So, You're Telling Me Tomorrow is June??

I can't tell you how fast May has gone by...well, yes I can, in about a blink of an eye is how. The first week of May was crazy getting ready for Morgan to graduate, the next week I was down in St. George while Morgan WAS graduating, and then our friend from Oklahoma was with us for almost a couple weeks until last Friday. We have had a jam-packed and fun-filled month, but I wouldn't be too sad if things slowed down just a smidge. So, here's our past week of fun:

On Monday we hiked Ensign Peak for FHE. The boys had a great time and I'm glad that we were able to do at least one hike while Ashley was here, because you can't come to Utah and not hike, sheesh! :) (I love that face on Logan saying, ewww, mom, dad, kissyface)
There was a single's ward group up at the top when we got there and there were also a few dogs, Logan got to feed this dog a treat, it was really cute. He loved being up in the mountains. It did get pretty chilly up there and the wind started blowing. We were up there for the sunset, so it was later in the evening.

On the way down you can see the Salt Lake Temple and Logan pointed to it and said "castle" Neither Morgan and I taught him that word, so I have no idea where he got it from, but I guess in a way he's right, it is a castle that does house royalty. It's amazing how much you learn from you kids. :)

On Wednesday we did some running around and we stopped at the zoo really quick to get a zoo pass which I'm totally stoked for, so if anyone wants to go to the zoo, give me a shout, I'm really excited to go at alot this next year and get my money's worth on the pass :) We also stopped at "This is the Place Monument" (photo above of Logan pointing to the "the place")

I really liked going to these monuments and places with my family this week (yes that includes Ashley and Sam too ;) it really made me appreciate Utah even more and get me more excited to go out and do things and learn more about the wonderful things we have around us.
After the monument we went to Cafe Rio for dinner and went up Big Cottonwood Canyon and had a picnic. We all loved it. It was beautiful weather, a little chilly towards the evening, but it was so peaceful and wonderful to be up in the mountains, I'm looking forward to more picnics up the canyon this summer.

On Thursday we went to IKEA, a store I am deathly afraid of after going once when it first opened. I don't like big crowds, and it was packed and confusing, and I'm not a shopper by nature. But it was actually really fun and I even ended up getting some awesome kids' kitchenware that I love. We met up with my sister in law and went through the store and then stayed for lunch at the restaurant which was really good. After naptime with the boys we went up to Gateway Mall to see the fountains and to our dismay (and after 1 Hr 30 Minutes of thinking we had missed the show 3 times) they weren't doing the water show with the music because of some other dance recitals going on there. It was a little disappointing, but still fun to walk around until Logan got a little out of control.

Throughout the week we also made a lot of trips to DI, Deseret Book, and the LDS Distribution Center, all things that I take for granted here, but are just unavailable in Oklahoma. Ashley found some great stuff to take home with her. :)

On Friday morning we took Ashley and Samuel to the airport. It was sad to see them go and we had such a great time with them and hope our families can get together again soon. Now, I think the rest of the pictures are just from the last couple days. I was trying to make sure that Ashley got enough pictures this week that I failed to take as many of my own as I wanted, but here are some of my cute boys anyway.

Damon is soo happy when he wakes up from naps or in the morning, he gets this really big grin in his face and his whole body just wiggles with excitement as you cross the room to get him.Logan loves getting in the crib and playing with the music maker, Damon, and the window...pretty much in that order too. :) He's getting better at not squishing him when he climbs in. Sometimes when Damon is napping, Logan really wants to see him and will cry by the door saying, Damon sleeping, Damon sleeping, sad, but cute, since I have to make him wait until Damon wakes up to play.This is Logan with his new magnet car book that we got for a good deal at Deseret Book. I know why I'm not a good "shopper." I feel like if I go into a store I have to buy something and I can't "just look" so Logan and Damon ended up with some goodies this week from all our shopping. :)I know he looks mad/slightly crazy, but he was really excited to have all the Disney stickers on him and was walking around the house admiring himself.As we were leaving the house to go up to Grandma's for a little bit on Saturday we found Damon munching on something, I thought it was some jam that I had spilled on the floor, but he had actually found a blackberry on the floor and was doing a pretty good job of eating it. Damon loves food, and for that I am grateful.

Well, it's been real, it's been fun, and it's been real fun, but I'm exhausted, so I think I'm going to go take a nap. :) Until next time...