Preston Fair

July 29, 2010

On Thursday we headed to the Preston, Idaho parade and fair for Family night. Ian as always loved the parade. The best was when the cheerleaders marched by and Ian was clapping his hands and marching along with them. He also loved the "mbulance" and the horses. After the parade ended we headed to the fair grounds to take Ian on a couple of rides.

This was the first ride we took him on. I'll admit I was a little nervous because parents were not allowed (honestly if I can ride his gator I am pretty sure I would be fine in here). However he loved it all by himself! He wanted to ride it again and again. The first time he rode he pressed the horn the entire time and thought it was hilarious.

This was the fastest moving line so we decided to let him ride it again. On the second ride he was in the blue truck. Unfortunately his horn did not work but the one behind him did. Ian spent the remainder of that ride turned around pressing the horn. While the other boy did not like it -Ian continued to do so anyway.
Ian has been potty trained for a long time and it has been great! However as with any child public bathrooms especially outhouses are horrible. So lately when we go to public places like this I put his portable potty in the trunk of the car. Best idea ever!!! No dirty disgusting bathrooms, no distractions, glorious! Sure enough at the fair he had to use the restroom so we ran to the car while daddy waited in line. Moments later we were back and it was just about our turn.

This ride made me very nervous. Ian is not exactly the sit and hold still kind of kid. He is more of the thrill seeker. jump with my eyes closed. So the fact that his ride comes off the ground a good 8 feet was quite worrisome -because they are not harnessed tightly inside. So no surprise -he loved it! He would wave to everyone and anyone when flying by that would give him attention. Luckily he did not lean out too far -but thought it was a blast to be "bigger than everyone."
While we wanted to take Ian on a few more rides the night ended early with a huge rain storm. But we loved every minute!

24th of July Activities

Mendon, UT

For the 24th of July our friends the Hendrickson's invited us to head out to the Mendon activities. Let's just say we will definitely make that a tradition from now on! Ian had a blast -the parade was short with great candy, the food was cheap, the games were cheap, the entertainment was great, and it was extremely family oriented.

After the parade we headed to the city center and had some wonderful food. 3 hot dogs, 2 hamburgers, 1 pretzel, 2 bags chips, 2 drinks all for $12. When we finished eating out came the firetrucks. They spray the hose all over for the kids to run through, plus they have a couple on the ground that the fire people spray. Ian was not too crazy about the bubble -foam sprayer but thought the water was entertaining. You would not know it but the hose on the far left -we though we would just feel a mist. Nope- that shoots out a lot of water. Ian and I were wet from head to toe!

Then we headed over to ride the pony's which Ian also loved.
Went down the giant slide (and did not want dad or mom to help him). When he first started down his eye's were really big. About half way down decided he wanted to do it again.

We even played some games and won lots of prizes!
All in all it was a great day!
Thanks so much for the invite -we can't wait to go again next year!

Mack Park

One of our favorite places to go during the summer is Mack Park. Ian loves playing in the water especially if he has a friend to play with like Ellie. Brock loved the water too, while Issac not so much :) We have also been able to go on a few bike rides in the evenings because it is too warm during the day up Logan Canyon. Ian has loved going for bike rides!

Summer Days

The month of July has been great! We have loved be home and keep thinking we should plan a vacation but really we are just enjoying have time at home all together. It is crazy that in just a few weeks I will return to work and then Tim will start back up in school. I am dreading every moment of it but trying not to think about it at all. He are a few things that we have been up to this summer.

Ian loves imaginative play. Of course he would like to wear his buzz lightyear pajamas all day and night -sometimes I let him and we enjoy the day. When potty training him in May he had a sticker chart and earned a sticker each time he went to the bathroom. After he earned so many -the first time 10, then 20, 30, 40 he was able to earn a toy. Since he loves toy story he earned all of the characters and loves running around the house playing with them. He always argues "I am buzz lightyear" whenever his toy buzz says it is buzz lightyear. He hits the laser button on his pajamas and runs around the house shooting things. He also presses the wing button and his arms pop out as wings as he tuns crazy through the house.

