Friday, May 30, 2008

Jump Jump Jump!!!!!




I know, I know I'm a little late. Better late than never though. For Memorial Day we went to a place in Springville called Jumpin Jacks. It's got a bunch of blow up slides and blowup things that you can jump in. All of the kids had a blast! Tyler is not afraid of anything!! It's amazing!! He went down this slide that only kids 6 and older could go down. He said he wanted to go down it. I thought he was going to cry but he loved it!! He wanted to do it again and again!!




Zoey was enjoying crawling around all over the place!! It was cute. So we thought that we would try putting her in one of the little jumper things. Holy Cow did she throw a fit!! She did not like the fact that the ground wasn't stable!!






Kyle would go down the big slide only with his daddy, and it took Rachel a little bit to get the hang of it. She wouldn't go down the slides. She would just stay in the ones that you can jump on.




Jeremy and Bailee had a great time too. They were all over the place and getting all of their energy out. For lunch we went to Fat Jack's Pizza. It was good of course. Then Mom, Dad, Abby, Matt, and their kids went to Ironman. Linsey, Ray, their kids, Justin, our kids, and I went shopping. Overall it was a really good Memorial Day!

Monday, May 26, 2008

Wednesday: Time To Go Home!!!

So most of the day we just gathered things up and packed. Justin went through some stuff and found a hat!! Tyler had to put it on and he modeled off his clothes that his Grandma bought him!! He looked cute.

We played one last game. We played Life Twists and Turns! It was fun. They have never played so we bought it for Carol for Mother's Day and played with them. It was a blast. Tyler made some friends with the neighbors. And he played with them on last time. They played Peter Pan and Hook. Then we ate at a place called 5 Guys. It's a burger joint. It's like In and Out but on steriods!! It tasted sooo good. Then we got a a plane and flew home!!



We had so much fun!! I sure do miss them, and we will always remember the memories that we made!!

Monday, May 19, 2008

Tuesday: Yeah the Park!!!!



Before Brindy and Chris had to leave we decided to go to the Park. It's called the Wood Park. There's a sandbox, and a bunch of things to play on. Tyler loved it!! He was all over the place. He played with Grandma on this plank thing that would move back and forth. It was great to get out and just let him loose!!




Later we went to a different park and had lunch and played on the slides and stuff. He played with Becky, and his daddy. It was fun too. Oh he found this bench, and next to it was a table and he insisted on eating his lunch there. It was cute.


Monday: The Sink Hole

It was raining so much the whole time we were there. It wasn't like hardcore raining it was just drizzly all day!! It was raining so much that the road sank in on both sides of traffic!! So we walked down there and checked it out!! It was pretty crazy!!




After that we pulled out the icecream roll and played some games!! We played Outburst Remix, Taboo and Guesstures. It was lots of fun. Im not good at guesstures. Especially when you get hard words. Luckily I had a good team that could understand my crazy actions!! I love playing games!!!

Sunday: Gabe's Blessing!

Sunday was Gabe's blessing. It was a good blessing. Ryan is such a good daddy, and Nic is such a good mommy!! After church we came home and took some family pictures for grandma and grandpa.





Since it was Mother's Day we all cooked instead of Carol. It was fun all of us in there pitching in and letting Carol have a break. We set the fancy dishes out, and goblets for Mother's Day, and ate spaghetti!! It was amazing!! Chett and Bobbysue are Chris and Brindy's friends and they are selling pest control. So they came to church and ate dinner with us!! It was a lot of fun!! Of course that night we played games!! We played ticket to ride!! It was a really fun board game. It was a good Sabbath.

Saturday: Ultimate games

Saturday was a pretty good day. We went for a ride and visited this little town called . It was amazing to see how huge all of those houses were!! It makes me wonder what kind of jobs those people have to be able to afford houses like that. When we got back to the house there was a ladybug on the ceiling. It flew down and landed on Tyler. He held it on his finger. He thought that was pretty cool.





