Dinosaurs

Blogger is making me a little crazy with uploading pictures....

Yesterday we went to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. We got there around ten and walked around with Grandma Marla and Uncle Caleb. The kids had fun looking around, running around, playing on the computers, coloring, and building a dinosaur. The girls enjoyed playing in the sand and water but Luke didn't. He called and talked to his daddy on the cell phone instead. Jill and her family got there at lunch time so we went into American Fork to have lunch. After lunch we went back to the museum for a little while. The kids played in the sand and water and built an island and took most of the dinosaurs and trees. They also went and used paint brushes to uncover the dinosaur bones. It was a fun activity. Thanks Grandma for taking us!!

Sick Boy

Last Friday Luke woke up and was sick. He did a lot of sleeping during the day. Here are some pictures of the places he slept. I think his new favorite place to fall asleep is right inside the front door. He's been falling asleep there quite often.

Wow!!

I'm almost afraid to ask, "Could this day get any worse?"

Pioneer Day

Zach and I decided we wanted to do something for Pioneer Day. He had to work during the day so we decided to go to a ball game. We didn't go and see any fireworks on the 4th because we were so tired that night. I really wanted Luke to see them and see how he would react. We went to the Orem Owlz game. Jill, Kemry, and Ian joined us.

The kids played on the playground for a little bit of the game.

Haley got the camera and was taking pictures of "funny"faces. She got a pretty good one of Aunt Jill but it got deleted.

Emmy's pouty face. She's had one of those a lot lately.

Ian put on Luke's hat and had Zach's glove and was looking like a ball player.

Luke didn't like the fireworks that close. At first he wouldn't even watch them but after awhile he would watch them as long as I was holding him.

It was a fun night. I'm mostly glad we went. The game was pretty crowded and I just don't do well in crowds but I'm glad we went and saw the fireworks. It was a fun night.

Washing the Car

Zach decided that his car needed to be washed so he finally did it. We only had two sponges so Haley and Emmy were constantly fighting over whose turn it was. Neither one of them really pushed hard enough so Zach did most of the work but they had fun "helping".


The best part was when Luke got the hose. His favorite thing to do is squirt the hose. I usually let him play with it during the day and he has it on mist. Some how it gets off of mist and he ends up getting people pretty wet. I was running to him to get it back on mist and he had quite the time spraying me on earlier in the day.

Luke had the hose in this picture and got his daddy wet.


Zach ran to the other side of the car and Emmy got in the line of fire. I stayed kind of far away cause I knew I was going to get it if I didn't.


Zach put and end to Luke's fun and took the hose away. But Luke was trying so hard to get it back. But then he got distracted when his little friend came out to play.

Liberty Park

On Tuesday we went to Liberty Park. The kids really enjoy going there and playing in the water. Luke liked it much better this year. We played on the playground and ate some lunch and then went over to play in the canyons water feature.



Luke liked swinging as long as I was right there but if I left to go and push one of the girls he would let go and kind of freak out.

Emmy loved swinging and was even doing pretty good at pumping.

Luke loved playing in the water at the canyons. He had so much fun going in and out and walking around. I thought I lost him a couple of times.

The kids were able to go on a ride. Luke had his first experience riding a carousel. He wasn't sure whether to be happy or scared when it first started. My pictures of him didn't turn out very well so hopefully mom got at least one.



It started raining while we were there and it wasn't just drizzling. We stood under a building for some shelter to wait it out. It kind of lightened up a little but we ended up walking in the rain.

Luke fell asleep while we were waiting to go to the car.

Wow not even one picture of Haley. She was always off playing and I couldn't get her or maybe I didn't pull out my camera enough. Oh well! It's too bad that it started to rain. The kids could have played longer. We had to walk in the rain to get to our cars and were pretty wet when we got there. The drive home wasn't that fun because of the rain. I was driving through lots of BIG puddles and in some spots the rain was coming down so hard I couldn't see very well. But we made it without too much trouble. It was a fun day. Too bad the rain shortened it.

This Is The Place

On Tuesday we went to This Is the Place Heritage Park. We had lots of fun. The girls weren't ready to leave after spending over 5 hours there but I was. We'll have to go again.

Jill helping Haley with the wheel/stick game.

Dallin trying to help Luke play the wheel game.

