oh you fancy, huh

 

 below: Gus loves the mud and Sunday he made a mess in it. I like to let him play in it sometimes for sensory reasons, he was pretty mad I didn't let him continue making a mess of himself.

We went on a shopping trip with our friends the Funderburks. We traveled to Vegas so we could go to H&M mostly.  Our first stop was Raising Cane's for lunch, the chicken is really moist but nothing to write home about. 

My main priority for shopping was Gus. Gus has no pants or clothes for winter so I needed to purchase some. H&M is usually a hit and miss for me, but Saturday it was a hit. Got Gus lots of clothes for the winter months. He is such a tiny little thing, he still has a shirt that is 2-4 months that he wears, and the shorts in the above picture are 3-6 months! I never know what size to get him because of his little bod. Vegas was so much fun, after I get out of the H&M at The Forum Shops I always have sensory overload. I feel so old saying this, but literally the music is too loud. I feel that on the kids levels they should turn it down a hundred decibels.

By dinner we were all spent, we ate at Cheesecake Factory in Green Valley. Gus was unbelievably good the entire trip. I was kinda stressing but he did really well all day long it helped having cute little Macy to keep him entertained. 

Sunday Drive

Can you guess where we went for a Sunday drive? Ok I will tell you since you can barely see because of all of the snow. We wanted to drive down the canyon in Zion, but didn't even get to the Lodge before we had to turn around. It just kept getting worse and worse. Gus did great. I kept thinking of a dumb Hallmark hall of fame movie Rachelle loves while we were driving in the snow, where the mom gets stuck in the snow and has to leave her child in a cave while she goes to get help. Can't even imagine having to do that.

Tarzan's Ladies

We went for a an all girls WWF (wright-wheeler family) outing to Tarzan at Tuacahn. Very good production, can't wait for Little Mermaid next year:) Man I look massive in this photo. ah well 28 more days.

Boating

The Wilson boaters came home for a whole entire week! Their boat got fixed so we seized the moment to take it to Sand Hollow. Never mind that is was 44 degrees going out there and only 70 degrees when we left! The water felt amazing!
Retardo as Kyle calls her

Granty Panties
Preggers enjoying a leisurely tube ride

I couldn't zip up the life jacketNoah enjoying the tube ride with his daddy
Noah not wanting to ride the tube
Kyle showing off. Even though he could never get up with one ski.
Summer blindly skiing. She says she can barely see the water without her glasses on. Amazing!
Adam's mad skills

Right Fork Waterfall

We practiced our waterfall jumping skills on Saturday. It was hot and the water felt amazing! Everyone started jumping off the fall on the lower part, but by the end we had six year olds jumping off the highest part. I even at seven months and two weeks jumped off the lower part:) Kyle said it doesn't look very high, but when you are up there it is. Isn't that what everyone says;) Daredevils I tell you

Caitlyn Jumping

Jackson Jumping

Kyle Jumping

Nicholas Jumping

Skyler Jumping

Sydney Jumping

DMB

Kyle and I used to go to a ton of concerts, but as of late we have gone to zip. So when we found out their was a free Dave Mathews Band concert at the Usana amphitheater in Salt Lake we had to go. We new some people who were already driving up so we caught a ride with them;) We had lawn seating and a pretty entertaining group of people in front of us. I might have watched more of them then the actual concert! The guy behind us in the blue shirt and the guy on the right with the white shirt were some our entertainment:) They snuck in flasks of alcohol so that gives you an idea as to how entertaining they really were.

demo derby

I was fortunate enough to attend my very first demolition derby on Saturday. Why would I want to attend such a wt event you ask? Well SPC had a car entered in the event and the driver is one of Kyles friends so we needed to support. It was an interesting event to say the least, the atmosphere was very wt, but I did enjoy the derby more than I thought I would have. SPC did not win but I think it was the best looking car there. Rowdy (the driver) spent hours upon hours the last year getting it ready. We went to check on it the night before, and he was using a sharpie marker to touch up the paint job in some areas (a little OCD) but it looked nice. If I was smarter than my computer right now I would upload a video of the blessed event, but lo I am not so you get still photography:)

Cedar Breaks + Perseids= AMAZING

Steve and Brittany Kroff invited us to Cedar Breaks last week for the Perseids meteor shower. Many do not know this but Kyle has a love for the stars and the night sky, he even bought a nice telescope a few years back. So needless to say we jumped at the opportunity to watch Perseids with friends. Cedar Breaks had a couple of park rangers there with their very high powered telescopes, and gave us a tour of the stars before the meteor shower really began. Kyle and I were not expecting it to be so cold up there though. I had on leggings and sandals and Kyle wore shorts and flip flops. The other attendees dress consisted of beanies, long pants, jackets, and gloves. We were FREEZING, until Steve and Brittany brought blankets and the most delish hot chocolate. The meteor shower did not disappoint! It was both mine and Kyles first visit to Cedar Breaks it was very beautiful, next time we will visit during daylight.

Sundiata Gaines

ZNP