Monday, April 30, 2012

urth day


we celebrated our beautiful earth by hiding away in mt charleston all weekend long. 
we took mowgli on one of our favorite day hikes, mary jane falls. he cruised up it with ease. i guess a lot of people thought mary jane falls was a good way to celebrate mother earth...it was too crowded for our liking so we left and drove until we found a secret spot hidden away from the world. 


we built a fire pit (extra high because i was so worried about starting a forest fire. ha.) and then moved right in. i don't really get how camping is really "camping" if you're in a designated spot with benches, bathrooms, fresh drinking water and all that jazz. 
this is the way we like it. 
solitude.  


we made dinner over the fire. 
obviously mine is the one on the right.
did i mention getting a fire started with flint is much harder than it looks. oh i didn't. well trust me, its hard. we thought we could go all man vs wild style. let's just say our survival skills are still a work in progress. ha.



lastly, i'll leave you with some pretty styling pics. not. good thing no one was around. 
we are dirty happy campers. 

xo




Monday, April 23, 2012

spring break


                          

the husband picked me up from my show saturday night and we drove straight to utah. we got in at 4am...just in time for easter morning:)





easter time is my favorite time. 
we celebrated easter with my mom's side of the family. 
dinner, egg hunt, live band, trampoline tricks...success. 





when we come to utah we like to pack a lot in and spend as much time in the mountains as possible. we started off the week with a temple visit. probably the best way to start off a week if you ask me.





only in utah can you hike in snow and 80 degree weather, and spend the evening long boarding with your brother through the canyon. 
happy.

this guy ^ is a little soccer star. 
he makes pretty much all the goals each game and then celebrates by running down the field doing somersaults (i think his two older brothers have something to do with it). its my fav. haha.



i kept hearing all this hype about 'city creek' so we had to check it out. 
its all that its cracked up to be. 
five stars.

the mountains are so boring. not. this is our happy place:)



we got to celebrate these two kids while we were in town. 
happy birthday to melissa and ry ry! 
they make our family extra special:)


i guess it was a green pants kinda day because we all showed up wearing them. 
i love these little people beyond words.








one more shout out to ryder-bug since today is his actual day!
happy birthday captain america! 
i looooooveeee YOU!


happy april.
xoxo