June 2014

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Hudson Turns 2

Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2014

Another belated post, because of course!

My sweet little guy has turned two! Ah! I feel like the past two years have gone by in the blink of an eye, but at the same time I can't remember life before I had Hudson in my life!
I am so grateful and blessed to be this little toddler's Mommy.  He is just the best.
In honor of Hudson officially becoming a toddler, I would love to share some of my favorite things about him.

  • He is so friendly.  The friendliest. Every new person is a friend and he can bring a smile to everyone face he meets.
  • His singing & dancing.  He likes to strum the guitar or pound the piano and yell out and sing as loud as he can.  Today the song was about, "DADDY!!!"
  • All the "delicious" food he "cooks" for me, all day long.
  • His smile & his laugh.  Nothing can brighten my day like his squeels and giggles.
  • His prayers, they are so cute! Bless Mommy, Daddy, Bee-pas, Be happy. Amen!
  • His caring heart. He is always asking me "Are you okay? Okay!" Or, "Are you happy?" "Mommy happy!" For no reason at all.
  • His independence.  Sometimes I am not sure that I love this, but most the time I love watching him try to do everything all be himself with such confidence.
  • His curly hair, it is mostly poofy and crazy and always adorable.
Basically, I just love him!

This year to celebrate we just wanted to keep it simple.  We didn't want to bother with planning a party and just wanted to spend time with him and spoil him for a weekend.

The day before his birthday we took him to Thanksgiving Point Farm to celebrate, and he loved it. His favorite part was the pony rides.  The whole time he laughed and yelled "I'm riding a horse!" "I'm going fast!" (He wasn't.) "This is fun!" It was so cute!

On his birthday we just had a nice Sunday dinner with my family and he opened presents and ate chocolate cake. His favorite presents were his toy BBQ set, and his fox back pack, he still uses them everyday.

And now the birthday boy!



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Summer Bucket List

Posted on Monday, June 2, 2014

I always have a list of a million things I want to do every summer, and never really remember them.  By the end of summer I am like, "oh yeah I wanted to do that! and that! and that!" And there is no time left to do it all and it is sad. So maybe if I write it all down and come back to update it as we check off each event, more things will get done?  Maybe I will remember to update this little blog a little more often? So here it is...


  • Snow Cones, plenty of them.
  • Camping by Silver Lake
  • Tour the splash pads of Utah County
  • Scera Movie Series, to get out of the heat.
  • Trip to Southern Utah
  • Lake Powell
  • Make Popsicles
  • Let Hudson Play with Sidewalk Chalk
  • Trip to Lava
  • A LOT of Boating
  • Bike Ride up Provo Canyon with Hudson
  • Moonlit Sundance Lift Ride
  • Watch the Ski Jumpers Practice in Park City
  • Picnic up the Canyon
  • Tour Timp Cave
  • Zipline Tour from Tyler up the Canyon
  • Pool Days with Hudson
  • Use Our Thanksgiving Point Passes
  • Trip to Jackson Hole and/or Yellowstone
  • Seven Peaks
  • Search for Topaz at Topaz Mountain
  • Antelope Point
  • Swim in The Great Salt Lake
  • Take Hudson to a Parade
  • Watch fireworks with Hudson

Hopefully  I will be back to add, and cross things off as the summer goes on.