Oakley & Cina

We went up to Herriman tonight to pack all the camping gear for Lake Powell (we leave tomorrow!!) and I got to hang out with my cute niece, Oakley. As soon as we got there, she said "Come on!" and had us come downstairs to watch her "play wii" (Steph was really playing, but Oakley had a controller too so she thought she was the star) 

After a little while, Oakley pointed to a box of hair bows and said "Cina! Down!" (C-na is how she pronounces my name, and she says Trevor's name "Tear"). So I dumped out the box of bows and clips, and she told me which ones she wanted in my hair and which one's she wanted in her hair :)

Every time I put another bow in my hair, she'd say "Preeetty!" (Then after we were all done, I started to take them out of my hair and she said NO! Stephanie looked over at us and started cracking up and was like ummm Trevor look at your wife! Haha we had fun :)

It's so fun that Oakley is talking more now-- I can't believe she's already 2 1/2 (I met her when she was 6 months old)! She's the only kid in the fam right now (who lives here) so she definitely gets lots of attention. Everyone keeps telling us she needs some cousins to play with. Someday.. :)

Rick's 29th Birthday

We celebrated Rick's birthday by eating his favorite dinner (honey lime enchiladas), opening presents (Trevor got him a little skiing move-able figurine guy that he loved), and going miniature golfing.

Before we hit the course, we warmed up by hitting balls in the batting cages (I tried it and it kinda scared me, so I got about half way through and then I jumped out and let Trevor finish my round).

Rick lifted Steph all the way above his head, while she was just holding onto the bat!



One of the golf balls fell in the water (I'm pretty sure it was Trevor's..) and everyone was trying as hard as they could to get it out. It was really dark and there weren't many lights on the course so we were using Rick's tiny little keychain flashlight to search for it. I thought it was a lost cause, but eventually, everyone's combined efforts worked and the golf ball was saved!



P.S. The figurine guy that we got Rick is now hanging up in his cubicle at work so he can play with it in-between phone calls. It was actually a girl with dreadlocks named "Adventure Jane" but Trevor was so clever and covered up the name so that it's now "Adventure Rick". Since Trevor sits by Rick at work, he's a little jealous of his own present he bought him.. and he now wants an "Adventure Trevor" for himself. I swear guys will always be little boys at heart..

Rockclimbing

We went rockclimbing at REI in Sandy the other night and climbed our little hearts out! Trevor and I had to pass the certification first while Steph, Rick, Evan & Nicole got a head start. I kept getting the knots wrong, but the instructor guy didn't seem to mind.. he knew I had Trevor to help me anyway. I started out on the easy courses, while Trevor jumped right into the hard ones. Stephanie was pretty intense with the harder courses too, it was impressive to watch!

Trevor, Rick and Nicole raced each other!

After a few hours of climbing, we went to T.G.I.Fridays with sore arms. What a good workout!

Bonfire

We met up with Evan, Nicole, Steph & Rick for a bonfire up in the canyon. We fired up some hot dogs, talked and laughed lots, and of course made s'mores.

(Max looks like a little alien dog..)

Since we were up in the mountains, when it got darker, it got WAY colder. Max was shaking because he was so cold so we had to keep him bundeled up. He's so small!
This was our first (and maybe last) bonfire this summer. It'll probably be too cold next month to stand outside in the mountains at night.. oh man.

Tradition

Since most of the Sanford family works at APX, we've started a tradition of going out to lunch together every Friday. Stephanie and Oakley usually drive down and join us to complete our pack :) It's become something to look forward to at the end of each week, and I love it!

Enjoying the beautiful weather by eating outside at Iggy's


The boys reading an alcohol menu for the first time :)

We don't know how long this tradition will last since there will probably be a breaking point when some of us eventually won't work for APX anymore, but for now.. it's perfect ♥

Pioneer Day

We wanted to celebrate Pioneer Day by doing something fun so we decided to go to the Spanish Fork Carnival! It was nice since it's free to go and walk around.

We shopped around at all the cool booths set up, but our favorite thing was watching Oakley on the rides. She loved them!

Rick loved the rides too :)

There was this little bell on the boat that Oakley was ringing non-stop the whole ride-- so funny! Even the ride operator guy was laughing cuz she was so cute that we all couldn't help but laugh. She definitely adds a ton of fun to the family!

Oakley is so independent and wanted to walk by herself but there were a ton of people around so Rick was carrying her. She kept hitting him in the face and then giggling. (Of course after he would make a sad face she'd look at us and say "Aww Daddy sad")

Evan and Nicole met up with us and we all went out to eat at Ruby River Steakhouse after (yumm!) It was a perfect way to celebrate Pioneer Day!

Stephanie's 25th Birthday

We went to Lagoon for Stephanie's 25th Birthday! We stayed over in Herriman the night before her birthday, and we surprised her in the morning :) I had Rick put their Lagoon tickets in a bill envelope to disguise them so Steph wouldn't know where we were going. She kept telling Rick "I already paid this bill, why are you bringing it?" After a little prying, we had her open it & we were on our way to Lagoon!On the swings! (that we all got very sick after.. we had to take a break and go on the train ride so we could just sit for awhile til our stomachs went back to normal)The relaxing train ride to tour the park and see the animals (although most of the animals were hiding since it was an extremely hot day)We all shared this gigantic mug for the day and got free refills on soda as much as we wanted :)Are we married or what? We seriously always make the same facial expressionsThis ride was INSANE! I was literally shaking after because it's so fast (it brings you very, very high up & then straight down)! Such a rush!Rick tried many different games to try to win a huge stuffed animal for Oakley. Trevor joined in and tried to help win something too, but both the boys were unsuccessful.. dang it. Still fun to watch though :)