8.27.2011

Special day with Eli- Classic fun center

Had fun taking Eli to Classic Fun Center for a special day!  He loved it!

He was kinda scared to crawl into the t-rex's mouth.

But he did.  Here he is just about to go down the slide.


Then we went to Macey's for ice cream.  Yum!

Field Trip to Manilla Pond


Oh boy, this place was SO FUN!  The kids loved getting wet, and messy, and playing in the sand.  They could have stayed there playing all day!  It was great!
  




Heading to church.

We were waiting for Breanne to come out, so I pulled out my camera and tried to get a few shots of the boys all dressed up to go to church.


Then Breanne came out.

And we headed to church.  Such cuties!

Brigham, 10 months.

So cute.

8.13.2011

Field Trip to Mrs Fields Cookies

We drove up to Salt Lake again, this time to tour the Mrs. Fields Cookie Factory.  It was fun and interesting and at the end, we got cookies!  Yum!
Plus, we all got to be super stylish in these awesome hair nets. 



Yeah, he ripped it off as soon as I let go of his hands.  :)

The gang.

Couldn't be more proud!!!

Jared asked Josh if he would give our Family Home Evening Lesson, and he did such a good job!  We couldn't have been more proud.  He did everything... read the lesson, drew the pictures, and delivered the message.  It was great.  I can't believe he is getting so big.  A part of me wants them to grow up and be able to do more for themselves, and a part of me wants them to stay little forever.  I guess that is why I take so many pictures, I'm trying to hold on to memories like this one forever!

Special Day with Josh ~ Mini Golfing

SO much FUN!  I love miniature golf...."It's Golf in Minature!" -Phineas  (From one of my favorite shows, Phineas and Ferb on Disney Channel.)  Anyway, we really did have fun, and we even saw Uncle Brent and Aunt Kirstie while we were there.  Josh was a natural, and he had a blast too.


Bonus...Mom got him a few tokens for the arcade there!!

Field Trip to the Library

Always a fun one.....

This pic cracks me up.

"ROAR!"

Then we went to Macey's for Ice Cream!  Yum!! (This pic also cracks me up!  HA! HA!  Oh what a cutie!)

8.12.2011

"Happy Birthday to me....."

Yup!  Every July!  I love having a summer birthday, because it is evenly spaced between Christmas's.  Plus, while I was growing up, we would always have a big water party, and it was always so fun.  This year, we had a family party first.  Thank you to everyone for coming, and for all the wonderful gifts! 


Then we had a little close family party, where Jared and the kids gave me their presents.
One of the things Jared got me was a docking station for my Ipod, so we can finally listen to the music on there.  I love it!  Plus, we had to try it out that night, which turned into a dance party!  It was so fun! 

The kids dancing.

The best was dancing with my wonderful husband.  Love you Jared, thanks for a great Birthday!


Then, we went out on my actual birthday.  (Thanks to Melissa for tending!)
We went to Olive Garden, which was DELICIOUS!  But it was the night of one of those crazy summer down pours!!  And we were soaked just from coming in from the parking lot!  It just makes it more memorable though.  We had a good laugh about it.

It didn't help that right when I walked under the awning, the wind picked it up, and dumped like two buckets of water on me!  I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.....and got soaked! 


Then we went BOWLING! 

Haven't done this in years!  But thanks to playing Wii sports bowling, I wasn't too bad at it.  And both Jared and I got a few strikes.


The night ended with this beautiful sunset!  I love the sunsets we get here sometimes.  One of the perks to the storm that hit. 

It was a wonderful birthday!  I'm so excited to see what the next decade brings for me.  I have such a wonderful family and so much to be grateful for.

7.27.2011

"THE PIT"

If you watched season one of a show called "Parks and Recreation," you will know about the plot that they wanted to turn a "pit" into a park.  Luckily no one has fallen in and gotten hurt in our pit, and ours is considerably smaller, but we like to make jokes based off that show for fun.  And we are now in the process of making our "pit into a park" like they did in the show.  Ours is an old trampoline pit, but it was an octagon shape that is very expensive to put new stuff on.  (We looked into it when we moved here.)  Plus we don't really want the thing there in the middle of our lawn for ever more.  It has been a pretty big deal getting it ready to fill, and now we are in the process of trying to get it filled.  But that will be a LATER post.  We'll see how long it takes us.  Anyway... this is our latest project.... "The Pit of Dispair!"  Yeah...we also use the Princess Bride refrence too.  :)

At scouts.

Just a cute pic.

Field Trip to the Splash Pad

The kids alwas love a visit to the splash pad.  I just wish they had one in our town so we didn't have to drive so far.  And I don't know how we managed it, but both times we've gone (this year and last year) it got cloudy and rained on us.  Maybe will get to go on a really hot day sometime, but until then....the weather made it a bit colder for the kids, but way more do-able for the spectators (aka the mommies sitting on the side.)  Super fun field trip.  Super fun place!

  The "observer."  (He did get to come out and splash a little bit near the end, but for a lot of the time he was kept safe and out of the sun in there.)

WhooooHooo!

So Fun!

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