Bathtime!

I think it's about time for some more embarassing bath pictures. This particular day included bubbles. The kids were getting a long really well and having fun in the bath!

Garett has started laying himself down in the water. He thinks he's pretty clever when he does it.

Bubbles! I love that my kids love to take a bath!

Fieldtrip to the Police/Fire Station

In March, Grace and her preschool friends learned all about community helpers and occupations. The most exciting of these being the Police Officers and Fire Fighters! The week we made these cute Police Uniforms.

Then on the 24th we went on our field trip. The Police Station was very cool. We saw the jail cells where they put the bad guys, learned about fingerprinting, and learned about stranger danger. Then we headed over to the Fire Station. The kids watched an Elmo movie about firefighters. Garett got to hold their "mascot".
They took us out and we saw the ambulance,
and the firetrucks. We had a lot of fun!

Our 7th Anniversary

Since our anniversary was on Sunday this year, we celebrated the day before. We went and got Ben some new running shoes, which he loves! Then that afternoon we took the kids bowling. We had a really great time until Grace smashed her fingers in the bowling balls. I guess it doesn't matter how many times we tell her not to play with the balls in the ball return, she eventually has to learn it by herself.

Garett really enjoyed bowling this time around. He would push the ball down the ramp,
and then every time would say "Yay!" It was so cute!
I don't really remember who won. Neither Ben or I did very well, but we had a great time being together as a family.
After bowling we dropped the kids off at my mom's house and we drove down to Provo. We ate dinner at the Happy Sumo, which was very good! (p.s. The Tuna Tataki there isn't nearly as good as the one at Yapona!) Then we headed over to Color Me Mine. This was my surprise for Ben. He saw the pottery place we went to in Phoenix and commented that it looked fun. I did some research and found this was a similar place right here in Utah. He was super excited. I picked a salad bowl to paint and Ben picked a cereal bowl. We had such a great time being creative, talking, listening to music, and eating our yummy caramel apple from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. It was such a fun date night! Thanks Babe for 7 awesome years! I love you!

Ben's Birthday

For Ben's birthday, we started the day off with some presents

and a delicious breakfast! Stuffed French Toast on the new Blue Plate Special!

After getting ready we ran a few errands, and then went to lunch. These two are the best of friends!

After lunch we drove up to Park City for a little outlet shopping. Ben found a few good deals and the outing was a success! We were lucky enough to have Kyle and Aly come down that night to watch the kids while Ben and I went to dinner at Rodizio Grill. It was so good and we were so stuffed! We wadled around a few stores after dinner and then went home and lounged on the couch because we couldn't move. Happy Birthday babe! I hope you had a special day!

The Last Snow

Well, at least I was hoping this would be the last snow! After a pretty mild winter, spring has been teasing us! We woke up to about 6 inches of snow on this particular morning, so we bundled up and went outside for some fun!

We attempted some snowmen, but I didn't have anything for their faces. Oh well, they were melted by the afternoon anyway.

Grace and I have been making some projects to keep us busy. One of them was pinecone bird feeders. We were excited to see them being used.

Peek A Boo!

Now that we've had our fun, we are ready for the snow to go away!

Dinosoar Museum

March 2nd was the legislative night at the Dinosaur Museum. This was the best Activity in all of the years we've been going. We had so much fun! Garett was totally into this wind tube. He would laugh and laugh as he watched things fly up through it.

He also had fun climbing through some tunnels all by himself.
We have gotten a picture with this little dino every year we've gone. It's fun to see how much the kids change year over year.

Oh, and there's Grace. She spent most of the time wandering around with her cousins so we didn't get many pictures of her. I can't believe they're both actually looking and smiling!

Ben and most of the older siblings spent their time at the museum on a gnome hunt! That's right, the Thanksgiving Point Museum has hidden a plethora of tiny gnomes throughout the museum. Some little figurines hidden in the dinosaur bones, others tiny little camouflaged paintings on the walls. By the end, and with a little help from some staff members, they found about 80% of them. Some of them were so well hidden, even looking right at them with a staff member showing them it was hard to pick them out.

At the end of the night we went to their 3D movie, BUGS. It was kind of cool and creepy at the same time.

Garett struggled sitting through it, and Grace cried at the end when the Preying Mantis ate the pretty Butterfly.

G & G

The best of friends...sometimes. Other times, not so much. Here is a sweet shot where they were both actually sharing!

Sometimes, life just gets overwhelming and you just have to give in.
Please, wake up happy and loving each other again! They really do love each other, but are both fairly territorial. They like to have their own set of toys when they play and don't like any crossing over of the toys. It's fun to watch them play and we're having fun teaching them to share and take good care of each other.