Six

On July 2nd, Ben and I celebrated SIX years of marriage! Due to being super busy the past several years, it's been a few years since we actually did much to celebrate an anniversary. This year we wanted to actually do something! Ben was able to trade his day off and we decided that we'd make the whole day a family fun day. We started out at Antelope Island. Ben and the boys had never been, and we realized we live so close to such a significant landmark and none of my boys had been there! So we introduced the boys to the Great Salt Lake! When we told Chase about it he enthusiastically said, "WOW! That's amazing!"

 Don't our boys look thrilled to spending this special day with us?

They really did have fun, I promise.

 Chase was super excited to see a few bison and an antelope. As we drove around the island he held the little map and "read" it to us, "Bison live on Antelope Island. They are very big. They are not nice. We don't touch them." And Hudson kept pointing to the bison and excitedly exclaiming "Doggies!" The highlight for both boys though was at the Ranch. They have 2 antique tractors there. I knew Chase would be thrilled, but Hudson has obviously caught on to the obsession, because he kept grabbing Ben's hand and leading him back over to the tractor.

 And we put the boys on the saddle. Hudson obviously took to it better than Chase did (who took a great deal of convincing to get up there).

After a fun morning, lunch and naptime we headed to the pool. I've been swimming nearly every day with the boys, but it isn't very often that Ben gets to join us. Both boys loved having him around and all the fun new games he brings to the experience. Chase got super in to going off the board (after weeks of him declining anytime I asked if he wanted to) and was even running and doing cannon balls off! Hudson never wants to be left out of anything Chase is doing, so my cute little 17 month old went off the board time after time! He couldn't get enough! After a fun swim we left the boys with a babysitter and went out to dinner at Cafe Rio and saw Divergent at the dollar theater. It was a perfect day to celebrate six years of marriage and the little family we've created.