Down on the farm

I've been wanting to take the kids to the Thanksgiving Point's Farm Country, and I finally did it last Thursday afternoon. I paid only $7 for the three of us (Cameron was free) and spent about two hours there feeding and watching the farm animals. The kids even got to ride miniature ponies, which they loved. Cameron even stayed on for most of the ride and hung on by himself.














Cameron saying "cheese!"















For the most part they were good kids, but I did have to lock them up for bad behavior once or twice.
























This alpaca was crackin' us up with his shaved skinny body and funny hair do. He was very friendly and kind of reminded me of the movie, The Emperor's New Groove.





I couldn't figure out what animal this guy was and forgot to go on the other side of the fence to find out. So we will just call him a spotted, shaggy donkey. If you know the name of him, please leave a comment. I would love to know.









Leah loved feeding the animals until this turkey pecked her hand when she went to put the feed in the cage. After that she didn't want to try it.








They have this great air conditioned room where you could pretend to water and harvest your fruits and veggies. It was a pretty hot afternoon so the air condition helped us cool off a bit. The kids loved putting these cards on the assembly belt like they were taking them to the grocery store.














If you can't tell already, we had a great time. I think I'll have to take them back another day when it's not so hot.

Father's Day

I'm just a little behind with some posts so bare with me. But better late then later, right? Here is Father's Day morning when I made everyone banana muffins. Logan usually makes these for us, and they are one of our favorites. I let Logan sleep in a little longer, and then we woke him up for breakfast and opening his present.

































The Saturday before Father's Day we invited Logan's brother Braden, his wife Haley and daughter Sophia over for homemade pizza and an eclair cake for dessert. I was a little stressed getting the pizzas made on time because our oven heat element broke on Friday. We had to wait until until 5 p.m. on Saturday for it to get fixed. But the wait was well worth it. Logan loved all the food I made him even though the eclair cake turned out a little too runny (I put way to much milk in the recipe). After we got our kids to bed, we got to stay up and hang out with Braden, Haley, and little Sophia which was my favorite part of the night.

I'm so lucky to have a wonderful husband and father for my kids. He always plays with them and puts them to bed when he gets home from work even if he's tired from a long day. He works so hard to support us so that I can stay home with my kids. And I'm so grateful for that.

Cameron is 18 months now

You can usually find him sticking his tongue out. I think he takes after his Uncle Drew in this talent.








I'm so late about posting about Cameron turning 18 months. It was the end of May, and now he is old enough for nursery but doesn't like it very much. He's as tall as most of the 2-year-olds at church, and he likes to use any kind of stick or utensil as a bat. Leah will often be at the end of his throwing or hitting, and we are still trying to work with him about that. He continues to make us laugh and get frustrated at the very same moment. He still needs to talk more instead of getting upset and crying. He does know animal sounds and loves to look through animal books before bed.

He is very opinionated about what he wants, but sometimes we don't always know what that is. And through all of this, he has been helping me learn the art of patience. I will have to say that he does melt my heart when he comes to sit on my lap or gives me a hug and a kiss.















And he still wants to do just about everything that Leah is doing including brushing his teeth at bed time, sitting up to the table, or playing with certain toys.























And he also just loves his Daddy. I think he just forgets who I am when Daddy comes home from work.

Hiking and Kelcy's wedding

Ok, it really is time for another post. I have fun reading everyone else's blogs but can't find the time to do my own. So here's a peak at what we've been up to.

I took the kids hiking up to Bridal Veil Falls with my friend Laura and her three adorable kids. The kids' favorite part was throwing rocks into the water and climbing higher to get more rocks.



































And then we ate a picnic lunch together. It got a little windy so we decided not to stay too long. But overall it was a fun outing and the kids had fun playing outside and using up their energy.














Then on June 12, Logan's younger sister Kelcy got married in Salt Lake, and it was a beautiful ceremony. Kelcy and Nathan are so very in love, and I know that they are so right for each other. I couldn't be happier for them. I can't believe that Kelcy was just 16 when I met her and Logan and I got married. And now she is a wife! The kids had a lot of fun running around the Temple grounds even thought it was pretty cold and windy.










































And our attempt at a family photo. It was time for Cam to take his afternoon nap, so he just didn't want to sit still for very long. I have many more pictures to upload if I can only find the time and motivation to put them all up.

Memorial Day hiking

We had a great Memorial Day weekend with our friends, the Barnetts. We decided to plan our dinners with them each day because neither of us had plans. We did a dining review with them on Saturday, then had them over for roast pork and sweet potato fries on Sunday, and on Monday we went hiking up at Cascade Springs. The Barnetts had never been before, so we got to show them around. It was a perfect hike to take kids, but the drive is a little long.

Leah loved walking along with her friends Emma and Aiden, and as you can see she even brought along her favorite little kitty named "Pup". Cameron's favorite thing was to lean down and put his stick in the water. His arms weren't long enough to touch the water so a stick worked a lot better. We had to watch him carefully so he didn't fall in. As you can see from the pictures, it was a beautiful day and after hiking we sat down and had lunch.





















And their 3-month-old Owen did great along the hike snoozing in his cozy sling. I'm amazed that Laura can carry him around all day. He is so cute and getting so chubby.




Monday night we had the Barnetts over again for dinner, and Laura helped us make homemade barbeque chicken pizza and alfredo chicken pizza. Both of them tasted delicious, and we got to help along the process. I think now I might even try to make it on my own. We had such a wonderful weekend that it was hard to have Logan go back to work on Tuesday. At least it's a short work week for him. Enjoy the pictures.