Missing that summer sun...

I had one more post from last summer I forgot to publish. Ah, swimming and hanging out with friends and family was the best! I just can't wait for the next time we come home.

 

We got to spend one more day with my bff Keri before leaving for Oklahoma. We were initiated into the family by joining the Haslam family reunion at Cherry Hill. Funny thing -- I've lived just up I-15 from there most of my life and this was my first time there. We had a blast!

 

 

It was so much fun it wore Bryn right out -- Brent took her on a trip around the lazy river and she fell asleep. It was adorable...

 

Sorry Keri, but I love this picture of us, even though we're going sans makeup. Maybe we could get a cute one of us when I come out. :)

 

 

My mom took us to the Treehouse Museum in Ogden. Here's my little cowgirl, taming the bull. Yeehaw!

 

Ride 'em, kiddos!

 

Anyone want to join me for some fake sushi?

 

That little court jester is going to beat daddy at chess!

 

Hmmmmmm, President Drew? Nice!

 

 

Perhaps a future vocation?

 

Wow, I can't believe that's been almost 7 months ago! Time has flown by. We really miss everyone, but we've also enjoyed our time in upstate New York. We have some good friends here, and although things are a little yucky in the winter, we've been doing some fun things together and really enjoying our time with our kiddos. We're excited for the summer and all the other fun things we'll get to do.

Summer rewind...

Oh man! Is it cold in here! It's definitely got me thinking of all the great stuff I plan to do this summer -- go to the beach as often as possible, hit the drive-in theater, run the trail next to the river, and just plain enjoy some sun and warmth!

 

We really had the best time last summer, and I had uploaded these but never actually posted them to my blog because I'm a little forgetful like that sometimes. We got to go to the Cady family reunion, which I haven't gotten to do in more than 10 years! This was the first time for my hubby and the kiddos. I missed some of my cousins, but all the aunts and uncles were there... 

 

 

We were at Fish Lake this year. This is our old family banner -- it wouldn't be the Cady Campout without it! We need to add quite a few names to it.

 

Uncle Steve, my dad, Grandpa, Grandma, Aunt Connie, Aunt Lynne and Uncle Shawn

 

Aunt Debbie made us all Cady Campout bracelets. And yes, we were the coolest ones at Fish Lake that week. :)

 

We went up to Johnson Reservoir to see if we could find some better fishing. It was absolutely beautiful up there! You just had to watch out for the cows and what they left behind.

 

My cousin Shawn caught a nice-sized fish. Bryn was intrigued!

 

It's Fish Lake, so every afternoon the rains rolled in. And one day we even got hail! It didn't last long, but it was a crazy downpour! Left us with lots of mud...

 

 

We got to go out on Uncle Steve's fishing boat. That was lots of fun!

 

 

It was fun, but we didn't catch much, just some itty bitties.

 

 

Drew caught his first fish! We didn't get the stay the whole time because Bryn was more than done by Wednesday, but it was wonderful to get to see the fam again and take the kids camping.

Trick or treat!

I'm seriously behind on my blogging, but I have a good excuse. I was working on these...

 

Meet Wendy, Captain Hook, Jake the Never Land pirate and Stinkerbell, wait, I mean Tinkerbell. :)

 

 

We wore these to our ward Halloween party on Saturday. I'm hoping we'll actually get to wear them for Halloween, but we'll see if Hurricane Sandy feels differently...

 

We've been enjoying fall in New York, raking leaves and playing in them, trying some awesome apple cider and for me, I've been super busy with photography because everyone wants the beautiful fall colors for their background.

 

 

 

 

 

 

B loves wearing her costume, although I think she likes her leotard and ballet shoes more than the tutu and wings part...

 

 

Getting donuts and cider at the Burrville Cider Mill -- yum!

 

 

Mmmmmm, daddy made chocolate chip pancakes -- with A LOT of chocolate chips...

 

 

Curly Sue turns 2!

