The Close of Summer

We tried to have as much fun the last few weeks of Summer before our lives turned into scheduled messes again :), and I think we succeeded. Here is a major photo drop of everything we did.

Remember Claire's favorite climbing mechanism, our cat tree? Here she is in action.

The girls weren't super thrilled when I told them we were riding our bikes down the Lagoon Trail, but they quickly forgot those feelings and ended up having fun.

Doing laps at our favorite farmington bike course.

My little sister crocheted Quincey this adorable little romper and it finally fits! 
How adorable is she?!

Lazy summer mornings are my favorite.

Looking more grown up by the day.

We found the best climbing tree!

Claire's "cool" trick 🤣

Sof and Greg went on a walk one night and happened across this concert in the park. All of Sof's rockstar wishes came true at a class reunion at the Nicholl's Park pavilion. I think the true heroes are the fans dancing in the front row :).

It has taken me years, but I have come to learn that while Greg is very good at showing no emotion with his face, his nostrils do all the talking. It is hilarious just watching them in every conversation, because I can know exactly what he is thinking just by how he flares them. And the best part? Sofia does the same thing!

This video brings me so much joy!

Good morning beautiful! Claire slept goooooooooood.

Quincey was having the best time laughing at the girls on the tramp one night.

I had been wanting to take the girls to the Treehouse Museum all summer and finally made it happen with a week to spare. Here is Sof living her dream of being a Police Officer. It was pretty cute to watch her "crack the case."

I managed to get this on video. It was hilarious watching the girls do a puppet show.

Backyard fun.

The cutest kitty ever drawn by Claire. Her handwriting is getting pretty good too.

We got Quincey to bed early enough one night to go on a family bike ride.

I made Claire a smoothie and turned around to see her cute face like this. I was dying! The smoothie went clear up to her eyebrows.

A perfect fit.

Greg looks bugged, but don't let his face fool you

The cutest video of sweet Quincey.

Claire is hilarious!

And that's a wrap.

Our Last Days at Cherry Hill

 We soaked up as much of Cherry Hill as we could. Sof had the best time running around with her friends this summer, and I slowly realized that our days of her thinking I'm cool enough to hang with are dwindling. It was both a sad and happy realization.

I always want to remember Quincey's chubby perfection in this swimsuit.

And this right here proves the rockstar that he is. Claire is biting him on the arm and he's not even reacting.

Greg's Dirty Dancing dreams came true this summer when he taught Sof this lift.

Once Quincey was asleep, I would push her in the tent and she's be out for a good 45 min, giving me plenty of time to go swimming with Claire. I'm a good parent, I promise. I would occasionally check on Quincey to make sure she was still sleeping :).

The rockstar of our summer. She makes all of my dreams come true 💓

Cherry Hill was very different this year with a baby, but we navigated it well and the girls were old enough to swim with each other and make up for lost time - I would call it a success. We had fun and soaked up as much sun as we could. See you next year, Cherry Hill! ☮

Mini Enduro #4: Snowbird

It was a beautiful day for a race! Sofia made a sign, we were all loaded in the car in plenty of time and blissfully on our way to watch Greg's last Mini Enduro of the summer. After buying pizza for the ride and blissfully watching a movie in the car, we made our way south. While the sun was shining in Kaysville ...

There was a downpour going on up at Snowbird.

The clouds got darker the closer we got to Cottonwood, and I hadn't packed any jackets, but we were already on our way so we kept going. 

We were severely underdressed for the cold, mountain storm, but the girls were good sports anyway. 

We made good time parking and making the short hike up to the first finish line. We found what we though would be a good spot to sit and watch, but after the first biker flew past and drenched us all with water from the puddle right in front us, we decided to move. Poor Sof got the worst of it, and she was already freezing.

Can you see the muddy water drops on her face?

Cute Claire had me do her hair like her favorite LOL doll.

Here he comes! Flying down the hill. Luckily he missed hitting the deer because it crossed literal seconds before he passed.

It was raining pretty good by the time Greg finished. Sof manned the umbrella while Claire, Quincey and I all huddled under our waterproof blanket. Claire eventually bailed and walked down the trail like the Mountain Mama that she is. I repeat: Claire in the wild is a beautiful thing.

After getting loaded and parked near the 2nd finish line, Greg informed me that the 2nd half of the race was cancelled because of the downpour. It was kind of a sad way to finish the season, but at least Greg got to race the 1st round - some people weren't even able to do that. He had fun while it lasted and we sure had fun chasing him around!

Luckily, Claire saved Greg some pizza (but not much dipping sauce) and Sof saved him a few breadsticks. Those girls don't mess around when Little Caesar's is involved. He got his fill, chatted for a few minutes, then climbed out so we could leave and he could hang around for the raffle drawing.

As we were going down the canyon, I noticed a big dumptruck that had run into the side of the mountain and tipped over. We must have been one of the first cars there because later down the canyon we passed the tow truck and ambulance headed up. It was a crazy thing to see the underside of the big truck. People go way to fast down those winding, mountain roads. 

Poor Greg got stuck later waiting for the mess to be cleared. He was delayed 45 minutes at a dead stop waiting for everything to be towed away. He made it home in time to tell the girls goodnight. 

What a day.

Mini Enduro #3: Park City

Greg's 3rd Mini Enduro was only a few days after we got home from Oregon. He hadn't had much time to exercise, but he did his best!

There was hardly any hike up to the finish line, and the girls were thrilled.

True to tradition this summer, whenever we went to Park City there were always crazy rain clouds. This time wasn't any different, except for the fact that we didn't get any rain, which was nice because I had left had left the umbrella in the car.

Here he comes!

Claire is hilarious. She was resting her chin on Greg's arm so she could "see better."

Afterwards, we ended the day with a trip to Cafe Rio. No drive to Park City is complete without going there. The girls love it, and I love that they love it.

July Fun

 Here are various pictures from other happenings in July. We sure had fun!

Mel came to town and it was fun seeing her for a night.

Quincey was a dream at Cherry Hill this summer. I could plan on her sleeping in the stroller like clockwork, and being the stellar parent that I am, I knew I had enough time to go down Kodiak Canyon with Claire. It was a win-win for all. 

Greg took the girls to a movie in the park. They had fun!

Quincey is quite the chatterbox!

5 months old!
She gets more fun by the day.

Quincey has been so interested in food! She will try to eat and drink whatever I am having, so it finally came time to give her some food, and she loved it!

Sof is getting so good at the piano. Getting her a different teacher than Me has made all of the difference. It is worth the small fortune for her to actually enjoy piano.

We went to get slushies from 7-11 on July 11. Claire of course got cold and was sunning herself in the parking lot, because why not? My neighbor was laughing so hard! Welcome life with Claire, folks. 

A comparison of the 3 girls all 5 months old.

There is a mirror in my room and it is Quincey's favorite thing.

I'm not exactly sure what we were doing in this exact moment, but all of our faces are kind of hilarious.

Greg would make himself a protein shake and then go out each morning to stare at his garden while drinking it. Our social-unsocial cat would do everything he could to get Greg to notice him. Poor Mittens - I was dying. Greg is such an old man.

The girls have these fun suction toys and we learned through trial and error (thanks to Quincey) that they would stick to our forehead. 

The prettiest babe! I bought this dress her for while she was still inutero and it was so fun to finally have it fit her. She is the prettiest little model ❤