We like making lists, and a fun one that we recently came up with is a list of fads that we’ve seen in our lifetime. There are so many crazy things out there! We thought we’d share, and feel free to contribute others. Enjoy!
So tonight was date night, and we decided we wanted to get out of the house, so we grabbed our cameras and walked around downtown Provo taking pictures. We gave ourselves an assignment in the beginning: macro shots and motion shots. We don’t know how well we stuck to our assignment, but here are our pics! We like them. And we like our oh-so-artistic-but-not-so-serious titles and descriptions, too. Enjoy!
Last week we had a real treat: the Lyman family came to visit! We had been planning on a weekend of fun after they visited family north of Salt Lake, but thanks to a snowstorm and a broken headlight on the Lyman family car, we got to see them a few days early! The whole family (Mom, Dad, Christian, Zach, and Luke) rolled in to our house around 12:00 p.m. on Thursday for an emergency sleepover, rather than keep on driving in the bad conditions. It was a blast! It was great to have everyone here and visit and talk. It felt fun to have a house full of family, too. And we felt lucky that we had enough space and just enough blankets to (hopefully) sleep everyone comfortably.
And the rest of the weekend was great, too! We had a great time eating pizza and playing games with the brothers, playing around in the park, going out to dinner and ice cream, and even heading to the Quarry for some rock-climbing! It was the first time Josh had climbed in a while, and he and the boys loved it. And Heather and Paige were daring and conquered a few walls, too (despite Paige’s fear of heights!) Oh, and we had another sleepover on Friday night with just the brothers—Sam joined us, too, and we watched movies and ate popcorn. Oh, yeah, good times.
So it was a great weekend! All the fun activities were a blast, but the best part was just getting to see our family and spend time with them. It feels like it’s been since the wedding/Christmas/reception time since we really got to spend time with the Lymans, and then things were so busy! It was great to have a nice, fun, relaxing weekend, and we’re looking forward to our upcoming visit to Colorado!
Josh and I just got back from an awesome Beaird Family Reunion in Texas with my mom’s family. It was the best just to see and spend time with everyone. The beach and pool were a blast, though Josh and I both came back pretty badly sunburned (okay, really badly sunburned…). It was worth it, though (even worth all the grimaces from family members when they saw us walking by). And the bounce house my mom got was so much fun! Josh and I realized, though, how we’re not kids anymore—it seems like all the younger kids could fall and pop right up, but we really got beat up in the slip-and-slide bounce house! Other highlights include visiting the Bayou Wildlife Park, where we saw cows, deer, zebras, giraffes, ostriches, emus, and lots of other animals; and, of course, shooting off the potato gun that Cole made. All in all, with the beach and the heat and the activities, I think my family introduced Josh to a true Texan experience, and I’m proud to say he not only survived, but loved it, too. We’re excited to see the Ellsworth family again this winter! Here are some pictures!
