Father's Day Favorites

Breakfast made by these beauties!

Sacrament meeting selfies

Chicken on the grill

Potatoes roasted and seasoned with all the favorites: paprika, garlic salt, course black pepper, parsley and olive oil

Perfect cold seedless watermelon

A real surprise! He actually doesn't know what he's getting!! He really, truly doesn't know! For real!

(And can I get a shout out for that awesome hiding spot? Nobody wants to look inside the sewing machine case)

A Ninja Creami! Not only that, I drove to pick it up myself from someone on Facebook marketplace, talked the price down and didn't get murdered in the process. I made five flavors of healthy ice cream yesterday and they are ready to spin!

AJ cheers on the machine

That's the face! 

 I love that face.

Moon Lake Monday

We had a lot to fit in today. We gotta make the most out of all that Moon Lake has to offer. We leave in the morning!

But first! We need to drive down the road a ways so we can get a signal, call dad, check our emails and not loose our daily streak on Lingvano and DuoLingo. The little girls don't have phones, so they weren't up for the drive. 

We made our way to the beach. Jordan leveled the sand for Mom's camp chair. He's a good egg. 

I'm forever amazed at how kids can acclimate to cold water. 

My feet go numb after a few seconds, but these two are happily excavating this huge log. 

The cousins spent every cent of their allowance at the lodge. I remember how wonderful that freedom was when I was a kid. Sneaking off and coming home with a candy bar or can of soda just for me. Kit Kat and a rootbeer. That's the taste of Moon Lake.   

We made to feed our little porch pirate before we got too involved with our own activities. He's wasting away to nothing!

More games with Aunt Bri! 

I did my best to broil some cookies (flipping them like pancakes works pretty well!)

And the kids settled in with a generous supply of paint pens and the flat rocks I illegally swiped from the dry Roaring River bed last week. 

We exude coolness. 

Ethan missed the whole thing. And I'm pretty sure he's not mad about it. 

Roaring River Weekend

Summer is here and we are getting down to Roaring River. 

And it was just what we needed. Water, rays of sunshine, friends and free time. 

Best Ever Mother's Day

This was one for the books. 

They've totally figured me out. 

The only thing that would make it better is having my boys home again. But alas. 

I will focus on the good things!

Raspberries and whip cream on the way to church. Nailed it. 

Foot rubs. Nailed it!

Arm massages. Nailed it!

Papusas and Curtido?? On the special plate? Nailed it!

Vegging out with my homies.... you know it....nailed it. 

 And just because we are who we are...a Mother's Day Sundae Sing Along! 

Happy Mother's Day to me!

Rosemary Beach: Day 2

Early morning view from the top balcony

Mark will aways find a local CrossFit!

All we wanted to was to spend another day on the beach!

A pop-up storm rolled through, but the minute it passed, we decided to walk down to the shops.

And the only way to end a Florida vacation day....