Saturday, December 31, 2016

Train Trip To See Daddy

The kids have been asking me to go for a train ride! We decided to go Provo to meet Jake for lunch. The kids were so excited. When the train came there was screaming, jumping and clapping! lol. These kids are easy to please! 
We went to a burger place and got a yummy jamba juice to share!! I love summer time home with my kids!!!










Ice Cream Sundae in a Gutter

Jake had his young men helped us move our chicken coop over from the Thornwood House! We thanked them with this Giant Ice Cream Sundae in a Gutter!! My kids were pretty excited about it!




Pie In The Face

We finally got to open Pie In The Face! The kids were so excited to play it! Can you tell??? 




Jumpin Jumpin Jumpin









Steel Day Adventures!

It was a pretty hot day for carnival rides but you can't tell with these kiddos! We headed over to the Steel Days rides without dad this time. We were away for Strawberry Days this year so we were trying to get in our yearly fun right around the corner! The kids were really excited!!
   It's fun to see their personalities come out on their choice of rides. Logan wanted the chill rides, and slow and steady rides. He wasn't at all amused by the crazy spinning, upside down ride, but Zoey was all about them. They were happy to split up on different rides and I tried to keep Piper out of trouble
!! Piper did get to ride the merry go round for the first time ever. She was so thrilled with it. She was just laughing and laughing and so delighted with it all. I was so touched by the pure joy on their faces as they rode around and around. With so much hatred and violence in the new lately I have really felt the damper of hate lately.  My sweet little ones live in their innocence unaware of much that plagues others. I was grateful to be in that moment with them and to feel my heart lightened with their smiles. 
After our tickets had run out and we were hot and thirsty we grabbed some cotton candy and a much needed Slurpee on the way home!!






4th of July Camp Out











Friday, December 30, 2016

4th of July Balloon Festival

We got up freaking early to check out of hot air balloons going up in Provo on 4th of July. Of course I got us all matching shirts, cause, well, why not! Matching 4th of July shirts make me happy! The balloon didn't even go up because of some messy weather, but they still blew them up for everyone to enjoy. They really were beautiful and majestic. We went with the Liddiards and the Draper. It was packed!!!  It was a nice way to start the holiday!