High Five Friday

1. Nothing like hearing there is a hurricane heading towards your vacation destination to give you a little scare! Yep - Hurricane Isaac is heading towards Florida right now and is expected to hit on Monday. Not sure how this will spoil our plans to relax at the beach, go deep sea fishing, visit the Happiest Place on Earth, or surf. I'm trying to have positive thoughts about the whole thing.

 

2. Even though I haven't worked at the Republic in a year and a half, I still stop in periodically to say hi. This time I was able to see Annette and Lori. We caught up on life and all the juicy work gossip. Love these gals and miss seeing them every day!

3.  The Kieta's bought a Groupon to stay at the Arizona Grand Resort which came with passes to their water park. They were nice enough to invite us over for a little swim on Sunday afternoon and we gladly accepted. With the park closing within the hour, we decided to try and sneak in. I know...not very honest especially on a Sunday. I was nervous about the whole thing, but we were able to walk right through the entrance with no problems. We sailed around the lazy river, bopped around in the wave pool, and raced down these scary slides. I went down the one on the right and screamed the whole way down. A huge wedgie awaited me at the bottom.

4. We often relax upstairs in our room because laying in our bed is more comfortable than laying downstairs on the couch. When Zander lays down, he always seems to have some sort of body part - hand, feet, head - touching us. He loves to snuggle! This time, he wanted his feet on Devin and daddy wasn't having any part of it. Devin kept moving Zander's feet away and Zander kept putting his feet right back on Devin. He is such a tease and ended up calling Devin a "baby". It was hilarious! 

5. On Sunday, I was able to get my visiting teaching done for the month. While at times it seems like there is never enough time to get it done, it always feels so good to be able to visit with these sisters each month.

Kassidy and Gabe came for a visit from Salt Lake this past week. Even though we all had hectic schedules, we were able to find a time to get the whole crew together again. It was fun to see the babies play together. I don't know if I will ever stop calling them the babies since I will always think of them like this and this. They have all gotten so big!

Three Amigos

Devin, Zander, and I went to the lake - just the three of us. Normally we pack our car with tons of things that we usually don't really need or use. Chairs, canopy, toys, snacks, ice chest full of drinks, towels, etc. This time, we packed some waters and headed to the lake with the jet ski.  We ended up spending the next three hours touring around the lake admiring the beautiful canyon scenery. We traveled through the canyon and found a secret beach spot not far from the dam barriers. I really enjoyed parking the jetski in the no wake areas so we could swim together. Zander showed off his swimming lesson skills as he floated in the water with ease and monkey walked around the edge of the jet ski. It was the perfect day and something that we'll definitely have to do more often now that summer is almost over.