Discovered Silver Lake

Instagram alerted me about this beautiful hike that I had never been to or even heard about, so because I'm the Mom and people like to keep me happy, everyone agreed to load into the car, drive to Brighton, and go on this "hike." Like the refined people that we are, we boiled water and had a yummy ramen dinner up on some picnic tables while taking in the view of Silver Lake, which was absolutely Stunning! It was much colder than we anticipated, but everyone was good sports.

Where's Sofi & Claire?

Thermos' full of hot chocolate and warm car heaters were desperately needed after our chilly walk around the lake, but boy was it beautiful! The colors, lighting and atmosphere were definitely worth the drive.

Wrapping up September 2024 - I am so behind

September was a month full of outdoor fun - hiking, biking, Cherry Hill, Fall Carnivals, Traveling, Birthdays, and canning our wares from our garden. The older I get the more I realize how much I love September!

I turned around one day to find Quince in this cute pose, so I snapped a quick pic. It reminded me of one I had in my photo album as a kid. Do we look alike?

Sof and her cute friend, Ella, rode their bikes all the way to the RB's gas station by themselves to get a drink. It was an eye opening experience for Sof, feeling like a big kid. I let them take my phone and smiled when I found these cute selfies they snapped.

Claire invited me and Quince to be her guests at the Burton September Lunch Table. 

I found baby raccoon's one night! Can you hear them purring?

Greg was in bed one night before 10:00pm, so I went on a solo bike ride and found these little
 cuties! Let's just say Greg is LUCKY I didn't bring them home - they were so cute!

Quince had fun racing her toys down the blue & yellow slide. 

Greg got out on the trail.

#Quillin-head 2.0

Our neighbor had kissing llama's at her BBQ Birthday party. It was a hit!

I often wish I had the confidence of my 2 year old.

Fun at the Burton Carnival!

Their face paint was TERRIFYING! Notice how their eyes are shut ...

Sof had the State Fair and her "Float" was a posterboard about her pet, Mr. Mittens. 

She was asked to represent Park City and did a great job!

Matching turquoise bracelets - Thanks Grandma Jan!

I took the girls to get pedicures one day. It was so fun and so expensive! 

Quince developed the painting bug and hasn't looked back since.

The highlight of our Tuesday mornings was helping in the library with Claire's 1st Grade class. I'm not sure how much help I was, but it was so fun to be able to get to know her little friends better.

Last but not least, peaches from our tree!

Happy 7th Birthday Claire!

We love Claire! She is so much fun and has some funny quirks about her - 

• She is the best helper - she see's a service opportunity and is one of the first to help
• My best eater!
• Has the best cackle
• Is super smart and still has the best handwriting of any 7 year old I know
• Really good at Piano. She is like her Dad and can play by ear
• Always up for an adventure!
• Will still choose the TV over any other downtime activity
• Can beat her Mom in chess
• Is the best older sister to Quincey
• Says the best prayers! Let's just say she's grateful for everything.

We had so much fun celebrating Claire! She was sick a couple of days before her birthday so we are so glad she recovered enough to wake up and enjoy her birthday!

We surprised Claire with her own electric scooter - I think she was excited?

Claire was excited to have her dad wake her up and cook her a birthday breakfast.

Claire LOVES Pizza Pie Cafe, so naturally she chose to go there for her birthday dinner. And Greg and I love that she gets to eat free on her birthday AND get the most delicious Pazookie with her meal. It really is the best!

Quincey helped bake a cake for Claire. She even taste tested it for us. But, I didn't end up making Claire a cake because she was so full from Pizza Pie Cafe, so it worked out in the end. 

And, simply because she was the squishiest newborn ever, here are some pics of her when she was born. She really was the cutest! 

I told Claire this was the off-year for a friend party, but I did let her invite cousins to the Ninja Kidz jump park - and it was so much fun!

Happy 7th Birthday Claire! We sure do love ya.