Hogle Zoo

Last Saturday we headed up to the zoo and spent the morning there as a family. It was so nice to get out and do something together. The kids loved seeing the animals and Eric and I loved watching their reactions to everything. Tessa loved the monkey's and the giraffe's were by far the favorite for everyone. We had such a good time and are looking forward to our next weekend adventure.

Tessa

Tessa is constantly making us laugh! She has such a fun and lively personality-way lively! She will turn two in about a month. She knows her alphabet, counts better than Adam, knows her shapes and colors and amazes everyone with her vocabulary. (I have no idea what I am going to teach her the next 3 years.) I got to call poison control on her last week-that was a new experience for me. Other than feeling like a horrible mother, everything was fine.

This is one of her favorite kitchen toys. She calls my candy thermometer an "awesome". I have no idea why, but every time she pulls it out of the drawer she yells, "am awesome!" I guess something that helps make her favorite food (candy) should be considered awesome.

One of her other favorite things to do, is to put her doll pants on with her boots. She attempts to walk in them, but she can't get the pants above her knees, so she just waddles around the house. It's pretty funny to watch.

4th of July Parade

We went to the parade in Provo Monday morning and had lots of fun. The kids LOVED the parade! As soon as we got home Adam started playing parade-all of his cars became floats and his character toys were riding on top of his "floats". I had to cheer every time he drove them by me.

She has to say and do everything he does-she kept trying to stand the same way he did at the parade

Adam loved all the high fives he got-especially from the missionaries

Stadium of Fire

Saturday night we met up with the Nielson gang at BYU to watch the fireworks.

Tessa wouldn't eat any dinner, but loved all the junk food!

Adam anxiously waiting for the jets to fly over-he would not move because he didn't want to miss them.

Tessa with Aunt Lisa and Uncle Ryan

Watching fireworks with Mamma

4th of July

I am finally getting caught up on life-I need to dust my house, but I thought this was more important-and more fun! We had a great 4th of July weekend-busy, but fun! We kicked it off early Saturday morning my going to the balloon launch in Provo. Sadly the balloons never got in the air due to the wind, but we had fun seeing the few they blew up.

I love this picture!! My parents met up with us bright and early!

Strawberry Days Rodeo

Hello blogging world-I am attempting to make a come back. This month has been crazy! Girls camp is over and hopefully that means life will start to slow down a bit. A couple of weeks ago we did something new for me and the kids. We went to a rodeo. I have lived in Utah for almost 14 years now, and until this summer I have never been to a rodeo. Thanks to my awesome friend Kara, that changed this year. We had lots of fun!

Adam loved eating the food almost as much as he liked watching the cowboys. He LOVED the big bulls and the buffalo (not to mention the strawberries and cream).

Tessa had a hard time sitting still for the whole thing, but she made it.

A long, but fun evening. I think this will be a new every other year tradition for us!

Father and Son Camp-out

A couple of weekends ago Eric and Adam went camping with our ward. They had such a good time!

Adam "helped" Eric set up their tent and for dinners they cooked hot dogs over the campfire. Adam thought his was pretty tasty!

After it got dark, the little boys got to go bear hunting. Adam found 2 bears and got a bag of candy and a toy.

Calling me to say goodnight-he has a good Daddy who remembers important things like that:)

They had lots of fun together-I am glad they were able to have that special time together.

They had to pick Tessa up on their way home because I was at work. Adam had fun playing with Pa and trying out his new toy.