Little Miss Nova had her first big swim last weekend! She was very thoughtful about the whole thing- the first minutes she gave some very serious faces as if trying to figure it all out! For a few minutes she was perfectly content to float around in her daddy's arms then finally she started kicking those legs and enjoying the water! It's so fun to experience the world through a new pair of eyes. It amazes me how quickly they learn and grow! 

On a side note i'm guilty of using instagram to share our day to day events! But i've made a goal to use my "real" camera more often and therefore blog more. In the meantime time you can follow me on instagram here. 

And finally a few pictures from our trip to flaming gorge. It's become the Drover's family tradition to spend a week every summer enjoying camping, relaxing, eating, and boating together. This year defiantly didn't disappoint- we soaked up every moment we could just enjoying being together. Because come next year this little camping trip is bond to get a whole lot more interesting with a little one in tow.   

These two make me so excited to have this little girl join our family- mr. dog loves baby mac and baby mac loves mr. dog. They spent lots of time playing in the water together- my favorite moment was when she gently leaned over and gave him a kiss on his nose. And then he gave her the littlest softest kiss on her cheek!   

 

We just returned from a lovely five days in the mountains. We went with the intention of spending time doing nothing and just enjoying our time together. And i'm happy to report we did just that- the drover spend time perfecting his paracord bracelets (seriously that man is a knot tying genius) and i started the hunger game trilogy (now i see what all the fuss is about). We ate tin foil dinners- cuddled on the hammock- spent the sunny mornings sleeping in the tent- and let mr. dog and his girl "red" enjoy the great outdoors. And as soon as i dig myself out from under the piles of laundry and messy house i'll be back with lots of pictures. 

On one of our many summer adventures we found (followed the signs to) this amazing set of waterfalls. Mesa falls is defiantly worth the 28 mile side trip although the view of the Tetons on the way home wasn't half bad either. 

Well another year of the Mayfield family reunion has come and gone. And although the camera was a permeant fixture to my side i really didn't take many pictures. I was too busy enjoying my four days of nowhere to be and nowhere to go attitude. But here are just a few of my favorite highlights- 

• a quick sundown picture trip with the drover (more on that later)
• our caravan getting stranded on the side of the highway with the trailer containing all the refrigerated food- family bonding time people! 
• a six year old second cousin who told her mom the drover was the cutest boy at the reunion and i was lucky to be his sweetheart- its true i am lucky! 
• 6:30am caffeine trips 
• getting to help cook and serve 200 people 5 meals- i cut more cantaloupe and watermelon than i ever care to see again
• another little 2nd cousin spending 45 minutes alone playing with mr. dog (whom she called tom tom) and his friend william turner all while speaking in a british accent 
• one of my photographs was one of highest bid items at the auction- whose proceeds benefited the reunion fund! 
• getting to know our extended family better- uncle gary you seriously had us throughly entertained 
• 4 days sleeping in a tent without air conditioning, computers, email, phones, or tv- it was the perfect nowhere to be nowhere to go weekend! 

Nothing says summer quite like saturday morning at the farmers market and fresh mint limeade-

 the perfect start to a lovely weekend. 

Scenes from the very fun and busy last weekend....

 

Ice cream, two wonderful sister in-laws, a couple of our littles, and the drovers softball game was the perfect way to finally and officially kick off the warm weather of summer.