Bear Gulch & Mesa Falls!

Bear Gulch Canyon:

Here the kids and I are in the beginning of our hike! It was a little rainy but that didn't stop us from having a fun family adventure.

This was an old railroad tunned built in I believe 1907. They had to build the tunnel for the trains because of rock falling onto the tracks! Unfortunately they closed it down so you can't go through it anymore as you can see.

Mesa Falls:
It was so pretty here. All the flower smelled yummy, but the mosquitoes were out of control.

Garage Sale!!!

I just wanted to put it out there that Sam and I are going to be having a garage sale this coming Saturday, August 8th @ 7am 375 N. 4th W. #4 in Rigby! I have been going through the whole house and adding to the pile. Some stuff that you might be interested in:


a baby swing
vacuum
gently played with toys
childrens table with 2 chairs
womens and mens clothing
shoes
electronics(a phone w/ answering machine, radio, lamp,etc.)
scrap booking stuff
pans




If anyone wants to add stuff to it your more than welcome but let me know before tomorrow night!!

Our "CRAZY" month of May!!

*Here is a long over due blog post! It seems like it has been forever since I posted anything so hopefully everyone will be satisfied with this post. Quite a bit has happened in May so I thought I would just blog it all together, so keep scrolling down.

Vegas!
First off was our trip to Vegas! Let me just say that it was a very much needed trip and I, myself felt so much better after wards. Of course if you asked Sam he might feel a little differently about the trip, but that is only because every where you went people were trying to sell you something and so he got a little irritated at times, but all in all we both had a good time. While we were there we hung out by the pool, slept in, caught a show and ate some really good food:) Even the weather I thought was perfect. It wasn't too hot and at night you could walk the strip and not get all sweaty and yucky! I think out of the whole trip the only complaint that I had was our hotel. We stayed at the Imperial Palace which was right on the strip. We thought we were getting a really good deal and come to find out we were staying in a parking garage! Well not really, but that was what our view was. So we stayed the first night and then we had to change rooms. So for $20 more a night we stayed in the main building with a room that over looked the strip. Bonus feature was that the band downstairs would play until 3 am!! FYI NEVER STAY AT THE IMPERIAL PALACE!!! It was a whole especially after you would go through like Cesars and the Bellagio. On a positive note we heard they will be blowing up the Imperial next year and building a newer nicer hotel!!! So other than the hotel we had a good time and if you are in need to get away I would recommend Vegas, but don't bring your kids (just my opinion).

at Cesars

New York New York

The Botanicle Gardens at the Bellagio

this is what you get when you have a stranger take your picture lol

outside at the Flamingo after a late breakfast

Mommy and Daddy Day!
After we got back from Vegas we thought it would be good to take the kids out for a Saturday and have some fun since we were gone for a whole week so we took them to Taughus Park, the zoo and let Payton ride some rides!

Payton and Parker on the swings

she looks scared right here but she was loving it

Payton on the carousel

and Parker waiting patiently

riding the train

Randomness!

I decided that it was time to change my hair...well at least a little bit. So I had Crystal cut my bangs. What do you think? They have actually been cut for a while now! I am really enjoying the change. My hair still isn't as long as I'd like it but it's getting there.

Here Sam and Payton finished this puzzle together in just a few hours on and off. It was a great activity for the both of them and Payton actually did a lot on his own. I was very proud of him. He sure does love to do puzzles, I just wish they made more for kids his age. They are either really easy and they have them done in like five minutes or they are really hard with like 500 pieces.

He is probably going to one day hate me for this but I just thought it was so cute!! This to me is just such a boy way to fall asleep.

Payton riding his 1st big boy bike!
I don't know why we waited so long to get Payton a bike, but finally after him going over and taking the neighbors bike I decided enough was enough and so my mom and I took the kids to Wal-Mart and got Payton his first bike with training wheels. And now he LOVES his bike. That is all he wants to do now, which I love because for a while I had to threaten his life to get him to go outside and play. And now its even greater because school is out and he has other boys to ride with. We are still learning boundaries and not to go in the road but other than that he rides like it was second nature. I have a feeling that it's not going to be long before we can take the training wheels off.




