Just Girls (and Cooper)

Just got back from great girls trip to St. George, of course Cooper came along too! We had so much fun though. Sheila had gotten tickets for us to go to Touchan and see "The Little Mermaid." We drove down and went straight to swimming of course then got ready and ate at Don Pedro's sooo yummy! Here we are at the Touchan. It was so pretty I had never been there before and loved it! The kids were pretty good for the play. Cooper got a bit tired of sitting in his seat after intermission so we went up top to watch it and run around but he was so cute asking all sorts of questions. He wondered where the little Mermaids tail went?
The next day Sheila was so sweet (of course she always is) and watched my kids while Michelle, Erin and I went golfing early in the morning( Larissa decided to get some well deserved sleep;) We went to Green Springs and I forgot my Camera but it was so pretty. At one hole you had to hit your ball across a small canyon! We were surprised we all made the ball across, considering we hadn't golfed in years!

After we ate at Bear Paw Cafe and went to the Reservoir. The kids really liked it but it was so hot! I somehow managed to be the only one who burnt the bottom of my feet walking on the hot hot sand! I ended up with some good sized blisters that feel fine now. Here are the girls jumping for joy!
I love this picture of Grandma Sheila and her grandkids. She is a wonderful Grandma and they all adore her to pieces! Thanks for the fun weekend girls!! When's the next one?

An afternoon at the Zoo

One nice afternoon Sheila and I decided to take the kids and Addy to the zoo! We hadn't been in a while and it was a lot of fun! I wanted to get a classic picture of Melia drinking from the Lion water fountain but of course she thought this was a much better picture... The new dinosaurs at the zoo are pretty awesome. Addy was so cute every time we got by one we'd hear her say, "No, no no." Cooper was fine with most of them besides this huge rex, and Melia, well she is always in for a photo op!
Of course Grandma Sheila, being the wonderful Grandma she is always gets the kids a flavorburst ice cream cone!
Oh and rides... I love this picture of Cooper Looper!
While waiting for the Elephant show the kids got in on the music scene.

>Cooper had so much fun he threw a nice 5 minute fit over is ice cream cone flavor and fell asleep screaming in the wagon.(Sorry if you happened to be sitting next to us!)
Grandma Sheila and her cute Grandkids!
Thanks for the fun day!!

UP

One of my new favorite things to do in the summer is watching movies outside! We were invited to go watch the movie "UP" outside in front of the new "UP" house in Herriman with all of Paul's family and it was a lot of fun! The kids kept busy while waiting for it to get dark enough for the movie to start with Dave's bubble gun, Grandpa Marks blanket rides and Daddy tossing them in the air. They must have looked like they were having a lot of fun because other kids were trying to line up for a ride in the blanket too! Of course the cotton candy, popcorn and treats were plenty of fun too! I really loved this house, they put every detail into it and it's super cute! The kids fell asleep about a third of the way through but we held out to the end anyway.

Fishing

Every year when Grandpa Clyde comes to visit we take a trip to the hatchery in ogden and let the kids fish for our dinner! I love this tradition because I remember going fishing there when I was little with my Dad and Grandpa Baker. This year was so fun because both our kids were interested in fishing. We got Cooper a Spiderman fishing pole and he and Melia spent the afternoon practicing in our front yard. All the practice paid off for Melia who caught 4 fish all on her own! She was so cute telling us on the way home, "It's a good thing I caught all those fish or we wouldn't have anything to eat for dinner!" It was a lot of fun. Cooper had help catching one, but mainly loved following Holly around the Hatchery and finding snacks and drinks. Aunt Julie always has something cute for the kids and got them all sunglasses to fish in style! We cooked up the fish and wondered if the kids would like it. Melia tried one piece and wasn't too impressed with the taste, but we gave Cooper his what we called "nuggets" and he gobbled them right up. Tastes like chicken right? Well all in all it was another fun fishing trip to the Hatchery!

Piano Sonata in Purple

Our little ballerina had her dance recital! I've been so excited to see her perform because she had the best teacher this year. Her teacher could get ten little 5 year olds to do almost anything! She taught them a real ballet dance to classical music and the costumes fit the performance as well. She did great of course and I loved that she could see us in the audience smiling at her.

All Melia's Fans... (Thanks for coming guys) We were sad that Melia's cousin Bella was in the next time slot of performances so we couldn't see her and Grandma Chris was so nice to come to both! We couldn't believe uncle Mark even came while recuperating from his snowboard fall. ( check it out http://snowrevival.blogspot.com/2011/06/inside-vs-outside.html) And Melia was super excited to have her cousin Adalynn there to see her too!

Her Family...
And of course the surprises afterwords...
Great Job Melia!!!

Preschool Graduation!

I really can't believe how fast time goes. I feel like I just dropped Melia off at her first day of preschool and now it's over. Melia had a great preschool teacher, Ms. Sherri! We are so glad she had such a fun start to school and will be ready for kindergarten! Melia has learned a lot this past year and we are very proud of her and know she will be able to learn anything and do anything she sets her mind to! Melia and her cute little class. They sang a bunch of cute songs, my favorites were the Alphabet backwards(I confess even I can't do that) and the funny song "Skunk in your Trunk." You'll have to ask her to sing this one when you see her it's hilarious!

