Pirate House

On Monday July 14th, we headed to Boulder, NV to the Pirate House for the week. Josie and I went with Annie, Gracie, and Martha. Marcus couldn't get work off so we sadly left him behind. We sure missed him!! The Pirate House belongs to a friend off my dads and it is an absolutely amazing place. Pictures don't quite do it justice either. It is like a big resort with swimming pools and slides and it is all Pirate themed. And the best part of all is that it is private. Most of my family was able to make it down there at least for part of the week. One of my good friends , Brooke, who lives in Las Vegas was able to come for a couple of days too. Brooke came with her husband Jesse and their two boys, and her mom, and sister Natalie. We had lots of fun with them. Josie loved it all!! I actually think her favorite though might have been the all you can eat ice cream cones. She loved the water though and being with all the kids. We went home to Marcus at the end of the week and he had missed us so much that he bought us flowers, treats, and a few other gifts. He is so sweet and we were so happy to see him. Josie wouldn't let him out of her sight at first... she sure missed him!

Painter Family Reunion

We went down to Manti July 11-13th for the Painter Family Reunion. This is Marcus's mom's side of the family. It was fun to see everyone especially since we hadn't seen a bunch of them for quite awhile.

On Thursday the 3rd we went up to Logan and watched the fireworks. We met up with most of my family. We had good food and snacks thanks to Annie and Martha. And the fireworks were fun too. Josie loved them. We weren't way close so that probably helped not to scare her. Then on the 4th we went to the ward breakfast at my parents. In the afternoon Josie went swimming with Gracie in her little pool. Annie said Gracie could just go in her clothes since she was going to change her soon anyway. Gracie did not want to go in her clothes though so she resorted to just her underwear. And not long after even they were too much so off they went. She is so funny! Josie and Gracie had a blast though playing together in the pool. A whole bunch of bugs had gotten in the water but it certainly didn't stop them. Then we went to a BBQ with my dad's family. They had some great food! And then we went and watched Brigham's fireworks. Josie was exhausted by the end of them so I put her to bed and then we had our own firework show out in the driveway. It was lots of fun. Marcus had bought a bunch and he insisted that everyone help light them. He knows how much I love the 4th of July so he bought me a huge one to light for the Grand Finale! They turned out to be so beautiful and we had a very good time. Happy 4th of July!!

For my birthday Marcus bought me a beautiful, new camera. I love it!! I promised him I would use it often and would work on the blog a lot so here I go. My birthday was on Sunday so we just had a relaxing day together and in the evening we went on a walk to the school with Josie and Bug. On Monday all of my family came down and we went to the park and had a picnic. It was lots of fun. I have such a great family!!

Josie and Popsicles

So a couple of weeks ago Josie got her first taste of a popsicle and now of course she loves them! The only problem is she doesn't just lick them she takes huge bites of them and makes a mess of everything. It is so funny to watch though. You can see her trying to fit as much as possible into her little mouth. What a silly girl!!

Found some old videos of Josie

I found a couple of videos of Josie, when she was brand new- and Figured I should throw them up on here.

The Gardens at Thanksgiving Point

Friday, the 9th, we met Jacques parents up at thanksgiving point and walked through the gardens there. Josie was so good, end just looked around everything with a content little face. She loves looking around at stuff, she is the same way in the mall. Her favorite part where the waterfalls that they have there. Those Gardens are amazing!