Downtown SLC

One day on vacation we went downtown. We rode the train with Mike's dad (he takes it everyday to work). He was in his glory. He loves the train and talking about it. He loved sharing that with us. Mike downloaded an app for the phone that told him how fast we were going... he was even more excited.




We went to temple square. Funny story...Hayden told us he had to pee. I was taking a picture of Amelia (this awesome one I might add)


and asked Hayden to wait a minute. I turn around and he has his pants down and is about to pee right there. This is a nice pretty area with gardens, tourists, and church stuff. So we stopped him (while some guy was laughing at us) We took him inside to go but as I mentioned in a previous post he won't go in public restrooms. So the moment passed. We went up to the top of building to see the view. Up there Hayden said he had to go again. So I forced him to stand at the toilet. He screamed but I made him stay. Mike said everyone could hear him down the hall. Some old lady came in walked in a stall and walked out. I swear she was checking to see if I was beating him. Well he never went pee. But he didn't pee his pants either.

Here are some pics of the trip...(and see our previous post)

Our Trip Out West

We just got back from our rip out west. We had a great time visiting Mike's family. We did some sight seeing, went out to eat tons (I think I gained 5 lbs), took the kids swimming, to chuck e cheese and other fun places, went shopping, and just hung out. We also had thanksgiving and haydens birthday. And of course we squeezed in some waterfalls. More pictures to come in the next posts.

It is stressful flying with 2 kids. Especially when one is a now mobile baby. But both kids did great. We did have a few incidents on the way there. Amelia pooped thru her clothes on our first flight. Then Hayden just decided he doesn't like public restrooms. So he didn't go to the bathroom all day. So on our second flight he finally couldn't hold it anymore. But we were taking off so he couldn't get out of his seat. He told me he had to go. I asked if he could wait a few minutes. He looked at me and said I am peeing. He didn't even care. It was gross. Needless to say he wore a pull up on the flight home

Hayden had a blast playing with his cousins. They were all so nice to him even though he is younger. Amelia was a perfect baby. Everyone loved her. SHe has such a great little personality. SHe especially loved Nana. Both kids were very good. Thankfully they both adjusted well to the time difference and daylights saving time. Hayden loved sleeping in the tent/tee pee Nana made for him.

It was so nice to see everyone. Keep checking back for the rest of our trip info and pictures!!

Amanda and Jason's Wedding

The IPAD is not Cooperating so this will be a quick post with pictures out of order.

We went to Amanda's wedding a few weeks ago. It was a beautiful wedding. They had a huge cookie bar and I made
Oreo balls for it. I made over 200 and they were all gone early in the night!

Enjoy the pictures...

Halloween 2011

Well we didn't go to the Halloween parade for 2 reasons:
1. My back is bad again (more info below)
2. It SNOWED!

So it snowed on Saturday. Enough to play in and build a snowman. I didn't get to play with the kids. I was completely immobile. My back was really bad. I couldn't sit, cough, stand up, anything without being in horrible pain. It is a little better now but I guess back to the orthopedic dr for me. My foot has been numb for over 6 months too. I hope they don't have to do surgery but at the same time I want to be better. Its bad enough I can't run, play soccer, hike, etc. But now I can't pick up my kids or play with them. :(

On Sunday we visited Grandma Barb and Hayden and Amelia got their treat baskets. Hayden's favorite thing was the skeleton cup with a straw. On Sunday we learned that Amelia is also petrified of dogs. She trembles and cries. Poor thing. So both of my kids are scared of dogs.

Halloween was Monday and of course it rained. But it wasn't too cold so it didn't bother Hayden. We went with his cousin John and they sprinted from house to house. They were so excited. Hayden was a jedi. John loved Hayden's light saber, luckily I brought two. Amelia stayed at my brothers house and passed out candy. Hayden's favorite candy was kit kats. He had a blast but was pooped. He passed out as soon as we got home and I had to wake him up so I could get to work on time. That rarely happens.