He plays hide-n-go-seek with his toys. Here he found Rex hiding.

He has also loved pretend that his baby seahorse is a baby. He wraps it up in a blanket and sings "Rock-a-bye Baby" to it (am have been trying to get it on video). We have found that usually when the baby is sleeping it is baby Issac and he puts him in his grocery cart. When the baby is awake he calls him baby Brock. I think he believe's that Brian and Erin's twins are actually his brothers.

We have also been enjoying story time at the park. Although we have never actually made it to story time, we love playing and going to the library after. It is a rare occasion for us all to actually be out of bed by 10 am -Ian included :) Below we are playing at the park with the our neighbors.

Ian holding Issac.
We have enjoyed grilling with the family and are very excited for corn on the cob season. Ian loves it, and thinks it is fun to peel it as well.
We have had treats continuously on the counter. Ian liked helping me make cookies and trying to eat the butter.
I let him have a little cookie dough when it was all done. Just like me he would prefer to eat the cookie dough rather than the cookies.

Other than this we have been making messes and loving it.We have also had some time to finish up a few projects. Tim built a shed in the back to keep all the bikes and Ian's outside toys in. It definitely looks much better. Here Tim and Ian are painting the doors for the shed.
Here's to hoping that we continue to have beautiful lazy summer days!

4th of July Activities!

We started the week out by heading to the outdoor pool with Erin and Ellie.
Ian went down with Tim (since it is not a good idea for me to be going down the slides). Well pregnant or not pregnant I am taking Ian down next time. Tim decided it would be fun to try and go fast -I am sure Ian was all for the idea at first. Then Ian hit his head on the slide a couple times and decided it was not so fun anymore. However they had a blast at the pool and loved playing together. Ian would go as deep into the water as possible and even when the waves were splashing him in the face he would be shouting "Let go mom, let go mom." The child has no fear -I am not sure that is a good thing.

We also headed down to SLC one day. Andrew had a doctors appointment and I need to exchange some clothing. So we all thought we'd go together. We headed to the gateway and Ian loved playing in the fountains.
Notice the grump face in the middle left -he was tired and just got hit in the face with a fountain. After a moment of relaxing and then decided to wear his sunglasses he was out and running around with me again.

On Friday we headed up to a park in Logan just above the stadium like we always do. With tons of family and friends we had a blast as usual. Issac and Brock were happily entertained, Ian and Ellie could have cares less what was going on as long as they could play together, and the rest of us enjoyed watching them all run and roll around.
The twins loved the fireworks!
Ian thought they were a little noisy at times.

Ellie, Ian, and Hunter watching the fireworks.Ian and Ellie

The next day we headed to the Hyrum parade which Ian loved. At first he was actually a little timid going for the candy and then he just jumped in and was running with the big kids -as long as grandma was near. He also loved waving his flag.
After the parade we headed to my parents house had a nap then got up and made sugar cookies. Ian loved to be the sprinkler and would say "sprinkle, sprinkle" as he put them on.
That night we had fireworks with my family and Ian was loving all of the attention. He like stomping on the poppers, and fighting like buzz lightyear with the glow sticks.
We were all grateful for a Sunday to rest and recover from the amazing week. On Monday we continued to relax then got together with a bunch of neighbors for even more fireworks. Tim got cut from work that night. Although he did nearly take out all the neighbors with a Roman Candle that tipped over. Everyone put on quite a show. We are not sure how no one got hurt with all of the kids running around lighting various fireworks. Nonetheless we all survived and had a blast. We did learn that the neighborhood cop must be a pretty nice guy because he didn't say anything to all of us and our amazing fireworks :)

What a great weekend we are so blessed to live here in the USA and have wonderful family and friends!

