Summer Days

We have been keeping busy doing lets of fun activities this summer! I absolutely love summertime with kids; going out, enjoying weather, and not having to bundle them up! That is a lot of the reason why I am so behind on blogging because I just hate sitting at home. Anyways here is a list of things we have been up to and some pics to go with some of them...

1. Summer Kids Movies- We have done this for 3 summers now and I LOVE it! Every Tuesday during the summer they show a kids movie at 10am at the Jordan Landing movie theater. It's $5 for a pass for 10 movies or $1 each movie if you don't buy a pass. It's great because the kiddos love it and I don't have to worry about them being quiet because it's already noisy with all the kids there!

2. The Gateway- We have a pass to Discovery Gateway and Dawson just loves it there. He requests to go all the time. He plays and learns while I sit back. Sweet. We also hit up the fountains there at the gateway, a nice way for kids to cool off! We went one day with a group of us moms (Summer, Lindy, Paige, and I) and let the kids go wild!


3. Day Out With Thomas- The Heber Valley Railroad had a Day Out With Thomas activity that is every little boys dream. Dawson loved it. We road on Thomas, got pics, played with trains, got a temporary tattoo, did a maze, met Sir Topham Hat, and lots more.



4. Thanksgiving Point- I forgot my camera for this one! But I went with my friends Summer and Stacy to the Children's Discovery Gardens and the kids had a blast. They ran around in the Noah's Ark splash pond forever. We walked around and did a few other things but it was 100 degrees out so we left for lunch pretty quick!

5. The Zoo- We got to go to the Zoo with our friends Summer and Josh and their kids Reece and Remi. Dawson and Reece love playing together and loved being able to walk all around the zoo and not have to sit in the strollers. They loved all the animals there and we saw the cutest baby elephant!



We have also had playdates, gone swimming, gone to the aquarium, the library, and Wheeler Farm among all of our activities! PS Emerson isn't mentioned a lot in this post. She tags along and sits back and chills where ever we go and points to things and babbles away. She is such a fun girl and SO easy going!

The Tie Shirts

So after my Disney post, I had a few requests for the "tie shirt" picture. As a background for those of you who don't know the story, I have made Dawson some cute t shirts that have a tie on them, and Chris and Jer thought it would be hilarious for the three boys to have matching Disney tie shirts. I said no and that they would look like huge nerds. Well....the first day we got to Disneyland, we rode a few rides then took a potty break. Next thing Jen and I know, the boys are coming out of the bathroom with tie shirts they snuck and made. Awesome. To rub it in my face even worse, they got a ton of compliments. I still say they are nerds. Except the short one, he is cute!

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!

Yep, we took a vacation to see The Mouse. At the end of April we loaded up the van and headed to Disneyland with Chris' sister Jen and her hub Jer. Our first stop was Vegas. We left at like, 3am and got into Vegas by 9am and spent the day there poolside and relaxing to break up the drive. We ate and swam and ate and swam. Can I just tell you how nice it is to leave behind 50 degree weather knowing that day you will be in 80 degree weather by the pool. It was delightful! Dawson was a fish and had no fear of the water slide. Emerson swam and napped pool side. Vacation suits my kids. Here are the pics to prove:




The next day we loaded up again and headed to the sunny state. We arrived in the afternoon and explored Downtown Disney, did some shopping, and ate at ESPN Zone that evening.



