S W E E T S: visiting with greg + britt | cleaning out the warehouse | fresh trim from phil (my go to hair shape expert in SLC, UT) | celebrating jack’s birthday | rigg’s screenshots in the camera roll of his dream bedroom | playing heads up seven up in the chili’s waiting room | the boys completely spartan race | rigg taking very first in his age group | shooting pics with mo | watching jack’s face light up when the big boys brought in junkfood breakfast | jonah building his new scooter by himself | leopard loopy coming back in stock (ginger for 10% off loopy code) | nordstrom sale order finalllly arriving | back to school shopping with the boys | jack sleeping in until 11:30 on sunday | cleaning out the garage | meeting with elizabeth hales design to finalize outer elements of our home | grandma turning 91
now, the sours. because I think they are important to document + just as fun to look back on.
S O U R S: discovering a waterfall in our lot | getting 2 cups suctioned together on the way to work + drinking out of them anyways | leaving my car keys on my back bumper for not 1, but 2 full days | forgetting to break the “pinky yotta” with jack + the cousins | grandma getting sick again | still having veins galore on my poor shins | broken nails | missing bre | ben getting super sick so we couldn’t go camping | having to re-film an ad THREE TIMES because i couldn’t pronounce the name of it to save my life | jack not loving his hair in a pony tail | reading “kill yourself” on my IG comments
o u t f i t d e t a i l s
GP: dress | white mules
RIGG: button down tee | tie | shorts | socks | shoes
JACK: tee | twill skinny jeans
JONAH: Vans button down tee | skinny jeans | tie | loafers
Marks + Spencer
We finally took Jon + he’s as determined as I am to
We caught that nasty stomach bug a couple weeks back + were cooped up at home for a few days in a row. It led to some pretty depressing thoughts on how we’re completely doomed this winter. #stircrazytimestwenty Utah probs, I guess. Riggins was down for a nap, Jonah was watching Daniel Tiger on his ipad in the living room + I was pretty desperate for something fun to do with the kids. Something that definitely didn’t require much effort on my end. Remember 
A trick that I’ve learned in raising + entertaining our two very active toddlers is the surprise factor. Our boys are easily pleased, but their attention span isn’t the greatest. This is where my surprise theory comes in. I can’t let them in on what I’ve got planned for the day because if they see me setting it up (art project, snack time, movie fort, picnic, ball pit, etc) the excitement pretty much wears off before it’s even ready to go. If you master the set up/planning without them seeing, your activity is that much more thrilling for all of you. Depending on what we’re doing, it helps me to wake up a few minutes earlier + plan things out the night before. Both little gestures that make all the difference on how productive we are during the day. This has helped to keep my kids stay engaged for longer periods of time + I’m telling you, the way their eyes light up on a day like that make any hassle beforehand totally worth it.
When we opened the door later that afternoon to our DIY ball pit, Jonah ran in circles screaming you’re the best mom everrrrr + Riggins, well, he just stared at us like we were crazy. Haaa! He warmed right up in no time. They jumped, flipped, played hot tomato, sorted the colors, jumped some more AND even helped shoot the balls into the bag when we were done. Chalking this day up as a success on my mom chart.
