Picnic at Tibblefork Reservoir

We went on a picnic to Tibble Fork Reservoir over the weekend.  It was beautiful!  The water was freezing and it was actually quite crowded, but even still we had a great time.  My kids (including Rory) never seem to tire of playing in the water or the sand!

Farmer's Market + Dinosaur Park

We had a fun filled Saturday yesterday.  First we spent the morning at the Ogden Farmer's Market, which is always enjoyable.  Then later in the day we went to the free day at the Dinosaur Park.  Our kids were happily exhausted by the end of the day and both fell asleep by seven.  Bryce and I spent the rest of the night together watching a movie (a very successful day).

Ogden Raptors Baseball Game

We went to an Ogden Raptors baseball game yesterday and it was much more fun than I was expecting.  Summertime + baseball just go together so well.  We're hoping to make this an annual summer tradition as we all enjoyed it so much!

Shorelands Preserve

Pictures from adventuring at the Shorelands Preserve. I'm kicking myself for not bringing my tripod so we could get a family picture while we were there. Next time!

Independence Day 2019

We celebrated Independence Day in Henefer, UT where I grew up until I was 12.  We met up with some family at the Henefer Park where they have a cute little small town celebration with bounce houses, kid games, rock climbing wall, craft booths, etc. and then afterwards went to my grandparent's home for lunch.  

Peter playing baseball with my grandpa.  I love this picture so much. 

Claire and her cousin Lydia riding scooters together in my grandparent's driveway.  I spent a lot of time playing here in my childhood and it is so special to get to see my kids play here too.

After spending all afternoon at my grandparents we headed back to Ogden.  We picked up snow cones then decided to go home and rest for a bit, especially since Peter was already asleep in the van.  Our kids were exhausted from the heat and from playing hard all day.  We ended up ordering pizza from The Pie (our fave!) for dinner and then introduced our kids to a very appropriate Independence Day film: The Sandlot.  Claire loved it and Peter loved watching the kids play baseball.

After we finished watching the Sandlot we took our kids outside to light sparklers and then watched fireworks from our front porch.  

Happy Independence Day!