Monday morning we got up bright and early and headed to Disneyland...which we did Tuesday and Thursday as well (yay for 3 day park hoppers!) Our days were filled with rides, characters, and parades and shows. Dawson loved seeing the characters and we got him an autograph book so every time we saw one he asked if he could write their name for them. One of the mornings we did a character breakfast and the kiddos couldn't take their eyes off of them. Here are some facts about the trip:

Dawson's Favorite Rides: Jungle Cruise, Buzz Lightyear, It's a Small World
Emerson's Favorite Rides: It's a Small World (she would point and yap away) and Pirates of the Caribbean (a slow dark boat ride that would put her right to sleep!)
Chris' Favorite Rides: Tower of Terror, Indian Jones, and Space Mountain
Sarah's Favorite Rides: Indian Jones and Pirates of the Caribbean

*The boys (Chris and Jer) were obsessed with finding the hidden Mickey's on all the rides and would ask the workers were they could find it.
*Emerson did great and would fall asleep in her stroller or our arms at her nap times (score!)
*Jen is prego and could ride a ton of rides actually and was a total trooper thru it all!!
*They had the cutest parade that stopped in fron of you and they would sing and dance and the kids got to go dance with the characters in the street.
*After 3 days you get sick of park food.





On Wednesday we had a beach day. We went to Huntington Beach and it was about a 70 degree dayand really windy so it wasn't ideal but the boys still played in the waves while the girls laid on the beach.



PS I am done for now...did you make it to the end of the looooong post?? But I may be posting some more pictures because we have a ton!!

My D & E...

This month has brought two milestones- Dawson turning 3 1/2 and Emerson turning 10 months, so I thought I would do a little joint blog about the two of them now.

Dawson: This kid has an imagination and a half...I can hardly keep up. Once I figure out how to bottle up his energy and sell it I'll be a millionaire. Eating, sleeping, getting dressed, etc. is all stuff that takes away from playtime in his opinion and is just not important. His favorite things to pretend to be are a fireman, cowboy, pirate, puma (random, I know), dinosaur, and a grocery store check out guy. One day he put on his little blue apron, turned his little play table on it's side, and stuck a plastic bag on the leg of it. He proceeded to get out his fake food and run it along the edge of his table, then drop it in his bag. I asked him what the heck he was doing and he told me "working at the store, mom!" Oh, duh me. Everyday is something new with this kid and sometimes as nuts as he drives me, he can always make me laugh.
Loves: Playing, watching movies, Diego, Dora, playing with Max, Mac and Cheese, fruit, strawberry milk, baths, and opening Emerson's door when she wakes up from naps.

Hates: Having to take a nap (but I still make him and he still falls asleep), sauces of any kind, time outs, disappointing mom.


Emerson: Not much has changes with this little Love Bug of ours. She is still our happy go lucky, mellow babe....but definitly has a bit of sass in her. As previously mentioned, she is army crawling everywhere and will get up on her hands and knees and will do a few crawls but then gets down and scoots again. She can go from laying down to sitting up on her own and pulls herself up onto her knees, but not feet yet (about time to drop the crib mattress!!) She has figured out she can scoot over to Dawson and take toys away from him now, which makes me laugh since it has always been the other way around. I don't think Dawson finds it too amusing though.
Loves: Watching and playing with Dawson, playing with toys, the cat and dog, baths eating anything, and having lots of attention.

Hates: Getting her face wiped, being left alone.

The Sillies with Dawson

Tonight I was laying next to Dawson in his bed (after books and prayers he likes which ever one of us to lay down next to him for "just two minutes" and cuddle)and we had a little conversation that went something like this:

Me: Dawson, do you remember when you were a little baby? It seems like you were just inside my belly!

Dawson: Yeah, when I was a baby inside your belly I saw your dinner!!

Gotta love the things kids say.

Easter 2010

Easter egg hunt and party at Jumpin' Jacks...
Easter Carnival at Wheeler Farm...
Coloring eggs with Jen and Jer...
Writing a note to the Easter Bunny and setting out carrots...
Setting out the empty Easter baskets...
Waking up to hidden baskets, carrots eaten, and an egg hunt...
Finding it all...
Eating candy at 8 am...
Having a big breakfast...
Watching Conference...
Wearing new Easter outfits...
Going to the Olsen's for Easter dinner and yet another egg hunt...
=One FABULOUS Easter!!!

My Sincerest Apologies

I really needed to catch up on my blogging so I am apologizing for my 6 posts overload! Still have Easter yet to do too! Sheesh.