Frontrunner and Gateway

Last Friday I took the kids down to Salt Lake on the Frontrunner train. We barely missed the 12:30 train, so we had to wait at the platform for the 1:00 train. The kids were pretty nervous while we waited because they didn't know what to expect. They really enjoyed the train ride and they think that is how we should go to Salt Lake all the time. It was nice not dealing with the traffic, but next time I will definitely not take a big stroller, that was a pain to have to deal with!!

When we got to Salt Lake, we took Trax over to Discovery Gateway where the kids had a ton of fun!! We felt like we had the place to ourselves because it was so empty. It was nice to be able to wander from exhibit to exhibit without worrying about a big crowd. I've decided year-round school is kind of nice that way!!

The kids playing "store".

Cody climbing the rock wall, go Cody go!!

The kids playing house. They fed me all sorts of interesting food, like a bell pepper in a bowl.
Yum, yum!!

"Tonight on KSL 5 news..." Cody had fun pretending to be a news anchor. Brooklyn just wanted to show off for the camera.

This is Brooklyn trying to take a picture of herself. She loves the camera and wanted to take a picture of everything!!

After Discover Gateway, we went to California Pizza Kitchen for dinner, which I had never been to before and I really liked it!! Then we went over the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and got some sweets for the ride home. I love their caramel apples, I got a Snickers apple this time and it was delicious!! We caught the 5:55 train home, which was pretty crowded with all the business people heading home, but we got there in plenty of time to get a great seat!!

Les was supposed to join us for dinner, but he ended up having to go rescue his parents from Bridger Lake because their car broke down and the tow company wouldn't tow their trailer home for them, so he went and picked it up for them. He's such a great guy!!!

Camping in Vernal

We went to Vernal over Labor Day weekend with my parents, my brother Jarrod and his family and our niece Amaya. We had a lot of fun!! Below are just a sampling of the many pictures we took while we were there. It was so much fun to get in a family camping trip this year.




Here's Kenzie with her fish that she caught.

Kaden loved fishing while we were there!! He even caught a fish, way to go Kaden!!

Cody turned out to be quite the fisherman. He even ate his fish for breakfast!!

We went to the Dinosaur Museum in Vernal while we were there
Here are Cody and Brooklyn with their new friend.
Brooklyn was striking the cutest poses with her little purse.

Watch out Cody, you're going to get eaten!!!
Les likes to be creative with the picture-taking.

The kids all had a lot of fun posing with the dinosaurs.

Brooklyn and Les playing in the water. We stayed right by Steinaker Reservoir.
The kids all had a lot of fun splashing around in the water.

My dad makes the best pancakes ever!!! Especially up camping.

Les and Brooklyn chillin' after a long day.

Kenzie, Shaylee, and Amaya playing Ladder Golf. The kids had a lot of fun with that game while at camp!! Thanks Grandma for bringing it!!

Riding on flat tires is hard :)

So apparently it's a good idea to check the tire pressure on your tires once in a while. As I posted earlier, I've been trying to ride my bike for exercise. Well, instead of getting easier, it was getting harder and harder to finish my ride every morning. Les was fixing the tires on the kids bikes so I asked him to check my tires as well just to make sure. The tires ended up needing quite a bit of air even though they didn't look flat at all. Well, my next bike ride was a breeze compared to the last one. Hills that were once a chore were so much easier. I got done with my regular route 15 minutes faster!! So, lesson learned, I need to check the pressure more often. Who knew that could make such a difference :)

Kaden wants earrings

Or at least he thought he did. This morning as he was walking in front of me I noticed something shiny in his ear that just didn't look right. On closer inspection, I saw that he had the back of an earring lodged into his ear. My first thought was how am I going to get that out. I grabbed the tweezers, but after looking at it again I decided there really wasn't anything to grab onto and I didn't want to hurt him or push it in further, so I called the doctor's office to get him in first thing. Thankfully WeeCare just opened a new office in Syracuse and they had a wide open schedule. So we got dressed real quick and headed over. He was really good as the doctor looked at his ear and he sat perfectly still as the doctor scooped it out with his cool little tool. What a relief!!! The doctor said he didn't do any damage and that he would be fine. I guess I'm lucky he found one of the bigger earring backs that are really rounded to stick in his ear instead of one of the sharper and smaller ones. So, there was my excitement for the day. Hopefully he has decided that sticking things in his ears is not a good thing!!

Busy, but fun weekend!!

Instead of sitting at home this weekend like we usually do, we finally got out and had some fun.

On Friday we took the kids to see Wall-E. The movie was pretty cute and the kids really enjoyed it. We did have to take quite a few bathroom breaks though. We may have to forget the soda next time!! On Friday night I went to play Bunco and our nephew also stayed the night.

On Saturday, Les was in the yard all day and I was doing some housework, not that you can tell now of course. Our niece came over to spend the night with us and that night we went to Burger Stop for some takeout and took it to Layton Park for a picnic. We had a great time together as a family. We really do need to get out more!!

Breaking Dawn

So I just finished reading Breaking Dawn on Saturday. I have avoided everything Twilight related since the book came out because I didn't want to get spoiled, so I won't spoil anything here just in case you haven't read it yet, but I did want to give my opinion on it.

I really liked the book. Everything that I wanted to happen in the book happened. Sure, there were slow parts, and sure things were a little unrealistic, but hey...it's fiction, what do you expect? I think that as an ending to the series I couldn't have asked for anything better.

I have read some reviews on Amazon that have not been so great. Honestly, I don't see how you cannot like the book if you liked the other three.

So I want to know...Have you read it? Are you reading it now or going to start? Did you like it? Comment away!!!

Brooklyn the makeup artist

The other day while I was getting some work done, my sweet little Brooklyn decided to give herself a makeover. In the span of about 5 minutes she was able to get into my makeup and put lipstick all over her face, hands, feet, and stomach. Fortunately for me, she didn't get it anywhere else in the house. Right now the charger for our digital camera is lost, so I had to take this picture with my phone, otherwise I would have taken more pictures. The worst part about the lipstick mess is that the lipstick is the kind that only comes off with makeup remover and a bit of scrubbing. She's very ticklish and was laughing like crazy when I was washing her feet and hands, but once I got to the face she wasn't very happy about it. Hopefully that will deter her from doing it again, but I doubt it!!