Some days I feel like this...

Just with a pregnant belly! :)

Nauvoo

Matt was able to go to Nauvoo with some of the youth in our ward. It was his first time there and he loved it. Blake and I missed him and we are glad he is back.

ARIZONA!

We were able to make a quick trip to AZ recently. We had a lot of fun visiting and playing with family. I must confess that I was horrible at taking pictures! Next time I promise to do better.

Blake loved all the new toys he could play and hanging out with Grandma.

Matt's parents took us to Sunsplash. Blake loved the lazy river and going down the slide at kiddie pool with his cousin Courtney. (Thanks Grammie for the swim hat! Blake's bald head would have burned without it.)

Matt, Grandpa, and Scott singing to the guitar.

Blake with his cousin Madelyn.

We had a great time seeing everybody, and even though I didn't take pictures of my family we had a good visit with them too.

Summer Fun!

They finally opened the pool! We took Blake swimming and he LOVED it! He tried putting his face in the water but quickly learned that wasn't a good idea. I loved it too. When I am pregnant swimming is the only thing that makes me feel like I don't have a huge tummy. I feel so light!


We have also been doing a lot more hiking now that Matt's law school schedule has lightened up a bit. We love the beautiful scenery, but not so much the bugs. It's great that you only have to drive a few minutes to get to a lot of fun trails. My boys are so cute!

He did it!

For the past couple of months Blake has been really trying to get the hang of crawling. However, he just couldn't seem to figure it out. I began to think that he was just going to skip the crawling stage and start walking. But, I am proud to say that he is crawling! He wasn't crawling when Matt and I left for Hot Springs, but when we picked him up from the babysitters and brought him home he just started crawling like it was the easiest thing. We owe the babysitters big time!

Hot Springs

Matt and I decided that we would celebrate the first year of law school completed, an early 3rd year anniversary, a get a way before baby two comes and a break before life gets really busy again, by going on a short trip to Hot Springs. Some wonderful people in our ward watched Blake for us. Hot Springs is a beautiful place and we had a great time.

Our romantic dinner of subs, chips and sparkling grape juice. :)

Followed by some delicious indoor S'mores!
In the morning we walked around down town and went window shopping and looked at some of the neat architecture.
We met President George W. and his father former Pres. Bush. (They have a wax museum down town, but they weren't open when we got there, so all we could see were these guys in the window).
One of the many historical bath houses
We then went to Garvan Gardens. We didn't get to spend as much time as we would like there, but the part we did see was really pretty!

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