Adventure Date Night-Rock Climbing

So to avoid the usual date night that includes just going to dinner we decided to make things a little more fun and add what I call an "adventure" date as one of our date nights during the month. We decided rock climbing was a great place to start. Rock climbing was something out of both of our elements and something we hand't done since college. We definitely weren't in the best shape for rock climbing and after about an hour had had enough.  It was a lot of fun and I think we will do it again soon. Joy was so great to come down and watch the girls they had a great time reading and singing songs.

Real Soccer Time

We renewed our pass of all passes this year and the Real soccer games was one of the main reasons. Matt grew up playing soccer and has become quite a fan of Real. So Tuesday night after having dinner with Kim and Ez we headed over to the game. We had a great time watching the game and eating treats. Hallie was particularly fond of Kim's cotton candy. The weather was perfect were excited for the warm weather and lots of fun family time.

Bubble Blower

Gracie is so fun she love to talk and recently learned to blow bubbles. She drools a ton so when she does blow bubbles the drool just dribbles down her chin. She will blow bubbles then laugh at herself. What a fun and happy baby she is!

Moving Kim & Ez

So this pasted weekend we helped move Kim and Ez into their new apartment in Daybreak in South Jordan. Saturday Matt went to help unload the truck then on Sunday we all headed down to help unpack and help clean up. We carpooled with Nic & Ky and pack lunch and dinner for all of us. The kids had a great time playing in the stroller box. We got a lot accomplished and even had some down time to watch the basketball time.

 We are so excited to have Kim & Ez closer and even more excited to meet their new little addition that will join us in October.

Demolition Derby

Saturday night was family date night. It has been a lot of fun to make sure we get out and about with our little family. We have loved exposing Hallie to activities of all kinds. On that note I love the demolition derby even if most people consider it white trash. We got a great seat, on the 2nd row, and even got showered with some dirt on multiple occasions which added another element to the fun. This was one of the first activities I noticed a personality difference in Hallie and Gracie. Hallie initially covered her ears because she said it was to loud and Gracie, who slept through the first 2 heats(that girl can sleep through just about anything), on the other hand wiggled until she could see the cars and didn't want her ears covered. Im sure this is just one of the many personality differences we will find in the years to come. After a couple heats Hallie mellowed a little and then was willing to watch  and cheer without her ears covered. She picked a car in the truck heat and it actually ended up winning she kept saying, "look at my car smashing all those other cars." We had a great time and Im sure there are many demolition derbies in our future.

Uh-Oh Shopping

While my mom was here we did a little shopping(no surprise there). She has been looking for some kelly green flats so once again loaded up all the kids and headed to the mall. I have taken Hallie shoe shopping before but not lately and boy has she changed. She couldn't get her hands on enough shoes to try on. It started by her asking to have her shoes off so she could try on these pink flats she wore them most of the time we were there in between different pairs. 

 After while we were waiting for them to check different locations for shoes Hallie tested out all of the little car toys. 

After the mall we headed over to the DI(a fav for sure). I have decided if I was going to be a hoarder it would probably be for children's books. I just can't seem to buy enough and the DI is helping me fulfill that. We came away with 25 new books. They were all like new and included bernstein bears, little critters, clifford, and some other cute hard backed books. We had a great and fun day and came home just in time for all of us to have a nap. I'm not sure how I got so blessed to have 2 sweet girls with personalities to match.

Happy Mother's Day

Thanks to this wonderful guy I have these 2 beautiful girls that make me a mom to celebrate Mother's Day      

 For mother's day after attending church we had a nap and then headed to Tremonton. We got to see Chris for a few minutes and then ate. After some food...that didn't end up on the floor we headed over to my grandmas to see her and my mom before heading back home. Hallie loved the chocolate covered strawberries most of the chocolate ended up on her hands but she ate the strawberry.

 The kids had a great time dog piling in the back yard....no one was injured because none of them weigh more than 10 lbs...haha good thing Brit and I have little kids.

Grandma with her grandbabies

All in all it was a good day, Hallie gave me a cute card and kept telling me all day that I was the best mommy and happy mother's day. Being a mom may not always be the easiest or most glamorous job but I wouldn't want to do anything else.

Puppies & Picnics

Hallie really does love just about any animal out there so when we found out some of our friends had 5 week old puppies we knew we had to go....we were not disappointed. There we six of them Hallie would stand on one end of the yard and clap calling them and they would all run and knock her over and lick and lick her she couldn't stop laughing. 

We wore them all out including Hallie

Once we were done playing we headed home to grill. Grandma has an awesome backyard that is all shaded and backs onto a pond with a swing, ducks, and lots of running space. We put all of it to use.

 Grandma was the awesome designated babysitter

 The rope swing first me then Hallie swinging with Maddi

 Then of coarse feeding the ducks

I think this may become a common occurrence this summer. To family and fun!

Baby Animal Days

I love having Nic so close and can't wait for Kim & Ez to join the fun. Last Friday Nic & I loaded up the kids again and headed to baby animal days. Im not sure who was more excited me or Hallie. We walked around to see all the baby animals first. They had a tent with ducks and bunnies and plenty of them to hold and love. Some of them were dirty and Hallie didn't want anything to do with them but the clean fluffy ones she was all over. You can see her below looking into the bucket picking one to "love."

 

 

Hallie loved the shearing the sheep demo. I thought she would watch for 5 seconds and move on but she wouldn't leave even when Nic and I were ready. They also trimmed the sheep's hoves and  gave out some of the shaved wool.






The bean bag toss
 Now to the main event Hallie has been asking to ride a horse since we took her last fall. In most places she is to small to ride but not here we had to wait in line for about 20 minutes and I thought that once she got on she would cry and want off but it was the exact opposite. They had a few small horses for the smaller kids but Hallie asked to ride the big brown horse. One on the horse she waved like a rodeo queen and still is talking about how she rode the big brown horse and wants to know when we can go again.

 Last but not least was the face painting she asked for a butterfly and that is just what she got.

We had a great time and if/when they do this again we would for sure go.