rewind: Fairyland jul.13.10

After our trip to San Diego the flights home were really full and there were a lot of stand boys so instead of waiting at the airport for a flight home we sent Matt back to Utah to work and the boys and I flew to San Fransisco to hang out with Matt's parents.

Fairyland has been around since 1940-ish and my father-in-law went when he was a kid, then Matt went and now our kids have gone- and I don't think much has changed in all the time! The boys loved it though. You walked around this little park that had scenes from fairy tales.

Do I have to count it against us?

We're in the middle of potty-training, actually I'm hoping a little more towards the end of it than the beginning... but here's my question:

Twice Brayden has been nakie and I've found him with #2 hanging from his bottom, since it never hit the floor and I didn't have to clean anything up, do I have to count that as an accident?

Ok, so maybe we're a little closer to the beginning stages than I would like to believe.

REWIND: Jetting- San Diego jul.9-11.10

One benefit of interning with an airline company is the free flight benefits. One benefit of interning with JetBlue- personal TVs on each seat and LOTS of legroom. We have really enjoyed "jetting" with them this summer. Our friends in the MBA program, the Aho's, were living in San Diego for the summer so we decided to take a little vacation out there to see them. We fly stand-by for free so it's a gamble each time at the gate whether or not we'll get a seat or not. Luckily we got out of Salt Lake on the first flight to Long Beach and didn't have to wait in the airport all day that Friday. Matt had to fly "jump seat" with the flight attendants in the back and the boys shared a seat and I had a seat. Thank goodness it's a short flight over there!

Matt had a meeting in Long Beach on Saturday morning so we drove around Friday. We saw Newport beach and Huntington beach. The boys ran around in the COLD ocean. Brayden loved ever minute of it. Taylor was a little more apprehensive... uncomfortable temperatures bother him.

JetBlue has a contract with a hotel in Long Beach that we could stay in for relatively cheap. We were told to being extra socks for our kids so they wouldn't have to walk on the ground it's that yucky. Going into it with that in mind we were pleasantly surprised. They're currently re-doing the rooms and ours wasn't bad at all.

After Matt's meeting we drove to San Diego to play with our friends. I'm so sad I don't have any pictures of us at the beach there. We met up with the Aho's and the Jones' (whose house were living in right now) who are both interning in San Diego. The boys (husbands) went surfing and boogie boarding while the girls and the kids stayed on the beach to play in the sand.

Stacie and I went out boogie boarding for about 30 minutes and LOVED it! We had so much fun even though the water was so cold. By the time we called it quits my feet were numb! As we came in Brayden grabbed my hand and wanted to go out. He couldn't get enough of boogie boarding. Have you ever see those people with dogs on the surf boards... that's what Brayden looked like. He would hold himself up on his hands and knees on the boogie board while I navigated us in and out of the ocean on the waves. He would laugh so hard! It didn't even matter that my legs were now starting to get numb. We had a great dinner with our friends and then went back to the Aho's to play games. We stayed up WAY to late and our sanity went to bed around 11:00- and we stayed up a few hours more. That was such a fun night!


After church on Sunday we went to La Jolla and to the tide pools. The boys really enjoyed walking around on the rocks and seeing all the sea life.

Taylor trying to touch the crab in the rock - - - - - - - - - - - - Crab

Josie sat in the middle of the pool

After three trys this was the best picture of the boys - - - Brayden with Josie

MJ and Taylor watching for seals - - - - - - - - - - Conran and Aho families

Thanks for hosting us guys! We had such a fun time and can't wait to get back to Provo to hang out!

REWIND: Highland Splash Park jul.7.10

(I've got so much to catch up on... that's your warning!)

This summer while living in Lehi we have discovered Highland's free splash park. The boys love it! We have gone almost once a week and they ask to go more often than that. The water "originates" as a waterfall coming out of a rock and then flows through the river and then shoots up on the pad. We take trucks, bottles and boats to float down the river. It sure has made these hot summer days bearable!

Little Mermaid?

Throwing rocks - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Laying on the concrete to warm up

Brayden Boogi Boarding

In San Diego. The water was freezing and Brayden was blue but he cried when we pulled him off the board to go home. Do I have a beach bum on my hands? Matt is SO proud!

Stadium of Fire

This year Carrie Underwood was the performer at Provo's 4th of July celebration Stadium of Fire. I looked into getting tickets, but the cheap seats were already gone by the time I got around to it. on Saturday night though, I REALLY wanted to go. I convinced Matt to go down to Provo and let me try and get some tickets from scalpers... well, 10 minutes before the show I still couldn't find tickets cheap enough for us. I was about to concede when I man drove by on his bike with tickets. I bought them and we got in just as they were starting.

It's the 100th birthday of the Boy Scouts so they had an eagle court of honor for 160 + scouts and had the Second Generation Osmonds, the Five Browns and Jennie Oaks Baker perform. The boys loved the show and really enjoyed the fireworks. What a great way to celebrate our country!




The flag girls and the raising of our colors. I may or may not have gotten a little teary eyed at this point.

The jets flying over- pretty intense! Taylor wanted to know if Uncle Aleks was flying one of them. After they flew over they broad casted the pilots on the jumbo-tron to wish us all a Happy 4th.

Matt and Brayden watching the concert.

Taylor dancing to Carrie Underwood "Undo It"

I was too busy watching the fireworks to mess with the settings on my camera. I didn't get any other good shots but the fireworks were awesome!

Park City with JetBlue

JetBlue is celebrating their 10th anniversary so they had a huge party up at the Park City Mountain Resort last Friday. We got there early and were able to get a lot in before the crowds got there.

We rode the SLOW ski lift up the mountain so Matt and I could ride the Zipline.



I went down while Matt stayed with the kids and then I stayed at the top with the boys while Matt went down.

Then we all rode the Alpine slides down the mountain.

By now the crowds were starting to get bad so we took turns waiting in line for the Alpine roller coaster while the boys rode the merry-go-round and the little airplanes.

Taylor got some rock climbing in, with dad's help.

Brayden bounced on this trampoline and then Taylor got strapped in to "fly high."

Matt was recruited for the tug-of-war (they lost to the luggage crew that flew in from Long Beach) The boys weren't entertained by all the grunting so they played on the hill.

We got lunch, played some putt-putt golf, drank our weight in water and Sprite and sweated like crazy! Over all- a pretty great day!

Batman, with a mustache, and my lion.

I caved

I'd been doing so good. It's always a challenge of mine to see how long I can go without turning on the A/C for the summer. I REALLY wanted to make it to July 1st, but here I am, sitting comfortably in my air conditioned home for about a week now. I finally called it off when it was 89 degrees in my bedroom and 98 outside.

Working Out

So Matt and I are on week 5 of P90X- don't worry, we won't show you our before and after pictures! Taylor loves it and wants to work out with us every morning with his own bands. The other day he kept bugging me to work out so I put on the DVD for him. The boys are working on their 6-pack. (At least I can do a little better than Brayden!)

I know there are a lot here but I laugh everytime I see each one so I couldn't leave them out!

Brayden doing bicycles

Crunchie Frog

V-Up Roll-up Combo

Push Ups (Brayden wanted a turn)

Jokes

I recorded these about two months ago- we've gotten SO much better!

Taylor's Knock-Knock Joke

Brayden's Version

Taylor's Orange Joke