Rare sightings...

A few rare sightings must be documented because it's a real treat...

Garrett came home from Sunbeams complete with "Listening Ears" on. I had to take a picture because often it seems like he must be immune to my voice :)



My kids aren't "deep sleepers" by any stretch of the imagination - and they certainly wouldn't be caught dead falling asleep in strange places or telling me they were tired and wanted to take a nap. Strangely enough, this phenomenon happened on the same day at the same time for BOTH boys!

Natural History Museum

Thank goodness for Library Culture Passes that enable us to visit local museums for free (after paying your dues of standing in long hot lines with no guarantee that you'll actually get a pass). This time around it was the Natural History Museum. Boys and dinosaurs go great together so it was a hit!












"Panning for Gold" must be code for "get yourselves soaked from head to toe"

Classic...

Well our garden has done significantly better this year than last, but it's still got a long ways to go in the way of improvement. I'm pretty sure my garden just gets too much sweltering hot and direct sunlight - at least 12 hours a day. Regardless we have harvested lots of little carrots (which Garrett LOVES and will eat all of them by himself), radishes, loads of lettuce and spinach, zucchini, unbeatable tomatoes, and a handful of strawberries.

While I did have a picture of Garrett holding the carrots without his finger up his nose, it was just too classic to pass up!

Women's Conference...

The Women's Conference experience this year was nothing short of fabulous - gabbing and giggling girls, late nights, tasty food, uplifting talks, amazing music, etc. All of my sisters and I got to go this year (shocking to have no nursing babies) along with my BF Andrea Gunnell and some aunts and cousins. Didn't get a picture of all of us, but here is a small grouping...



Some hilarious things are bound to happen on a "Girls Weekend" but perhaps the funniest thing was our crazy excitement over shopping the "grand opening" sales of a local grocer. Let's just say that all of our suitcases were FULL of Guittard Chocolate Chips (milk, butterscotch, mint, etc). We even got to try our hand at the prize spinning wheel and ended up with a complete meal of white bread, 7up, and twinkies!







Who wins the "Best Bow" contest? Seriously these headbands were crazy huge at Forever 21...



Crafting is a must on a Girls Getaway.



Staying at Grandma and Grandpa Loveland's really is a special treat. Accomodations and proximity to BYU is seriously hard to beat - a 3 minute walk and you are at the Mariott Center! On the crazy day that it decided to snow on us Grandpa loaded us in the van and drove us the .2 miles :) Grandma was always sure to have a yummy breakfast (with the most delicious homemade bread and apricot jam) and food to pack for our lunches. After a late night of shopping and dinner out at Carrabba's she surprised us all with a huge batch of potato salad at 11:00 pm! Ha! Grandma is such a night owl and Grandpa is the early bird.



This was potentially our last year to enjoy a stay at Grandma and Grandpa Loveland's house for Women's Conference because they are going on a mission... Honolulu, Hawaii!