Lately. . .

Wow, I can't hardly believe that September is over!  This month just flew by, here are some of our highlights from this month. . .

Zach played in an nerf-gun war with some peeps in the neighborhood . . .  and loved every minute of it!

My Birthday! 

Zach Surprised me with tickets to go and see the Lion King! Absolutely Amazing!

Sports!

We've been keeping busy getting back into our sporty lifestyle and taking Eli with us everywhere we go!  Lucky for us, I think we have a sports fanatic on our hands, he LOVES watching sports!  Whether it's the Real Games, Zach's Softball games, my basketball games, or our soccer games, Eli is there cheering too.

Utah State Fair. 

 (In my opinion, the best place to people watch, pure entertainment)

Fun with Friends

Oh, and last but certainly not least, our BASEMENT FLOODED!  Totally random, one day I went to do a load of laundry and the next minute, water is ankle deep in our kitchen.  Luckily, I saved it from ruining our carpet.  We spent about three days after cleaning up the whole mess. 

 Notice Eli in the background just hanging out in his swing.  He was sooo good when all the chaos happened and just watched as we tried to save some stuff by throwing it in the family room.

Eli's Blessing Day

I absolutey love when babies are blessed. Last Sunday, we blessed our little Eli and it was so special. Zach did a beautiful job and said such wonderful things to Eli. 

Lake Tahoe!

The whole Burton/McConnell Family packed their bags and met in Lake Tahoe for an awesome family fun trip!  My wonderful parents and all of my siblings (sans the 3 boys on missions) were able to go, 22 people total!!

Let me just say this. . .Lake Tahoe is BE-U-TIFUL!  We had never been there before and this is defiantly a place we will be going back to in the future.  We loved it.  The weather was perfect, the scenery was gorgeous, and there was so many fun things to do and see. Here is just a few things we did:

Relaxing by the Pool

Who doesn't love doing this?  Eli and I hung out on the comfy chairs and watched all the cousins party in the pool. . . pure entertainment.

Boat Ride to Emerald Cove

We all boarded the MS Dixie II boat for an awesome ride on the lake.  We got to see Emerald Cove, (apparently the 2nd most photographed place in the US). 

The Beach

Ahhh, the beach.  There's something so relaxing about hearing the sound of the small waves crashing on the shore.  The water in Lake Tahoe is soooo blue and clear!  Zach said to me, "I know this sounds weird, but you should just take a swig of the lake water."  Ummm, no thanks!  

 Eli in a Pink onesie.  Why you ask?  Well, we had been out and about this whole day doing things, Eli had already had a blowout and the onesie that I kept in my diaper bag had already gone to use for that.  When we were at the beach he had another blowout!  Thankfully, Eli's cousin Brynn had an extra pink onesie (thanks Hillary).  Eli and Brynn are only 3 weeks apart, she was only two weeks old on this vacation and both she and Eil were super good!

Heavenly Village Gondola Ride

Our hotel was in Heavenly Village in South Lake Tahoe.  We literally walked right outside the hotel doors and boarded the gondola for a 20 minute ride up the mountain.  After a quick stop for some photos, we continued up and had lunch at the top.  We had some awesome views of the massive lake.

Zach and Eric both share the same birthday, which happened to be while we were there.  We celebrated at one of the local restaurants.

Love this little guy

Grammy Debi bought all the grandkids cute matching pajamas

She also had the great idea for this photo. . . Eli is number 9

Thanks Dad and Debs for one of the best trips ever!

Zach Turns Twenty-Seven!

We were out of town on Zach's birthday earlier this

month so when we got home we made sure to par-tay! We celebrated by going out and doing some of his favorite things; Golf, Sushi, and Shakes!

Tokyo is where we love to get our Sushi. It's kind of a dive, but it's not too expensive and still super good.  They waitress even knows us by name, which is awesome because I hadn't been there since before I was pregnant!

mmmm, we LOVE our shakes.  Our faves are either Iceburg or Shivers.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZACH!

Classic!

One of the things I look forward to every summer is this. . . 

Our neighborhood water slide party at Classic Fun Center. Eli and I enjoyed watching and taking pictures of family and friends, what a great night!

Zach felt like a kid again.  As soon as he would land in the pool at the bottom, he was running right back up to the top to go down again.

  I can't believe my little guy is a month old!

My cute nieces, Ellie & Ruby

I am already excited for next year!