a boy & his dog

These two are my best little sidekicks I could ask for. They definitely keep me on my toes. Duke starts bouncing and gets a huge grin on his face whenever Bruno walks in the room. Bruno is SO cute with Duke, too. He will just come lay next to Duke and let him pull, scratch and tug on his ears and face. Their little relationship is to die for, and I am so happy that Duke will grow up with Bruno. 

16 weeks + Ladies Day Out

Lately, I have noticed Bruno starting to use my growing baby bump as a pillow. It's pretty cute. It's almost like he knows there's a little 5-inch baby growing inside and he just wants to be close to it. I am 16 weeks and I feel like the baby is hitting a growth spur because my stomach is finally starting to get more round. I love watching my body slowly change. 

Being a "stay at home wife", I have loved spending more time with these crazies. How could you not love those adorable faces?? :)

Me, Christine, my mom, Nicole, and their kids, spent the afternoon up at Gardner Village. We go up every year to shop and have a "ladies day out". Needless to say, it was a wonderful afternoon with the girls {+ Isaac and Joshua}.

Summer Nights

The other day was my first official day without nausea. I definitely wanted to take advantage of it, considering the past month has consisted of my bed and netflix. Don't get me wrong, its definitely worth it in the end, but I have been going a bit stir crazy in this house of ours. We spent the evening hiking up one of our most favorite places, Big Springs. It was a blast, just like always. 

As we were taking a rest, three dogs came sprinting up the trail to us, without an owner. I was freaked out, who knew if there were friendly or going to attack. Chad quickly picked up Bruno and I tried to push away the dogs. The owner came up a few seconds later and said the dogs were really friendly. We let Bruno down and he had the time of his life running around with his new friends. T'was a great night.

night at the park

We live right across from a park, so we find ourselves taking the dogs a couple nights a week to play fetch. They absolutely love it.

 So do we.   

This past week I started gardening, and I can't seem to get enough. Growing up, every Saturday I had to help weed our yard, and I absolutely dreaded it. It's funny how things change. 

Our yard is coming along quite nicely :)

Dog Show

On Saturday, we went to our niece, Ella's, baptism in Day Break. As we were leaving, we decided to put Bruno in a dog show in SLC. Right when we got to the competition, Bruno's category was up... talk about no time to prepare! Bruno stole the competition, taking first! Everyone at the show was obsessed with him. What can I say... he's a beautiful dog!

Later that night, my nieces came over to my house for a sleepover. We did gel nails, ate ice cream, talked about boys, played with the dogs, and watched Big Mama.. it was a blast! In the morning I made pancakes, bacon, and eggs for Sarah's 16th birthday. We did makeup and hair tutorials and helped each other pick outfits. It was fun spending time with them, they are so cute.