Husband Appreciation Week!

This past week we have been blessed with absolutely BEAUTIFUL weather! Saturday Josh and I decided to go outside and play with the dogs so they could get some fresh air. It was then that we decided some yard work needed to be done. One of the projects required Josh to climb a tree taller than our house.

 Look closely, he's up there!

A few months ago we had a really bad wind storm. Several homes were damaged and most of the trees in the area were uprooted and blocking off streets. We have about twelve trees surrounding our house and thankfully not one of them uprooted, or blew over. However, one of the trees had some significant damage done to its branches. One of the branches (about six inches in diameter) was left hanging, Josh tried to pull it down a few times from the ground but to no avail. He had no other option but to climb the tree and saw it off. 

As you can see from the pictures he courageously had to climb so high into the tree that he was taller than our house! I worried watching him climb up but let me tell you, more prayers were said while he was climbing down. That was much more frightening to watch!

So this inspired my idea for husband appreciation week. Josh works so hard and does so much for our little family, he really deserves some extra attention and appreciation. He always sees the light in my dark moments, and helps put a smile on my face at times I need it the most. I decided this week I would pay VERY close attention to all the nice things he does for me, and give him a grand thank you as I noticed them. We went shopping and he picked out some new clothes and a pair of running shoes. Thursday was the main day of celebration. I surprised him by taking him to the spa that I work at so we could get a couples treatment. After some nice relaxation I took him to breakfast at one of our favorite places, Bees Cafe. We had such a fantastic day together, I am truly lucky to have such an amazing husband! 

Sunday afternoon we took the girls for a walk up by dinosaur park. We snapped this shot during our little hike. 

Basketball days!

The past few weekends have been great. Last week we went to a high school basketball game. My oldest brother Matt is the assistant coach and his team was playing against Woods Cross High, so we decided to make a night out of it. Any time we go to Bountiful, eating at Chipotle is pretty much a given. We cheered and screamed at the basketball game with my family. Brady was kind enough to inform me that our team is the white team, and the red team is the 'bad guys' haha he cracks me up. After the game the boys ran around the gym a little bit. At one point Josh picked up Ryan and said he was going to through him in the garbage can. Poor Ry guy was frightened and screamed for me to help him. However, his opinion of being put in the garbage can changed once he saw Josh do this,

 Brady is such a good sport, Josh loves to tease him and he just embraces it!

So before you knew it, Ryan was telling Josh it was his turn to go into the garbage can. It is so sweet the way that Ryan looks up to Brady, anything that he does Ryan tries to do. Which as you can imagine makes for great entertainment! 

 I just love those cheeks!

After the game we went to Paces Dairy to get something sweet. The boys are so cute with my mom, they always want to sit with their grandma and play with her. At one point, she excused herself to use the restroom. It wasn't long before we saw the little boys knocking on the door, "Grandma! Can we come in? Lets play!" It was so adorable. Eventually they left grandma alone and played in and around the booths. A few minutes later Brady goes up to his mom and said in his sweet little voice, "mommy Ryan's not listening to me. Will you call his mommy?" Haha what four year old does that?! Needless to say, it was a great night.

Jazz VS Heat

Every year my uncle gets season tickets to the Jazz games, and as a family we all divide the games. Josh and I were lucky enough to get tickets to see the Jazz vs the Heat last night. It was such an incredible game! Josh was cheering for the Heat namely because of Lebron James and Dwayne Wade, and I was cheering for the Jazz like a real Utahn:) The Jazz were in the lead for most of the game, but during the fourth quarter the Heat caught up and eventually gained the lead. The entire arena was out of their seats for the final 4 minutes of the game and the score board kept fluctuating. The Jazz ended up winning the game, and Josh admitted it was still an awesome game! When we got home last night we were welcomed by our sweet little pups. 

She is such a daddy's girl. Just like our kids will be I'm sure:)