the luckiest mama and papa

This is what Father's Day looked like in our home. I love this photo of Johnny and the girls because it speaks so much about our family, blurry Munchkin and all. We are so lucky to have him as our dad! And I even got the girls to snuggle for a story. Although it only lasted five seconds before punches were flying and the screaming began, they were the best five seconds of my day!

what motherhood is REALLY like

^^ I found her devouring a bag of hamburger buns in my bed. ^^

^^ This was a hard day; the next four photos are all from the same afternoon. Basically, she's killing me. This was after finding my brother's candy stash. ^^

^^ Pounding down a stick of butter. How did she get this? Who knows? ^^

 ^^ She dumped an entire box of Cheerios. ^^

 ^^ And then ripped apart four different games. ^^

^^ OH MY GOSH. This is probably one of the naughtier things she's done. During her "nap" she climbed out of the crib, onto the dresser, and smeared a tub of bag balm all over her body. She looks pretty smug. At first I laughed, and then I cried. ^^

^^ I now know that bag balm doesn't come out of hair. Like at all. I washed it five times with dish soap, and then used baby powder, but this is the best I could do. Not so smug anymore, huh? ^^

^^ Putting a feminine pad in her pants. ^^

 ^^ Munchkin: "I have a great idea. I will smear bubbles all over my face and in my eyes." ^^

 ^^ Motherhood is about sacrifice. Like falling into a box and ripping it in half in order to save the child you are carrying. ^^

^^ Sister for sale. Munchkin would probably like to get rid of Pipsqueak sometimes, you know, now that she is not the center of the universe. ^^

a trip to sun valley

Last weekend we visited my Nanni and Papa at their home in Sun Valley. We packed it full of lots of adventures, like this one above of us hiking Bald Mountain. Can I just say that I am TOTALLY out of shape. My favorite part of the whole hike was when we decided to turn around and go back home.

 ^^ This is me channeling the Baroness from The Sound of Music when she's in her convertible driving to the house. Either that, or a grandma. ^^

^^ I absolutely LOVE this photo. ^^

 ^^ Love the Sawtooth Mountains in the background. ^^

lord evanson's birthday

My family always teases Johnny that he's like Lord Disick (as in Scott Disick from the Kardashians), because he likes to dress really nice, kind of wants a cool title like "Lord," and in my opinion, has pretty sweet hair. ANYWAY. We have been known to refer to him as Lord Evanson, and I thought the theme was suiting for the birthday boy.

 ^^ Envelopes filled with love letters and presents for the birthday boy. ^^

 ^^ We played our family favorites: bocci ball and corn hole. ^^

^^ Motorcycle ride with her BF, Korver. ^^

^^ His birthday coincided with Memorial Day, so we made a little trip to visit my dad. Sure do miss him. ^^

what motherhood is REALLY like

^^ Oh my gosh. Potty training is the WORST! ^^

 ^^ Not only did she learn to climb out of the crib, she learned to open doors on the same day. I woke up to find she had escaped from her bedroom, climbed to the TOP shelf of the pantry, and was burning through a bag a Starbursts, all before 7 a.m. ^^

^^ She's pretty smug that her babysitters fell asleep. ^^

^^ Pants are optional. ^^

^^ I was hoping the brand new crayon box would last longer, but seriously, who am I kidding? ^^

^^ I'm serious when I say this girl is OBSESSED with lipgloss. I've said it before: hide yo purse, hide yo lipgloss. ^^

^^ Every day she tries to sneak an energy drink. HA! That's exactly what this girl needs. ^^

^^ If we ever can't find her, the car is a viable place to look. (It's time for baby locks on the house doors.) ^^

^^ Um, no. You may not have candy for breakfast. (Tears to follow.) ^^

^^ See that fistful of missing butter? Delicious. ^^

^^ We thought she was napping. Nope. She had climbed out of the crib and was playing dress up. The lipgloss obsession! ^^

our last lake powell hoorah

Every year my family houseboats on Lake Powell twice a summer and they are the happiest two weeks of the year. Johnny and I went on one last trip before our move to San Francisco and really lived it up because we probably won't be able to get away from school for the next few years.

^^ This is the new toy, the Flyboard. Basically you either look like Iron Man (like Johnny does in this picture ^^) or you look pathetic (like me in the picture below). Actually, I did manage to get up, but there's no photo evidence so believe what you will. ^^

 ^^ In this picture, these are my thoughts: "I am strapped into a machine that is going to shoot me straight to the bottom of the lake where I will drown and my body will never be found." Something like that. ^^

^^ Not only was Emily amazing on her first attempt on the Flyboard, she also did a backflip. She's pretty cool. ^^

^^ Wake surfing is possibly my favorite thing ever. I think I've been hurt too many times wake boarding, and let's be honest, my legs are too out of shape to slalom ski anymore. So surfing it is. ^^

^^ This face means the outside temperature is only 65 and the water is even colder. Peer pressure was the only way I got in. ^^

^^ My brother, Kash, and his special lady, Emily. Of course she rocked the surfboard. ^^

^^We stopped at the old Hollywood Western Museum in Kanaab. So fun.^^