Fashion Place Fun

Last Saturday we had such a fun family day. Fashion Place Mall was having a fun little event for families. They have recently done some remodeling at the mall. There is now a nice courtyard right outside of the food court.

When we first got there, we went and got lunch and ate outside. Lunch was cheaper thanks to coupons that we got while walking into the mall. After lunch we were able to sample lemonade and funnel cake sticks from Hot Dog on a Stick and frozen yogurt from TCBY.
They had a guy making balloon animals. Lucas chose for him to make a gun. It was a machine gun. It had cake sprinkles inside to make noise. He also got his face painted and chose to be Batman for the day. Lucas loved the Chick-Fil-A cow. We then got to ask the Murray City Fireman why they have yellow firetrucks. The answer was interesting. "In the 70's there was a federal grant for cities that would get yellow firetrucks for a study. The study was to test and see if yellow firetrucks were more safe, because they are easier to see in daylight and at night. Murray was part of that grant and have since just chosen to stick with yellow." Lucas got to get in and explore the truck.
The girls had a lot of fun hanging out in the stroller and making their faces messy while eating snacks. While Ron and Lucas were waiting in the face painting line the girls came with me inside the mall for a little bit of shopping.

What a fun day. I love it when there are fun, free things to do as a family!

Fun on the Farm

For playgroup yesterday, we went to Wheeler Farm. We love this place. It is even better when the weather is perfect for the farm. We loved feeding the ducks, walking around, looking at the animals, playing in the tree house and eating lunch.
Lucas absolutely loved the horses and I absolutely love this picture of him.
The FFA students let the kids feed a goat. Lucas always loves "driving" the tractors.
The girls had a ton of fun riding in the stroller and looking at the animals. They are at such a cute age and love all animals. They were also happy to get out of the stroller and hang out on the grass during lunch time. Emrie had fun playing with the holes in the picnic bench. Eva really enjoyed drinking Coke. That's my girl! OK... Just kidding. It was gone and she was just playing with the bottle.

We love Wheeler Farm and can't wait to go back again soon.

Last Day of Year 1 Preschool

Today was the last day of year 1 preschool for Lucas. I can't believe that the school year is over already. It flew by. Lucas loves preschool and asks all through the week if it is a preschool day. He is going to be so sad this summer when he can't go to Miss Lori's.
Lucas with his goofy smile and Miss Lori

We are so glad that we were able to find Miss Lori for a preschool teacher. She is wonderful! She has taught Lucas so much this year. I have really noticed his growth in knowledge. I absolutely love when he comes home and sings songs to me that he has learned at preschool. Every day that he came home from preschool, he brought home fun things that they had worked on and learned about that day.

Today he brought home a packet with a DVD full of pictures through the year, a book filled with art that he made and a notebook filled with letters and items they had worked on this year. Lucas has asked to watch the DVD several times already. I can't wait to work with him this summer to continue his learning process.

Thank you Miss Lori for taking in my kiddo for 4 hours a week and being so wonderful. Also, thanks for all of the extras that you did throughout the year. We can't wait for him to return in the fall.

Dixie Pride

Yesterday was a fun, fun day. We started out the day by going to see Ron's niece, Hallie, get baptized. Afterwards they had a yummy luncheon at a pavilion. It was nice weather and Lucas had a blast running around with his cousins.
A while ago I had bought a $12 gift certificate for Beyond Glazed for $1. Awesome deal! It was about to expire, so we decided to go and use it. They have glazed doughnuts with different toppings. Oh my! This place is not for someone that is counting calories. ;) We got 7 doughnuts. I forgot to take pictures until a few were eaten. We got lemon orange, grasshopper, oreo, raspberry mango, key lime and chocolate and blueberry that are in the picture.

At 5:00 we went to a Dixie Alumni bbq at a park in Sandy. I know... I am technically a SLCC alumni, but I did go to Dixie for one quarter. Does that count? We met up with my good friend Stephanie and her kiddos. Her hubby was at work. Steph has been my friend for 30 years. Wow! We always have fun when seeing each other. It's wonderful to have life long friends.
Ron and Lucas had fun playing on the playground.
Lucas had a blast on the bounce houses.
At the raffle we won two Dixie shirts. When we won the second, they only had small left. Perfect for a night shirt for Lucas. He was so excited and insisted on wearing it to bed last night.

Crawling Quickly is a Hazard

Last night Lucas was playing with a walkie talkie. When he pushed the button to listen to the air wave it made a really loud static noise. Emrie was not a fan. She tried to crawl away as quickly as possible. One of her arms came out from under her and she got a bloody lip. :(
I took several pictures to try and get the best view of her lip. This one had the best view (even though her head is cut off.) Also, aren't you jealous of those eyelashes? I know I am!
While taking pictures, I was able to get this rare picture of Eva. It takes quite a bit to get her to smile. She is a hard one to crack. Generally when you hold up the camera she just has a serious face. I was so happy to finally get a photo of her adorable little smiling face.

Mother's Day Weekend

Let me start by saying that I had this post completed and posted and for some reason, Blogger deleted 1/2 of the post. Grrr!

My Mother's Day weekend was wonderful. This is our cute family picture. The girls are now to the age that they just want to get down and play.

We started out by heading up to Layton on Saturday.
I had a gift card to Nielsen's Frozen Custard that I bought for a discount quite a while ago. Little did I know that it could only be used at that location. I'm glad that we got the opportunity to use it. As always, the food and frozen custard did not disappoint.
Shamie, Angela, Suzanne, Brittany and Kristi: Ju-Ju-Be rep
Emily and Alison

Next we headed over to Layton Hills Mall to visit a store called Lilypads and Lullabies. They were having a Ju-Ju-Be Trunk Show. These bags are my new obsession. They make diaper bags and other wonderfully functional bags. I am IN love. I found out about these bags through my favorite website, babysteals.com. I was able to meet up with two babysteals employees and some other fans.
Saturday evening Lucas and I went with my Mom and Dad to my nieces Murray Community Dance concert. I used to dance with Murray Community when I was young, so I love to attend the concerts. Anna and Olivia did awesome!
On Mother's Day we took my Mom and Ron's Mom to brunch at Gardner Village. My Dad and Ron's brother, Ryan, also joined us. This is the 4th year that we have gone. It was yummy. What a wonderful way to spend the morning. Afterwards we walked around with my parents and took some pictures.
We got this adorable picture of my Mom and I. I am so lucky to have her! She is the greatest mom in the world. She helps me out SO much and I don't know what I would do without her. I love you, Mom!

What wonderful moms we have. Happy Mother's Day, Margaret and Kathy!

That evening we went to Mi Ranchito with my parents. The food was yummy, but it was a little over priced. Luckily we had a coupon. While we were there the girls were stinkers. I don't think that we will be going out to a sit down restaurant for a while.

The day was excellent. I am so lucky to be a mom to my three adorable kiddos.

For the Love of snow and Cafe Rio

I have seriously been neglecting my blog this past week. I feel so bad. Considering that this is the only scrapbook that my kids get, I promise to get better.
Last Saturday morning, Ron and Lucas had to shovel quite a bit of snow. Seriously, that much snow on April 30? Yuck! After shoveling, they had a wonderful time building a snowman. I loved it. The snow hat was such a cute addition. Lucky for us, it melted quickly and is 75 degrees today.

I took these pictures just to show everyone that the babies love Cafe Rio just as much as I do. Yummy black beans! Don't mind that Emrie is still in her jammies at lunch time.