Gateway

I took the boys to the water fountains at the Gateway. We went with our friends Kari, Noah, and Anslee. It's been rainy and yucky here in Utah for the past couple weeks, but the day we went was sunny and beautiful. The boys had tons of fun playing in the water. Anslee and Austin were a little nervous to go near, so they hung out with the moms.

Train Ride

Thomas Train comes to the Heber Valley Railroad every Memorial Day weekend. We took the boys two years ago when Austin was just a tiny baby, so we decided to go again this year now that Austin LOVES trains. I had to do it by myself this year since Adam had to work. First we rode Thomas. Then the boys got some balloon animals made and temporary tattoos put on their hands. We ate some lunch and visited a petting zoo. We also got to ride a little mini train. It was lots of fun, but I was exhausted by the end of the day after trying to keep track of both boys in the large crowds of people.

Half Way!

I am officially at the half way point of my pregnancy! I went in for my 20 week ultrasound today. Everything was healthy and she looked very cute. I have to go for an ultrasound in my leg tonight because of some pain I've been having (just to make sure there isn't a clot). Other than that, everything is healthy and going well.
Since we found out it was a girl at the mall ultrasound place a few weeks ago, I was just hoping to have it confirmed to me this time around. Unfortunately, that little baby kept her legs crossed the whole time. The ultrasound technition kep prodding her and shaking my stomach, but she would only maybe move her arm, nothing else. She seems to be a very laid back baby (that's a good thing, though not for this appointment). I remember feeling my boys move so much by this point in the pregnancy, but I hardly feel her at all. Since they didn't get a good look, my doctor said he'd see if they could fit me in for a few minutes at my next appointment to check again.

St. George and Vegas

We took a quick trip as a family down to St. George, UT and Las Vegas. Adam's parents have a house in St. George, so we stayed there for the first 2 nights. We had fun taking walks by the nearby stream and ponds, swimming, miniature golfing, and eating. Ethan has been taking swimming lessons for the past week, so he's gotten a lot more confident in the water. It's the first time he's ever taken swim lessons (he had tubes in his ears until recently and wasn't allowed to get his ears wet while they were in, so he is a little behind with the swim lessons). Ethan was a natural at miniature golfing. He even got a hole-in-1!




We headed to Las Vegas Monday morning. We decided we would stay somewhere far from the strip since we were bringing our kiddos along on this trip (smokey, crazy casinos just aren't very family friendly). Adam found an AWESOME hotel on Lake Las Vegas. Neither of us had ever been to Lake Las Vegas, and we were very impressed. It's about 20 minutes from the downtown strip. It's amazingly beautiful and our hotel was so great. It had 2 pools, an adult pool and a family pool complete with a huge waterslide, kiddy pool, basketball court, tennis court, and playground. The hotel also made a white sand beach for the kids to play on. The boys LOVED the waterslide; I think Adam and I literally spent HOURS taking them on it. We were exhausted! We went to eat at Rainforest Cafe, but that was all we saw of the strip. We are definately going back to the Loews Lake Las Vegas Hotel next time we go to Vegas.

Block Party!

My neighborhood is the best ever! I will be so sad one day when we have to move, because there are so many fun families and there's always something fun going on. Last week a few of our friends pulled out their big blow up water slides and we had a huge block party. It seemed like half the moms and kids of the neighborhood showed up. Someone made hotdogs for everyone else brough side dishes. We just hung out and ate and talked while the kids had an awesome time.
Thanks for letting me steal some of your pictures, Jullian.

Graduation!

I can't believe it, Ethan graduated from preschool today! He had such a fun year and loved his teacher and the kids in his class. For his graduation, the kids sang a few songs and then there was a slide show and they got their diplomas. Ethan had a big group there to watch him: his mom, dad, Austin, Grandma Sue, Papa Dave, and Grandma Karon.

It's a...

GIRL!!



I'm 16 weeks, so my official ultrasound at the doctor's office isn't for 3 more weeks. But Adam has been begging me to go to "Fetal Studios" at the mall to find out earlier. My thought was, well of course I want to know, but we can wait 3 weeks right?? But Adam insisted, so I finally gave in. We never thought we'd get a girl since we already have 2 boys and Adam comes from a family of 4 boys, but we are so excited to get to experience a little girl.

Aunt Kristin and the boys

When my sister was over the other night, I took some cute pictures of her playing with my boys in the front yard. Ethan and Austin WORSHIP Kristin. They talk about her all the time and when she shows up at our house, they could care less about me or anyone else. She plays with them nonstop the entire time she's at my house, every time she's at my house. No wonder they love her so much.

The boys wanted to try on her sunglasses, they both looked so funny and cute in them