Eden Utah

This last week Tim's family rented a condo in Eden, Utah (just up by wolf creek and pineview reservoir). The condo was gorgeous, a little over done in cowboy decorations but gorgeous nonetheless. His parents were nice enough to let us have the master suite with a California King the room also had a twin with a pull out trundle bed that Ian enjoyed sleeping. I have decided that a queen bed is just to small for our bed -I need lots of room!

While up there we did a lot of biking which Ian loves. He also had fun wearing our bike helmets. Don't worry Buzz and woody came along on all of our biking adventures.

An attempt to snap a picture of the three of us -like I said "attempt." And no- I am not sick people -I am just not wearing any make-up! The allergies up there were absolutely horrible. There was so much cotton flying threw the air it looked like snow. There was no point in wearing make-up my eyes watered so much it would have all washed away or I would have looked like Marilyn Madson -ahhhh!

We found a fun place to stop and take a breather -Ian loved throwing rocks and trying to skip them like the big boys.

Ok- many comments could be made about this picture in regards to Tim. I can think of many but..."if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all!" Thus I will leave it at that -looking good babe!
Ian throwing rocks and loving when they splash in the water.
Video of Ian picking up rocks that are much to big to carry at once, and trying to count them all.

We also were able to do some hiking. We started out by letting Ian walk on his own in front of me. However after having taken 10 minutes to move not even 5 feet away from the car (he had to pick up rocks and look at bugs) we put him in the pack.

Ian playing with rocks and looking super cute doing so.
He would also growl and the bugs and tell daddy to "Get em" after he got bored watching them.

At the end of the hike we headed into the Butterfly Garden's shop and got some fudge and truffles. Ian did not really enjoy sitting in the butterfly chair though.


Ian had a blast and did remarkably well. The first couple of days he struggled with his naps and would finally get so tuckered out he would fall asleep anywhere. But eventually he got into more of a routine and would take a little nap in the afternoon.

We even managed to fit in some Go Kart racing. Not for little kids though just big kid racing.
Ian sporting the helmet protective wear.

After each race he would rush to wear daddy's helmet.
After the everyone finished racing they let Ian play the arcade games.

After the girls enjoy a relaxing afternoon at the Spa, that last night we all headed out to see Toy Story 3. It just so happened that we watched Toy Story 2 with everyone the night before (if you haven't seen it in a while I suggest watching it before you see the third). We figured Ian would absolutely love it since you can hardly get his attention if Toy Story 2 is on. Sure enough he did and so did everyone else! Anytime Buzz would disappear off the screen he would shout "Where's Buzz?" The theater we went to was super kid friendly (Walker Theaters in North Ogden) they even had booster seats for the kids to use. Ian loved sitting in his own chair and eating snacks and popcorn. When we got out of the movie we asked Ian if he liked it and he said, "Yeah, again."

Seven Peaks

This weekend we headed down to Salt Lake to spend some time with Tim's family. On Saturday we headed to Seven Peaks in Provo. Ian as always loved playing in the water. Whether he was wading around on his stomach, kicking, or throwing his splash toys around he had a blast.

Playing in the fountain's with Jim and Nan.

After playing in the water for hours Ian wanted a snack. Nan had got a pretzel with nacho cheese which Ian did not want. However he did enjoy dipping his goldfish in the nacho cheese.

The big shocker was Ian even used the potty while we were there. He would run out of the pool and say "need go potty." We would take him to the potty and he would go every time.

Walking back from the bathrooms with Grandpa.

Ian's favorite part was the lazy river. He loved floating around on the tubes but preferred to be in the water then sitting on the tube. Jimmer (Tim's brother) would say "Where did Jimmer go?" And then proceed to go under the water. Ian thought this was hilarious and would do the same. "Where did Ian go?" A few times he went all the way under the water.

After getting out of the lazy river all Ian had fun playing in the tubes and shouting "Where Ian go?" Then ducking as low as he could in the tubes.

Ian was fast asleep before we could even pull all the way out of the parking lot.