Bryn turned 2 about a month ago, but I just finished her pictures. She's getting so big! There are lots more over at my photography blog...

Hitting the waves, Utah style...

When we headed to northern Utah in early July, we got the chance to spend a few more days with our dental friends up at Bear Lake at our friends' cabin. It was so much fun!

 

 

 Isaac and Leanne

 

 

Dave riding the waves

 

 

Katrina makes this look so easy, it so was not...

 

 

Bryn wanted to drive the boat. Cute stuff, right? I actually tried to drive the boat, but it's been so long since I had driven one, I think Jordan regretted letting me try. :(

 

 

I was so proud of the kiddos -- I thought the lake would freak them out, but they were both super brave and jumped off the boat. They did it every time we stopped to cool off and switch off skiiers/surfers.

 

Leanne and Katrina were the sunglasses twins...

 

Later the first night we went to a Mexican restaurant and sang karaoke while we ate outside.

 

 

We so rarely go out on the lake with a boat that I don't know how to do anything. But Tuesday morning my friends were awsome and watched our kiddos while we went out on the boat. I was so super proud -- I actually got up on the surf board a couple of times! It was so fun and I was stoked I actually did it!!!

 

And Brent got up on the water skis for the first time, too. It was great!

 

We pulled out the big tube so we could let the kids do some water stuff, too. They had lots of fun. Then we let the big kids go by themselves and Jordan tried to buck them off the tube.

 

 

Jordan did actually knock Leanne off before we popped a hole in the tube. 

Nina was a pro surfer, too!

 

We went to the Idaho side to enjoy the beach. You could walk out in the lake forever. Drew loved that!

We really wore Bryn out the next day. She was fighting it but ended up taking a little nap on the boat.

Dave and Nina and their little guy on the tube

 

Jordan kept trying to surf without hanging onto the rope, and he finally got it. He went forever, too.

 

That night we had a big dinner at the cabin, put the kids down and stayed up playing games and laughing. It was seriously so much fun seeing our friends again before we all headed out to our assignments. The next morning we had a big breakfast and then packed up. We met my parent and brother and sister-in-law in Logan for lunch for my brother's birthday. Bryn just couldn't make it through. She has never fallen asleep at the table, but she did it at the restaurant...

 

 

Awwww... So sweet!

Take me out to the ballgame...

We unfortunately didn't get around to any baseball before we left Oklahoma, but at least we got some in when we visited home. Our nephew, Ty, was in Little League this year, and his team made the playoffs.

 

 

His team had won a game and lost a game going into the Saturday games, and they lost a few more. But they came from behind and ended up winning the championship! It was so exciting!

 

My brother- and sister-in-law with our baseball champ

 

We spent the 4th of July in Cedar City. We went to the parade and got tons of candy.

 

Then we headed up the mountain to Grandma's property and grilled up some burgers and hot dogs. The kids picked flowers and played in the creek until it started to rain on us.

We watched fireworks in Enoch with our family, then we headed out on the 5th to make the rounds in northern Utah.

Yeah for babies!

In late June, we made it back to southern Utah and hung out with Brent's family. Our time was filled with family dinners, baseball and, for me, baby stuff. My awesome SIL Julie was pregnant with her first, and to top it off, she was expecting a girl, which is big stuff for our family. We're a little (a LOT) boy heavy.

And yes, I toted my camera with me everywhere, so I got to take some pics of Julie, too. Doesn't she look like Gap Maternity should call at any moment??

 

 

 

Oh, we miss our family so much! But I'm so glad we were able to spend some time with them before we moved. We also threw a baby shower for Julie, and I was stoked that, even though I didn't get to see any of the babies this summer, at least I could shower them with gifts before they came. :)

 

 

Seriously, I love baby stuff! I think it's my favorite stuff to make. And I love having social events, and baby showers are right up there on my list. So this was so much fun to do with my MIL and SIL!

 

 

 

 

Mmmmmmm... So much good food! All the better with good company...