Pittsburgh Steelers, Denver Mint

For my birthday Kent surprised me with Steeler tickets, they would be playing the Denver Broncos in Denver. We had the best weekend ever, Denver is a beautiful city and we had so much fun being a couple and hanging out. The whole experience was so cool, the stadium was amazing and the game was sold out.  Kent researched and made sure our seats were not in the sun which we were so glad, if you look at the picture below the top half of the stadium has the sun directly in their eyse.   There were tons of Steeler fans but even more Peyton Manning fans, he had the most jersey's in the stadium by far. So many drunk Bronco fans gave us a hard time, they said crude things about my terrible towel.

Kent's dream came true.... we toured the Denver Mint the next morning, it was really cool and I am glad we did it. Did you know the Mint produces up to 80 million coins a day?  After the tour Kent spent like 20 minutes looking at coins for sale.  Trivia: How much does it cost the U.S. Mint to make a penny? The answer will be below!

On our way to the airport we heard about this great burger place called Park Burger, it was really good!  I am glad we stopped and would definitely recommend. 

Daily Bread is easy to prepare!

 Check out this video clip: 

Kent's company Daily Bread wanted to show that preparing the food storage was so easy that even kids can do it. www.dailybread.com



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGhRwvxOlrU&feature=youtu.be

Hi-Chew Addiction

I am addicted to Hi-Chew's.

This candy originated in Japan and has made its way to America. Our friends, the Baileys who live in Japan first introduced me to this savory candy. When we went to Epcot this past May I bought some fun flavors in the country of Japan. Right now at my local grocer I can only find these flavors:

Strawberry, Green Apple, Mango, Melon, Grape, Peach, and Banana.

Melon is my least favorite and Green Apple is one of my favorites.


Each Hi-Chew has about 21 calories so be careful it adds up fast. 

Q Family Camping Trip, Seven Peaks, Y Hike

 In August we went on a Q family camping trip near Heber, Utah.  

The kids loved being together, it was so fun! We went to Provo and took the kids to Seven Peaks Water Park, after the water park we ate some ice cream at the BYU Creamery.  While we were sitting in the air conditioned restaurant eating our ice cream Kent and Kent had the wonderful idea that we should hike to the Y. Well, we did that too, it was almost 100 degrees, what were we thinking?

          We are only halfway to the Y, it was about 1.2 miles straight up, with 12 switchbacks. 

 Bridal Veil Falls, we stopped here after the hike to the Y.

 I know the pictures are out of order, but here we are at the top of the Y, look at Mariah's red face. We were so hot but luckily had our swimsuits on.

Poor Kent!! Hiking up to the Y.

6th Graduation, Summer Fun

Samantha's last day of elementary school. :( My baby is in junior high now.

Samantha's sixth grade graduation was in May, we bought a new dress for the occasion and we did her hair so beautiful. They had a sixth grade dance afterwards, they were forced to dance a few dances with the boys. She did not like that part, she said it was so embarrassing.

Kaycee is now 14 !!

Mariah and her 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Hanson.

My favorite Avenger is Thor, his biceps are huge! I had to get a picture with him. Kaycee and Samantha love Captain America the best.


Mariah and Savannah were in a play called Tangled, they both had a small speaking part, they did a great job and knew their lines and dances so good.

The dog was bigger than Nathan but not as slobbery.

Florida Fun

We drove to the neighboring island, CAPTIVA, just as beautiful as Sanibel.




Mariah got the most burned of all the kids, she had a huge blister on her shoulder it was sad.
At night we would walk the beach and see a lot of little creatures, but mostly crab.






We loved Florida so much and can't wait to go back in a few years!

Sanibel Island, Florida

After our stay in Orlando we drove down to a small island off the Florida golf coast call Sanibel Island, it also known as Seashell beach. I was figuring a few piles of seashells on the beach, I was wrong. There were seashells everywhere, layers and layers. We found so many amazing ones, the one that Kent was most proud of was the FLORIDA FIGHTING CONCH. We went during an off time so we pretty much had the beach to ourselves, the weather was in the 90's and the gulf water was so warm. The kids played and played all day long. The video below is showing the layers upon layers of seashells!! You had to wear shoes at this beach.