Our Little Ski Bunny

I don't have too much to report on this post.  The weather has been absolutely perfect fall temperatures. The trees are colorful.  School is going well.  Classes are going well.  Emma loves to go see her friends every day.  

Well, Emma is sure excited for the snow.  She got her ski pass!!!  Every day, she talks about how she is going to go skiing when it snows a lot.

I got my U Card!!  This gets me into classrooms, is used as a bus pass, and allows me to get discounts at certain places.  

I turned in my first grad school project!  We had to design a way to successfully teach people how to play a Swedish game called Kubb.

One of Emma's favorite activities these days is playing with her chalk.

taking a walk in the backyard

Busy! (x2)

In the past few weeks, life got about twice as busy as normal.  We started back at school on August 22nd, which means that's when Emma started back at school.  My grad. classes started on August 21st, which I am LOVING.  We still can't seem to sit too still on the weekends.   Life is in full swing!  

lazy Sunday morning...reading the ads

and sipping juice

We have had a dry summer, which means the trees have already started turning colors...NO!

dress-up:  my sandals, Emma's undies, and socks from Grandma Sherry (used as mittens)

water gun fight 

Aunt Tina came to visit over Labor Day weekend.  We went to Swiss Days in Midway, Park Silly Market, the cabin, and IKEA.  Phew!  Outside time was a must...

as was painting time

Happy September, Everyone!

Road Trip!

We just returned from our road trip down to San Diego for Andy's mom's 60th birthday party.  What an amazing trip!  Emma was so well behaved.  The weather could not have been better.  We spent time with some wonderful family and friends.  And who wouldn't mind spending a week at a beach house on Mission Bay?!  Because of our plethora of photos, I broke the trip up into segments on the blog.  Enjoy!  We sure did.

**Note:  Click "older posts" on the bottom right to see more pictures from our vacation.

First Night...Vegas!

What a great place to stop for the first night...Las Vegas! It's about 7 hours to Vegas from Park City, and then another 5 to San Diego.

getting ready to go swimming

I think we were one of the few sober people in the pool.  And Emma was, by far, the youngest.

cuddle time!

You can't go to Vegas and not go to the Strip.  Our hotel was about a block away.

on the road again...

Beach Bums

We celebrated Kim's 60th birthday with a week-long stay at a beach house in Mission Bay. Glorious!

We rented paddle boards for the week...so much fun!

Emma in her Mexican dress from Aunt Whitney

We primarily hung out on the bay side where the waters were calmer for the girls (and for paddle boarding).  We walked to the ocean side one night and witnessed a fantastic sunset.