Hello Monday!

Hello home! We got home about 3 hours ago from a 4 day camping trip in Escalante. Hello tents, hiking, dirt, bugs, no showers, no bathrooms, HOT weather, thunder storms, rain downpours and ornery kids. And hello to great friends, amazing family, beautiful scenery, numerous laughs, good food, small town parades and dances, a carnival and making some money at our booth there. Hello to my husbands first Rodeo and seriously the BEST TRIP! I wish I had all my pictures ready to give you a glimpse into our weekend, but I still need to go through them along with get some from the rest of our friends that went with us.

Instead of camping pictures, here's a look at what's been going around these parts up until we left for our trip...

Hello Juice Cleanse! So I didn't last the full 6 days. I lasted 4 full days and then on days 5 & 6 I juiced for every meal and snack except dinner. Still loving the juicer though! Fresh apple juice is my favorite!!!

Hello baking. I made some goodies for a neighbor. I was still doing the juice cleanse and did NOT even have a bite. Go me!

Hello Bee Sting. Poor little Chloe. She was NOT a fan and would start to cry all over again when ever we brought it up for the next 4-5 days.

Hello Bookclub. Hello: Blue Lemon. Delicious food. Great friends. City Creek. Shopping. And Dessert at Gourmandies.

Hello painting with the kiddos. They love painting!

Hello crafting. 

Hello outdoor band competition. We went to see Justin's band and they ended up winning and making it into the finals! Jaxon thought the crowd was for him. 

Hello to the cutest siblings. They sure love each other. Their new love is singing and dancing to 'Ring-Around-The-Rosey' then falling down and proceeding to roll all over each other.

Hello to the Lindon pool, snow cones, cotton candy and friends.

I am one pooped Momma. Hello shower! FINALLY! Hello PJ's and my DVR. Hello tired kiddos that have already been asleep for 2 hours. I plan on sitting in my recliner and catching up on the Bachelorette, RHONJ, Breaking Bad & The Next Food Network Star. 

Here's a sneak peak at our weekend. Many more to come. How was your weekend? Are you a fan of camping? With kids?

Hello Monday. Escalante Edition

Hello last minute trip to Escalante for the weekend. The kids and I drove down to my grandparents house with my brother Cameron and SIL Hadley.

Hello 4+ hour drive with two toddlers that were stir crazy and wild the entire time. (minus like 30 min)

Hello small town. No stop light. Pump before you pay. Waving at everyone you see. Kids sitting on our laps and 'driving' the car. The easy life.

Hello to surprising my mom. It was great being able to spend a couple days with her.

Hello to kids being crazy and so excited that they didn't want to sleep. Having only 11 hours of sleep over a 3 night period. Being super tired, and the kids having way too much energy.

Hello Calf Creek. You brought back so many memories of summers spent with my grandparents. Walking down the creek and slipping on the moss covered rocks.

Hello Grandpa's swing. Four wheelers. And cook-outs at the bottom land.

Hello to another 4+ hour drive home. Cranky kids. Sitting in the back between them the entire drive.

Hello to a loving husband. Hello to getting in bed before 9:00pm when we got home and Scotty taking the kids off my hands. And getting 11 hours of continuous sleep. It was marvelous.

-We are headed to Escalante again next weekend. I'm super stoked. Scotty is going to be able to come this time along with some of our friends. I can't wait. How was your weekend?

Linking up with Lisa for her Hello Monday linkup.

Hello Monday....or Wednesday!

It's been a busy week so I'm cutting myself some slack on this Hello Monday post. (And by slack I mean 2 days). 

 Hello Mingle @ Soel. Last week my friend Nichole and I went to this and we had a blast. It was a great place for networking and getting to meet the face behind so many blogs that I love. Not to mention they had awesome food and treats and swag.  


Hello yummy Italian sodas and free meals from Cafe Rio. 


Hello People Water. And hello gift card to Soel! I was so excited to win and can't wait to go shopping!

Hello photo booth pictures complete with confetti. And Hello Jef from the bachelorette. He was at the Mingle with his company People Water and the girls (including myself) all loved it!

 Pictures via Ashley Thalman. 


