Our Break from Normal Life

Brian’s semester ended and we had 2 ½ weeks before fall semester started so we took the opportunity to have some fun. First, we took Braxton for his first trip to Cabela’s. Brian thought it would be funny to offer up our son to the polar bear.



He loved everything and was so exhausted from whipping his head back and forth to see everything that he fell asleep the moment we got to the second floor!


Then, we took Braxton to his 4 month appointment. The stats are:

Weight: 15.85 lbs (72.83%)
Height: 25.5 in (74.42%)
Head Size: 16 in (13.86%)

So, 73% for weight sounds chubby, but I still don’t think he looks that chubby. He’s just solid and has really strong and developed muscles for his age.

For the weekend, my parents came down to babysit Braxton while Bri and I went camping in Logan Canyon with Brian’s family. We were going to take Brax with us, but in the end I am glad he stayed at home because we couldn’t have done some of the things we did—like an 80+ mile four-wheeler ride that was awesome. It was my first night away from him and it was a little easier than I thought it would be. I only cried for the first five minutes of the drive and called home to check on him two or three times. We had a great time with Brian’s family eating moose burgers (my first taste of moose was surprisingly amazing—so tender, which was unexpected), riding four-wheelers, and going to the beach at Bear Lake. We definitely need to do it again.

The day after we got back from camping we headed down to St. George with my family for some golf and shopping. We also went to Aida at the Tuacahn outdoor theatre and it was fantastic!!! Last year I was surprised at how professional The Sound of Music was and again I couldn’t believe they found such talented singers for the parts. Some of the dancing and acting was less than Broadway standards, but the red rock desert was a gorgeous setting for this play. They even had horses, a camel, a pig, goats, chickens, fireworks, and a huge waterfall coming down from the hillside that flooded the stage for the ‘Dance of the Robe’ number. It was truly awesome. Also, Thayne from So You Think You Can Dance was in it. He was a backup dancer and singer, but he is the lead in Footloose which plays the other nights that Aida is not running. I would highly recommend going to see either! I am totally going back next year for Cats and Tarzan the Musical.



To end our break from normal life, we went boating with the Mann’s and Bleak’s and Brian finally got up on the wake board for a good amount of time. Braxton loves boating!