Liberty Land

Our friends invited us to go to a client appreciation day at Liberty Land with them. The kids had so much fun riding on all the rides, but most of all they loved rock climbing and laser tag. Thank you Engmans for invited us...we had a blast!

Springville Arts Festival

Today we went down to the Springville Arts Festival. The kids enjoyed making all sorts of fun things. We then went to visit one of mommy's friends from high school who lives in Mapleton. All the kids played while the moms visited.

Grandma & Grandpa Came to Visit

Grandma and Grandpa from California came to visit us for the week. We had so much fun with them and look forward to their next visit.

We went to Gardener Village. Jackson and Ashlynn went on a pony ride and spent over an hour in the petting zoo. They had so much fun playing and brushing all the animals.

We spent the day in Midway visiting a couple historical sites.

We went to visit Temple Square and ate at The Garden in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.

Grandma and Grandpa went to fishing club with us. They had so much fun watching the kids catch fish. Grandma has never been fishing. She even helped the kids put worms on their hooks. Fishing was the best part of her trip...she had a blast!

We got to see a moose off the side of the road one day. And of course we had to stop and get out of the car to get a glimpse of it. Grandma thought we were crazy to get so excited over this, but Grandpa thought it was the coolest thing and had his camera in hand.

Discovery Gateway

Daddy had the day off and we went to Discovery Gateway in Salt Lake City. We spent several hours there. Ashlynn was in heaven playing in the Grocery store and Jackson enjoyed being a news anchor (Video will be posted soon). We finished the night with Crown Burger...yum, yum! We had so much fun!

The Home Depot Kids Workshop

Today we went to The Home Depot Kids Workshop. Ashlynn and Jackson got cute little orange aprons and they got to build a wooden race car ramp. They had so much fun hammering away. They look forward to going to the next workshop.

Home of The Train

Today we dined in at Home of the Train for the first time. We usually just get an ice cream in the drive thru. We had delicious french fries with fry sauce and ice cream. Jackson and Ashlynn had fun watching the train go around and playing with the train set. On our way to the car I let them ride the train twice. I did wonder why there was a caution sign, but soon found out. Notice the sign...it says "Rough Ride". The sign was right. Ashlynn actually hit her head on the wall the first time. They were hilarious on the ride. Just watch the video below and see!

Gotta love Jackson's goofiness and Ashlynn big smile.

(Video is the second time around. Ashlynn drove the first time.)

Weekend in Saint George

We went to Saint George this past weekend. Friday was the last day of school for Jackson and Daddy had Monday off so we thought it would be a fun start to summer vacation...so we thought. The kids were so excited because we made plans to visit our friends. On Saturday we went to out friends house for a barbecue. As we got ready to sit down and eat Jackson started screaming. Jackson and Roston were playing and he slid on the wood floor and his foot collided into the door jam breaking his pinkie toe...off to the ER we went! :(

We spent 3 hours in the ER. After x-rays, shots in the toe, resetting the toe, and a second set of x-rays he was done and ready to go play with his friends. He was so brave! The doctor said no swimming for a couple weeks...definitely not a great start to summer. He is a trooper and will make the best of it. The morning after he slept til 11:30. When he woke up he was in good spirits considering his limitations and could not wait to go hang out with our friends again. That afternoon we went our friend's house for dinner again. The kids played while the parents talked and tried to watch a movie. Besides the broken toe, it was a great weekend visiting our friends and relaxing together as a family.