we took a little drive...

... from portland to salt lake city, to visit my family.

so it was more than a little drive, nearly 800 miles more. but it was fun. we left around 11 pm and drove straight through the night so the squirrels could sleep. we arrived at my folks place around 10:30 am and everyone was still at work so we took a looooong nap and were ready to play by the time everyone got home. i didn't take many photos of our time there, but i did get these while jake was driving. they're in chronological order. {1} 5 am, somewhere between portland and slc. {2} 5:30 am, idaho is flaaaaaaat and dry. {3} brownies make you drive better. {4} semi truck. {5} more flat idaho and blue sky. {6}  road trip cuddlin' {7} mama takes a turn driving. {8} sleepy squirrel starting to wake. {9) pee stop! {10} stylish squirrel with attitude. {11} looks like idaho loves us. {12) 9 am, entering utah. {13} the wasatch front, moments from our destination.

it was a good trip, apart from the weather. every single day except the first and last was filled with rain and/or wind and/or thunder and lighting. so all of our fun outdoor summer-y plans were traded in for alternate indoor plans, but we still managed a few evenings out back around the fire and some rainy walks through the city. we thrifted a handful of treasures which i'll share soon and ate at the best mexican food cafe EVER! {mara's, on the corner of gentile and main street in layton, in case you're in the area} we got in 10 days of good family time and the squirrels played with their cousins every day until they ran out of energy. then last saturday night we loaded up the car and said our tearful goodbyes and made the drive back.

now we're home and we have 3 weeks to find a new place to live and get moved, yikes!! time to un-pack so we can re-pack everything.

let's go to the park!

we had a very fun & eventful first week of spring break.

with the house on the market we are constantly getting kicked out of the house for

hours at a time so it can be shown to prospective buyers. this is terribly inconvenient.

what do you do with 3 little squirrels, that doesn't cost a fortune when you can't be home

and the weather doesn't accommodate playing outside?

you play outside anyway!

and if you're lucky like we were this past week, the sun might even sneak out a time or two

so you can take your jacket off and run even faster!

we also got to see tangled at the bagdad for $1 per ticket,

built stuff with marshmallows,

pulled a tooth,

camped out on the living room floor,

ate lunch at laughing planet,

baked tiny cornbread,

went treasure hunting at value village,

had birthday ice cream (the best in the whole world) with uncle jesse,

and went grocery shopping, twice.

these girls were born to play together, best-est friends and if you ask them they'll

tell you they're sisters. it's pretty wonderful.

a little adventure

we chased the sunset last night...

trying to get a photograph, but we were stuck on the highway

and by the time we made to a place we could stop and see past the trees...

it was gone.

i hope others were able to enjoy it.

i have never seen a sunset with colors as intense as these.

what a talented and beautiful sky we have.

{photo: i stuck my head out the window of our very fast moving car, almost lost my phone forever and sadly only captured the right edge of the sunset}