End of Summer Randomness

We have been staying plenty busy through the end of summer.  

Rick and Skylar took a little fishing trip to Wayne County for a few days.  They had a great time catching fish and spending time on Rick's new little fishing boat.  

(Well, it's not new but it's new to him:)

You can tell by these pictures that they had great success!

Lots of fish and lots of stories!!

One Friday date night we doubled with Trent and Kathy.  We started out with Top Golf and then ended up at Spaghetti Factory.  We had a great night playing and then catching up on family news.  You would think that since we are next door neighbors that we would talk all of the time but this summer has been a little different.  T and K have been busy with their foster children Athena and Alethia.  It was great to have a night out just the four of us.

Here's my beautiful little Haivyn.  She and I spent quite a bit of time together after little brother Merik was born:)

During her stay at grandmas she took a tumble down the stairs.  Poor little thing!  Since then she has healed up quite nicely though:)

We got to go to the baptistery to visit our friends from our Wednesday shift.  We got to do baptisms and confirmations for four women on his side and two men on my side:)

Last week I got to have a special date with Rafe and Scout!  We first had lunch at Rhumbi Grill and then went to the Living Planet Aquarium.  It was so cute to see how excited Rafe was in seeing all of the animals.  Scout liked it for a little bit then decided she preferred to push the stroller around.  We spent a couple of hours there looking and admiring all of the wildlife from aquatic animals, to exotic birds, to reptiles, to even a jaguar.  It was really a fun day!

        The kids looking at a spider crab.

                  Our lame attempt at a selfie!

Labor Day weekend is always looked up to in the Phelps home because Labor Day Weekend means....SWISS DAYS!!  While we all had a great time eating fun foods and perusing the many craft booths I did not get ANY pictures of us while we were there:(

This is a last minute attempt to prove that we were really there.

After our full day we stopped in Park City at the Main Street Pizza and Pasta Restaurant.  Rick had trade vouchers to use up so we took advantage of the free food and ate well:)

The very next night we had a fun double date with Skylar and Sarah.  We left the kids home with Grandma Rigby and headed out for the Saturday matinee at The Hale Theater.  The Heart of Robin Hood was the play.  At first Rick and I were not sure about it (because of some crazy rock music at the beginning) but as the play went on we got into it and enjoyed the acting AND the music.  It was very well done!

We ended our evening at Flemings Steakhouse.  The food and company were so great!  We loved talking without any interruptions and just having a nice quiet dinner.

Everyone ordered steak except me.  I chose the pork chop and it did not disappoint.  Everyone was happy with their meals:)

When dessert was mentioned Rick had to choose the Creme Brûlée, cause....well that's his thing.  Sarah ordered the molten chocolate cake with ice cream.  I had a taste of both:)

Our bill though.... this is just four the four of us!   Good thing our meal was (mostly) paid for by Seal Coat Supply in the form of gift certificates.  This is not something we make a habit of.  The food though....WOW!!

That's a rundown of the goings on around here the last couple of weeks.  We're milking the last bit of summer while the weather is still good.  Hate to see summer go but am excited to see fall arrive:)