Digger Cake

Would you ever guess what kind of cake Alex requested for his birthday cake? Of course a DIGGER! So here is the cake I made.

Alex's 3rd Birthday Party

We had a great time for Alex's birthday party. We had it at Bouncin off the walls. It is a place full of blow up slides and obstacle courses. All the kids had a great time, but I think the adults had just as much fun. On his birthday I made a digger cake that Alex thought was pretty cool. He got a lot of cool presents and we still have Christmas coming up. I am not sure where we are going to put everything. Thanks to everyone who came and made it a fun party!

More Disneyland

Bethany was like a kid in a candy shop, but it was a shop full of stuffed animals. She walked around grabbing every animal she could and gave them each a love. Uncle Todd followed her around picking them up and putting them away.

Two Little Toads!

Newport Beach

Newport Beach was beautiful. It was a little chilly, but that didn't stop Bethany. She would have dived right in if we had let her. She squealed with delight as the water rushed up over her toes. Alex liked it too, but was surprising more timid. He was pretty happy digging in the sand though. However, both of their favorite parts were chasing the seagulls. I wish I had caught a video of that.

Disneyland

Alex had a bad habit of licking everything at Disneyland. That included the railings and chains and everything that people put their hands all over. We told him he couldn't lick those things, but he could lick a lollipop. The next day we let him choose any lollipop and he is no dumb kid. He went for the biggest lollipop in the store!

Bethany loved this ride. She was screaming while we waited for it to start and people thought I was torturing her by making her go on the ride, but all she wanted was for the ride to start and as soon as it did, her screams of frustration turned to squeals of joy!

We did a lot of this!

Meeting Mickey Mouse

We had such a great time in Disneyland. Here are just a few pictures. The kids both loved the rides and we walked on most of them without a wait. November is a great time to go, especially during the middle of the week.

Peter Pan and Tinkerbell

Good Witch (Lucy), Dragonfly (Penny), Spider Witch (Marlee), Spider (Beau), Peter Pan (Alex), Tinkerbell (Bethany)

Alex and Bethany have had a lot of fun this year dressing up for Halloween. We have been to Red Butte Gardens twice in their costumes and to a couple different parties. Don't they make a great Peter Pan and Tinkerbell?

Family

This was our attempt at getting a family picture. I must say it is much more difficult with two kids.

Tagged

I've been tagged by Ashley The Rules: Answer the questions using only ONE WORD.
1. Where is your cell phone? Downstairs
2. Your significant other? Chris
3. Your hair? brown
4. Your mother? Selfless
5. Your father? Ken
6. Your favorite thing? Mountains
7. Your dream last night? sleep
8 Your favorite drink? Propel
9. Your dream/goal? Europe
10. The room you’re in? Office
11. Your hobby? Sewing
12. Your fear? Accidents
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Happy
14. What you’re not? girlygirl
15. Muffins? Chocolate
16. One of your wish list items? Vacations
17. Where you grew up? Millcreek
18. The last thing you did? napped
19. What are you wearing? clothes
20. Favorite gadget? binky
21. Your pets? none
22. Your computer? fast
23.Your mood? content
24. Missing someone? Steenbliks
25. Your car? Outback
26. Something you’re not wearing? shoes
27. Favorite store? Smiths (they have a free playland for alex for 1 hour)
28. Like someone? friends
29. Your favorite color? tourquoise
30. When is the last time you laughed? morning
31. Last time you cried? weeks

Thanksgiving Point

We went down to the Thanksgiving Point Gardens for their $2 tuesdays in August. Alex had a lot of fun rolling down the grassy hills, but not so much fun posing for pictures. It was a beautiful day.

Promentory Point

We had a great time at promentory point a few weeks ago. It was their special yearly day where they have more going on than just the train demo. They had live music, a kids craft, the handcart train, and they even let us up into the train which they don't usually do. It was a long drive into the middle of nowhere, but we made a fun day out of it and stopped in Brigham City at Maddox for lunch (YUM!)

Bethany's 1st Birthday

Bethany loved the balloons that Grama Lisa brought over

Bethany really enjoyed opening her presents, I think?
She wasn't quite so sure about the cake

Peek a Boo

Alex loves to make Bethany Laugh!

Motorboat Bethany

I have been trying to catch Bethany doing her motorboat forever and this is the best I got. She wakes up in the morning doing her motorboat at a very high resolution!

Our Little Scooter

Bethany doesn't crawl, she scoots. She is getting really good at it too. Such a lady! Why get your knees dirty when you can scoot?

Tracy Aviary

Bethany is just as cute upside down as she is right side up

We went to Tracy Aviary on July 24th. It was fun, but hot!

Capital Reef

Hike to Hickman Bridge

While we were setting up camp, Alex found a piece of old coal and decided it made a great crayon. However, it also made great finger paints on his face!

This is on our hike to Hickman Bridge In the park after our picnic
Playing in the river

Fun day outside

This is Bethany's famous snorty face, She does it all the time and I finally caught it on camera!
Yet another Digger, who would have thought!

The 4 grandkids

We took this picture for Grandma Lisa for mother's day. It was definately not an easy picture to get!

Kennecott copper mine

Alex thought the giant diggers and dump trucks were pretty cool

The digger collection in the visitors center was Alex's favorite spot. He could have stared for hours!

Tagged

10 years ago:
almost exactly ten years ago I was enjoying hanging out with my good old friends Sarah, Ashley, and Loni at Capital Reef. I still can't believe our parents actually let us girls go camping by ourselves at 17. We had a blast though. I was just finishing my Junior year in highschool.


5 places I've visited:
1. Europe
2. Mexico
3. Bahamas
4. Jamaica
5. Lots of National parks!


5 things on my to do list:
1. Go camping a lot this summer
2. Hike Grandeur Peak
3. Get my back patio and backyard looking better
4. Paint Bethany's Door
5. Be Happy


3 Bad Habits:
1. Eating sweets
2. Letting leftover food spoil in the fridge before throwing it out
3. Letting my baby girl sleep in her swing too much

5 lifetime goals:
1. Stay Healthy
2. Stay Happy
3. Stay close to my family
4. Stay close to my friends
5. Run a marathon

5 things you might not know about me:
1. I love to bake cookies
2. I am becoming a food storage nut
3. I like reality TV shows
4. I love to sit on my front porch and just watch people and watch my boy dig in the dirt
5. I love to organize things

I tag Holly and Julie

Bath time fun

Doesn't she look good with a bubble beard?