YAY ME

I am throwing a yay me party! I have worked out Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week and its Wednesday. I am so happy. Why you ask? Well I was doing great when I didn't have to get up early to work out now I have to wake up a half hour early to work out and that is HUGE for me. I love me some sleep. So yay me. I hope I keep it up.

Refinishing

Two years ago Jon's boss' mother in law passed away and they gave us this coffee table. I put it in my formal living room and I have not loved the way it looked all two years it was in there. So finally this summer I refinished it. Here is what I did.

This is the before picture

To get all the old stain of I stripped it with a gel stripper. It was a pain in the bum! It took me like all day one day. I think next time I would just sand and then use paint with a god primer or put a primer on first.

I then painted two coats of cream paint on the lower half. The paint also had a primer in it. Then I lightly sanded where I wanted a shabby look and then put a coat of stain all over the cream wiping it off as I went. Then I put two coats of stain on the top that also had a polyurethane in it. I didn't wipe it off the top.

Here is the finished product. I also got new knobs! I love how great it turned out. Don't you?

widowmaker

For the last 3 or 4 years we have gone to the widowmaker. Jon is good friends with the family that runs the widowmaker so we always get free tickets. Our friends son was riding in the junior widowmaker so that was fun to see.

Weston loved looking through the binoculars. Jon and Cason watching the runs
Cason on the way to the widowmaker

Cason and I on our way

Daddy and Cason

Weston and Cason loved eating the sno cones

It was a pretty nice day outside not to hot but still pretty warm. We really had a great time and now Weston want's to ride a dirt bike and Cason wants to ride a motor cycle.

24th of July

Another reasonwhy I love July is because of Pioneer Day. Utah was founded in July. So every 24th of July there is a big celebration in Utah. In Bountiful where I grew up there is always a parade and then little carnval at the park. We usually never miss it and this year was no exception. Friday afternoon my mom and the boys and I went to the carnival first. We got sno cones, tigers paws or fried bread with cinamion, and cotton candy. The boys got to do some fun rides.

Cason on the automatic swings Weston loved calling them the automatic swings
Weston fishing at the fishing pond

He got a jeep

Cason's turn

He got a dorky kangaroo squirter

Weston post blue snow cone lol playig on the bounce house

We then headed over to watch the parade with my best friend from high school, Rachel's family.

Cason pointing to something.

Weston spotting his favorite fire trucks and there were like 4 trucks at this parade

Temperance, Rachel's baby isn't she adorable, if she is ever missing don't look at my house :)

U of U float go UTES

We had a fun 24th of July, when Jon came home from Idaho we had a BBQ and then we did the last of our firemen (fireworks) and sparklers (sprinklers)

dentist

Weston and I went to the dentist in the end of June. Can I just say Weston has come along way. The first time he went here, now he is like old hat at it. IN fact he loves the dentist so much he tells me he wants to be a dentist and he has to carry his goodie bag everywhere days. The dentist and hygenist were just in stiches laughing at the things he said while there. What can I say he is quite the quick funny boy. Here are pictures. NO cavaties. Well I had a small one :( but none for West.

Counting his teethWeston was put to work cleaning his own teeth.Getting ready to startShowing me all his teeth. I just love this boy!

4th of July

I've said it before I will say it again July is one of my favorite months. I just love all the fun activities. This year the 4th of July was a whole weekend of fun. Our friends Kenton and Sheena and their kids came over for dinner and we did a lot of aerial fireworks or firemen as Cason calls them since they are now legal in Utah. On Saturday we went to Dinosaur Park (post to come) and then Jon got a HUGE box of fireworks on sale and we did half the box that night. Sunday we were pretty lazy and didn't do much. Then on Monday we got up early and hit up the Layton parade. Weston's favorite part was the fire truck which was also cool because our friend Chon is a firefighter and him and his kids were on the truck. Then we headed over to the park for a train ride, looking at booths, and getting cotton candy. YUM! Then we came home and napped Cason and had dinner etc, then my mom joined us for the Clearfield fireworks. Cason watching a firemen
Weston and Cason loved the sprinklers (as they called them)

Cason and I watching some fireworks

Don't you just love the hands folded this lasted about five minutes if that.

This is how Cason enjoyed most of the parade as even though it was overcast he had a hard time looking as it was too bright for him.

My handsome boy and I

Weston and Cason on the train. Weston HAS to do this every year.

This year sure didn't disappoint we had a great day!