The last month or so has been pretty action-packed around here! It has been exciting to have my own business, I am absolutely loving it. It is definitely a lot of work, but definitely worth it.
Scott and I celebrated our 8th anniversary on June 26th. In some ways it is so hard for me to believe that we have already been married for 8 years (and been together for over 10), but then I look back and see everything that has happened in the last 8 years and I can't believe that we have fit it all in there!
We took our first big family to Park City, UT for the 4th of July. We were up there for just over a week, it was so amazing. I don't know if I could even describe in words what 4th of July is like in Park City, you seriously have to experience it yourself to know how amazing it is. Of course, the weather was perfect. It was hard to believe that everyone back in AZ was suffering in the blistering heat, and the high in Park City was low 80's (we wore sweaters at night!). We had a huge 4-bedroom condo right on the golf course, and the kids loved being able to run out the back door and play in the grass without sweating to death. There was a family from Pennsylvania in the condo right next to us who had daughters the same age as Macey and Heidi, so we all became fast friends and enjoyed some late night BBQs and glasses of wine while the kids ran around having a blast. On the 4th, the town shoots the fireworks off from the golf course, so we just walked right out our back door, set down some blankets, had dinner, and watched the show. There were thousands of people just covering the golf course. Kids were running around everywhere, people were shooting their store-bought fireworks off all over the place (they aren't illegal in UT like they are in AZ), and everyone was just so happy and relaxed. The kids all slept awesome the whole trip, too. We seriously couldn't have dreamed of a better vacation. It sure was hard to come back to this heat and reality.
Scott and I went by ourselves one day to Olympic Park, where the Olympic athletes train. We had a blast watching them and going on the Alpine slide and the zipline that goes over the park. We all walked around downtown Park City several times, they had so many things going on for the holidays. I really don't think that we can go anywhere else for the 4th of July now that we have been there. I used to live in Virginia, and even the festivities at the Pentagon don't compare to how things were in Park City. We took our Wii and Wii Fit with us, and after the 3 little ones went to bed at night, we had some awesome family bowling tournaments. What a perfect vacation!
