July..August..All wrapped up in one!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!! Very long time ago anyway, like beginning of July, oh well! Ok so yes now that it is October I am just now posting my July and August post I had halfway done but never was able to finish and I can't stand not finishing something I start so here it is...better late than never right?! It seems like I say that way too often. Okay so I took a fun idea from a friend's blog, shauna, and I love it! Here is the mosaic picture maker website - enjoy I know I am!!!

So July was the month of a lot of work, sun, sand, birthdays, reunions, visits from family and friends and well now that it's been a couple months I can't think of any more which I'm sure there is ;-) But you get the picture and if you know us well you know it's also the most stressfull and busy month of the entire year for our business at Bear Lake! Got through another year and luckily we still came out a little ahead which was surprising b/c with the economy the way it is we were pretty worried...it definitely wasn't as good as last year but we survived and came out ahead at least that's all that matters!

We also had a great visit from my cousin Melissa who lives in the Seattle area! It was so nice to have her out here and the time we got to spend together was priceless! I am so thankful for the time she took off of work just to come visit us crazy people here in Utah!!! Also it was her birthday at the end of July too so we celebrated that, as she calls it the birthday she can remember ;-) We ended up at the water park here in Logan which was a lot of fun even though somehow we ended up with 2 more kids than originally planning but it ended up working out great! And the ice cream cake from Cold Stone was fabulous...You can always count on Cold Stone cakes to never dissapoint!!! And then once the kids were in bed and out for the count we had some cousin bonding time playing cards...yep finally we got to play some cards....Thanks again Liss for coming and I hope to have you out again for another fun and memorable trip!

Sorry this will be quite long since I am just finishing up the rest of the summer in this post. August was great it went by so fast and it seemed like as soon as I was settled in at our home in Bear Lake it was time to come back to Logan...It's funny how you might dread something when you first have to do it but then once it's passed you wished you hadn't taken it for granted b/c now your gonna miss it terribly! That's how I was feeling the last couple weeks living in Bear Lake...I know I only dread going there b/c of how busy and stressfull it can be but I realized how much I take that opportunity for granted and hopefully will remember that for next summer! So now we are back in Logan living in our beautiful home with great friends and neighbors surrounding us and finally getting back into the swing of things. Brooklynn is LOVING school this year and really enjoys her teacher which is a huge sigh of relief for me b/c the last two years have not gone so well for her so I hope it continues this way! I just can't believe she is in 2nd grade already...Where does the time go??? Spencer is growing and learning so fast! He is now 18 mths and is doing so many fun things right now it is a cute stage but let me tell you not everything is all the cute! He climbs on EVERYTHING...throws anything and everything...and boy oh boy can he throw tantrums yes people let me just tell you it is not the terrible 2's they start at 18 months don't be fooled!!! Consider this your warning.... But I wouldn't trade him for the world and I know that with every climb and every throw he is learning so many great things in his development so I am trying to be patient! These kids are great and we are very lucky parents and we are so very proud of them!!!