PRAHA

My friend Kat is here in Czech for the summer also. So she met my cz family and me for some good fun in Prague.

Our apartment is the perfect location

A little sightseeing:

Orloj clock tower and the John Lennon wall

 A walk on the Charles Bridge after dark

 pillow forts & video games with William

 painting bricks for charity

lunch at a restaurant that has train tracks along the tables...

 so you can watch your drinks leave the main station (kitchen)...

 and be delivered right to you in a train car

*William loved this so we had a lot of drinks with lunch*

 Then we finished the afternoon at the golf range

Always a wonderful time in Prague.

EURO CUP 2012

The streets are full of Euro Cup 2012 excitement in Prague!

I do not necessarily love soccer, but I DO love soccer players.

PLZEN

I forgot how charming the city of Plzen can be. 

 the garden parties...

 the town square...

 summer markets...

 museums...

 the colorful buildings...

the textures...

and the treats.

DADDY-O

When I was a young girl, I told our neighbors, "I'm my daddy's princess. I have him wrapped around my little finger. Whatever HE doesn't do for me, my brothers will."

I used to be real cute.

Happy Father's Day, Dad dad daddy-o!

GENTLEMEN PLAY GOLF

...at least that's what Ivanka told William so he would tuck in his shirt to head to the green. My first few days and I took the Mercedes to the Golf park for lessons with William and his pal.

CZECH OUT MY NEW BROTHER

Look who I found... 

William tells his teachers I'm his sister. 

"She's from America, she's big, and she just comes during the summer."

Maybe I left yesterday for a quick summer visit to the Czech Republic. Loves.

GRAB YOUR KILT

My friend Dan invited me to join him at the Utah Scottish Festival & Highland Games at Thanksgiving Point. Since I had just seen a preview for the movie Brave, I was in! Joking...kinda.

 Even through 30mph winds, we enjoyed Highland dancing, piping & drumming, and watching traditional Highland athletics

such as the Caber Toss

 and the Sheaf Toss.

 Stretching before throwing 20lb bags over a post with a pitch fork.

 Scottish Santa told me he keeps his list of names under his kilt.

Dan from the Clan Dan.

RULES

I basically have 2 rules I ask people to follow:

#1 Don't lie to me

#2 Always be nice to me

WARNING: If you keep breaking these rules (especially #1), I'll still heart you, but it might be more like this stone heart I found on a hike the other day.

MRS & MR AZ

Ten hour drive both ways (me driving and my mom sleeping), 112 degree weather, and I made it to Mesa for my good friend Staci's wedding.

 Love and stuff

 Congratulations to the happy couple

 We posed for a few fun photos in Downtown Mesa

 Ate some greasy tacos & enjoyed Jack in the Box

 Climbed a cactus or two

 Hung out poolside

 Made a few fun pitstops along the drive

Laughed a little

Laughed a little more

 Got to see old pals living in town

MELTED

After a long drive from Utah to Arizona to attend a wedding, I found my adult gummy vitamins (don't judge me) in my suitcase looking like this:

112 degrees and counting this weekend...why do people even live here?!