July 18, 2011

SILHOUETTES


Dear Kurt,

These pictures make me happy.






Sincerely, Lori


July 16, 2011

SANDY DOWNS



Dear Kurt,

I am so grateful that we have amazing friends.

Tonight our friends, Erinn and Chris, invited us to Sandy Downs sand dunes for some sledding and campfire.

I was stoked! It sounded awesome.


And it really was so much fun. All the kids had a blast.


We sledded. We talked. We threw sand. We dug holes. We jumped. We played...






I think Drake loved it the most. By the end of the night he had this little sand mustache. Christina started calling him Rico Suave.


And to top off the fun, we had smores.


.... or not.

It was so much fun. And free. I think we should do this all the time!

Sincerely, Lori


July 13, 2011

July 12, 2011

GLIMPSES


Dear Brooklyn,

Just a few glimpses from our evening:




Sincerely, Lori


SUMMER STORMS







Dear Brooklyn,

Awesome summer storms have come our way the past couple days.

They are amazing.


Yesterday you cuddled up with your dad and I outside in the light rain and marveled at the beautiful rainbow.


Today we sat by the back door and listened to the rain and thunder all day.

And then while you were in bed Christina and I enjoyed the gorgeous lightning that was off in the distance.

This, I must say, is one of my favorite things about Idaho.

Sincerely, Lori


July 9, 2011

CARS 2



Dear Brooklyn,

You LOVE the movie Cars.

You probably love Cars more than you love me.

If the tv is on, you think it should be playing Cars.

Well, this evening your dad and I decided to take you to see Cars 2.

We woke you up from your nap, stuck you in the truck and off we went with you in the back seat as happy as can be and saying "Cars! Cars! Cars!" the whole way there.


You were so excited!

I think you might have been a little confused and distracted by all the kids in the theater but as soon as Mater came on the screen you were hooked!

At least for a good 45 minutes.


And then you wanted run around in the lobby and drink your dad's soda and pop the seat up and down and rummage through my purse.
I'm not sure it was an extremely successful trip, but your excitement in the beginning was worth the craziness at the end.

Now I think we will wait until you are 3 before we take you to another movie.

I love you.

Sincerely, Lori



July 6, 2011

A PERFECT SUMMER MOMENT





Dear Brooklyn,

I woke up early this morning and the house was already at 74 degrees.

Usually I would shout for joy because I'm a 100 degree weather type of girl, but I was worried that you would over heat while running around outside again, so we made our way up the street to Walgreens and bought ourselves a little 16 dollar pool.

Combine that with some freezing hose water and bring on the heat!


So there we sat, you with your chair in the middle of the pool and me lounging in my chair to the side, splashing each other and squealing with delight.

Once our toes turned to raisens, we gathered our stuff, sat on the swing, and fought over towels.


While I fed us yogurt covered pretzels I explained to you that the moon was not an airplane, and then I tried to figure out why the moon was out in the middle of the day... I still don't know.

While we sat there and told each other "this is fun" about 50 times, I thought about how content I was in that perfect moment with you.


I can't wait to do this every day all summer long.

I love you.

Sincerely, Lori



July 5, 2011

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME



MELALEUCA FIELD: HOME OF THE IDAHO FALLS CHUKARS

Dear Kurt,

Tonight we went out and supported our local baseball team: the Chukars.

It was very appropriate timing since yesterday was Independence Day because what is more all-american than baseball?

LORI AND CHRISTINA AT THE GAME

Owen was selling a ton of tickets for dirt cheap so I'm pretty sure half our ward was there. It was fun.

At one point I said I wanted to get a good action picture, so Josh obliged me with this little baby:

KURT AND JOSH CONRAD ACTING LIKE TWELVE YEAR OLDS.... AS ALWAYS.

The game was awesome. At one point the Chukars were down by seven but then they came back and won!

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WAS A GREAT COME BACK.

Good times, good times.

Sincerely, Lori






July 4, 2011

FOURTH OF JULY



Dear Kurt,

Happy Fourth of July!!

It was a day chalk full of fun.

Brooklyn woke up early so we went to our ward breakfast. I think she woke up too early though because she was super grumpy.

By the time we got the the Idaho Falls parade she was happy again.


She loved to wave her flag and eat lots of candy.

EVERYONE HANGING OUT / ERINN AND CHRIS GETTING DRAKE TO TAKE A PICTURE.

MIKE AND JOSH / LUCAS AND BROOKLYN ENJOYING THEIR POPCICLES.

We had a few friends over for a bbq in the afternoon.

KURT AND MIKE HAVING A WATER FIGHT.

It was really hot and the whole thing turned into a water fight. I think Christina was the only one who stayed dry.

KURT, LORI, AND BROOKLYN WAITING FOR THE FIREWORKS TO START.

Then after some naps we picked up some dinner and headed to the Green Belt to await the firework show.

CHRISTINA, LORI, BROOKLYN, AND KURT DURING THE FIREWORKS.

The fireworks were amazing as always. Brooklyn didn't mind the loud booms too much but half way through she started telling me "Done. Done. Done." I told it wasn't even close to being done, so she just cuddled up with you.

I love the fourth of July so much! I am so proud to live in this country.

I love you.

Sincerely, Lori


July 3, 2011

EARLY CELEBRATIONS



Dear Kurt,

I love the fourth of July!

It's one of those holidays that you can just lay back and enjoy.

Yesterday we started celebrating early by going up to Swan Valley.

We swam in the pool for a while.

UNCLE CODY MADE A BROOKLYN BURRITO.

We bar-b-qued and ate.

BROOKLYN WATCHING KURT AND CODY WRESTLE AND SAYING "DADDY! NO CODY!"

We hung out and watched you and cody wrestle, that is until Brooklyn got upset and broke you two up.

Some people ran off and got some famous square ice cream.

BROOKLYN HELPING DADDY, GRANDPA, AND CODY LIGHT A FIREWORK.

Then it got dark and we set off fireworks.

BROOKLYN WITH HER VERY FIRST SPARKLER. SHE LOVED IT.

Brooklyn loved the sparklers but hated that loud fireworks.

BROOKLYN CUDDLING WITH CHRISTINA DURING THE LOUD FIREWORKS.

She spent a lot of time cuddling up to Christina or Grandpa.

At the end of the night we drove home as content as can be.

It was a very, very good day.

I love you.

Sincerely, Lori