That night we all went to the church and played ultimate frisbee. Carol, Randal, and I just sat on the sidelines and watched!! It was pretty intense. So intense that Nic dove for the frisbee and fell. It was pretty impressive. I don't know who ended up winning but I can imagine it was a close game. (I don't know though cause I didn't stay for the whole game)




Then we went inside and played basketball, and dodgeball. Once again I sat on the sidelines and cheered. It was a pretty wicked game of dodgeball. Brindy got hit in the ear and was kind of deaf the rest of the night. They all had fun and so did the cheerleaders!!!

Friday: Girls Night, Father and Sons

Friday the boys went to father and sons, and the girls stayed home and watched movies. We watched "27 shoes." (Carol the night before messed up and called 27 dresses 27 shoes. So it's our inside joke about it) It was fun. We all enjoyed our little girls night. Justin took Tyler so it was officially a girls night. Tyler had so much fun being with the boys!! He loves being outside, and he loves campfires so he was in heaven!!! Grandpa, Justin, and Chris took him for a ride on the canoe!! Oh boy did he love that!!




Later that night he caught a frog. He kept it in a cup. He was pretty excited about that frog. He wasn't too happy when he couldn't keep it though. There was a swingset there too so of course he enjoyed that. What kid doesn't like swings!!


When they got back Brindy, Chris, Becky, and I played Sequence. Becky and I won the first game, and Brindy and Chris won the second. It was fun!!


Sunday, May 11, 2008

Thursday: Zoo Day!!!


So Thursday we all went to the Zoo!! It was kind of a drizzly day, but it was warm and a blast! We saw the Seals and they were swimming around and splashing! Tyler really liked it!! Zoey was just all smiles!! Probably because she was being pushed around in a stroller all day!! After the seals we saw the Reptiles and stuff!! That was Tyler's favorite exhibit. He would look at the picture on the plaque and then find it in the exhibit. He would even tell Justin, and Grandpa where they were! It was so cute!


We looked at the elephants, and he was telling Nic what sound they would make. He would tell her everything they were doing. We saw the lions and the big lion came out and was roaring and Tyler would roar back!! It was so cute!! We saw the Hippos!! Holy Cow!! They were HUGE!! It was great!




Later we went to Monkey building. There was this Orangatang that had a blanket on him. He was the Yoda of the Monkeys. It was hilarious!! I was taking a picture of the Gorillas eating and right when I took the picture he looked at me. He got redeyes from the camera and everything!! It looks kind of freaky!



Tyler was held by almost everyone. Even two people at one time!



I would even say that Grandpa had fun!! He rode the cart of food down the hill. He had that much fun.



Gabe was the cutest and the dryest!! He had this plastic cover that covered him and the stroller. You know Bubble Boy, he was Bubble Baby!! It was cute!! Overall I think everyone had a good time!


Later that night we had a tornado warning. It was really scary. The tornado was like 20 mins away and we were told to stay in the basement!! That would have to be the scariest thing ever! It never did hit, but just knowing that we had a warning was scary!! Despite the weather we all had a great day!!

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Wednesday of our Vacation



It took us forever to get here but we made it!! I don't think I will ever fly redeye again!! That was really rough! We left Tuesday at 6:15 from Las Vegas. We had a layover in Long Beach, and left there at 9:50. We arrived here Wednesday morning at 6:00!! The kids did good on the plane. They slept almost the whole time, but I didn't get much sleep.
So as soon as we got here Grandpa wanted to set up the tramp. So Tyler, Becky, Justin, and even Grandpa jumped on the tramp. It was so fun!



Then we left at 2:30 to pick up Brindy and Chris!! Tyler loves Brindy and Chris, and he was really excited to see that they were here too.
Later that night we played games. That is one thing that we do almost every night is play games. I love it!! We play new games, and games that require teams. It's just a blast!! It's like my favorite part. I look forward to the games everytime we come. We don't just play, but we whip out all the goodies, and snacks. It's almost like we make a party out of it!! Justin got a little excited about the candy!!



Then we all went to bed! Wednesday was a great day!!