Luke carding some wool.

Haley and Emmy riding the horses. The rode twice.

Dallin showing Luke the goat he was sitting with.

Haley and Emmy couldn't wait to go to school. They learned to spell "gun" using the deseret alphabet.

After some ice cream at the Huntsman Hotel we went for a ride on the "Big" train. While riding the big train we passed the "baby" train. So after making sure that Jill and her family got off we tried to ride back up to the "baby" train but had to walk the last little bit. The kids were able to ride the "baby" train.

The "baby" train goes around this pond and through a tunnel.

Haley, Emmy, and Luke are the first kids on the train. They enjoyed riding.

We had a lot of fun at the Park. We are looking forward to the next couple of weeks and the activities we have planned for Tuesdays before Haley starts back to school in August.

I Looked Out The Window and What Did I See....

Two huge spiders that better not be real...




The girls brought this to my attention this morning and I haven't been able to get them off my mind. Zach said I could turn on the hose and squirt Luke's windows and see what happens. I'd rather not. Even though I'm pretty sure they aren't real. Emmy says they are cause she's seen them moving. I haven't. But the question is - If they aren't real then how and why are they up there...


***Update***

Zach squirted the window while Haley was watching. (I just couldn't watch.) When Zach asked Haley if they were moving she responded yes. But they were only moving because of the water. So they are fake or dead, take your pick. I was pretty sure they were fake. Fake or not they still give me the creeps thinking about them. I think I might have noticed them sooner but quickly forgot about them.

Cousin's Campout

This year we went to Great Basin National Park for a campout. We left on Sunday the 6th and came home on Wednesday the 9th. Here are some pictures of the trip....

Luke loved playing in the dirt. I was really worried I wouldn't be able to get his clothes clean but I think they came clean.

He pretty much always had a dirty face.

Sitting around the campfire the first night making smores.

Zach dropped his can of vanilla coke and it sprung a leak so he had to drink it out of the side of the can.

The next morning the kids decorated some visor to wear while on the trip. I don't know if any of them made it home. If they did I don't know where they ended up. Oh well it was fun for them.

Luke and Ian eating Oreos and wearing there cute dinosaur visors.

Grandpa, Emmy, Haley, and Dallin working on visors.

We went on a cave tour of Lehman Caves that afternoon. The girls were a little scared. Fifteen years ago I went to this cave with my family. So it was fun to go back and see it with Zach and the kids.

There were some very narrow parts to the cave and it was hard to get Luke through them.

This is a picture of what they call a shield in the cave.

Luke wanted to wonder off on his own and was mad when we stopped him.

It was fun to go back and see the cave. We were sad that our tour didn't take us to the spot that my cousin Katelynn fell in 15 years ago. But Kevin, Natascha, Blaine and Parry's went on a longer tour and got almost to the spot.

Luke didn't get a very good nap that day so he fell asleep in his chair by the side of the campfire.

The next day we went on a hike. For some reason I thought it was and easy 3/4 mile hike but it turned into a little harder 3 mile hike. We hiked past two lakes. The kids had fun trying to skip rocks.

Haley stuck pretty close to Grandpa for the hike.

This was the first lake we hiked to. Dallin found a log and sat on it and used another log to row in the lake.

Luke loved throwing rock in the lake. I think a few ended up in his pockets and I found them at home while doing laundry.

By the second lake there were some pretty bright pink flowers. I don't think this picture really does them justice.

This is the second lake we saw on the hike.

The girls saw this and said we were at Arches and seeing the Delicate Arch.

While we were on our hike some Chipmunks got into one of my mom's bins and enjoyed some peanuts. They were hanging around our campsite for most of the afternoon. We watched one enjoy the crust of somebody's jelly sandwich.

Luke could not keep his face clean. He really love the dirt. I didn't mind it on his face but I sure didn't like it in his hair.

Haley and Grandpa sat down to read and Haley was so tired she fell asleep on him.

I think the time we were gone was about right. I was ready to come home on Wednesday and get clean. I don't like going that long without a shower. It was nice to have cool nights to sleep in but it has been nice to be home sleeping in my own bed. It was a fun trip and I'm glad we went. I was ready to forget it the week before but I think I always get that way before a trip and then end up enjoying myself while we are there.