Health Days.

Last weekend was "Health Days" in Smithfield. Why they celebrate these days? I have no clue. What I DO know is that it includes the following: 

* cotton candy

* a parade (including being pelted with candy, the best part)

* cotton candy, snow cones and scones

* kiddie rides

* booths we walk through but never make any purchases

* blue sox game

* LION PUPS

* fireworks

* time well spent with familia

All in all, it's a b-last. A great Saturday that happens every May and really "kicks off" our summer! Especially since this year it was right after finals. Which means, yes-- summer has began! FINALLY. 

We are both working lots though and see each other between 7:15 and 7:50 every morning and then after 5:30 p.m.! Oh and all weekend long. So it's not to shabby. It also means no homework, no stress. Just making plans for our weekends and days off! Yay! The warm weather is also making this summer feeling more official. 


I hope that everyone is enjoying the weather and happy {beginning of} summer to you. 

OH- and of course I have some pictures from Health Days. HELLO! 

Isabel on the giant blow-up slide.

Please, take note of Brooklyn's face through these next three photos. this is a bit terrified.

Getting better...

Enjoyment! just took a little adjusting. :)

Oh heyyyy husband.

Cotton candy is the best. Also pure sugar. Maybe that's why...

Yum yum fry bread.

Little Hunts chowing down on some pizza.

Alana enjoying some c-candy.

Isabel with some cotton candy and a snowcone. What could be better?

Bluuuuuue Sox.

This is how we watch the game: under blankets.

Cute one, Tys.

The Perkes.

Jordan was there too. It was obviously a bit chilly.

NieNie.

It's things like THIS that make me realize how blessed I truly am. I don't mean that in a "cheesy" way. I just have so many things to be grateful for, every single day. 

I don't know Stephanie Nielson, but I feel like I know her strength through her blog, stories I have read about her and this video. She's an incredible woman, an example to all and a disciple of Christ. 

We all have trials. It's up to us how we deal with them.

At a fireside I once attended, the speaker said something like this:

"It's the righteous decisions we make during times of trial and tribulation that shape us into the creature that God wants us to be."

Enough said. Oh and watch the video. Best 8 minutes of your day. 


Oh and if you don't already, read this. daily.

Another Weekend.

This weekend, we went to Springville for a quick little trip! 

Tyson spent Friday night at the Jazz Game (lucky duck) and I went to dinner with my sister and her husband and watched the game at their house.

Saturday I took some senior pictures for a friend and we ran a bunch of errands!

That night we attended the Hafen girl's dance recital. They were so cute in their costumes and both did great during their dances. Emma was a graceful ballerina and Claire was fearless. Overall-- great weekend!

It's finals this week and oh boy, I can't wait to be DONE. 

Bring it on summmmmmmer. :)

Enjoy some dance recital photos of our adorable nieces. Love these girls. 

Claire Bear the snowman.

We told her to pose. Such a cute diva!

Lauren Lou was there. She also LOVED the recital and was dancing the pretty much the whole time. It was adorable.

Emma the Ballerina!

The stars of the show.

Ballerina bun.

I loved Claire's face in this one! Haha-- too good.

The boys jumped in for a quick photo. 

The end!

Another Wonderful Weekend.

I know I only post pictures from our weekends, but that is really the only time we do stuff! This last weekend was pretty low key, but also a lot of fun.

Friday: School. Returning gifts. T- basketball, K- crafts. Jazz Game. Cookies. Pizza. Flash Forward. Sleep. Success!

Saturday: Niece's soccer game. Snow-cones. Shopping (coffee table, bookcase, kitchen things, AND cotton candy machine-- you bet)! Olive Garden. Cotton candy making. Home. Sleep.

Sunday: Niece's blessing. Family. Food. Naps. More family time. Home. Homework/Internet. Sleep.

I have some photos of our cotton candy machine and Baby Anna below-- check it.

We only have two weeks of school left. One week of classes, one week of finals. Then it's S-U-M-M-E-R! Hallelujah! We were discussing our summer plans and they include: family reunion, trips to Springville, Tony Grove, camping, and Hawaii. I can't wait. Bring on the warm weather, skirts, more snow-cones, spending times outdoors and photographing every single minute of it. :)

The newest addition to our family-- the cotton candy machine!

Isabel the Unicorn.

T and some cotton candy.

Brooks, cotton candy and a Barbie movie-- what could be better.

Isabel eating cotton candy.

Jordan making some cotton candy-- the master.

Then Brooklyn put on her dance costume, so cute.

The Blessing

Baby Anna smiling on her blessing day.

Bonding with Anna

Anna.

Booties.

I made him do this. What an adorable future father. 

Have a great week friends. And good luck if you have finals coming up!

life as of lately.

Well friends.

lately we've been up to this:

SCHOOL. work. SCHOOL. eating. SCHOOL. sleeping. SCHOOL. homework. SCHOOL SCHOOL. dreaming of summer. SCHOOL. preparing for finals. SCHOOL. and a little bit of fun squeezed in there as well. mostly on the weekends. or trying to have fun while writing 14 page papers (k) and reading income tax planning text books (t-- definitely not k). amongst the fun is going to the anniversary inn/chili's date and rolling some easter eggs/getting our first snow-cone of the season.

DON'T YOU WORRY... i have documented each of these via photographs. of course. so take a little look below and you will see, life as of lately for the Perkes (minus pictures of school, what we spend most of our time doing).

Ohh hey T.

this is me sneaking in front of the camera. Rare occurrence.

on to our chili's dinner/anniversary stay we go!

we slept in a tipi. yep.

this is not the real moon-- just a fake one that lit up in our room. SO cool.

queso dip at chili's. yum yum.

oh your second bedroom doesn't look like this? weird.

EGGS.

T and the easter eggs.

wayyy too many seagulls for comfort.

just an egg i dyed and dedicated to T.

isabel rolling eggs.

brooks blowing some bubbles.

BUBBLES.

abby blowing some bubbles.

flavas.

isabel and her blue snow-cone.

tyson doing some ordering.

breaking out the flip flops!

T and Izz.