Teach him how to fish...

Jason and Gabbie have had a few fishing trips this month. The first was VERY successful and the second took a little explaining.

This is Gabbie after explaining what "catch & release" means...it did not go over so well.

She just really wanted to bring a fish home.

This is one of Finley's ONLY still moments while we were fishing. She just wants to do EVERYTHING that big sis does.

I love the worms???!!!

The Big Catch

Now that is a HAPPY face. We actually ate these trout for dinner that very same night. Good job Gabs!

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." Lao Tzu

All I can say is...WHEW!

J's bro got married to a his long-time girlfriend over the holiday weekend. They had a lot of very unique elements to their wedding and the end result was beautiful. We stayed in these huge, hotel-like cabins and the weather was AMAZING! (That is my kind of camping.) The girls were SOOO good. I was so proud of what a big girl G was.

My only request was that we get ONE family photo, since we were all dressed. All I can say is that I am VERY disappointed with the end result. This was the best we could do. I think that with the beautiful surrounding and all the HARD work, we could have slowed down and gotten a better shot. OH WELL!

This was G's debut as a flower girl. There were 3 of them and they did GREAT! The bride's mother made the dresses and they looked like woodland fairies, which fit perfect with the theme.

This is the entire wedding party in the heat of the moment. It's official...another female has been added to the Love Family:)

Whew...we made it through the weekend. I told J that I am praying that our girls hire a wedding planner when the time comes. Weddings are a lot of work and this one was worth it.

Well, I made a drastic change to my appearance this weekend...

Wait..

TAA DAAA!

What do you think? My stylist flat-ironed it for me, so don't expect it to look like this ever again, but it is fun!

Splish Splash!!

Well, here it is the end of summer and we are getting out the slip-n-slide for the first time. We have a had a few AWESOME days in the neighborhood, but it is bittersweet knowing that these days will all too soon come to an end. I feel like G aged about 5 years as she was "hangin' out" with some of the neighbor girls. I do have to say that she is not yet too cool to blow me a kiss every now and then :)

J and G are testing the slip-n-slide out on Tuesday evening!

I think it is workin'! (The girls suits are a big bonus for speed.)

Oh to be 3 again! This pic just brings me pure joy!

So notice the difference in the grass. This is day #3 of slip-n-slide. I have assured J that the grass will be OK! Hey maybe we can hold off mowing for a couple days.

This pic also brings me joy for a different reason! F was diagnosed with Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease on Monday (It is not as serious as it sounds: just a virus, but it causes high fevers, sores in the mouth and rash to the hands and feet.) Poor F has a had a rough week, but this photo shows a smile (YEAH!! A glimpse of her old self) & if you can't tell she has a messy food face, which means she's eating!!!!!!

And FINALLY, our good friend T decided to brave the S&S today! What a great time was had by all!

Four Concerts & a Wedding

We had a fun/busy weekend!

One of my friends from work got married in Spearfish Canyon on Saturday. It was a gorgeous wedding and a beautiful day. It was fun to see some folks ALL DRESSED UP!!

We also were able to go to the Hills Alive Concert. I have lived here my whole life and have NEVER gone?! It is awesome and the weather could not have been better.

These are some fellow nurses. G was in heaven around all the "princesses".

Where's F? She had a slumber party with Nanny, but we still had fun at the wedding!

G and A enjoying some music.

There's F. As happy as ever. We are so blessed!

Not a MOMENT wasted.

I hope that when I look back at this summer I can say that "not a moment was wasted." I have found myself a little run down lately and discouraged about not getting some housework done, BUT we are really having a fun summer.

F is getting SO big. This is one of my FAVORITE pics. AARGH! I just want to squeeze her.

G is as SASSY as ever. I always wanted to have a family, but I NEVER realized how much fun it would be to just hang out with my kids. G is such a conversationalist, she my little best friend!

Never too young to have girlfriends..N, G & M were all dancin' the night away at a wedding. I would love to see these 3 girls hanging out together in 10 years!

ALL SMILES!! It's wierd, J and I are having a very fun summer, but we feel like we don't get to spend much time TOGETHER? (Even if we are in the same place.) Can anyone relate? Well we are both just happy to share a meal with each other and that's what we got to do here!:)

We hope everyone is having a CRAZY, FUN, BUSY summer!

Catching Up...

Hello Everyone,
I am catching up. When I started this blog, my goal was to BLOG once a month, but then it was SOOO easy that I did it more. Well, summer has been CRAZY, so I hope to gets some of the fun pics that we've been taking up an our space.

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