Family Pictures

It is so much easier to have someone else take family pictures than doing it myself. Our Christmas card is evidence of this. So here a few highlights from our lastest picture taking adventure.

Mod Mom Give away

All you readers out there who love Whole Foods, should take a look at modmom.blogspot.com she is giving away a ton of great stuff, and some gift cards from Whole Foods. Who would not want that. Thanks Anjie for the heads up. Mod Mom has a great blog, how do you find them?

Happy Valentine's Day

While we don’t usually do anything special on V-day the kids did have a chance to exchange valentine’s with their friends. And of course this should really read candy and some note that your child will discard on the way to getting said candy. Well these two kids were no exception. Although I did not plan to pass out candy, Ben came home with these chocolate pops from a customer that I had to get rid of. There were not enough for Isabelle’s class so Bear got to hand them out instead. They were a big hit, and will probably keep those kids going for a good amount of time. I will have to say though I made Isabelle’s cards this year; I really don’t like the sayings on the cards they have these days, so cheesy. And I thought they were cute but nothing really special, we taped a stamp to them and what do you know a healthy valentine. But one of the cards she got was too cute, it was a dog face made out of hearts, with, you guessed it, a candy nose. I liked them enough to take a picture and I might just make them next year, unless I can come up with something more creative.

Peoa, UT

In our travels last weekend we went to go visit a fish hatchery in Springville, UT which is not too far away, but something new. Well needless to say they were not open, which my book did not indicate but hey we’ll go on to the next location. So we made our way up to Sundance, and it was packed. Lots of people up there skiing. I’m sure we could have gotten out, but I did not want to look like a dork and not be skiing. On to the next spot on our tour, we made our way to Heber to check the railroad and have lunch. Well the railroad was closed too, is nothing in this state open on Sunday? Since Bear had fallen asleep we decided to check out some of the small towns out on the outskirts. While driving around we saw lots of wildlife. And by we I mean, me. Ben was driving and every time I would point something out he would miss it. On our way through Peoa, UT we saw some Elk, it was pretty cool. Now having never seen an elk before I was not sure and made Ben turn around and go back to make sure I was correct. While swinging back by I did take some pictures, since the elk decided to look right at me pretty cool. Once we made it back to the freeway off to Park City, to visit the outlets. Somebody had to having a good deal on something.

Alphabet Crown

I am so proud of Isabelle; she has been working very hard at learning all her letters and their sounds. And as of today, her school has officially recognized that she knows them all. She is doing really well with picking up what she is learning at school and I’m sure she will be ready to read in no time. She figured she just got to wear another birthday crown, not really understanding the importance but I made a big deal about it so hopefully she will think it is pretty cool. I’m just so excited, I think I almost cried today when she got in the car with her crown and I read what it said. (and of course she is wearing her favorite outfit.)

It's Ben's Birthday

Happy Birthday Ben!

We are all very excited today as that it is Ben’s birthday. Isabelle was very excited to bring Dad breakfast in bed and sing him happy birthday. So much so that she wanted to do it again, and again. Ben enjoyed a pretty relaxing day, fun time with the kids, a nap, dinner and later on in the week a massage. I figured that he was asking for one at the church auction that he might enjoy one for his birthday. So Happy Birthday Ben we hope that this year will be great.

Groundhog Day

Well that fat useless groundhog says were going to have six more weeks of winter for 2008. What a bummer, I am really getting tired of all that snow. The novelty is starting to wear off. Oh well what are you going to do. Who decided that we have to follow what a fat rodent has to say anyway, I think he really just wants to sleep some more and the celebration woke him up. So he is giving payback for that in the form of more winter

Circus??

I know that I have been talking a little bit about things that bother me, so here is one more. We were offered an opportunity to go to the circus and by circus I mean three small rings where there were mostly people and hardly any animals. Not what I would have thought of as the circus but hey. First off, I have never been to the circus before and I figured that since the kids got in free what the heck lets go. Well first off it was freezing, and we had to stand in line to purchase my ticket, and of course Isabelle had to go to the bathroom. Fortunately a very nice lady understood my plight and let me go in and have my spot back in line. Once we were in I was afraid I would not find my group, there were quite a few people there. But we lucked out in the end, snacks called part of our group away from their seats. Now why didn’t I think to bring my own snacks, Bear will sometimes sit to eat food!!

The show got started late and Barrett did not want to sit down to watch the show and only really settled down once the animals were out. And since they “tried” to break the show up with animals and humans, this was hard for the 18 month old. He was fascinated by the horses and kept singing horse, horse, horse, which was pretty cool. But the people who have amazing strength and could hang by their teeth while holding onto another person, did not hold is interest for long if at all. Even the trick poodles had a hard time keeping this kid interested. I should have left him at home with Dad.


Then to top it all off they did a 20 (twenty) minute intermission, at which point it was 6pm in the evening and I said ok we are going home. We did not get to see the elephants, and that is what Isabelle really wanted to do. Which I guess was ok, because I have an issue with the way people treat animals in the circus, zoo, etc. Maybe the big circus would be better but who knows, it’s just hard all around to keep Bear still when he just really wants to go. Overall our circus excursion was not that good. Plus I did not get any good pictures because I forgot my long lens and we were sitting at the very top of the stands. What an afternoon.