The Best Days of Your Life

When I was younger, around highschool age, I always remember my dad would say, "These are the best days of your life", or something to that sort. And when I would hear "older" people talking they would refer to highschool and/or college as "the good old days". I remember after highschool and throughout my college/working years I didn't really want to get married. I wanted to be single for a long time and just be independent. I looked at married people as "boring". I think that was always a fear of mine; that getting married and having a family meant no fun anymore. While I admit that we do stay home on weekends a lot more, and maybe I don't have as much freedom as I used to have, I love being a wife and mommy. It's anything BUT boring. Holy cow, Matt and Addi make me scratch my head so many times a day, trying to figure them out. They make me pee-my-pants laugh, smile, cry, and love more than I ever thought possible. Today I was outside on our front lawn pushing Addi on our tree swing. It was so much fun to see her nervous at first, and then smile and laugh as I pushed her gently. It was one of those moments where time seemed to stand still and I was just caught up in the joy of life. Nothing else in the world mattered. It was just me and her and her big, red, juicy smile. The thought came to my mind, "These are the best days of my life." By nature, I have always seemed to be the type of person who has lived in the past and not always enjoyed the present. Since I met Matt, he has really helped me to live and love now. I can honestly say I feel like I am starting to love each phase of my life. At least I am doing better at it. When I take Addi up to my parents, my dad will often comment something like, "Those were the best days, being a young dad and having little kids." (my dad's so funny, always saying "those were the best days") Life flies by too fast, and I want to cherish each day. I think every phase of life can be "the best days of your life." I have to constantly tell myself, you can never rewind time or go back a day. Today is what we make it and it will effect tomorrow and the day after...

Speaking of some fun times, we had a great 4th of July. We went to the Provo parade, which was really hot and cold. It rained half of the time and was blazing hot the rest. Psycho Utah weather.

We went boating the day before and poor Matt got sunburned really bad so the blanket is to protect him. He was so hot!

Grandma and Grandpa Ivers with Addi
Later that night we went to my grandparent's cabin for a BBQ. My mom and I love to play patty cake with her. And she loves it, too.


My cousin's little baby, Kambrie, loves to play with Addi. They really like to pull at each other's hair :)

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July and has a fabulous 24th "Pioneer Day"!