dark. This year we let them play in water in the backyard. I love how excited the kids get over being splashed. It never gets old to them. Even when the boy wigs out when it gets his face wet. But these pictures are what celebrating the 4th is in our family. Summer heat, cousins and fire. America the beautiful.