Lehi Foam Day!

The Lehi Fire Dept. puts on "Foam Day" every summer for the residents of Lehi. We have never taken our kids to this before, but after hearing how fun it is we decided to do this. The boys had a blast and as you can see I literally got hosed down by a fireman as well. They had so much foam in some spots that it actually covered my boys' heads and I had to pick them up (due to my crazy anxiety that I get that one of them might be trampled or suffocate, etc). There were a ton of kids and I insisted my boys hang on to my hands the whole time. After playing in the foam for a while we headed over to where they had the fire truck set up with it's tall ladder extended with a large fire hose spraying down like a shower to clean the kids off. This was a fun day and we will definitely go again (but next time Daddy will HAVE to wear his suit so he can help). Even though I'm 8 months prego it still was pretty fun and a nice way to cool down on a hot day.

Carter nad Linc after the foam

Carter coming out of the foam

Linc and I coming out

Going in for the 1st time (being sprayed down by a fire hose filled with foam)

Before the madness

St George Girls Weekend 2011

Every year my friends and I try to put together a kid-free, hubby free trip with just the girls. We went to St George and stayed in a very larger, beautiful 3 bedroom condo. We spent time laying out and swimming at the pool, shopping, and saw an amazing play (Grease) at the beautiful outdoor theater, Tuacahn. It was nice to get away and have some girl time. I was joking with Ashli while we were laying by the pool and said it was so nice not to have somebody running up to me every 2 minutes screaming, "mommy, mommy!" or having someone climb all over me. This was especially needed because at the time of the trip I had just turned 8 months prego and needed that away time before we have our baby in a few weeks.

Left to right: Me, Becca, Christy, Charise, Michele, Tina, Megan, and Ashli (3 of us are prego in this pic)

Charise at Texas Roadhouse riding the saddle. We told the waitress it was her birthday and she was a good sport and got on the saddle it even though it was not her birthday.

1st week of July

It is only 6 days into this month and we have already done so much! On the 4th we spent the morning finishing up some major projects we had going in the baby's room. Brandon took down the old light and we hung this beautiful "princess" chandelier (that's what Linc called it). It goes perfect in her room and looks adorable! We also hung a new shelf for her in there and put back together the changing table.

I also couldn't resist and hung this cute vnyl over her closet.

After working on the baby's room we went to grandma's & grandpa's for a BBQ & swimming. We then got the kids in their PJ's and went up to Cabela's and met our friends, the Hardings, for firework watching. It was a great spot to see not only Thanksgiving Point's fireworks, but fireworks all over the valley.

We took one of our weekly visits to Thanksgiving Point for ice cream and found they had put this fun water fountain/sculpture back out in the water tower plaza. My kids LOVED this last summer.

On the third my sweet little Lincoln turned three.

I am so jealous of his big blue eyes and beautiful curly blond hair!

This is exactly what he requested for his birthday. He wanted chocolate cupcakes with sprinkles and a toy Lightning McQueen on top. He cracks me up. He's so detail oriented and is so fun to watch put things together because he's so particular. We are so lucky to have such a sweet boy in our family. He is our cuddle bug and loves to give kisses and hugs to everyone. He pulls my shirt up at least once a day and kisses my belly and says, "I'm kissing baby sister". He got a bubble lawn mower, a McQueen sleeping bag, pool toys, bubbles, and lots of McQueen cars for his birthday. His brother is very jealous and keeps stealing the toys. The day before his birthday we took the boys to see Cars 2 and then to Pirate Island for dinner, so overall he had a very fun and spoiled birthday.

Makeup

This last weekend I got the opportunity for the 2nd time in the last month to do my sister's wedding makeup. This is a fun hobby of mine I developed while managing the Estee Lauder counter at Nordstrom before I had children and still dabble in it here and there. These are the before and after pics that were taken pre-reception and at the reception in Utah. My sis looked beautiful at the reception in Utah as well as on her wedding day in So Cal. Such an awesome person to work on!

Two of my three sisters and I. Rebekah, Rachael, & I