One Crazy Week

So I'll get to the crazy week we had but first we'll start with the activities leading up to that week.

Olivia has totally been into kissing. She'll kiss anyone we ask her to on the lips (her parents' fault of course), she'll blow kisses to complete strangers in the grocery store, in their cars, anywhere. It's so cute and I love that she's so friendly but it could get her in trouble someday. In this picture, ironically, she is avoiding a kiss from her cousin Sadie.
The rodeo, of course, was wonderful. We were lucky to have Michelle and Uncle Marl join us, the regulars (us and my family).
The Pioneer Day parade was awesome also. We walked along the river for a minute. I love Ogden!


This is a rare photo. Olivia and Uncle Chad. She loves Uncle Chad because he gives her candy...or whatever she wants for that matter. But that's what uncles are for, right?

Kissing cousins! Gross! This is cute little Burke Chandler and they are only a month apart.

The Chandlers and Michelle came over for a BBQ

Also, Olivia has been into dressing up lately... and posing! Look at that face!

A nakey princess! What is this?!

Now here's the story of our crazy week. It started with us arriving at Bear Lake in the evening. The water was too cold to jump in so here's Elle, Annie and Olivia cooling off their feet.
The next day... still too cold!

Is there no limit to who she'll kiss?


Olivia's first boat ride. Needless to say she loved it.

Bear Lake pizza. Eric, David, Me, Olivia, Nakita (my cousin) and Ivan.


I love this picture!

Unhappy about something...

Canoeing with Katie...

Totally pooped! Three days at Bear Lake is tiring for a little kid... and her parents. But wait, the fun wasn't over yet!

So we got home from Bear Lake on Wednesday then woke up Thursday, picked up a trailer and a vehicle to pull it, and headed to Michael and Annie's house to load all their belongings and move them to Arizona. We left Thursday evening around 5, drove through the night, and arrived in Tempe at around 8 in the morning. We had a scary experience. I, being the expert trailer driver that I am (NOT!), offered to drive at about 3:30 in the morning to give David and his dad a break. That was my first time experiencing what they call "speed wobble", I overcorrected and the result was me swerving around on a 2-lane highway going 60 mph. Scary! Thanks to my husband's quick action and advice and definitely some divine protection, we avoided an accident. And if there was any question, I was not allowed to drive the trailer anymore.

So we got to AZ safely, ate breakfast, unloaded the trailer at Michael and Annie's new apartment, took short naps, picked up more stuff to haul home from a storage unit, and began our journey back. By that time it was Friday evening. So we drove through the night again and arrived home Saturday morning. We unloaded the trailer, put it away, and drove 3 hours to a McKay reunion in Idaho, arriving just in time to have the dinner leftovers.

The reunion was near Swan Valley, Idaho. I can't describe how badly David and I want to live in that beautiful place. We had never been there before but we are convinced we are going to have at least a summer home or something there. It is so pretty! Right along the Snake River, and just the right amount of people for our liking.

The reunion of course was a lot of fun. Then on Monday, we finally headed home but on our way we stopped at Rigby Lake (awesome place)!

Who wouldn't want a kiss from this cute guy?

David's cousins showing off their stuff. Who's the best looking? My vote is Burke by far. He's working that ice-cream cone.

This picture is worth a thousand words. I'll just leave it at that.

So... after one crazy week we finally came home and things settled down. Now we're just enjoying what summer we have left.

Happy summer!