Taylorsville Dayzz

We have gone to Taylorsville Dayzz for I think 4 or 5 summers now, and it has become a beloved tradition of ours! Our friends the Olsen's invited us the first year and we have gone with them every year since and have so much fun. Hands down the have the best fireworks show and always a great impersonator. This year they had beatles impersonators and we loved the music. We always go early to kick back, eat, play around, look at booths, and chat. This year I was so excited my fam was in town to come with us! Jen and Jer also met up with us and I loved being around friends and family that I love!

The Fam Comes to Town

My family got to come out and visit us this summer for vacation and we had the most fun week ever! Dawson and Emerson loved having someone to constantly hold them, dote on them, play with them, and give in to their every command. While they were here we got to go to Taylorsville Dayzz (more in another post), a neighborhood/ward BBQ and Softball game, see a movie, eat Cafe Rio, go to the aquarium, celebrate Em's first birthday (more in another post), celebrate the 4th (again, another post!), go to a Rodeo, and play at the Gateway. We ate a ton, laughed a lot, and had a great time. It's amazing how fast their trip went and we were sad to see them go!

A First Time Auntie!

At the end of June I became a first time Auntie to the CUTEST nephew ever! My sister in Law Jen and her hubs Jeremy had their first baby, a boy named Kohen Jeremy Atkinson. He weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces and was 20 inches long. His momma Jen is a rockstar at the parenting thing and Jer is the cute doting dad. I just love my Kohen and it's so exciting to have a cousin for D and E!

Soccer Mom

Yes, I am officially a soccer mom. We signed Dawson up for 3 year old soccer at the Kearns Fitness Center and he loved it. He couldn't wait to get his uniform and ball. When he received his soccer shirt and shorts he started stripping down right there to put them on. They had 4 practices then 6 games. D did pretty good, but he is totally the kids who gets distracted and picks up rocks, blows a feather around, and goofs around with his team mates. He kept having to tell him to run and play. When it was over though he started to cry because he didn't want it to end, so we promised him we will sign up again. Did I mention how funny it is to watch 3 year olds play? They are a little herd running around together in mass chaos, kicking it out of bounds, picking up the ball, and scoring on the wrong goal. Hilarious!

Father and Sons Campout

Chris finally didn't have to work this year for Father and Sons Campout and so him, Dawson, and Chris' dad Dave got to go together for the first time! To say they had fun was an understatement! They put up the tent, cooked dutch oven, roasted corn and smores, slept in the tent in a CRAZY, POURING rain storm, and had breakfast the next morning. Dawson met some little boys and they had fun running around and getting dirty.

Summer Days

We have been keeping busy doing lets of fun activities this summer! I absolutely love summertime with kids; going out, enjoying weather, and not having to bundle them up! That is a lot of the reason why I am so behind on blogging because I just hate sitting at home. Anyways here is a list of things we have been up to and some pics to go with some of them...

1. Summer Kids Movies- We have done this for 3 summers now and I LOVE it! Every Tuesday during the summer they show a kids movie at 10am at the Jordan Landing movie theater. It's $5 for a pass for 10 movies or $1 each movie if you don't buy a pass. It's great because the kiddos love it and I don't have to worry about them being quiet because it's already noisy with all the kids there!

2. The Gateway- We have a pass to Discovery Gateway and Dawson just loves it there. He requests to go all the time. He plays and learns while I sit back. Sweet. We also hit up the fountains there at the gateway, a nice way for kids to cool off! We went one day with a group of us moms (Summer, Lindy, Paige, and I) and let the kids go wild!


3. Day Out With Thomas- The Heber Valley Railroad had a Day Out With Thomas activity that is every little boys dream. Dawson loved it. We road on Thomas, got pics, played with trains, got a temporary tattoo, did a maze, met Sir Topham Hat, and lots more.



4. Thanksgiving Point- I forgot my camera for this one! But I went with my friends Summer and Stacy to the Children's Discovery Gardens and the kids had a blast. They ran around in the Noah's Ark splash pond forever. We walked around and did a few other things but it was 100 degrees out so we left for lunch pretty quick!

5. The Zoo- We got to go to the Zoo with our friends Summer and Josh and their kids Reece and Remi. Dawson and Reece love playing together and loved being able to walk all around the zoo and not have to sit in the strollers. They loved all the animals there and we saw the cutest baby elephant!



We have also had playdates, gone swimming, gone to the aquarium, the library, and Wheeler Farm among all of our activities! PS Emerson isn't mentioned a lot in this post. She tags along and sits back and chills where ever we go and points to things and babbles away. She is such a fun girl and SO easy going!

The Tie Shirts

So after my Disney post, I had a few requests for the "tie shirt" picture. As a background for those of you who don't know the story, I have made Dawson some cute t shirts that have a tie on them, and Chris and Jer thought it would be hilarious for the three boys to have matching Disney tie shirts. I said no and that they would look like huge nerds. Well....the first day we got to Disneyland, we rode a few rides then took a potty break. Next thing Jen and I know, the boys are coming out of the bathroom with tie shirts they snuck and made. Awesome. To rub it in my face even worse, they got a ton of compliments. I still say they are nerds. Except the short one, he is cute!