Parker!
Parker first took her first steps when we went to Phoenix for Easter. It was so big, bigger than when Payton first walked I think. Is that sad? I say that because for Payton it was like he took his first steps and then he was walking every where. He picked it up so fast that there was really no time for excitement plus he wasn't even one yet and Parker didn't take her first steps til she was 13 1/2 months old at least. So needless to say it was pretty exciting. But then she took her sweet time and would only take a step or two every once in a while when ever she felt like it. Before we left for our trip she was doing a lot better but still crawling. But when we came back from Vegas this is what we saw! (FYI this was taken today, she wasn't walking this great at first but it didn't take long. I just wasn't a good mom and record her at first but you get the idea.)

Also Parker is talking a lot more now. One of the things she says that gets me every time is "stop it"!! She'll go around telling her brother to stop it, it is so funny. For such a little person she has quite the big attitude! I wonder who she got that from lol?! Also she says "no, hot, thank you and of course SHOES". I think I may have created a monster.

Easter

The Grand Finale!!

"The Easter Bunny came"

Payton and Parker's Easter baskets that the Easter bunny left them!!

Dyeing Easter eggs. This is the first time that we have done this. I don't know does that make me a bad mom? Well in my defense this is the first time really that he was old enough to do it and look it was so beautiful out that we did it on the patio:)

left to right: Nana, Uncle Bob, Me and Marian at my Uncle Bills house on Easter Sunday.

Sam and I

Sam and Parker. She had him walking all over the place!

Payton finding eggs.

Second cousins Courtney and Cameron

left to right: (back)Aunt Anke, Chris, Cousin Sam,(front)Nana, Serena, Timo's girfriend and Timo

Family picture

Grandkids:Tracy, Me, Cousin Sam, Chris, Marco, Timo and Nana

My family: Dad, Sam, Nana, Marian, Me, Parker and Payton

Nana, Parker, Me, Sam and Payton!

We had such a wonderful Easter that I wouldn't mind if we made it a yearly thing to go to Phoenix. The weather was just perfect and the kids were actually able to go swimming. I love it:)

Part 2 of our trip to Phoenix

Finally part 2 is here of our trip! I hope I was able to build the anticipation lol:)

While on our trip we took the kids to my grandmothers preschool for their Easter celebration! The kids have never been here when there were other kids so they had a lot of fun making new friends and trying new things. Payton was even in an Easter parade! After all the fun the kids didn't want to leave so Sam and I were able to leave them and have some us time and go to the Outlet mall. I have to say it was really nice being able to just drop them off and go have fun!

Parker in one of her Easter dresses after we dropped her off in the Lambs room.

Payton getting his Easter hat on for the parade!

Off they go.

So I have to say like every where we go Payton would not let Sam out of his sights. So here is Sam participating in the parade as well.

Payton pouting (wouldn't be him if he didn't do it a little).

Parker and Mommy!

The Easter egg hunt! So this is the first year that Payton was able to do an Easter egg hunt outside lol!! He didn't know what to do so I kept yelling at him to "Get the Eggs"!!! He did good and the teacher helped a little also.

After the egg hunt Payton went into his room and they had treats and did crafts and took a little nap! That's when Sam and I skipped out and had some In-n-out burger, it was sooo good!! And then we went shopping which I have to let everyone know was in fact not My idea but Sams:)

Our trip to Phoenix:Part 1

Here is the beginning of our trip, the Idaho Falls airport. Our flight left at 6:55 am so we were up very early but I have to say it was really nice not having to drive all the way to Salt Lake. The kids were really excited so you could never really tell that it was that early by looking at them. On the other hand Sam and I showed the signs all over!! As we were waiting to board the plane I decided I would take some pics of the kids and Sam!

Here is Paker with not one but TWO cereal bars!! She didn't care if it was 6:30 in the morning she was hungry and let me tell you she ate almost all of both of them!!

Here is Payton smiling patiently for the camera. He was so excited to go on an airplane and go see GG.

All in all it was a good flight. The kids were very well behaved and we didn't have to waste very much time in the Salt Lake airport which was nice. When we boarded the plane from Salt Lake City to Phoenix they actually had little televisions with satellite so we all got to watch our own stuff.