21st Anniversary

 For our anniversary this year we decided to go down to Provo for the Parade of Homes again. Last year we took a break from this tradition to go to New York City, but we were ready to tour mansions again.

We left the kids home alone this time, for the first time. Naturally that had to get a little complicated, so someone said they wanted to come see our Tahoe that's for sale and we had to cooridate with Scott to show it, and then the guy never showed. But other than that it was smooth and the kids were just fine!

Some of the houses were incredible. One of the Crumble Cookie guys had his house showing and it was insane. Bigger than I would ever be able to justify, but the setting was so beautiful. We came home with our heads full of ideas. Or at least I did.

Also, it was so nice to spend a couple days just hanging out with Tim. He's my favorite person to be with. I'm so blessed that my marriage has always been something I cherish.

St. George with the Englishs

 The kids are out of school for the summer, and the first order of business was the English family summer trip. Kelson's wife Lexi just had a new baby girl, Josephine, about two weeks ago. We decided to do St. George this year so that people could visit them or they could come see us and it would be closer. 

We got there Monday evening and just unpacked and got some dinner. On Tuesday, we spent the morning at the lagoon pool by the house, and then Kelson brought Luke, Jane, and Alice to visit. We swam in the tiny backyard pool and played around and then he went with Emily and Miles and their families to the Lagoon. Most of the Arbons didn't feel like doing that again because it was so hot and the pool was almost too cold and the water really hurt Mason's skin, which is sensitive right now from Accutane. 

While we were there we also rode around in the rented golf cart, played pickleball, went out to eat (Bonrue Bakery and Angelina's Mexican were the best), visited Sue, hit up Fiesta Fun for go-carts, and spent an evening at Crush Golf. We also spent a lot of time being entertained by little Ricky who is hilarious right now.

I think everyone had a great time, even though it is sometimes hard to tell with teenagers. I love being around my family.