Last Sunday night we decided to take a drive to the Mt. Timpanogos temple. It was so nice and quite just to be there on the temple grounds. S loved all of the pretty flowers. We took a few fun pictures with our family. S was really "helpful" with the selfie stick :)
We went over to visit Nana and Papa one day this week. Nana was in the middle of making bread, and was kind enough to let S be her helper. S loves "cooking" in the kitchen with whoever will let her help!
S and Nana
Monday night we had family night together then ran down to Thanksgiving Point. They have a fun little ice cream shop that we grabbed dessert. S was in heaven with her little cone :)
My sister invited us to go to breakfast, hike the Y (which I've never done and is incredibly steep), and go swimming after with her this week. S cried, "I go on mom's back!!" within the first 50 yards. It was over 1,100 feet climb in elevation in about 1.5 mile. There were times that I thought I wouldn't (or didn't care to) make it to the next switchback....
but we made it to the top...super sweaty. The front of her shirt was completely soaked. My sister said that my back looked the same. Good thing we headed to the pool afterward!
We spent several hours with grandma and cousins at the Museum of Natural Curiosity. I love that she can explore and do things there and always asks to go back. As we were driving up to the museum she started saying, "Zee-um! Zee-um! Mom, I go there please!?" I love how she loves to discover new things! Her shirt got super wet at the water table and she insisted on holding it up while she continued to play.
It is getting to be the time of year that we spend a lot of time on Saturdays harvesting and canning produce from the week. This week was no exception. We were able to can 7 quarts of pickles, 5 pints of green beans, and 3 pints of pickled beets. We got a fair amount of tomatoes out of the garden, but not enough to really can...hopefully they'll wait for a few others to join them.
water fight with dad
washing the beets in the bucket
climbing the ladder to pick nectarines off the tree
helping mom prep cucumbers
A few months ago for my birthday Brett got me a gift certificate to go to a murder mystery dinner, and we decided to redeem it this week. It was nice to have a "go out and do something" date together. There was some good comedy and we really enjoyed the needed us time :)
