Back to School!

Noelle started her first day of Jr. High this week (aarghhhh) and Logan had his first day of 1st Grade. It feels like my kids are growing up way too fast. We were joined by Grandpa and Grandma at our traditional first day of school dinner at The Old Spaghetti Factory. This is a tradition started by my parents when I was a child. We use to go the The Old Spaghetti Factory in Trolley Square when I was a kid. I would love to take my kids there one year, but for now there is a location a little closer to home. This is a tradition I will continue with all my children and hope they choose to pass along to theirs.

Have a great school year!

I am!

I am feeling so unmotivated! I have been so busy the last couple weeks getting kids ready for school, traveling to and home from California on the train, taking care of tons of soccer stuff, making funeral arrangements for my grandma, the list goes on and on. I am tired, but hope to be back to myself very soon. Now that school is back in session I am looking forward to some quality time spent with my demanding almost two year old, fun sewing days with friends, my house staying clean for more than 5 minutes at a stretch, the smell of fall, and a little more time to do some much needed reading.

I have lots of fun trip pictures to post. I will try to get on that sometime soon.

Summer Water Fun!

Our family has a new favorite show to watch together: MAN vs. FOOD on the Travel Channel. If you've never seen it, this is the basic premise behind it: The host is a self proclaimed "foodie" who travels around the country trying out the local "pig out" foods. On each episode he will visit 3 restaurants in any given city. One of these restaurants will have a "food challenge," you know what I'm talking about right. Some ridiculous, abnormally large amount of food, or some super spicy food that has to be consumed in a certain amount of time. It's actually quite disgusting at times, but my kids love to watch it. In a recent episode he visited us here in Utah. One of the non-food challenge restaurants he visited was Crown Burger. I know this is a Utah staple, but neither Gavin or I have ever eaten there. We had tickets to a ReAl SaLt LaKe game last weekend and Crown Burger is located close to the stadium so we thought we should give it a try. The house specialty is the Crown Burger which is the item that was shown on MAN vs. FOOD. It is a burger topped with pastrami, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion and fry sauce. I was glad to see they also carry a junior sized crown burger which is what we ordered. I love pastrami and burgers, but I have to say this was not my fave. I was kind of disappointed. Of course we had fun though! I snapped a few pictures even though someone sitting in the booth behind to us made some rude comment. Their problem, not mine right?

If you are really craving a good burger, stick with JCW's, theirs are the best!

Now...onto the game!

We had such a good time in spite of a little, well okay...a lot, of rain! We all got completely soaked, but with it being so warm we dried quickly. Logan was so into the game, he hardly noticed the rain and totally enjoyed himself. The girls had fun just being silly together.

A fun day spent with cousins at the Living Planet Aquarium!

What is it they say about a frog and a princess?