We celebrated our anniversary over labor day this year and it was great! We couldn't decide between dinner and a movie or doing something adventurous. So we did both! 

We dropped the girls off with my brother and sister in law in Logan and headed out for a night without kids. 

We decided to go rock climbing first. I am afraid of heights but having a controlled environment is a lot more comforting. I was nervous about not making it to the top of the wall but I over cane my fear and it was fun to trust Cody and have him encourage me along. 

We stayed at a hotel in brigham city just because it had a jacuzzi tub in the room! We went to dinner at the Maddox and went to a movie. We saw the Giver and although I enjoyed it, it wasn't the movie to see when you won't see your kids at night to give them hugs and kisses. 

We headed up Logan canyon for a hike on Saturday morning. The trail head we were looking for was only a few minutes from the mouth of the canyon. It was a good thing it was a pretty morning because we got lost and ended up driving a good 30 minutes into the canyon looking for it. It was a lot tougher hike than I thought. But what was hard was keeping up with Cody on the way down! That boy knows how to book it! I was literally running down the hills to keep up. And then I got in front of him and he laughed the rest of the way because he said I was flapping my arms like a bird. I was just trying to stay on my feet. 

We came home on Monday and the girls did not want to leave. Ellie screamed when it was time to go, telling us to leave and that she would just stay. 

It was a great weekend and much needed time away from kids. I'm so grateful to have such a great husband and for the opportunity that we get to be reminded of why we like each other. Even if we are making fun of each other half the time! 

Motherhood is a rollercoaster. You can be going along nice and smoothly  ut within a couple of seconds are plummeting down a 100 foot drop to your death. Or just the death of your current sanity! 

Today I had one of those downhill fast moments. Now that its over I can laugh at it but in the moment I was furious. And completely disgusted. 

Ellie has done great with potty training, except that she uses the excuse of needing to use the bathroom to delay sleeping. Today was no exception. 

I had laid Ellie down for a nap and checked a few minutes later to see if she was still in her room. I was playing with Kate in the living room when Ellie came running in declaring that she needed to go potty. I told her to run in there and climb up on the toilet and I would be in in just a minute to help her finish. That was until she said she had pooped in her underwear. 

I ran in there and she was not lying. Her underwear was full, it was smeared down her leg and all over the front of the toilet. She knew I wasn't happy but said she still needed to go so as she was scooting back onto her seat she kicked the poopy underwear at the wall. There was poop everywhere! It was awful and absolutely disgusting. I felt like I was having an out of body experience watching in disbelief as everything unfolded but unfortunately knowing what was going to happen next without time to stop it. 

Now that its all cleaned up and she is taking a nap, it's funny. Absolutely disgusting but funny. 

No I didn't take a picture. But here is these cute girls helping clean the tub in the bathroom. Close enough right? 

Five things making me happy tonight and 5 random pictures . 

+the relationship these girls have with their dad. Love it. Cody came home for lunch today and gave both girls a cone filled with chocolate ice cream. He gave me a kiss goodbye and threw in a "oh by the way both girls have ice cream." Our kitchen floor is covered in chocolate lot Kate prints. These girls can get their dad to do just about anything. 

+ the fact that Cody has been working in Burley lately and comes have for lunch quite often. Especially when the girls are asleep and we are able to have an adult conversation.👌

+ having two kids is awesome because they play together. And don't whine to me as much, a definite bonus.

+ Ellie being potty trained for 3 weeks now. It's amazing how awesome only changing one kids diaper is. Is 14 months too young to potty train?! 

+ living in the country. I can run and not even be passed on the roa by a car. And we can get rid of birds and not have neighbors complain about gun shots. 

And a whole bunch. But definitely number one thing making me happy at the moment is snugly phased with these girls. They both love to snuggle at night and watch a show before bed and there isn't any better way to spend the evening than snuggling the two sweetest girls ever.