Melia was so excited to have her family, Grandma Sheila, Michelle and Addy Bug to watch her sing in her preschool graduation and planned that we all went out for frozen yogurt after!

Our Top Ten List
"Reasons to visit Austin Texas"

10) Going on an Airplane


9) Going on a train ride in Zilker Park and wading in Lady Bird Lake



8) Playing in Grandpa & Grandma's backyard and watching for birds (while enjoying a sonic creamy slushy)



7) The surprises. Candy, Toys and more.


6)Walking hand-in-hand.


5) Lots of Swimming and the cute lifeguards and the pool.


4) A boat ride on Lake Austin and eating at the Hula Hut

3)Sea World!

2) Learning to Golf from Grandpa (and chase turkeys and fish for golf balls)


and the number one reason to visit Austin Texas...
Spending time with Grandma Chris and Grandpa Clyde!

GRAND OPENING FOR OUR NEWEST SUBWAY!!!

We our having out grand opening this Thursday at our river park Subway!! It is in the river bottoms across from Mulligans golf course. Print this coupon out and come see me. IT IS BUY ONE GET ONE FREE NO LIMIT ALL DAY!!!!

Smoothies

Melia loves to cook. She makes what she calls creations all the time sometimes we cook them and they turn out ok. Today she wanted to try to make a smoothies and I must say it was one of the best smoothies! So if your in the mood for smoothies I thought I'd share her recipe with you.
She started with one Clementine orange
Added some ice
Some strawberry Greek yogurt
A snack pack of oranges
Some frozen blueberries
Little more yogurt ;)
And a half of a banana

It was the perfect after church snack on cold day when we were wishing for warm weather! We hope you enjoy!

Big Boy Bed

Cooper has graduated into a big boy bed! Daddy decided it was time, Mommy didn't know if she was quite ready ;). We changed it while he was with his aunt and uncle and when he got home he wasn't quite sure at first but decided it was pretty cool. Daddy picked him out a "go utes" bed and he was so excited, then not, then was, then not. Cooper has just been like that lately. You'll ask him if he wants milk and he will say yes then two seconds later he'll tell you, " no, I don't want milk I want juice." It is pretty funny but also he is just two and so you hope that will go away. Anywho... we are still working on the transition into this bed, but he does like that mommy can lay by him(which may be why we are still working on it). So if you have any suggestions for keeping a kid in his new bed all night let us know ;). I must say he does look super cute snuggled in his go utes bed!

Snowboard Chick!

Melia is the new snowboard chick! Or at least I hope so! She was able to go to Brighton with Uncle Mark and learn how to snowboard! There is no way I could have done it! It looked so hard to stay backwards and down most the day to try to teach her, I'm sure Uncle Mark was very sore! We are so thankful that he is so nice and able to teach her because he is a great teacher. Melia had so much fun with him. It's fun to see our kids start new hobbies. I really am hoping this one sticks because I love to snowboard too! I think it will be so fun to be able to do these things together as they get bigger. Now we just have to get them to love golf and we're set!
Melia and Uncle Mark!
A zonked-out snowboard girl! Fries and all...

Spontaneous

Well in case you didn't know Paul has a new position working for a company that owns 70 subways. He is now senior operations/area manager, 10 being in St. George. This has required him to be in St. George for the last 2 1/2 weeks and I'm sure a lot more in the coming months. So we decided to drive down and join him for the weekend. It was such nice weather and the kids were thrilled to be able to get outside, ride bikes, and go to the park. Friday morning Paul woke up with a great idea... A spontaneous trip to Disneyland! We were all so excited and drove to California that afternoon, stayed in a hotel and went to Disneyland the next day! One of our favorite characters was Tinkerbelle. She was so nice and sat and chatted with Melia for probably 5 minutes. She was super cute! Cooper loved going on the Buzz Ride and the Rocket ride but we didn't get any pics:( He saw Buzz Lightyear running by but we weren't able to catch him!
Melia and I went on the teacups, I guess spinning round and round isn't Daddy's or Coopers "cup of tea" haha yea I know I'm hilarious...
Meeting all the Alice Characters was also a highlight since Melia loves Alice. The kids got to pick out a face paint, Melia did a fairy and Cooper of course chose a rocket as his obsession of rockets still continues.
At toon town we saw Goofy and played in his house, Paul took a rest on his pumpkin. And Of course we saw Mickey! Melia almost tackled him over when she hugged him so tight.
Here we are in the jungle! Exploring on the jungle ride and in Tarzan's Treehouse. cooper was a little worried about the piranas!
The one thing we just had to do was find Rapunzel! We waited in an hour long line to see her but it made Melia's day! She was so excited to meet her! We also went to the fantasy fair where she was able to dance by Cinderlla and hear a story from Sleeping Beauty.

Our kids were all smiles all day! I guess Disneyland really is the happiest place on earth!!!!!!!