Family Vacation

I really do feed my kiddos but Brionney is mostly impatient these days.

Something to do with her indepenedent stage.

 On this day I was helping Daddy get out the door to school. B was too hungry to wait.

We call this the three day rule at our house.

 We were packing the car so we could head out of town. This was a half loaf of french bread. When she was done with it the entire top portion of the loaf was gone. She has eaten it all.

 

We went to the Hoogle Zoo during our vacation.

 Elephants were cool.

 Rhinos were huge!

 There were all kinds of monkeys but this is the only picture that looked good.

Beatufil monkey. he started swinging around with the baby after I took this. Awesome.

 Miss B loved the seals, sea lions and polar bear.

 This bear was so funny. He loved all the attention. He'd do flipps and splacsh the window and stay close for us to see. It was awesome.

 The seal was huge! and pretty well trained.

While waiting for the bird show we rode the Marry-Go-Round.

 B rode the Leopard for the first three circles. Then she freaked and she held a death grip on Daddy for the last three circles.

 Jamie rode the Snow Leopard and LOVED it. He kept asking it he could ride it again all day day.

The bird show was amazing. The is the American Eagle. So cool. They had several birds- vultures, parrots, hawks, owls, etc. They would all fly over the audience several times. They were so low you could feel the air move over your head. Some were trained to take you money donations. The parrots could talk and sing. So cool.

 

More to come later.

Happy Easter

This year we had 3 Easter egg hunts. The U of U puts on an easter event. We had an egg hunt and dyed and egg. The kids loved it!

 When the kids woke up Easter morning they discovered the Easter Bunny hid eggs around the house.

Then Aunt Hanna and Uncle Matt got in on the actions. They hid some eggs outside for another hunt. Jamie and B LOVED it! We had a very good Easter.

 

Jamie got a new suit and B got a new dress.

 

Jamie is showing off his tie pin that the easter Bunny brought. It says: FUTURE MISSIONARY.

Brionney got a bracelet and an anklet from the Easter Bunny to match her new dress.

Jamie was very excited to learn about easter. We've been discussing the events of the week. Jamie was so excited to get to the Easter part. When asked why we celebrate Easter he'd throw his hands in the air and yell: Jesus is alive! Super cute. Love you baby.

 

Happy Easter!

Happy Birthday Dad!

This is a crazy time for us. Daddy is away at school and work all the time so we didn't get to celebrate his birthday. So we packed it all up and took it to him. We had his birthday in the parking lot of Kohl's- presents, song, and cupcakes.

 

 Happy Birthday Daddy!

 

Miss B is a very fun girl to have at our house. She and her brother are forever playing and laughing.

They are awesome together.

 

She loves to put things over her head and walk around. It is funny to see her try to play with her toys with blankets, ribbons, and what not draped on her.

 

I took a shower. In the ten minutes I was not with them - they found the candy. Jamie helped himself to two candy bars and gave one to Brionney to enjoy. It took her thirty minutes but she finally ate her 100 Grand fun siaze candy bar. She was a mess! But as you can tell- she didn't mind at all.

Pinata

I amde this pinata when I was in eighth grade- 12 years ago. It's a lightbulb!

At first I was just so proud of it that I couldn't break it open.

 

 

It was packed away and I found it again! Still of full of candy ...

 



Jamie took a whack at it.

 



Mommy had a turn.

And Daddy finished it off!

We collected the candy and went inside.

The gum, when we did finally manage to crunch it, turned to powder in our mouths before turning into gum. The rest was hard as a rock.

In the end, none was salvagable and we had to throw it all away.

St. Patrick's Day

Uncle Ethan came to stay with us for St. Patrick's Day. While he was here we had a small visitor.

A leprecahn came to visit us. He left us some green snacks to eat throughout the day. Then he hid our left shoes around the house. Lucky us, Jamie was here to find them all for us.

 

In true holiday spirit, we had a green breakfast and dinner. We also made green jello cups.

It looked like an Irish Pub when dinner was over but we had a great day.

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Temple Trip

We love visiting the temple.

 

 

Miss B loves her new found freedom in walking-

if only Mom and Dad would remember to bring her shoes.

 

 

 Jamie climbed all the way to the top and he was so proud of himself.

He has also enjoyed his new found freedom- Mom and Dad are chasing B.

Jamie runs ahead and gets into all kinds of mischief now.

 

Family Game Nights

Family Game Night:

Flour Game

Place a penny on a tower of flour.

 

 

Slowly cut the flour away.

 

 

When the penny falls- using your lips and teeth, retrieve the penny.

Jamie suprisingly has a very steady hand and did awesome with this game. After Jamie tried and tried, Daddy dug in and retreived the penny.

 

 

Candy Bar Game:

Roll doubles

dressup with a hat, scarf, and gloves

 

 

 Eat a slivers of candy until someone else rolls doubles.

 

Jamie's turn. He LOVED playing these games with the adults. He did well with both games.

 

Uncle Matt and Aunt Hanna

 

Daddy!

We have been trying to do more things as a family. Jamie can't really play board games yet so we went the unconventional route. So much fun. We are having friends over to play the same games.

FUN, FUN, FUN!!!