A cold Bear Lake

Ok, so my pictures won't move so this will be a back to front and in between kind of post.

Last weekend we went to Bear Lake. We thought it would be a wonderful hot day because it had been in the 90's all week. NOPE. We got the coldest day for months -a whopping 53 degrees. But we didn't want to cancel our day so we went up anyway.

There was all of like 10 people there when we arrived. Alex and Spence stayed wrapped up in their jackets and towels most of the day.

Here's Ben after a very cold ride on the jet ski.

This was more towards the end of the day when the sun finally came out. Mike got almost everybody in a water fight.

He's saying sorry to Spencer after getting him and he started crying.

Alex is trying to get uncle Mike back.
Spencer didn't really like the 4 wheeler ride.
The boys.

Before the water fight Mike was making Alex into a race car.

Spencer is trying to help bury himself while eating a cookie.

Spencer playing in the sand eating another cookie.

Alex was all for the 4 wheeler rides.

He even convinced Grandma Bonnie to take him on a ride.

Here is another cookie.

This is a bag of chips. Man this kid eats a lot!

So we had a pretty fun day even with the cold weather. Hope it's not the last lake visit this year cause we didn't get enough fun packed into this summer yet.

Heart shaped tomato

Here's a tato (Alex speak) that Alex and I found in the garden.

Real Salt Lake Soccer

We got to go to the Real Salt Lake vs. Seattle soccer game on Sat. It was way cool! And we won so that was awesome 1-0. We all had a good time. We even brought Mike with us.

Spencer was scared of all the noise so through most of the game he was crying but then he found if he gave dad a little piece of granola bar he would eat it and made gobbling sounds. He loved that!
Here's me, Alex and uncle Mike.

And of course Alex was being silly through most of the game.

Lindsey & Nick........ and the cake

Lindsey and Nick were married on Saturday. It was a great day minus the 100 degree weather. We were all sticky and sweaty and probably smelly by the end of the day. But we were happy to finally have the day come. We were so happy to see them get married and be a part of their day. Lindsey looked gorgeous, as she always does. Nick was so cute as he couldn't stand still until after they were married. They had a nice cool luncheon at Mimi's Cafe and then we came back to set up for the reception. While I was getting the cake put together I had a nice little group of admires that I had to keep asking to back up so I could get all the way around the cake :)

So here are a few pictures from the day.

I skewered the cake so it wouldn't go anywhere. Ben and Danny thought that was pretty funny and didn't really believe that I'd drive a stake through my own cake that I had worked so hard on.

Alex got a hold of the camera and took a great upside down shot.

Here's another Alex shot - his cousin Brianna.

Here's one of me putting the million or so fondant balls around the layers.

And here is the finished cake.

And here's a view from the top
Here's Lindsey getting a cool rag wipe - down. That dress had to be soooo hot.
Here's what Spencer was doing through most of the reception - this and eating chocolate cake.

And here's Alex trying on his cousins hair decoration. My little flower boy.

Lindsey's having anxiety about cutting into the cake - Nick is ready to do it already.
And here they go!
This is after the cake in your face smashing
The first make up kiss
This one speaks for itself
And finally here are my boys after a very long, hot day. They are READY to go home and get in bed.

Congratulations Lindsey and Nick! We know you were made for each other - you balance each other out and are the cutest stinkin couple we know! Love you!

Spencer's 2

We had Spencer's birthday party last Friday and he was so funny. He gave everyone that walked in a hug (which is a big deal for him because he normally just ignores people most of the time). He pretty much walked by the presents without even noticing them but Alex was way excited to see so many things wrapped. If anyone touched the gifts he would come up and rip it out of your hands and say, "It's Spencer's birthday." and then he would want to play with it. Spencer was all for the food though.

We had a great BBQ and had a great time watching the boys play with Spencer's new toys.

We had a bit of a disaster with the birthday cake.

I'll post pics of the progression of the death of Thomas the Tank. But even that was pretty funny.

It started out ok. I glued the two halves togeghter with frosting. Then I got the whole thing frosted and it started to tilt. Then it just kept going till finally I had to take the bottom half off and just leave the top half on the plate. Spencer got the crushed half but all he wanted was the frosting anyway. Good times.

Ben's first Blog

As this is Ben and Jen's blog, Jen officially decided Ben should do something. As such, Ben is posting his first blog. Today marked the first official "Layton is better than Kaysville in all Ways" demonstration, which in this case was illustrated by Fourth of July festivities.

In addition to a far superior parade, Layton City also put on a great event afterwards. Events included great food, kids activities, a symphony performance and of course the best fireworks display in northern Utah.

Ben had his parents with him who were convinced that Kaysville festivities cannot be beat. Alex and Spencer particularly enjoyed the parade though some parts were quite loud and scary.

Alex once again showed his "Hart" instinct by trying to put the moves on Miss Layton. The parade was a good opportunity to teach the boys about patriotism and they enjoyed the multi-cultural floats that were in the parade. Our local Buddhist Temple did a particularly beautiful float along with a percussion ensemble. After the parade we enjoyed some lunch at the concession stands. A local baptist church does some great southern cooking. The ribs were as good as the ribs that I had at some of the more authentic rib joints in Pittsburgh. Everyone had a lot of fun including mom and dad who seemed rather determined not to enjoy themselves.