2 CLAPS FOR SUMMER.

 

 

we've been spending a large amount of time with these kiddos // and a large amount of time at the pool. thank goodness for summer sun and sunscreen!!

CARNY.

 

for as trashy // sketchy // as carnivals are.. they're pretty cool. 

            and the people watching was like paradise, especially on a windy day.

over the river & through the woods to grandmother's house we go!

our grammie & grampie have a house in sundance that they use whenever they come to visit. we all decided to have a fun little family reunion up there this past weekend. & boy, did we party. hard! the spontaneous trip to deer creek turned into an afternoon spent on the lake boating, tubing, & water skiing.

let me introduce ya..

to my party people {well.. person}.

skylar mckell olsen.

we have finally been reuinted.

we kind of go through stages of friendship, but i pray this one will stay.

{which i'm sure it will. she's such a great girl!}

but we party, nonetheless.

* gotta love those iPhone pictures, right?

thank you for saving us from our oh so boring summer vacation.

we wuv you thky!

-twinners

mr. sun...

...you can stay for awhile.

- us.

girls camp: round 1

where eating food off the ground & not showering is acceptable.

we had the privalege of working with the first years. we absolutely LOVED it! their innocence & energy made them very fun to be around.

roasting peeps. try it.

late night biffy talks with the ladies above were a must.

thanks girls camp! our last year with you was oh so great :)

-taryn & taylor

pool time lovin.

us red heads are not known for our beautiful olive skin, it's quite the opposite actually. so when it comes time to take a dip we must lather up the spf 1000. {if only there was sunscreen that high, then there would be no need to re-apply every half hour. oh the sacrifices we make..} but we do love to swim. especially with our favorite kiddies. just take a look at them & you'll understand why we love them so much.

tate {5}, caden {4.5}, crew {2.5}, brigham {2}, haws {1}, rowan {3 mo.}

i must say, they are the cutest kids i've ever seen.

 we love being aunties to these 6 chickies.

-taryn & taylor

i'm on a boat.

we spent the weekend basking in the beautiful sun of page, arizona. aka lake powell! sky invited us to go with her fam & boy did we party! yes, the 101 degree weather made it necessary for sunscreen lathering every 30 minutes. what a rough life we gingers live.

we didn't want to come home.

thank you, thank you, thank you for the good times, olsen clan!

- taryn & taylor

alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, HEY!

efy time!

for the strength of youth activity. sometimes sitting outside makes us sunburned, exhausted, & a little distracted.


game night on wednesday! our company NONE GREATER won 1st in the skit & banner categories! (everytime we've gone to efy our company has kind of stunk. we had never won anything before!) this was a big accomplishment!


we memorized the 13th article of faith! hilary gave us stickers to put on our name tags when we passed it off. seriously, one of the most rewarding feelings! we're not known for our memorizing skills ;)


we moved our beds next to each other all week! usually the beds are spread accross the room, but we love each other so much that we moved them. hooray!


we had some injuries. taryn accidentaly hit taylor in the face & gave her a big lip. (& yes, it was an accident) on monday night at family home evening, our company was playing games maybe a little too aggressively. the pictures don't do it justice, because now we have scars that make us look like cutters.

best believe justin came. no way were we leaving him behind for a whole week!

who's that creepin' out the windoow? oh yeah, it's taryn & taylor during free time. there were lots of people outside. one day, some people put on a concert for us - accoustic guitar & all. best seats ever :)

our friends blakey-poo & michael freaks. they're definitely the most gullible people ever. they basically believed everything we said! eventually we told them the truth, but it was fun while it lasted :)

efy was honestly the best week ever. we made so many new friends & have soo many memories! both of our testimonies grew tremendously & we had so much fun learning new things. our favorite moment was friday after breakfast: our counselors josh & hilary, another counselor jordan, us, & blake & michael just sat there telling stories. at one point we were all laughing so hard that we couldn't even remember why we were laughing, we just were - holding our stomachs, hoping our pants were still dry when we stood up, don't you love those moments? thanks efy - you treated us well!

- tar & tay

carnivals are sketchy. especially the ones called summerfest.

we wanted henna's - line too long.

we wanted feather extensions - feathers too ugly.

we wanted food - food too expensive.

so we walked to mcdonalds & waited with the other 293842 people there to get food.

you know how every summer you say..

"i'm going to get a boyfriend by the time summerfest comes around so we can go on all the rides & look cute  & make every girl there wish they had a relationship like mine. then we'll sit on a picnic blanket & watch the fireworks. maybe lock lips for a second or two.."

yeah, that didn't happen to us either.
instead, we watched from the mcdonalds window with our best friends.

 

get it, dawg.

we also pretty much fought over rowan all weekend long. she's seriously thee most precious thing we've ever seen. & we discovered she caught a little bug or virus while she was visiting....

what was it called? oh yeah..

bieber fever.

seriously. she would not go to sleep, so paige got her up to watch never say never with us. {yes, my sisters are that cool} she was smiling at him thee whole time. love her even more for that :) what good taste she has.

eat, drink, & be merry, for tomorrow.. we go to efy! 

JK. ^ totally hypocritical & oxymoron.

one word: party.

- taryn & taylor

my imaginary money grows on trees.

remember this?

& this?

i've been craving summer since.. well.. forever.

my mom went to new york with her sisters last week. while she was there they visited H&M. yes, she did bring us some awesome (& when i say awesome, i mean awesome!) items. {some very close to the items above. funny how mom knows just what i want!} so, thanks mom! you're the best :)

-taryn e.

p.s. a new blog design is in the near future. we're in deep need of a fresh look for the new summer season.

graduation{s} 2011

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❶ tay graduated from MATC with her CNA
❷ tate & caden graduated from pre-school. they're such troopers
❸ we kind of ♥ high school 

❹ paige & jordan graduated from utah state!

congraduations class of 2011-
now let the summer memories begin!
-twinners