Random Summer Fun!

Jeremy and Stephanie were up visiting this weekend with their little baby Alexis. Daisy adores Alexis and loves to hold her every chance she can get.

Daisy has received a ton of compliments on her hair when it is done like this, so I thought I would post a pic. For those of you that have girls who will sit still, this is pretty easy and it stays in for days! Just make a zigzag part then start in the front and make the ponytails.

This is the fountain at Tautphaus Park. We thought we'd take Daisy over and let her get wet(its been really hot here). When we got there though, there was a big sign posted telling us to stay out of the water. Boo! So we just took a picture and left.

Chris's family came over and got in the hot tub while Jeremy was up. Jeremy and Dan were trying to get Daisy to dunk under and she finally did it.

Chris and his brothers are always telling me about the crazy stunts they would pull when they were kids. The worst I have ever done was a flip on the trampoline. So when I see this video of my three year old, I get a little worried about what she will do in 10 years....and how much my ER bills are going to be.

Happy Birthday Chris!!

Yesterday was Chris's 26th birthday! Yay! He requested a chocolate peanut butter cup pie, so that is what he got. However when we got to my mom's house for the celebration I realized I had forgotten the candles. That giant one is all my mom had, so we made it work.

Daisy thinks every birthday is hers and that she should always get to blow out the candles. Luckily Chris was nice enough to let her help.

This is not the best picture(for some reason my flash wouldn't work) but you can kind of see the cool Rubik's cube that Chris got from his friend at work. It's sides are black and shades of gray instead of the regular primary colors.

Camping

Chris's aunt decided we needed to have a "girls night." So she planned a camping trip and reserved a spot at Green Canyon. On Wednesday, Daisy and I packed up and headed out. There were no men there at all. It was pretty interesting to see a five women trying to park a camper, set up tents, and start a fire. But, we all survived and had a blast to boot! Daisy loves to swim and is fearless of the water, thanks to her experience with swimming lessons earlier. We spent HOURS in the pool! I forgot to bring my camera, but luckily Chris took pictures earlier of our tent. So just imagine some trees in the background with me and Daisy standing in front. :)

4th of July!

We had a great 4th of July weekend! It was so fun to get to see our family. We left Thursday morning(the 3rd) and headed down to Logan where we spent some time with Chris's brother Jeremy and his family.

We spent most of Thursday afternoon swimming at the health club where Jeremy works. Then we headed back to Jeremy's house for dinner which Stephanie made. Thanks Steph! Then we lit off some of our own fireworks and stayed up late watching the university fireworks.

Friday morning we headed out to Jake and Ashley's house. The boys headed off to Cabelas while Ashley and I hung out at home with the kids. That night we again set off some fireworks for the kids and then watched the professional fireworks from their front yard. It was a blast!

On our way home Saturday morning we decided to stop at Saltair and walk out to the lake to let Daisy wade in the water. It was actually pretty gross and there were tons of dead birds...not sure why. Daisy had fun playing in the water and we both ended up covered in sand. Then, after a good hose down we loaded back into the truck and came home.

Here is a video of Daisy with her sparkler. That had to be her favorite part of the whole trip,

the sparklers!!