The Zoo

Last summer we had a family reunion, and a few days before my 3 sisters and their kids stayed at our house. It was pretty much bodies on every soft surface (beds, couches, carpet), and TONS of fun!

One day we all went to the Hogle Zoo. At the time, they had a bunch of dinosaurs on display. I love this picture my sister took of Adam (above). Adam loved running around with the cousins, and Jacob was afraid to ride the train.

Another day we went to a local splash park. The kids played night games in the cul de sac. And the highlight (at least as far as Adam was concerned) was a trip to Cowabunga Bay. He still talks about it every time we drive by.

(PS The title is a double reference--the Hogle Zoo, and my house at the time)

Annual Trip to Temple Square

It's become such a fun family tradition to ride Trax from Sandy to Temple Square to see the lights every Christmas. Jacob was really nervous about riding the "train," but he adjusted just fine as long as we were holding him.

 Pretty soon the boys were swinging from the rafters (literally) and enjoying hot chocolate.

Translation services needed

This is old, I'm thinking at least last year. I know it starts "To Dad" and I see "Mom" twice. It's definitely signed "Luf Adam"--which is the best part anyway!

So Behind

So you know how sometimes you get behind, and the more behind you get the more you can't face it. And you keep feeling more and more pressure the longer you wait, which makes it nearly impossible to do the very thing you are so behind on?

Yep. That's what happened.

Playing the ipad

After a bath, I found Jacob playing the ipad. In the buff.

Happy

The other day I took Jacob with me to run a bunch of errands around town. As it got close to noon (his nap time), I kept asking him "Are you getting tired?"

His answer was so smart and cute. "No tired. I happy!"

I love that my 2 year old understands that the opposite of tired is happy.

To all those who are following me on Pinterest. . .

I am sorry. The truth is, I joined Pinterest for very selfish reasons (someone pinned my gardening blog and I was trying to figure out where that referral traffic was coming from).

I don't do crafts. I don't even think about doing crafts. The last crafty thing I did was to remove all the crafts from my home so I would not have to dust them.

I do cook delicious recipes. But I'm too busy cooking and cleaning up to spend time pinning.

I did try using Pinterest when I was planning a big closet redo. But then we just went to Ikea.

So, thank you for following me. I'm sorry I'm not that Pinteresting.