Friday, May 10, 2013

Anderson Dairy

Last Friday was Adalynn's last field trip. It was to Anderson Dairy...I have taken the kids before, but I'm pretty sure the last time we went Addie was a baby. So, it was fun to go again. We brought Brennan along with us this time. I think Adalynn thought we were going to a farm, so I had to explain to her that this was just where they bottled the milk and made the ice cream. 
 
Even though we didn't go to a farm, the tour is really cute and geared towards children (they have a bunch of talking/animated animals that Lyla loved). You get to walk through the factory and see the milk and ice cream being packaged. Then they take you to the freezer and fridge. After the tour, they show you a movie about Anderson Dairy. Then everyone gets free ice cream!
 
 
 

Flashback Friday

It is our anniversary tomorrow. If I wasn't so busy I would have scanned more pictures but since this week has been crazy, I grabbed a picture I already had scanned.
May 11, 2001

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Sleepy Lyla

I still think one of the sweetest things ever is a sleeping baby (I still call her my baby even though she will be 2 next month).
 

Last Week

Last week was fun! I turned 32 (I swear I thought I already was 32, so when I realized I was actually turning 32 and not 33, I was pleasantly surprised). Haha. Anyways, to celebrate, Jared took me to dinner Friday night at the Geisha House and then to a movie. Dinner was awesome...I have never been to a teppanyaki restaurant before, so I had a lot of fun and the food was really good...I think the kids would love it, especially Devin. I should have brought my camera! 
 
Then Monday, my actual birthday, we had friends over for birthday cake and ice cream. The kids both got me a gift, which they were so excited about. Again, no pictures, but Jared did get me one of these cakes. So good, people.
 
A couple days later, my little brother James and his new fiancĂ©, Karrah came to town for a visit. It was awesome getting to know my future sister-in-law. The kids loved her. 
One night we went to the drive in to see The Croods and Oz. 
 Saturday Devin had a baseball game, a birthday party, and then we took engagement photos. After taking photos, we went to dinner at Steak and Shake, which is a diner that is popular in the South (Karrah is from Georgia). Then we went to the Bellagio to watch the fountains.
 

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Waiting.....

I wonder how many hours I have spent this year driving the kids to and from school and other activities and waiting in the car?? I'm really looking forward to the summer...I think I want a break from school more than the kids do.
 
A few pictures

 
 

Baseball Pictures

Devin had baseball pictures last week. I never buy sports photos anymore. I will sometimes buy a small team photo, but the individual photos are way too much money and never great photos. I brought my camera and took a few of him after the official photo.  He was being goofy.
Then I let Lyla play on the playground.

Friday, April 26, 2013

Flaskback Friday

Our first date. The Valentines dance at Ricks College.

Friday, April 19, 2013

Flashback Friday

This picture was from last Fall, but I never posted it. This is Adalynn and her soccer team. Her smile is a little creepy...
And don't ask who came up with the team name. Whale Avengers??

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Children's Museum

Every month Adalynn's preschool class goes on a field trip and the families are invited. This month we went to the new children's museum. We brought Courtney with us.
Even though I knew the museum had been redone and in a new location, I assumed it would be all the same stuff. There were a lot of new features and exhibits and I was impressed with all the changes. We were there three hours and could have stayed a few more. The first thing we checked out was the water room...probably Lyla's favorite part.
 In one room they had a pirate ship and a castle the kids could run around and play in. They also had dress up clothes and a stage. I didn't take a lot of pictures because I was chasing after Lyla the whole time, but here are the girls by the pirate ship.
Upstairs they had a little town, where they had the Smiths grocery store, the auto body shop, a jamba juice, a construction zone, and (the favorite of the day) a pet hospital. That pet hospital, with all the stuffed animals and the lab coats and clipboards were freaking adorable. Oh and the x-rays. Cute, cute, cute.
They also had a jungle gym type area where you could run around and go down slides and they had various science exhibits throughout. The girls loves these tubes--you put the fabric in and the wind sucked them through the tube and shot them out above.
Most of the good pictures I got were of Courtney.
They had an entire art room, where the kids could paint, color, make crafts and draw on the huge glowing white board.
 

Here you could pull on the rope to lift a car.
And not related but I had to point out Adalynn's Cinderella shoes. When she saw these at Target she was beside herself. She put them on and kept saying, "Oh these are sooo cute. I love them." I am a softy and bought them for her.
We left and grabbed lunch at McDonalds--so not my favorite place, but it was what the girls wanted.
I would love to go back with all the kids. Maybe this summer!