Maple Lake

Last weekend we went with our friends Luke and Ali up Payson Canyon to Maple Lake. It was so pretty up there, and once we were up there we definitely were wishing we were going to be camping over! Unfortunately no fish were caught, but it was a good time and I can't wait to go camping now!

Zachary loves to fish, he will always miss Rexburg fishing with the Snake River!

Please excuse our appearances, apparently it was a rough day! We grabbed Subway on the way for dinner, nothing quite like a sandwich in the great outdoors!

Luke and Ali came up with us, don't ask me why both of them are looking so glam, and we look like we have been through the ringer that day!

Ali and I were loving life just sitting out in our camp chairs watching the boys fish. It was SO pretty up there, and so peaceful.

Don't you just love that get up?

There's No Place Like Home

We got to go home for a few days over the fourth of July weekend, and let me just say it was PERFECT! Oh how I miss home, especially in the summertime. We spent our time boating at Levy Landing (For sure I got up on the wakeboard for the first time!), BBQ'ing with family and friends, swimming, eating amazing food, visiting my Grandpa, setting off way too many fireworks, and loving being home. I seriously can't wait for our next trip to Washington, I am getting homesick just looking at these pictures!

We decided all of the above have very promising futures in the field of pyrotechnics, you wouldn't believe the show they had planned for us!

Believe it or not this is the ONLY picture I got of Zachary and I our whole time home, Zachary kept thinking I was going to put my sparkler in his face or something.....?

Zachary taking a little rest, I think we wore him out!

Kristin, Morgan, and Carter- those kids were LOVING Kristin and the sparklers, they were so cute!

Keldon- I can't believe how fast he is growing up!

Above and Below- all the spectators, it got a bit chilly but everyone was all smiles. I was so happy to have been able to spend some time with everyone while we were home. Truly, there is no place like home!

San Francisco Vaca

Last weekend I headed down to San Francisco to spend a little time with the Fam visiting Kristin and David. We always have so much fun when we're together, and last week was no exception! Thanks Kristin and Dave for showing us all such a great time!

We rode the Ferry from Oakland over to San Francisco, and it was so beautiful. The weather was phenomenal, and it was such a pretty day!

The first day I was there we headed out to a place called Muir Woods. It is a piece of the Redwood Forest, I think, that has been preserved. It was so pretty and peaceful walking around looking at all of those amazing trees! We saw some baby deeres with their mamas, they were so cute!

A cute pic of "the kids" at Muir woods, we're still working on Collins smile ;)

While we were there our family friends, the Bosch's, just happened to be in town so we spent a day in San Francisco with them seeing the sights! This was my first time riding the Trolley and let me just tell you I loved it! Definitely one of the highlights of my trip! We rode the trolley down to Fisherman's Wharf, over to China Town, and out to the Golden Gate Bridge, it was a long and HOT day, but we had lots of fun and lots of laughs!

The Fam minus Mom and Dad at the Golden Gate Bridge

The last day we were there we headed out to Santa Cruz to spend a day at the beach. I didn't even pack a swimsuit on this trip because there was no way in heck I was going to get into that freezing cold ocean water! We had such great weather though, and luckily Kristin had an extra suit I could borrow because we were playing in that ocean water all day long! ( Minus the freak lightning storm that rolled through and made me seriously believe I was going to die!)

Now I must add I would have probably never gotten into that water without a wet suit, so THANK YOU THANK YOU Kristin and David for bringing along the wetsuits! We had such a great time boogie boarding to our hearts content!

92 Years!!

We celebrated Grandpa Reed's birthday with all of the Hughes, and had such a great time! Grandpa Reed turned 92 this year! Probably the best part of the night is when 10 yr old Brigham said the prayer to bless the food, he was grateful that Grandpa Reed survived, and is still alive and let me tell you we are so grateful that Grandpa Reed is still here with us. What a great family he started, we can always count on good times with the Hughes'!

Zachary and Grandpa Reed

Baby Noah, love this little guy- he is SO sweet!

Getting ready to blow out the candles, of course he had a cowboy horse, it was so cute!

The Manti Pageant

Last night we went with some of our friends the Olsens to the Manti Pageant. This was my first time going, and it was a little different than what I expected but a lot of fun. That Manti Temple is so gorgeous, probably my favorite part of the pageant was being able to look up at that beautiful temple that was set up on a hill, it was seriously so pretty! The mosquitos were out in full force which kind of took me by surprise so we walked to the local gas station to buy some mosquito repellent, got on the waiting list, yes there was a waiting list for it, and then ended up paying $8 for it! Seriously. No mosquito bites today though, so I guess it was worth it. All in all it was a great time, and I definitely recommend the pageant to anyone that lives close enough to check it out.

Weekend Fun

Last Friday after work we jumped in the car and headed for Lagoon! I was so excited and had been looking forward to it all week, I love amusement parks! They have some great Roller Coasters there, my favorite was one called Wicked, it was out of control! Zachary lost his glasses on it- total bummer! We found them later, but they were all cracked and broken.....After Lagoon we were on our way to Ogden to stay the night and then onto Rexburg in the morning for Zachary's football game! It was so fun to spend some time in Rexburg, I skipped out on Zachary's game since it was stormy, and spent some quality time with Nat and Trish! I'm sad I didn't get any pics, but we had a great time eating, laughing, cruising the Ridge for old times sake, and they took me to this new Cupcake place in Rexburg which is absolutely divine! A must try! After the game on we headed back to Utah, we didn't get home until about 2:30, and we were dead tired the next day for Church. After Church we watched Josie and Andrea for a few hours and had SO much fun! Those girls are so darling, and we love when we get to spend some extra one on one time with them! After the babysitting we went home and took a LONG nap! We were both so tired! I woke to my husband telling me to come downstairs and have dinner, and he had it all ready and the table set, he is amazing! We had a long and busy weekend, but so much fun, we can't wait to see what next weekend will bring!

We always have SO much fun on our little road trips, well at least I do! Zachary is my captive audience for 4 whole hours!

Of course I love the bumper cars. Lagoon was SO fun, I can't wait to go back this summer and try out the water park!

LOVE these two little girls! They were definitely a handful but we had so much fun chasing them around, doing their hair, jumping on the tramp, and going for a little walk!

(Sorry for the bad picture quality- I was always forgetting my camera everywhere I went, so these were taken on Zacharys phone)

Weekend Getaway

We took advantage of the long weekend and headed to sunny St. George! Our friends Luke and Ali were brave enough to spend the whole weekend with us and we were so glad we could have a little vaca time with them! The weekend was full of a little MC/Wicked Karaoke session in the car, shopping, eating, a little trip down to Mesquite, laying by the pool, hot tubbing every night, a competitive tennis match, and of course lots of good laughs! It was so relaxing just to sleep in, stay up as late as we wanted, and do whatever we wanted for three whole days! We can't wait for our next vacation!

Zachary sporting the FBI shirt and shades, he kills me! Please excuse the no make-up face, hey, I was on vacation!

The two boys looking tough after our tennis match

Zachary - # 1 Baby

Of course we have to get a pic in front of our home away from home for the weekend. We stayed in little condo that we had found online, and it turned out to be perfect!

Luke and Ali- love these two, we had so much fun together!