Summer Fun 2015

I think I might actually try to catch this blog up for my own personal journaling. Here we go...

This past summer we lived with nate's parents for half of the summer and my parents for the other half.  Neither of us wanted to live with each other's parents and so splitting the summer was our compromise. E and I had a great summer enjoying our last few months together.

Strawberry days with the cousins.

Golf date at gladstan. 

34 weeks. I swam quite a bit this pregnancy since I had a pool in the backyard. It was so nice!

Stadium of Fire with Journey. It was such a great show. Well, the music was great. The rest of the show is kind of lame, in my opinion. I struggled sitting there for so long but elin did pretty well until the fireworks.  Then she lost it and we had to leave. haha

Practicing being a big sister!

Zoo day with the cousins.

Elin and her beloved cousin, Rory. She seriously is obsessed with him.

Lucky girl played in the pool constantly.

Beautiful summer night with a double rainbow. We played with the cousins at the park and then enjoyed the evening together.

Fun night up the cabin with cousins. We roasted hot dogs and marshmallows and played by the river.

Sure was nice to be home for the summer.

It sure was a good summer!

Outer Banks 2014

One of the traditions they have at amongst the mormon UVA law students is to rent a beach house together in the Outer Banks, NC, during fall break.  I have some of my best law school memories here.  This trip was just golden.  The weather was absolutely fantastic and we had some really fun times.  One of my favorite things we did was have a dance party, just us and our besties after the babies had gone to bed. 

 beach goes on and on.  this was ours everyday.

 she loved the ocean!

 had so much fun with the bylund's. yes, we are actually related. didn't know them until law school and found out brett and I are 3rd cousins. 

 classic quist pose.

 the absolute best donuts in the world.  duck donuts, you are my fave.

we love you outer banks!

the rest of the summer

 nate's family came and stayed at my parents house in logandale for the weekend.  we had a great time just hanging out and spending lots of time in the pool.

 she liked this, most of the time. 

 we visit petsmart quite often. 

 elin in grandma dorothy's bowl with uncle zac holding it.

 first time riding a horse, with her papa

 friend day

 santaquin rodeo

 nate and i had a quick trip to atlanta and we had a good time.

 we love splash pads!

 train with the girlies

 4 of us ate this on date night. haha

 saying goodbye to these cuties

 love this girl

 went with my parents to their ward campout

 spending time with her aunties at thanksgiving point

 friend day!

 oh utah, you have the best sunsets

 snuggling with uncle zac

 more horses, i think this girl loves them.

 and she really loves dogs. her and chloe.

 4-wheeler with grandma. she's obsessed with these.

 darren's baptism day. such a special kid.

 e with her cousins, anders and scottie.

 my beautiful nieces on their blessing day. sloane and scarlett.

all the grandkids-check out e's face. haha

 one of the best ladies in the world.

 doesn't get better than this in the summertime.

 saying goodbye to uncle noah

and ready for our red-eye to virginia. 

so long summer, you were one of the bests!