The last month or so.

Lets face it. I'm a horrible blogger! But, hey, I'm okay with that. I figured that I would do a quick picture update on the last month or so. We've done some camping, fishing, picnicking, boating, hiking, and even some hot-tubbing! It's been a very fun and busy last few weeks!

Madi and I at Tanner's Flat.
Family Pic. Tanner's Flat

Madi standing in the skull that Uncle Rob created.

Grandma Dianna and Madi. Tanner's Flat

Cute smiles!

Jessica, CJ and Jayden on a hike up Big Cottonwood Canyon. I forgot the name of the hike but it was very pretty!

Madi and I standing in the creek at the beginning of the hike. It's seriously bothering me that I can't remember the name!

More cute smiles!

Check out Madi's cool shades!

Me at Silver Lake.

Aaron and Madi at Silver Lake.

Madi being silly.

More smiles right before hot-tubbing with friends.

Madi's not sure about the whole hot-tubbing thing. (Don't worry, the temp was nice and warm....not scalding hot!)

Aaron, Madi and I in the hot-tub.

Aaron and Madi standing in front of the house boat at Lake Powell.

Madi and I getting warm after playing in the water. Madi doesn't look too thrilled in this picture!

Sunset at Lake Powell. You can see the boat in the lower left corner. Aaron always takes the most beautiful pictures!

Another sunset picture at Lake Powell.

Aaron and Madi playing in the water.

Mom, Amber, and me praying Dad won't dump us on the tube! Thankfully he was nice and gave us a classic granny ride!

Madi playing in the sand.

Aaron and Madi at the beginning of the Spring Creek Canyon hike. This is by far one of my favorite hikes!

Spring Creek Canyon

This weekend

Yesterday we met up with some friends and headed up Payson Canyon. We visited, made shiskabobs (not sure how to spell that), played Phase-10, laughed at the kids, and had an over all awesome time! Aaron won at cards though I'm pretty sure he cheated! He kept looking at my cards, but if you ask him he'll tell you I was showing them to him! It was great catching up with Lara and Justin. Their little girl, Ella, is really cute and it was fun watching her play with Madi's Bumbo chair. We really need to get together more often, it was great!

The shiskabobs, yummmm just looking at this picture makes me hungry!
Lara, Madi, and Ella. Madi kept picking on poor Ella! Ella handled it very well, she's going to make such a great big sister!

Madi half-heartedly smiling for the camera.

Family pic.

Lara, Justin, and Ella. Ella was having fun playing with the cards!

Family Pictures

We finally got family pictures taken. Here are a few of them. Enjoy!

Last Weekend

Last weekend we decided to take a drive and get out of the Salt Lake Valley. We headed up Immigration Canyon and looped around East Canyon Reservoir and into Morgan City. We stopped for lunch at Steph's Drive In. It's a little Ma and Pa burger joint that we totally recommend. I had a bacon swiss burger and Aaron had their signature Steph's Burger. Mmmmmm it was good!

After that we went to a park to stretch our legs and give Madi a break from her car seat. We took a short walk through the park and pushed Madi in a swing.

Then we got back in the car and took I84 into Ogden and then home.
Madi and I by the river in Morgan City Park.

Aaron and Madi standing in a tree.

Madi under the pavilion in the park.

Madi swinging. This was her first time and she wasn't sure what to think of it!

Finally!

My friend Alicia and I try to get together once a month and have a girls day. Lately its been kinda hard getting our schedules to work out. We skipped June and if you get technical July. We finally followed through and got together today! We went to Subway and picked up lunch and then took Madi and Gavin to the park. Gavin is only three weeks older than Madi! I think (hope) that they are going to be great friends!

Madi and Gavin just chillin' on the blanket.
It was really hard to get them both to look at the camera!

This is Gavin. Isn't he cute?

Madi and Alicia.

Afterwords both babies just passed out. Life as a baby is so hard!

Camping!

Aaron, and I took Madi camping over the 24th of July weekend with my family and Aaron's sister Esther. We went over by Duschesne to Avintaquin campground. This was the first time we had ever been camping out in that area. It was a really cool, woodsy campground. I definately suggest camping there if you get the chance and you're not afraid of bears! They actually had signs up warning people of bear activity and bear traps in the immediate area! We only stayed one night but wish that we could have stayed longer.

Our friends Devin and Amber came up for the afternoon with their baby Quinn. They also brought their new little puppy Tobin with them. We don't get to see them often enough and it was fun getting together for a few hours.

This was Madi's first camping experience and she loved it! She loves being outside and was very enthralled with the camp fire. I am still amazed at how well she slept that night! She did so well that we have decided to take her camping next weekend with Aaron's family.

I can never post pictures in the order I want them in so these are pretty scrambled!

Esther smiling pretty for the camera.
Madi and me after camping. Just relaxing on the couch before getting washed up.

Devin and his puppy Tobin.

Madi taking a nap in Grandma's RV. She was worn out!

Zaeleb and Hunter posing silly for the camera.

Chaitali getting her hair done.

Bradley, Madi, and Hunter.

Aaron and Madi in a pretty meadow.

Weston and Madi. Doesn't he have the cutest grins?

Grandma and Madi.

Hunter and Robbie.