Mattress

Who knew that Preston's mattress could provide hours of entertainment? It has been transformed into a fort, pirate ship, slide, climbing wall, moon bounce, etc... I probably shouldn't let them do this, but it's keeping them active and entertained. I just can't pass that up!

Heirloom Piece

When my mom was a little girl my grandma had a little cabinet custom made for her to play with. I inherited it and it stayed with me until I moved out. I begged my mom to hold onto it for me in case I ever had a little girl. For Eliza's 2nd birthday my mom officially passed it on to her first granddaughter. We sanded it down and painted it white. The best part was painting and sanding it at my grandma's house. I got all sorts of new stories out of her while we worked under the shade of her "boob tree" (to know the meaning of that name you'll have to visit grandma and the tree). I finally just finished the last touches.

Water

"Water brings things to life, including you."



Swim Lessons for Preston




Landa Park in New Braunfels on 4th of July weekend



Beach at Bear Lake


Water fight with cousins

Alaska On My Mind

I have been craving Alaska. Maybe it's that my family is vacationing there right now, maybe I just want to escape this humid heat, or maybe it's just an incredible place. My grandpa took this picture in the 1970s. I think it's amazing.

If anyone else shares this fascination with Alaska check out this guy who hiked 1000 miles alone across remote Alaska wilderness.

The Last Unicorn

This was my great $10 buy at Target yesterday. The Last Unicorn was my most favorite movie as a little girl, and it is now on DVD. I don't even know how many times I watched it as a child, but it has been probably about 20 years. Watching it gave me the weirdest sense of nostalgia. For that reason I'll always love it, eventhough it is a pretty strange movie!

Road Trippin'

We embarked on our journey to San Antonio from Grandma Wanda's house in Washington, UT. On board were my mom and dad, Krissy, Trevor, myself, Preston and Eliza. The first night we spent in Albuqurque.



The second day was spent driving through New Mexico. We drove through places such as Vaughn and Roswell. Roswell is the alien and UFO capital. I didn't get my camera out in time to catch all the good stuff (UFO shaped McDonalds, aliens and UFOs painted on the Wal-Mart, etc.), but notice the alien shaped lamp post in the picture above. My favorite billboard was an advertisement for diamonds. There was a large UFO shaped diamond and next to it was written:

Universal
Female
Object of desire

Pretty clever!





Our second day we spent the night at Carlsbad, NM so we could take the time to see the Carlsbad Caverns. They were amazing! I felt like I was in some sort of fantasy land and kept waiting for a dragon or fairy to round the corner while wandering the caves.


On the 3rd day we reached our final destination....Rudy's Bar-B-Qu. Need I say more?

Coloring Shoes

While we were in St. George my mom had this fun idea to color shoes. She bought some cheap white canvas shoes and permanent markers. Preston's shoes came with black and white checkers, and he just colored in the squares. The kids and adults had a lot of fun. I thought it was a great idea...good enough to share:)