Summer Check In

Jeff hopped in front of the camera for a Father's Day cameo. 

When we got to church, Carson flipped through the program and excitedly announced, "Come Follow Me is OVER?!?" I laughed for a good while after I realized where he got that idea. 

The boys got busy spoiling Jeff when they got home. They made him some brownies and even cracked the eggs themselves. They made Jeff some cute cards and were eager to help make the day special for their Dad. 

Lincoln and Jonah are heavy into the superhero scene. I often wake up to a goggled boy in my face begging to have a cape put on.

The superhero and sidekick now share a bunk bed where they quietly (and sometimes loudly) watch over the city at night. 

If you'll remember, I bravely (perhaps stupidly) painted Eli's wall orange. I never loved it orange and Eli didn't even particularly love the orange wall, so I decided it was time for it to go. After innocently scrolling through Instagram, I found a painted buffalo check wall tutorial that I knew I had to try the minute I saw it. And I had just the spot to try it out.

There was much taping, leveling, and experimental mixing of paint involved to get the look to come together, but overall it was actually easier than I was expecting it to be. 

It finally all came together and this quick weekend project was just the makeover we needed to begin the older boys' room redo. 

When you stumble across black and white buffalo check blankets at the store while you're in the middle of buffalo check painting your wall, you buy the blankets without a second thought and immediately go home to smile with your wall. 

I made the boys some new blankets for their beds, found some pillows from IKEA...

And just like that they now have a cute little place to go whenever they "need some space."

Guys, I love it. Paint a wall in buffalo check this weekend. You will be happy.

Here's a baby with a banana sitting in a fire pit because if buffalo check doesn't make you happy, this is my back up happiness inducer. 

After all that taping and painting and taping and painting and taping and painting, I snuck away to the mountains for a little recovery time. 

There was a women's retreat my friend invited me to. We hiked up to a waterfall where I learned Vegas actually has natural water and pine trees and a few snowy mountaintops. I'm already dying to go back.

Also I felt the need to publicly inform all members of the retreat that my one true love is cookies. Meanwhile Torrie loves running, but you know, what is running without cookies? :) Maybe this is why we're friends.