our labor day weekend!

summer came to an end in a great way this weekend! with dutch oven potatoes and chicken, loads of fruit, corn on the cob, and peach crisp to top it off (my favorite recipe here), i'd say we did alright in the food department. ok, more than alright! that was our one and only time to eat my dad's dutch oven cooking this summer. once is not enough!

friday night we checked off another bucket list item when james camped out in my in laws backyard with the older girls. adalyn and i opted for a bed inside. the girls loved it and even slept until almost eight the next morning. the giggled and grinned once they were awake when they realized they were in the tent!

saturday afternoon brought the long awaited peaches 'n cream stand brooklyn has been begging to do all summer. she actually begged to do a lemonade stand but those were out in abundance! so we waited and held off, then after making peach jam and giving a bunch of our peaches away and realizing we still had tons, i decided peaches 'n cream was the way to go!

she was so excited when saturday finally came! she stayed out there selling for four hours and didn't want to stop but i made her. i was exhausted! we had great support from our ward families (both past and present) and family and brooklyn was thrilled with her payout! this girl likes to work hard and i hope it stays that way!

that night, james watched the byu game with his family and i pooped out at halftime to take the girls home to bed. i had a sad little husband the next morning but he's already looking forward to the next game.

(this was taken right before the first byu game of the season)

sunday after church we drove up to my parents' where we had our dutch oven feast! the kids loved playing together, and making messes. i always love getting to spend time with my siblings and their spouses and my parents. that night we planned to do an outdoor movie in the yard so that we could check it off our summer bucket list. it was great in the beginning. my mom popped popcorn and had goodie bags for all the kids, but then... spiders attacked. i'm not even kidding! big ones. so halfway through the movie we all ran for the house. it was quite an experience but made such good memories!

(the only dang picture i took in coalville)

we all went to bed late and my dad took adalyn the next morning so that we could sleep in! my mom spoiled us with a sourdough pancake breakfast + plus leftover potaotes from dinner! it was seriously so good! whit came over with her kids and did my hair, bless her! the kids all played the day away, inside and outside, doing horse races, hide and seek, doing grandma's hair, and then taking long naps. i made a salsa i've been wanting to try for a long time and it didn't disappoint. the recipe for that is here. we ate that, and leftover dutch oven + peach crisp with ice cream and then headed back down the mountain to bountiful.

the girls were asleep so james and i stopped to grab dinner and then woke them up at pace's to check off another bucket list item. we all shared a yummy shake and then went over to my in laws so james could help his dad with a few small projects. the girls got to have treats and sparkly blue nails from nana. 

we bathed them up and did our bedtime routine and said goodbye to summer. james has convinced me that we can continue to check off our last couple of things even though i'm always set on summer being over after labor day. so hopefully we'll do that this weekend and extend our summer activities out juuuuuust a little longer...