Chop Shop

Sooo I cut it, all of it. Off. Gone. Away! I love it {smile}!

Before

And after :)


This is the look Lakai gave me when he woke up from his nap and saw my new do! haha

Florida to PA and back again

My gorgeous cousin Sarah got married 2 weekends ago in Florida and Eric shot (photographed) the wedding. It was a beautiful wedding and my first time ever visiting FL. We played in the Atlantic Ocean, which yes is warmer than the Pacific and had an overall great time with family. And since we were already on the east coast we decided that a trip up to Pennsylvania to visit Erics mission would be fun! He hasn't been back since he got home in 2004. It was SO. MUCH. FUN! If it wasn't for missing our little bunnies (that's right the kiddos stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Greenhalgh) we wouldn't have wanted to come home at all. It is just so breathtakingly beautiful there. So much green, and stunning lawns, and vegetable gardens and flower beds EVERYWHERE. I swear, the house could be a total junker and practically falling to the ground but their front lawn would be perfectly manicured with a quaint flower bed. I just fell in love with the place. And it was neat meeting so many people that Eric had taught and the members of the church that he had become friends with. Thank you to everyone that opened your home to us, we love you all so much!

Sarah, the lovely bride

My Great Uncle Harvey, Cousin Josh, Me and my Uncle Steve

Mom and Grandpa Kermit

Me and mom at the reception


The stunning DC Temple

This is the apartment Eric lived in in Millersburg

Brother Bingamen and Eric

Reagan (yep, our daughters namesake), Eric and Jessica

On the Appalachian Trail

With the Ashton's at the Hershey Chocolate Factory

The beautiful Palmyra, NY Temple

See the cute covered bridge in the background??

Blue is for...get coloring!

I love the lake. I especially love the lake during the summer. And I MOST especially love the lake when there are jet ski's to be ridden. Thanks Dad and Renee for planning this fun trip, we had a blast!


Look at this crazy baby hair!

The cuteness that is Devin and Marisa :)


Cousin love




Not sure why I didn't get a single shot of my dad, Renee or any of the boys :( Looks like we better do it again SOON!! {hint hint wink wink}

Oh and to explain the title. The other night while driving home we were coming to a stoplight. So Reagan starts saying, "red means stop, yellow means slow down and green means GO!" she pauses for a second then says "and blue means...get coloring!" Just a delightful little look into the funny things my Reagan says :)

P is for "P"resscott

We like to escape the super summer death heat for the 4th of July and this year we went to Prescott. We stayed in a the most delightful little cabin with Eric's parents and the Bradley's. The weather was perfecto though the fireworks were a little "eh" this year. Oh well, the fact that we were able to watch them in the cool air made it all worth it. Eric brought his tripod and took some incredible pictures of the light show :) I only added a few of my very most favorite, but it was hard to choose!!







We also got the chance to check out the absolutely adorable Heritage Zoo. The weather was nice and overcast and cool so all the animals for the most part were making an appearance. It was GRANDE!

Going Pro Tiny Dancer

Eric and I had the opportunity to play in a charity golf tournament in the early part of June. I've played golf twice before but the hubs never has (besides a few times at the driving range). Let's just say we did.... INCREDIBLE! I mean for really zero experience I think we did fabulous! Luckily we were playing "best ball" so our third wheel, hehe, Jaren pretty much carried us. Though there were a lot of times that my ball ended up being best ball, not by strategy or well placed swings of course but sheer dumb luck. BUT I'll take it :) Anyway, it was for a great cause and we had a HOLE lot of fun!






On Friday Reagan had her very first dance recital. I was UUBER excited about this and couldn't wait to see what it looked like since I don't see them practice and she refuses to do it for me at home {queue poutty face}. Well we were told to put her hair in a high pony with curls and that it wouldn't be frowned upon to have her in some makeup to "accent her features"! How cute is that?? Of course, this was my favorite part, playing dress up. It couldn't be helped! As for the recital itself...well, she was totally set and in ready position on stage when the music blasted out of nowhere WAY too high and scared her. They restarted the music and turned it down but that was that, she cried while the other kids danced. Oh well, at least she looked darn cute!




Can you stand the cuteness???

She's in her ready position. This is right before she got scared.

Let the Lessons BEGIN

June has brought a LOT of fun activities for my little missy. She has dance/tumble class on Mondays and has now started taking swim lessons. It's fun to watch her learning :) It's also nice that she's learning something useful since she has absolutely no fear of the water!





Thank you for the lessons Miss Holly!

Fire Station NUMBER 9!

We had the AMAZING opportunity to tour one of Mesa's Fire Stations this afternoon. Fire Station #9 to be exact. It was SO MUCH FUN! Ok maybe, once again, I enjoyed the tour more than the kiddo's BUT who can blame me right?! Anywhootin' it was a lot of fun and I was able to get a nice little group together to accompany me. It was a blast. We got to see their "living quarters", the computer room, work out room, "sleeping quarters" and finally the fire truck itself. We got to get up close, REAL close and even get inside! Reagan was nervous to talk to, high five, or even make eye contact with the firefighters and mostly enjoyed running around the big truck chasing her buddies. At the end they got a call and had to leap into action, literally. It was fun for the kids to see them turn the lights on, all hop inside, open the garage and roar out of there. It was cute watching all those delighted little faces waving to the firefighters as they left :) Don't tell anyone but I had Eric light our house on fire just so that they would get called out, haha {JUST KIDDING, of course}!

I took a bazillion photos! Duh! Winning mother, here!