Dinosaur Park

Mike's mom went to New York for a week in June, I had planned on doing several things with the kids that week but then we ended up finishing our bathroom downstairs, so we tried to do a bunch of fun things in one afternoon.

After we got Grace's ears done we headed to Dinosaur Park in Ogden. We walked around and I decided that even with all the trees that place is stinking hot! The sun was shining at we were baking! Not very flattering of the kids, but I like Mike in this picture, could Grace's smile be more painful?

Good thing that dino's not real!

The kids have started watching the Land Before Times so everything is a long neck, 3 horn, flyer or sharp tooth, which makes me smile. I remember watching the first movie when I was little and crying when Little Foots mother dies. I was very fond of that movie.

The kids played in the excavation sand pile for a long time. They could have stayed there all day, it was covered (for the diggers) and got excited when they discovered a fossil.

They love these picture ops- notice Max is the girl and Grace is the boy -Mike wanted them to switch and I said no...I think it's funny~

I loved the Flinstones too~

After Dinosaur Park we took the kids to Cherry Hill and went miniature golfing and then for ice cream, it was a jammed packed fun day! Love my crazies!

Holy Ears!

Grace has been asking to have her ears pierced for about a year now. I never had an age I wanted her to be, just old enough to ask and it be her decision. But, when she started asking I wasn't ready! Grace's cousin Adi had a rough experience getting hers pierced (the gun got stuck) and I just really didn't want to do it yet. So we've been buying stickers and she's been good with it for several months.

On June 10th we were cleaning her room and she said she wanted her ears pierced, she then reminded me how brave she was when she got her shots a few months earlier and that she was ready. I said okay and told her they hold little guns up to your ears and shoot the ear ring through, it hurts for a minute and then it feels better. She said she was ready. When Mike got home from work we headed to the mall and Grace climbed in the chair and picked her earrings, she wanted all black but I convinced her to pick silver flowers with black centers (what 4 year old's favorite color is black?).

She was so silly and goofy while the girl was getting the earrings ready. They explained what they were going to do. Up until this point I really thought she would chicken out. I work in mall and often see little girls change their minds at this point-but not Grace.

She held my hand while they were doing the actual piercing, once they were done she looked at me and said "Is it over?" I said it yep it was and she said, "It only hurt a little."

She didn't shed a single tear! She's been so good to keep them clean every day and twist them. She can't wait for her 6 weeks to be up to pick out a new pair ;)

Sometimes my little surprises me at how brave she's becoming!

Grace's Dance Recital

Grace's Dance recital was the first week in June, they danced to "I could've danced all night". The girls were really cute and fun to watch!

Grace had fun -but was glad it was over! Grace's group was 34th to go, it made for one really long night! Each girl got a certificate when the dance was over.

I had Mike run and get Grace some flowers, he did a good job and they were beautiful for several days. You can tell by the look on her face she loved them! But what girl doesn't like flowers?

Thanks to Aunt Cassie for coming down and doing Grace's hair, it turned out really cute! Well, I will probably never sign Grace up for dance again. It was a fight every single week. She says the other girls were rude and she didn't like her boss (aka Miss Jenna the dance teacher), I really didn't like her teacher either. Truth be told I think a 3-4 year old dance teacher should be sweet and overly nice- and Miss Jenna was the opposite! Grace is so glad "to be free and do what ever I want!"

Pictures and Cords

I can not find my cord for camera anywhere! I thus I can not pull pictures out of my camera, and I have SO many things to blog about. You know that commercial where the pictures are just frozen in time because Mom never does anything with them, yep that's me.
Remember when we had to buy film to have pictures and then we had to pay to develop them and we didn't know if the pictures were even good? Remember when you couldn't remember what was on your film and it was a fun surprise to see what you got back a week later. Remember when Wal-Mart got one hour photo and that was the best thing in the world because you didn't have to wait a week?
Ok, right now I have over 500 pictures on my camera. Every "event" we have I have to go through and delete some because I keep getting the message that my card is full. I HAVE to find my cord!

Storm Trooper!

Max loves Star Wars. But somewhere along the way I think he got the story line a bit wrong.

The Storm Trooper is his favorite. And he always wins.

He plays with these figures for hours.

But there's no question in his mind who's the best.

Should I be worried he may be pulled to the dark side?

Logan Pool

Memorial day was cold and rainy, Tuesday Cache Valley woke up to snow, but by Saturday it was 80 degrees and a perfectly sunny day for the pool. My cousins Shoni and Jalane came with their kids and my sister Nicole came with her kids and we had such a fun time.

Last year Grace wouldn't leave the edge of the pool and Max stayed close by, but this year Max wanted to run with the big kids and Grace dared to lay on her tummy and go down the slide. It's amazing what one year will do for a growing little one.

I had to snap this picture, I love all the people in the pool (none of which were family, as they would kill me) with the snowy mountains in the background! Makes me smile.

Oh, and I got so fried. My back, shoulders and upper arms actually peeled and that hasn't happened in over 10 years, seriously I usually burn and go tan with a day or two, but I was sore for almost a week, crazy!

Hide-n-Peek

Tonight we were deciding what to do for dinner and ended up doing a U-turn into an Arctic Circle. I really didn't want to make dinner, I really really really didn't want to go to a restaurant with my kids so a play place sounded good to me. There was only one other boy there the whole time and the kids made good friends with him. (Minus the 4 times I had to pull Max away for pushing....what am I going to do with him?)

After a while Grace and Rownan wanted to play hide and seek. They told Max to count. I don't think he's ever played before, but being the good sport Max is, he played along. At first he just stood there but Rownan said to go over to the other side of the room and count. Max moved and then covered his mouth and started counting, then he yelled "I'm coming" and ran right to the little boy, excitedly he said "I found you!"

It made me laugh, he stood there covering his mouth watching exactly where the older kids went to hide. Love my little guy.