california...

we first had to say goodbye to brade and aubs... then only one day later, off to california to drop off dear brandie back to school. so we invited my gram along:) she is the life of the party and we love her o so much:) so glad she could come...
to start off the trip we stayed a night in st george and went to grease at the tuacahn....



we had to take van to the daycare they had there and we were o so sad... we missed his stinkin guts. they gave us a little buzzer so if they needed me i was only a buzz away:) also they had little tvs so you can scan your buzzer and see what your kid is up to when your not around:) best invention EVER. I ENJOYED WATCHING VAN MORE THAN THE SHOW!! he sat in this stroller while some kid in a flouescent green jacket put on a show for him! he was flappin his arms and spinning in circles and van just sat and stared at the kid haha i loved it.

then in vegas we stopped at our all time favorite restaurant. THE BRIO. soooo yum.

we found a new"keep your kid quiet at dinner game";)if all else fails dump a sugar packet on the table and let them lick away!haha (a clean table of coarse;)...)


in cali we went to dinner at bjs...and HAD to have a pazookie. YUUUUUM.
well since we chose to wait for the cookie covered in deliciousness, we got back to the hotel to find the hot tubs had closed. we decided to asked the front desk if they would let us in for just a minute... they said YES!
We were sooooo excited. We ran to the elevator to go get changed... we met a man in this beloved elevator. My dear gram says to him..."wanna come swimming??! theyre letting us in special!! we had to have a cookie!!!" he just stares at us all laughing our butts off like were drunkin fools. :) love my gram.

the next day... LAGUNA!!:)










My bestie ciera came and met up with us :) so happy we get to see eachother so often while living so far apart.


then the goodbye came:( atleast we got to end her summer break with a GREAT trip. love you brandie boo ill miss you!!

goodbye:(

we had a goodbye breakfast at kneaders for uncle braden and aunt aubrey :( then helped them pack up the moving trailor...they are off to texas to follow brades dream of becoming a chiropractor. we are sure gonna miss them. especially van. he llooovvves those 2 crazies. 3 years will fly by!!! we hope;)

daddy.daughter AND van ;)date.

SO we had a little date planned.... jeep ride up af canyon, stop in heber to eat. then head down provo canyon. sounds fun right??;) wellllll the jeep startin doin some crazy things right when we started up af canyon. thought it was gonna blow up on us any second. we were freaking out. but my dad just kept truckin along. under some miracle we made it to heber. but my dad was too scared to shut off the jeep in case it wouldnt start up again... so...... we kept on a truckin along...(this whole time van is screaming bloody murder may i add...) we make it to about the tunnel, in af canyon. and it finally broke down on us. so we hitch hiked. yup hitch hiked;)to this chinese joint in orem... (i was a first timer on that one haha)... even though our little date wasnt exactly what we had planned... it turned out to be even better. a dady daughter date we will never forget;)

ferron.

we love ferron.:)a tradition we framptons do. we camp. we swim.we jet ski.we golf.(well ok the boys golf, while us girls hunt for golf balls:)...) my dad pays us the big bucks for the good ones!)we love it.

lava hot springs:)

LAVA... we went with all the burrs and had a grand ol time:) camping. swimming. hot tubbin. river tubing. camp fires. lots of yummy treats (compliments of joyce;)the best cook ever. )so fun:)

this is the day van learned to walk:) right at the lava hot pots.

LAKE POWELL.

we love love love lake powell. we go each summer on the 4th of july.its our little place of joy.

the amazing, rainbow bridge.

cliff jumpin:)

sand mountain.

cutest little red head Ive ever seen;)

and.... the ponytial:)