Hot summer days!

It's been SO hot this past week, but it's been fun having all the kids around and friends to play that usually are in school. Time for popsicles - every day!

Leaving the kids...

I was so nervous to leave the kids for the weekend. The only thing that made me feel better was knowing they were in very capable hands - thanks Zach and Caitlin!

Do they look like they miss us at all?
Having fun watching movies in amazing forts...
playing at the zoo...
Nope, they didn't miss us too much. I think they were happy to have us home, but they were so sad to see Zach and Caitlin leave!

Cataract Canyon Raft Trip

We took our first vacation without the kids over Memorial Day weekend. It was a much needed break after lots going on with Russ buying a new practice, and school ending... I was really worried about white water rafting and camping being 6 months pregnant - not to mention leaving the kids for a place we couldn't reach them by phone... but it was a really fun trip, and I'm so glad I didn't chicken out:) It was beautiful, and I actually slept pretty well most of the time. It was fun spending time with Russ and his parents, siblings, and some great family friends!

Here we are at the end of our trip, floating back...

Here are all the girls... can you find me? We're really styling, huh. It was worth all the rain gear though because we were soaked a couple of minutes later.
We had some awesome sunsets...
Hmmm... the dinner crew - or most of it.
The boys did most of the cooking, and the food was fantastic! We girls got to relax, talk, read, every night while we waited for our dinner. What a treat!

Campfire

We drove out west into the middle of nowhere with our friends Zach & Caitlin to take the kids off-roading and build a fire for hotdogs and smores. It was tons of fun, and we felt like we were far away from home even though it was pretty close:)