Heat & Snow Cones(or the lack there of)

So today when I walked out of the apartment around 1:30pm I thought to myself "wow it feels pretty good out here." I thought maybe the temperature had gotten down to 109 or 110. Well, I must be getting to used to the heat or something because when I got in my car it said 117!!!!

So we all know Phoenix is hot, probably the hottest state in the country. Well many of you may not know that they have a ban on the sale of snow cones. Just kidding, not really, but there has got to be something going on because I have not seen one snow shack since I have been here. I really don't get it; its a thousand degrees outside and they don't have one of the tastiest, most refreshing summer time treats!! If you know me you know that this is a very big concern for me. If I was planning on living here for a long time I might consider opening a chain of snow shacks throughout the valley, but since I won't be here much longer (hopefully) I will just keep on complaining...and thinking about Hillbillies and the Scera snow shack!!

Happy Fathers Day Colin

Make a Smilebox photobook

Hairnet Phobia

Since Hayden was about three months old whenever strangers would look at her and talk to her she would burst into tears. Well over the past couple of months she has been doing much better except when we go to Costco. When ever we get a sample and the ladies talk to her she starts to cry and not just a little cry she acts like she has just seen a ghost!! I couldn't figure it out and thought maybe she was just scared of old ladies.
Well, yesterday we made our weekly trip to Costco and as were walking down an isle with Hayden sitting in the cart she turns around and spots the sample girl (not an old lady this time) half way down the isle. She starts shaking, tries to hold back the tears and then finally breaks down into uncontrollable sobs before we even got close her. I went and got my sample and the girl felt so bad; I told her I didn't think it was her I thought it was the hair nets they wear...I hope that made her feel better. So I'm pretty sure thats what it is, my child has a fear of hair nets!! I want to test it at home by coming out of the bathroom wearing a shower cap, but I think that would probably traumatize her for life.

Finally!

Hayden's hair is finally long enough to be tamed. I can put cute little tiny barrettes in the front, but the back still sticks straight up. Hopefully it will start growing soon, it is pretty crazy! Also if you haven't noticed in some of the other pictures she has quite a few teeth, seven to be exact. They are so cute and tiny, I love them!!


Her favorite past time is playing with the door stops. I looked over today and she had pulled that white thing off the end and was just about to pop it into her mouth. Luckily I stopped her before she succeeded.

Prescott AZ

Colin and I really like traveling and since we can't afford a big trip every weekend, we try to take little trips every now and then. Today we went North to Prescott (pronounced Prescett). It is a really cute little town. They had a farmers market and a car show going on so we walked around there for a bit trying to find something for breakfast. All they had was salsa and funnel cakes so we opted for 'Gramma's bakery' down the street. We got there and she had chocolate, lemon, raspberry and custard "Napoleons." Maybe all of you know what a Napoleon is, but Colin and I didn't so I asked the "nice old lady" what they were and she acted as if I was the dumbest person she had ever met. She was like "are you kidding me, it says on the sign. Where are you from that you have never heard of a Napoleon pastry?"
Ahhhhh, sorry for asking!!!!
Needless to say we were too scared to leave so we each got one and our total came out to $9.85!! We could have got a whole meal at Denny's for that price. Anyway after that we went to a grocery store and got some Doritos because the Napoleons did not fill us up.
Prescott has a really pretty lake surrounded by pine trees, so we walked around there for awhile and ran into quite a few people fishing (aka drinking). On our way home we made a stop at the outlets to continue my search for the perfect 4th of July outfit for Hayden. I have been on a hunt for about a month now and can't seem to find a cute outfit that is conducive to a crawling baby. The other night I had a nightmare that I ended up having to go to Alco in Blanding the day before the 4th to get an outfit! Hopefully it won't come down to that!!
We had a great day in Prescott and have crossed off one more thing on our list to do in Phoenix before we move back to Utah!!

Don't you love our photography skills....and my hair!!

It's Official

As of yesterday Hayden has officially started crawling. It is not the most perfect technique, but she can defiantly get where she wants to go.

California Dream'n

Last weekend was our big three day trip to California. Even though it was such a short trip, we had a great time. We left Friday morning and met up with my sister and her husband. We ate a quick dinner at the Macaroni Grill and then headed off to Wicked. It was such an amazing show. I felt really bad that Colin couldn't be there to see it with us, but we have already planned to see it in Phoenix or Salt Lake next year when it is on tour.


Here we are waiting to get in. We walked along the Hollywood Walk of Fame and didn't see a lot of stars we recognized. The Pantages theater was a great place to see Wicked. We had great seats, but really anywhere in the theater would have been fine.
Shell & Kell


Saturday we started off at Santa Monica beach. It was a little cold, but we weren't complaining!! We walked around for awhile and thought we walked into a time warp.
We passed a couple of guys carrying a boom box with the music blasting, old men playing chess and guys working out with tank tops and short shorts. I didn't know people still did that!
And of course the trip wouldn't be a success without running the trucks. Colin and Scott had a great time driving these while the girls sat in the car and talked.
After we parted from Shelly and Scott we headed down to Newport Beach. One thing that I have always wanted to do is ride bikes on the beach. It took A LOT of convincing, but finally my good husband agreed to ride with me and he ended up having fun.

While we were riding bikes Hayden got to spend some quality time with Granny Jo. My mom grew up on Newport Beach so she showed us three of the houses she was raised in. Two of them are right on the beach (lucky). She has really fond memories of California and she absolutely loves the beach so I think she was in heaven being there with Hayden.

Sunday before we left we made a stop at the Newport Beach temple. It is a really interesting temple. We almost didn't even recognize it. It is not white and it has a really interesting steeple.
I guess the city of Newport Beach had stipulations about how the temple would have to look if they wanted to build it there. They wanted the color to be earthly and fit in with the surrounding area. Also they didn't want the steeple to be too high. I was really surprised that the church went along with that, but the temple turned out really pretty and the grounds are gorgeous.!!