Home sweet Home. . .

Well we don't really know what to consider home these days but since we lived in Utah for 6 of our married years together we will consider that home. Every time we visit it just feels like home so until another state is lucky to have us there long enough or until that 'feels like home' feeling goes away, I guess Utah is still our HOME SWEET HOME.

We had yet another fabulous trip home over the last few weeks. We are so lucky to have both of our families in Utah (at the moment) tho they may be spread about the state it is nice that they are all there. As I was looking through all our pictures I kept thinking, oh I loved that and ew I really loved that and that was so much fun - so this post is just going to be a bunch of pictures of us doing the things we love with the people we love the most. . .

love cousins

love Aunts
(and Uncles too)

love grammas and granpas

love hunting and fishing

love bear lake

love pine valley

and somehow (i don't know how) I didn't get any pictures of our friends this time round. But. . . we love you guys too and as always it was GREAT to see you and spend an evening playin a little Nerts.

What a great day. . .

It was my birthday on Saturday and my cute family made it such a fun day. We won't discuss how old I turned because I lost track a few years back anyway!!

Trev got up with the kids and when I decided to roll out of bed I came down to these BEAUTIFUL flowers and such a yummy breakfast. Kalem was so excited because he made me a cake and it was the cutest little cake you ever did see- Pink and white play dough mixed together with candles on top. I told him all I wanted from was for him to make me a delicious cake and he did not disappoint. After breakfast they sent me off to get a pedicure/manicure and I was such a happy girl. I got lots of phone calls from my family during my spa treatment and it was fun to talk to everyone - it made me even more excited for our trip home this week!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then we cruised over to the swimming pool for a couple hours, grabbed a bite to eat and did a bit of shopping. If only every Saturday of my life could be like this!! Thanks to my wonderful husband and two darling kiddos for making my birthday such a special one- I love love love you all!!

Family Fun. . .

Today was one of those days I am sure Trev was thinking- ' I am glad I have a son'. The fam went golfing at a little course near our house. Kalem brought along his little plastic clubs and drug those around the entire day.

It was fun to watch daddy give him his first golf lesson and teach him about

golf etiquette.

We need to get him some proper clubs and I am sure soon he will be hitting the ball further than me which quite honestly won't be that hard to do!!

We had such a fun day together! I love hanging out with my little family.

Take me out to the ball game. . .

We went to our first Cubs game

It was good fun!!!

Kalem enjoyed the train ride in with his friends Holland and Ethan (cutest cubbies fans EVER)

He loved the baseball park food especially the PeAnUtS and CoTToN CaNdY. Little Miss Quincy didn't love the experience as much as he did. Maybe next time

We have been looking forward to attending a game all summer. Everyone has been telling us how much fun they are, how the fans get all geeked up in the Cubs gear - it was fun to experience what everyone has been talking about and I loved singing Take Me Out To The Ball Game (I'm such a dork). Hopefully we will make it to another this summer and maybe next time they will WIN!!GOOOOO CUBS!!!!!

Bye to Kye. . .

Every time we see a picture of our cute dog Kye or see the black lab that lives across the street we are so sad to think we won't be getting him back. We have decided to leave our Kye in Scotland permanently. When we moved back to the US we decided that we would leave him there temporarily until we found a place to live. We left him with his groomer and she ADORES him. I am sure after living with her for a few months he wouldn't have been happy to come back to life with us anyway or maybe that is just a good way of making myself feel better about leaving him behind. We just feel like he is really settled where he's at, he goes on more than one walk a day, plays at the beach, lives inside and even has some other dog mates living with him. We feel he is happy there and well looked after and we have no doubt our Kaiser will be loved!!! We all miss him so much but it is nice to think we have left a little piece of us behind in a place we loved and that means so much to us. WE LOVE YOU KYE!

I'm a big kid now. . .

Kalem is totally growing up these days. He's potty trained, has a 'big boy' room, enrolled in pre-school, rides his bike like he's 5, reads (well pretends) books to his baby sister, gets dressed and undressed all by himself and I think he even has his first crush on his 5 year old friend Kate!! We love to watch him grow and develop but at the same time it just goes by way too fast. He really is only 3 which to me is still so little. Luckily he still does things that make him seem so small and innocent at times. . .he still has a dummy(binkie), still sleeps with his blankie (hankie), he still requires kisses for the owies, he still takes a nap and he still loves to be held- THANK GOODNESS for these things that will keep him my little boy for just a bit longer!!!

Time for a double stroller. . .

So I haven't bought a double stroller because Kalem is 3 now and I didn't think I would use it all that much now that we are back in the US. But the truth is Kalem still LOVES a nice leisurely ride in his pushchair. Last night on our evening walk he jumped right in with Quincy for a stroll which got me thinkin. . should I invest in one or is it a ridiculous and expensive thought?