Saturday, October 6, 2012

Summer filled with Blissful Moments!

SNO MONKEY SHAVED ICE
It has been an exciting, stressful, fun, eventful summer to say the least! As most of you know, we opened for business after lot's of red tape in May. I thought I'd be sick to death of Shaved Ice by now, but i'm proud to say the craving is still there. Thanks to wonderful employees and amazing customers we had a great summer getting everyone hooked Sno Monkey Shaved Ice!



Oh Nick how we miss you!
Nick had quite the adventure getting here on his scooter, for what was suppose to be a long weekend, turned into a month! It was so nice to have Uncle Nick around and ...ahem-nanny....
 (Nick working on his scooter...she was so good to him, but had lot's of work to be done after a day half trip from provo)

SUMMER '12
Cousins from Omaha/California came to visit!


 BEAR LAKE
 Life doesn't get much better than spending time with an amazing family! I've never been to Bear Lake but always heard lot's of great things about it. I LOVED how warm the water was. Takoda and Eli absolutely loved every moment with their cousins. I can't tell you how nice it was to have them busy 24/7! We miss you Bliss Cousins!!! p.s. Jill Takoda still will randomly say, "Remember Mom, Addie suppose to come to my house." :)





 Our View


 The Logan Fair



One of our Favorite Hiking Spots is RED ROCK
 It was beautiful in the valley. We decided to go for a hike and as soon as we got there, we heard the rolling thunder. Our short hike turned in to being quite adventurous. We were sopping wet but loved every minute of it. 

When we got to this spot it was completely dry. Within 10 min this is what it looked like...

 PARK TIME---to keep me sane!
(love this guy) Eli truly is so fun. He smiles all the time. Has soooooooo much energy, but it keeps our house busy and loves to tease his brother. The other day, Takoda was on the toilet, (Takoda hates the door shut) Eli slyly starts to close the door slowly while looking at me, as soon as I look at him, he opens it, like what??? And in the meantime, Takoda is screaming at the top of his lungs ELI OPEN THE DOOR! 
Eli loves Gum, he gets his cup of water and feels it up at the fridge. He is tall for his age and calls everyone his age baby. 

Little Ninja's

 Takoda is doing great in Karate. He loves it! 

 MY BOYS EATING THEIR HEARTS OUT
They love to eat, like their parents. Let's just say bless my heart when their teenagers!

 TEAM CHALLENGE-10K RACE

 As always I need motivation to work out. My sis in law Rachel and I signed up for a 10k race. It was great to stick to a workout plan and I was ready to get this race over with. I have to say it was pretty tough. Their were lots of hills. The race was a sunset run, so that part was nice since it was still warm out. I was able to finish this sucker with good music and at mile 4 as I started passing people, (holding my side with a major cramp) I told myself all this training wasn't for nothing...so i pushed on and I'm proud to say I beat my goal time by 1 min. I finished the 6.2 mile race in 56 min!

We were busy this summer and LOVE that it's cooling off. We're in the 90's and yes it's amazing to us! Our windows are down in the car, we're playing more outside and we're all looking forward to Halloween!

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

California Calls for Me

As you know by now, California is our vacation spot. Only 3 hrs from our door step to Adam/Rachel's, it's always nice to get away for a few days. The Beach was a must, Takoda couldn't stop asking when we were going to the beach this summer, so like I said it was a must! 
(Yes we love Angela's pose too:))





Their Favorite...Running from the waves!



 Superhero Pose



 Todd has this special talent of stepping on people with his shoes on. I had to take a picture of the footprint on Eli ha ha ha... Poor Guy...



 Eli loves wearing masks, playing with swords, climbing and jumping off dangerous things, you know the list goes on...:)
    

Todd and Nick relaxing after a hard day of work with their favorite, Pomegranate Juice!

Friday, July 6, 2012

Not our House...Dont' worry

 2 blocks over we got a close look at this poor house on fire. Takoda loved watching the firemen and hear them talking through their masks. We arrived just a they did so it was exciting to watch from start to finish.

 July 4th

Takoda waved to everyone. He loves parades!
 Hope you had a great 4th!
 It was so beautiful the other day. The weather was great and these boys needed to get out doors ASAP! So Red Rock it was. (Kate joined us as well)
 I was so surprised, although the hike wasn't difficult Eli surprised us all and did so well on it. I have to say he hiked prob 80% of the way. And yes He was happy to get a break:)


 We went to the Museum today. And although everyone had fun, i'm a little sadden by how simple our Las Vegas Children's Museum is. Maybe one day Las Vegas will cater to families over the single life... one day right? 


Friday, June 29, 2012

Oh Dear...

I heard 'someone' playing with the keys, I look over to find this creative little guy...


Confused? Yeah I was too, when I saw Eli sucking on our drip system in our front yard. I do give him water I do, he just thought this was a more fun way of getting his water. 

Keeping them 3 year old's busy
 I love this age. Takoda is so curious about everything and wants to learn about everything. Thankful to pinterest I've got a list of Fun To Do Activites. This one is of baking soda and food coloring with vinegar/water.


The boys LOVE these .50 cars in the malls. Sorry it's blurry, but if you can tell, Eli is having a blast! :)

Monday, June 18, 2012

Happy Father's Day Daddy

 We had a great Father's Day! Now that Sno Monkey has been open, Todd has been super busy, we were just so happy to have Daddy home all day!


When I say Eli loves the water, that is an understatement. The other day I took them to the water park and Eli jumped, leaped, pounced, floated face down and would not stop splashing to save his life. The poor lifeguards I'm sure were on the edge of their seats not knowing if they should go in or not.