Scary Hill

Tonight we invited Papa Brent and Gammy Stacy up for Papa's birthday.  We headed to Scary Hill (aka Cherry Hill) and had a lot of fun together.  

Mini golf was super cute decorated for Halloween:

Will was pretty unsure of Frankenstein

The Maze

Hamster Haven

Will was most excited for the tractor ride through all the skeletons!

Such a fun night!  Happy Birthday Papa Brent, thanks for coming up and celebrating with us!

Happy Pioneer Day

We had a pretty non eventful 24th of July this year and spent the day just being together as a little family.  Later in the evening we had Mikes family over for a BBQ and some fireworks.  

Will would have been content just playing with the glow sticks :)

Gammy Stacy and Papa Brent

Mike was super excited about our fireworks ;)

Myself, Whitni and Mike put on a sparkler show!

Down the street from us our neighbors went all out on fireworks so we headed down and Will played with his buddy Zack.

Happy Pioneer Day!

{Independence Day 2012}

Happy 4th of July!  We decided to keep things pretty low key this year so I ended up taking Will to Cherry Hill in the morning while Mike stayed home with Emmie.  I think everyone was at the parades so the park was pretty empty and Will and I had a great time.

Later in the day we headed to Gammy Stacy's for games and a BBQ.  

We headed to the fireworks stand and Will found a backpack stuffed full of fireworks!

Will & Papa Brent

Our kids were tired and cranky so we ended up heading home early and calling it a night!  We had a great day though and maybe next year we will make it to a parade or fireworks ;).

Fathers Day Weekend Day 2

I forgot to mention yesterday that when we first arrived at the cabin I nearly got scared to death as we were unloading the Jeep.  We took the kids in and then as I headed back out I got just out of the garage and within a few feet of me hidden under the deck were what looked like two baby deer.  I only got a half a seconds look because they were bolting out just as I was exiting the garage and it completely scared me to death!  I ran up to the top part of the yard so I could try to spot what they were but without my glasses and with how fast they were I couldn't tell.  Well I had a feeling they would be back this morning so bright and early when Will and Emmie woke up I snuck outside to discover these two hiding out on the lower part of the deck stairs:

Goats?  What in the world?  We nick named them Phineas and Ferb and Will thought it was just about the coolest thing he has ever seen at the cabin.  I couldn't resist waking Gammy Stacy up so she could see too!

We spent the morning four wheeling all over the property:

Then Stacy watched the kids so Mike and I could go by ourselves and hike this afternoon and it was a lot of fun.  When we got back Gammy and Will were up to no good!

Will had a momentary breakdown because he didn't want to be sprayed back ;)

But we stripped him down to his undies and he had a blast!

We had such a fun and relaxing day!

Fathers Day Weekend Day 1

Mike decided for Fathers Day that he wanted to head South to the cabin for the weekend.  We have been stopping in Richfield since its pretty much half way and letting the kids (mainly myself!) stop and take a break from the long car ride.  

Our little gorgeous girl!

Mike drove most of the way but we stopped and switched just in time for ME to get a speeding ticket!  Seriously I had only been driving a few miles and got picked up.  I am actually relieved I got the ticket instead of Mike and made for a great laugh!

(See the flashing lights behind giddy Mike?)

Will has been so excited to give Mike his presents and has even went as far as showing Mike where they were, telling him what they were, and then making him take them out of hiding look at them!  What a stinker!  So we made another trip to the store and picked up a few more items to surprise Mike at least a little.  We got to the cabin in the evening and Will was so impatient waiting for Papa Brent and Gammy Stacy to get there so he could give the guys their presents.  Pretty much as soon as they walked through the door Will was rushing them to get to the gifts.  

Will and Daddy

My gift:

Day hike pack and workout undies!

Will picked out the next gift :)

Mike was definitely into Will's gift of candies and silly new toys!  What a kid at heart for sure.

Emmie was not at all interested in the gifts and lately has a new fascination with trying to put the lens cap back on my camera while I am trying to use it.

Next up was Papa Brent's gift

We got him a remote control little boat, its awesome!

Of course the next half hour was spent testing out Mike's new toys and having fun with Will!

And Emmie continued to try to put the lens cap back on ;)