Hello to my sweet husband. He is pretty amazing and I don't tell him enough. So I've been leaving treats and notes around for him to find. 

Hello to Pretty Little Liars. I just started watching it via Netflix and I may or may not be half way into the 2nd season already. I've been crafting at night again and it's been keeping me company. And Hello to finally getting around to making Chloe some more hair clips (that I've been meaning to get around to for over a month.)

Hello to being a stay at home mom. Amid the tantrums, messes, diapers, late nights and early mornings, my kids remind me every day how awesome my job is. 

Hello to Daddy/Son/Grandpa nights out. Scotty took his Dad and Jaxon fishing and they had a blast. Jaxon got a new pole and is obsessed and wants to go every day. He is actually pretty good at dropping the line and reeling it back in. (And no night out is complete without treats)

Hello to Girls Night Out! Friday my girlfriends and I met up and had dinner at CPK (and although they messed up 3/4 of our orders it was still yummy). We then met up with some other friends and saw Magic Mike and then went dancing. It was a fabulous time. Thank you ladies!

How was your week?

Hello Monday!

 Hello Summertime! We spent everyday this week out in the sun! We have loved our little kiddie pool, water table, bubble guns, super soakers and lunch outside under the umbrella everyday this week. It's been wonderful.

Daddy spent Wednesday morning fishing with Uncle Cammy. He grabbed some pizza for us on his way home and the kids were VERY grateful!

Hello Birthdays! Sarah and Zuileka had birthdays this week. We went to The Chocolate on Tuesday to celebrate for Sarah, and we are going to Happy Sumo this week for Z. Can't wait! Happy Birthday ladies! 

Zuileka, Sarah & I

Hello guest posting. I did a guest post about reading on Wednesday on my Good friend Jenn's blog Grimmricksen. Go check it out if you've missed it!

Hello Book Club! Cheryl hosted book club Wednesday. We had so much fun we forgot to take any pictures. But it was a blast. Thanks ladies! 

I did happen to snap a couple pictures of the treats I made for my BCB's. I made fudge with Coconut Oil, & Coconut Sugar,  and Chocolate Chip Cookies subbing out the butter for Coconut Oil, Brown & White Sugar for Coconut Sugar and half of the flour for Almond Meal. They both were delish and a post featuring my love of Coconut Oil is in the works!

Hello grocery shopping with 2 cranky kiddos. I usually try to do my shopping when my hubs is home with the kids. It's much less of a hassle and it takes half of the time. However Mr X has been working long hours, so we ventured out just the 3 of us. Thank Heavens for car shopping carts and for markets that serve 'baby cones'. The kids were very happy about the trip. Even if the clean up was a little more intense than first imagined. 

Ice Cream Cone Cheers!

Hello Family Date night again this last Friday night. We took the kids to see Brave. And they did pretty well sitting through it. As soon as the credits started rolling, Jaxon asked to watch it again. Right NOW!

Daddy and Jax in line for the movie.

Sweet Chloe all cuddled up in the theater in her 'own' seat, treats and blankie.

Hello 'Hawk'! Jaxon was in need of a haircut bad! He is constantly asking for a ponytail because he gets hot (and he can't see). Well Cameron and Hadley came down Friday and they gave me such a hard time about his ponytail! (It's true he did look like a girl.) So Saturday we cut it all off.

He loves it. He keeps checking himself out in the mirror and he just grins and laughs and laughs. He also refers to it as 'The Hawk'. Today he was actually calling in his mohawk, but I kinda want him to forget how to say it and go back to 'The Hawk'. 

 Hello one of the best Monday's we've ever had. One of the babes best friends Evie and her Momma came over to play outside (while Scotty spent the morning fishing). When the husbands got home we then went to Chuck E. Cheese with them and the kiddos other best friends Blake and June. Then to Menchies and finally to the park to play. It was wonderful. I LOVE family days! (more pictures to come.)

Can these girls be any cuter? Seriously!

 I am loving these Hello Monday posts. Sometimes the time goes by and I forget all the great times I have every week. These help me document the days we live. How was your week?

Linking up to Lisa and her Hello Monday posts. 

Hello Monday.

Finally starting to get back into the swing of things since being home from our vacation. This past week has been an awesome one. 

