everyday life: Could someone please turn the heat up?

It's just NOT that hot yet! I mean 103 just seems a little cool for me, no?!

OK, enough complaining about the heat. We've actually enjoyed going to the public pool and being warm in the water. And I don't know if I'm lucky or just good with sunscreen but Ava has never had a sunburn! She actually has a pretty cute tan! We were lucky enough to brave the heat and spend some time with our friends the Treanor's down in Payson on Friday night before they headed back to California. I would have liked to have spent more time but Ava was not feeling good while they were here. :( For the record, she is feeling great now - sleeping through the night and taking nice long naps again!

On Saturday we went down to this fake In-n-Out called Chadders. If you live here in Utah, you've hear d plenty about this place. Basically, they copied EVERYTHING about the classic In-n-Out Restaurant....then they were sued by In-n-Out...then Chadders totally enjoyed the bad press....then they settled and Chadders had to change some things but could stay open. So we went down to American Fork to check out what all the fuss was about and truthfully....I wasn't that impressed. Sure, I'm certain the guy who opened this place knew EXACTLY what he was doing when he did it, but my prediction is that this place will just be a regular hamburger place in a couple of months. It doesn't taste that much like a real In-n-Out burger and once the excitement wears off it will just be "that place that was sued by In-n-Out". We took off from there and took the long way home. We drove by the new Draper Temple and then went home to put Ava to bed.

Something totally funny that came out of this weekend....Ken taught Ava how to say 'sit' to Tonka. So Tonk will be walking by and she'll say 'sit, sit, sit' like 20 times. It is so cute. Her mouth makes this little puckery formation and I love it! We let Tonka up on our bed all the time but he has to be 'invited' and we started something a long time ago that just stuck - we pat the bed (or couch, etc.) 2 times then he can come on the bed. So, Ava figured this out and she does that too. But she does it everywhere if she wants Tonka. She also will pat the floor twice if she wants something else (friends, etc.) to come to her. It's so funny! We also call him 'Tonka Boy' and Ava will say her version which is something like 'tontabo' - then she pats twice - then she says 'sit, sit, sit'. Can you tell that we laugh a lot at this house?!!!

We will be back at swimming lessons tomorrow now that we are all healthy! Then the fine state of Utah will shut down on Tuesday for Pioneer Day. Still a little confused by that but I understand I didn't grow up here so I totally don't get it! We took some FUNNY ones tonight that I will upload and post. The last post I was working on just didn't flow for me tonight so I will revive that one later this week as well.

Have a great week everyone!!!

And just because I know a post is pretty boring with no pics...I will explain this one and have more later!

Comments

so so cute how she interacts with tonka the giant dog. i need to see pics. she seems so small to control such a big dog. must be a funny sight. glad you are all healthy. happy pioneer day to you! i am happy our whole state doesn't shut down. um.... i noticed you want more heat? we have been averaging about 111 but it seems to be cooling due to monsoons. it poured buckets of rain the other night. crazy! have a good one.

Posted by: christine devaney | July 23, 2007 at 08:38 AM

CUTE picture! You should run a contest and ask everyone what they think was going on or what would be a good caption for the picture. My thought was, "I'm up...but HOW do I get DOWN?" Those adorable little legs. Luv ya all...

Posted by: Gma Patty | July 23, 2007 at 09:06 AM