September 2012

Dallas had his work Lagoon day.  Hooray!

I couldn’t get over how much Brooke and Caroline looked alike in their matching shirts and pigtails.

This silly stationary swan was the coveted animal for the girls on the carousel:

Dallas and I snuck away from the kids for a bit to ride the big rides:

Brooke’s face as she was riding the ferris wheel:

On the train we passed a lion who was sleeping.  Spencer put his finger to his lips to shush everyone.  It was so cute:

Last picture.  It’s kind of hard to tell what’s going on, but just notice Spencer’s little arms in the air.  He’s a thrillseeker already:

Once again we found ourselves at Thanksgiving Point’s Dinosaur Museum to take advantage of their Two-Buck Tuesdays.

Dallas and Spencer enjoyed the sound exhibit:

Brooke liked finding the plants and animals in the cases:

The erosion table was a hit as usual:

Can you guess who directed another photo shoot?

We attended our ward campout.  The smartest thing we did in preparing for the campout was ask my parents to watch Spencer that night.  The dumbest thing we did was forget our pillows.  Bah.  I hate camping.

The girls were so excited to sleep in the tent.  We were sitting at the campfire while it was getting dark and they kept begging to go to bed.  That’s a first.  It almost made me think I like camping.  Until I remembered I didn’t have a pillow.

Here we are the next morning (the Cheetos were another big thrill for the girls):

We were unexpectedly reunited with an old friend.  Brooke had a stuffed dog with rabbit ears that she named Reindeer.  She had lost Reindeer ages ago.  Turns out she had slept with him in my sleeping bag last year and he got rolled up in the sleeping bag where he’s been ever since.  She was ecstatic to see him again.

We visited a beautiful waterfall:

Did you know it’s very important to heed these signs?

A couple of weeks ago I was talking to my sister on the phone.  We were commiserating with each other about a naughty phase that our children had been going through.  She invited us up to her house in the hopes that our kids would entertain each other and be so distracted they’d forget about trying to get into trouble.  The plan worked beautifully and we had a much-needed good day.

Here’s my sister and Eli:

Sarah filled up her little pool and the kids had fun playing in it for a few minutes…until it started storming.

Spencer took one step in the pool, slipped, and got soaked:

Dream come true for the girls – a trampoline!

Brooke has been into posing for the camera lately, like so:

Cute little Carson (also known as tortellini):

Thanks for the fun day, Sarah!