St George

After Dad's party we headed on our long drive to St. George. The drive was long but not to bad because the kids were amazing. London slept for about an hour and the rest of the time they watched movies and we sang songs.

When we got to St George it was about 11pm at night. We got inside unpacked and then put the kids to sleep. I went to sleep shortly after that. We woke up the next day and got ready to go to Vegas. We walked around The Forum Shops at Cesars Palace then went and saw the flowers at the Bellagio. We also watched the water show. It was super hot so we left after that. On Monday the guys went golfing in the morning and the girls went swimming with the kids.

 London put on a life vest and jumped right in. I thought she would hate it because she hasn't like swimming the past couple times; boy was i wrong. She LOVED IT!! She swam all the way accross the pool. After everyone got back we ate lunch and visited while the kids slept. Tuesday some of the family went home so we just had a relaxing day.

Teagan in his penguin jammies

London writing a letter with Grandad Willard

Derek reading a book

Gary giving the kids a ride

Wednesday we went to the little water park in St. George and let the kids run through the water; they also rode the carousel. They loved it so much. London only liked riding in the seats and not on the horses. They kinda scared her. Teagan loved riding the horses and held on tight. They rode it almost 5 times. They just kept wanting to go again and again. We went swimming almost every morning until lunch time because the kids loved it so much. Teagan liked to float around in his little tube. We came home on Saturday so that we could get laundry done and get ready for the week to come. We had a really fun vacation and really needed to relaxation.

July 23rd

Today was a super busy day. We wope up and got ready to meet my family in Little Cottonwood Canyon for a family photo shoot. It was way hot but super pretty. I cant wait to see the picutres. After the pictures were over (which of course London wanted to scream for each one) we headed to my moms house for a surprise party for my dad. His job is not super smart and layed him off after 38 years of time with them. He is a brilliant man and no one could ever know or retain as much information as he does. He has worked extremly hard to provide for our family and is an amazing example to me and to my kids. He is the best father and grandfather I could ever ask for. Anyway back to what we did. We let the kids play outside and inside with all the toys while we got the dinner ready. We had a really yummy BBQ thanks to Derek (he grilled all the meat). He is a stud!! After dinner we brought out gifts for my dad. We all wrote letters to him that I put in a pretty leather box. I also made some canvases with pictures of the past 38 years on them for memmories. We also got him a gift card to Barnes and Nobles so that he can get some books to help pass him time. We had a blast with the family and had a wonderful time honoring my dad for his service and showed him how proud we are of him.

Silly moments

Happy 4th of July 2011

For the 4th of July we had a lot of fun activites. We had a BBQ at Nana and Papa's house on Saturday and then Blakes first birthday on Sunday. Monday our little family went to the Sandy city parade. It was really fun. At the parade they had a huge fuel refiller plane fly really low to the ground. The kids loved it. They also loved picking up all the candy. London worried about all the loud fire and police stuff but Teagan was fine with them. Here are some fun pictures of the activites:

Waiting for the parade to start

London is wearing the becklaces grandma gave her. She wore them all weekend long.

At the parade. Teagan on daddys shoulder.

One of the fireworks that Papa set off had a ton of little parachutes in it. London loved playing with them.

So Patriotic waving their little flags.

Look how dang cute my babies are.

Fun Friday - Treehouse Mueseum

We had a blast at the Childrens Treehouse Mueseum. There are so many fun activities to do. We could have spent the entire day becuase of all the activities but the kids still got tired so we only stayed a few hours. Here are some of the fun things we did:

"Ride em cowboy!!"

Play picnic

London milking the cow. Real water squirts out. She had a blast.

Teagan loved to ride on all the hourses and bull.

Teagan went head over heels on this toy. It was so silly.

Painting with water and brushes. They loved this.

Hello dollies!

Even London liked the horses; i think because of Woody on Toy Story. She had to have the vest and hat on in order to get on the horse.

Grandpa and Teagan in the yurt in Morrocco.

Playing puppet show.

The things Teagan is shaking are eggs. He was putting the eggs in the basket, if they were real they would have broken for sure.

Teagan on the state of Utah

Playing house.

School time. London didnt like this very well. Jayden loved it. Hmmm i think London will not sit well in school.

Silly Teagan

I went in to get Teagan one morning and this is what i found:

Fathers Day 2011

We had a really great Fathers day this year. The kids and I gave Derek a bouquet of candy bars instead of flowers and a certificate for the sky diving thing in Ogden (you go in the tube of air and fly around). We thought he would enjoy that because he loves skydiving. We gave our dads a BBQ tool set. London liked the little brush.