4th of July Weekend!

4th of July weekend is always so much fun. This year we went to a party at the Boyd's house and just had a blast. There were water slided and bouncy houses, races through obsticle courses and awesome fireworks. Saturday we went to play laser tag and then to lunch with the Shum's and really enjoyed an nice double date! 

Festival of Trees

Festival of Trees is a large event done each year in Utah for the benefit of Primary Children's Medical Center. People from all over the state come to decorate trees, wreaths, center pieces and even quilts to be auctioned off. I worked on 2 trees this year.  On Monday I loaded up the car with our trees and decorations and headed up to the expo center with my friend Kristen to start decorating! It took ALL day but I was really happy with what we were able to donate. 

The first tree I did was this 2 ft tall pink tree. It was decorated with hair bows, headbands and necklaces that could be taken off and worn.

Kristin working on the tree!

The second tree was done by the Baby Love Foundation. Volunteers made ornaments and others donated the tree & decorations. It was an 8 ft Nutcracker themed tree.

I was soooo happy to take the kids back last night to look at all the trees and see that both my trees had sold! The Nutcracker tree sold for $300 and the hair bow tree sold for $75! That money goes directly to Primary Children's Medical Center!

I'm already planning my trees for next year!

4th of July

We celebrated the 4th of July with our family this year! My brother and sister in law just bought a new house in Cedar Hills with a killer view. We grilled, played games, then watched the fireworks shows all over the valley from the comfort of their deck. It was a nice, laid back holiday!

Memorial Day!

We took a short break from yardwork to celebrate Memorial Day with our friends, The Chows, who were in town. We swam, at Deliscious pizza from The Pie Hole, and swam some more. It was a perfect evening!