How many vacations are too many?

In retrospect we traveled way to much this summer and in all honesty I was very excited to be home and back into a routine. But we had the most amazing time and filled our little brains with long lasting memories. Trips included ( in a 2 month span) Yosemite, Santa Cruz, Salt Lake City, Tahoe, Cincinnati and Indianapolis. We were also luck enough to have my parents in town for 2 weeks!

Things I learned --
1. My kids are wonderful travelers. Both in the car for 13 hours and long cross country flights -- I am so lucky
2. Taylor is quite the dare devil and has turned into a fantastic swimmer. HELLO Hidive
3. No amount of Advil can save your back after sleeping on a blow up bed for a week.
4. Cooper is a super trooper. Ripping off his toe nail and enduring the ER without any painkillers and partying like a rock star for 3 days with a fever over 100
5.  Life long College friends are family.
6. Loyalty and Honesty mean more to our team than anything else.
7. Dusty and I will buy a lake house before we buy a "real" house.
8. Grandparents are the BEST ( super thank you for the hours of kid play time from Grammie, Papa, Grandma Cindy and Grandpa Ernie) -- It's not often that Dusty and I can go out on date nights weekly.
9. Family pictures: even cheesy ones in a strip mall. Have to been done EVERY time you are all together.
10. I have the best family in the world. I've always known this but I am reminded every time I am in Salt Lake and Ohio. My parents and Dustys parents are fantastic examples of how to raise smart, caring little people. We are blessed.

Now... the pictures. All 55 of them... I could have done this in two posts but whats the point?!?   Enjoy:)

 Nothing like starting the summer with ice cream

 Yosemite is the most amazing national park I have EVER EVER been to. We are planning to go back for years to come!!!

 Nothing better then a little camping with my team.

 We got to stay in this great 1/2 tent with our own picnic bench and fire pit. Plus it was within walking distance to the river. ( and working toilets... just saying)

 Camp ranger!

 BUGS

 Beautiful

 Cooper started to LOVE wearing hats just like his dad.

 Long days end like this!

 Becoming a junior ranger!!!

 Lots of summer movies with Allie

 and slumber party's with my lady

 Cooper turned 3!!!!

 Taylor was a great helper

 and so was Papa

 Papa teaching Cooper to say "Chin" in Santa Cruz. LOVE this picture

 Cooper started Summer school

 Lunch dates in San Fransisco with Grammie

 triple date! Seriously, I love these people!!!

Boo Boo Doctor round 1 -- Salt Lake Style

 Heading to the Alpine Slide in Park City. Both kids loved it

 Dinner date with this cute girl!

 Babies holding Babies

 How Grammie wakes up in the morning. They can't get enough of her.

 Waiting for Dad to arrive in Salt Lake.

 Lots of Daddy love

 4th of July!

 Sparklers

 Ohio Bound

 I love flying!

 Cousins!!!

 Trampoline fun.

 Maia and Taylor! How darling are these too?

 Heather doing face painting!

 PaPa Jack!

 Cooper hanging with the boys

 Swimming with Cousin Paige. Taylor had the best time with her. ( Thanks Paige for being the pool babysitter!)

 Green Grandma = LOVE

 2nd trip to the Doctor. Ohio style this round

 Cincinnati Aquarium

 Back Stage with the penguins

 Cooper was not so sure about these feathered friends

 Children's Museum!

 Dusty's best childhood friends kids. They are as close to us as cousins. We love these two boys!

 More "cousins" these sweet boys played with Cooper for 3 days. They were amazing. Helping him and holding his hand all day long. They even would put him to bed at night. 13 and 10 and they promised to protect Cooper for the rest of there lives. They cared more about him then anything else all weekend. I would be blessed if my children turned out 1/2 as amazing as these two!

 Boys taking Cooper out on the boat!

 Euchre Tourney. Dusty's college buddies

 Kayaking with Daddy

 Putting Cooper to Sleep