Hello Zumba! My friend Meagan and I started going to a new place for Zumba. I am loving it so far. I was driving all the way to Springville (about 20-25 min away) and now it's just about a mile from my house. Score!

Hello Heather! I was able to see my friend Heather this week. She flew in from Missouri and I was able to see her and her new baby Merik. Unfortunately her trip was for a funeral. Her nephew Holden passed away at just 2 weeks old. Cheryl and I went to the funeral and it was such an amazing service for such an amazing little angel.

Before Heather went back we were hoping to have a girls night but on my way up to Salt Lake my car started acting all weird. It was shaking like crazy so I turned around and went home. Good thing too, by the time I got home my tire was DESTROYED. Luckily it was just the tire though and nothing major.

Hello Ladies (&kids) night. My friend Dlayne invite myself, Nichole and Sarah over. Sarah's husband was hosting poker night at his place so the ladies decided to have a 'girls night'.

Dlayne has an amazing backyard. Complete with a pond, fish, trampoline, fire pit, garden, swing set (WITH clubhouse!), chickens, dogs and plenty of running space. The kids LOVE it. And it's great for us to be able to sit and chat while the kids all play.

Do you think we had enough 'snacks' for 5 women?

Thankfully the kids helped us eat. 

 My husband got home earlier than expected that night so he came and picked up the kids and I stayed for even more girl talk with Dlayne and Sarah. {We may or may not have stayed until 3:15am} Thanks Dlayne for having us over! I had an amazing night!

Hello Birthday Dinner! While we were in Florida it was my sister in law's birthday. So we took her and my brother to dinner Friday night to celebrate. Happy Birthday Hadley! Love you!

They love Aunt HeyHey and Uncle Cammy.

Hello Whitney and Allison! Friday night after dinner we stopped by our friends Justin and Allison's place. Allison was doing Whitney's hair and Chloe {all girl!} had to see what was going on at every minute!

Jaxon had to get in on the action too.

Hello dancing! That night Scotty took the kids home and I caught a ride with Whitney. On the ride home Whit and I were busting out moves {as usual} and decided we NEEDED to go dancing. It was almost 1am as we pulled up. We were all pumped up BUT the stupid door guy wouldn't let us in (even though we were there 5 minutes before they closed the doors. And 35 minutes before actual closing time!) We were bummed. So instead we went over to Jenn's house...

Hello Jenn! We thought it would be hilarious to 'mess' with them. We saw that they were up and in the living room, so we proceeded to bang on windows and doors to scare them. Job well done Whitney. And you are welcome Jenn!

Hello Date nights! Once with Cheryl. And once with the hubby this week. Cheryl and I went to Rubio's and to see Mirror Mirror. {Had the most ANNOYING lady ever sitting next to us. Like RIGHT next to us in a pretty empty theater and she was on her phone trying to text FOREVER! Seriously like for 10 minute periods of time it was out and shinning away. She was on it the majority of the movie.} Finally Cheryl said something to her and she started giving a poor me story about someone trying to get ahold of her and yadda yadda. Then took it right back out again. So rude! Seriously walk out of the theater and make a call or sit in the back so you're not disrupting everyone else. 

And Scotty and I went and saw Rock of Ages. We LOVED it. I wanted to bust out and dance and sing the ENTIRE time!

Hello Fathers Day! I sure am a lucky girl. I have an amazing father, a great step-dad and a wonderful father in law. And I couldn't have dreamed for a better husband and father to my own kids. Love you babe!

Sunday Scotty had to work most of the day, but we celebrated once he got home.

The kids helped me fix 'breakfast' for dinner.

It was delicious and we enjoyed some good family time last night. 

 Hello Summer! Summer has arrived to our backyard. We bought a ton of summer toys and put them to use today. {And somehow Jaxon's swimsuit came off...} Anyhow I'm looking forward to many more afternoons of this.

Hello messy babies. We stopped at Jason's Deli today for lunch. Messy just doesn't cut it. This picture doesn't do it justice but I didn't want to touch my children after they were through eating. 

How was your week? Have you ever been totally annoyed with some on their phone during a movie?

Linking up here.