a walk and a wash

Court and I love to take the dogs on walks while we are up at bear lake.  The dogs obviously love the outing and court and I love the opportunity to take snap some beautiful pics.

All was going well until a naughty little doggy ( who will remain nameless ) decided to roll around in some goose poop!

Needless to say our scenic walk was cut short so that we could go back and bathe the little stinker.  She wasn't too happy about it, but mama wasn't too happy about having to wash that awful smell off either!  

At least there was a warm towel and snuggling waiting

. . .

for her :)

Limber Pine Hike

Up at Bear Lake there is this hike called the Limber Pine Trail.  We haven't done it for years, until someone last weekend suggested we do!

It was so fun to see the wildlife and we nicknamed it butterfly alley because literally everywhere there were bright orange butterflies everywhere where we looked!

I love doing the forgotten parts of a vacation over again to remind yourself how much you love something :)

Boating night

Gardening Fools

This year we got right on planting our garden, so that we would have a long summer full of lots of yummy veggies.  Since the year we got married we have had a garden and I have to say it is one of my favorite traditions Brian and I have about summer and about having my own house. 

For my birthday this year I got a pressure canner so I will be using that to can our veggies from the garden, and salsa til my little hearts content :)

Brian took quite a few evenings and made us the best drip system ever in the garden and I appreciate that more than words can tell because that means I don't have to go out and water it by hand every day yay! 

I am excited to see it grow a few more months because it already looks amazing and is growing so quick! 

Happy 4th Anniversary to us!

This year was my year to plan our anniversary and I was just plain excited to spend the day together. The morning started off with Brian's favorite breakfast and then we headed to the zoo to watch the all the animals play for way too long :)

The day ended with dinner at a new place for us called Flemings.  It was delicious and not only was the food top notch but the service was outstanding.  Since it was our anniversary they gave us a free appetizer and a $25 gift card to come back next time, and a box of truffles to take home which I promptly started munching on when we got to our car :)

The major thing I have noticed this last year is how we seemed to be so much more settled into our roles now then when we first got married. We have gotten into this rhythm as husband and wife where things just jive and I love that.  There are always the unexpected moments in life, but the day to day has turned into the most enjoyable patterns and I love that. 

I am so thankful for four years of that cute boy grinning at me and I hope time moves at a slow enough pace for me to truly enjoy them all.  Happy anniversary love. xoxo.  

Sundays with Enid

A boy and { his } grandma

One Sunday we went to visit Brian's grandma Enid who lives in Bountiful. We had so much fun with her, and are thankful she lives so close to us.  

I love to hear her laugh and watch her sneak back rubs out of Brian every time without fail.  { a skill I totally need to learn from her! }

{ Fireworks } Extravaganza

 

Like every other American I love to watch fireworks.  I have seen some pretty amazing shows in my day, but to me the end of summer fireworks in Bountiful by Brian's moms house are the best I have seen.

His brother always goes early to get us good seats and the fireworks lasted almost 40 minutes!

I could have watched them all night but my favorite part was when Brian handed me the camera in the car.  "Did you take pictures the whole time", I asked!?

"Yeah, he said grinning. "For your blog.  I knew you would want to blog about this so I tried to get some good pictures you can use."  

I love those moments where I swear both of us are smiling our silly faces off.

I love fireworks, but the fireworks between me and this boy of mine are my favorite I think :)

Our first taste of Coronado

So we have these fabulous friends who tell us about their adventures in Coronado every year and how beautiful and amazing it is. 

When we went to visit family in Cali for labor day, we decided to spend a day in Coronado and boy was it not enough!  We should have taken their word for it and planned to stay an extra day.

The beach was so warm and empty and the views were incredible.  While Brian was napping I took a long barefoot walk along the beach just snapping pictures and taking it all in.  It was amazing how close the seagulls let me get to take their pictures too!

We brought some boogie boards but the water was pretty chilly.  That didn't stop me though.  Brian took a gazillion pictures of me out in the waves getting hit again and again.  They are pretty hilarious.  Too hilarious to post on the blog.  You might fall off your chair laughing :)

After we went exploring the hotel del coronado.  We heard some ridiculously cool stories about the hotel from locals and even got to ride in an old fashioned elevator with an operator and cage and everything. 

By the time the sun was setting we had made up our minds we would be back and this time for more than a few hours.  Coronado is truly one of our new favorite places.