Kennecott Copper Mine

Well we've recently decided to try to do something fun as a family once a month. So to kick off our new family fun days we decided to go to Kennecott Copper Mine since neither Curt or I had ever been there. Before we went we told the kids that we were going there and Carson asked what it was. To describe it we told him that it's a REALLY BIG HOLE IN THE GROUND and that they had trucks bigger than our house. He was so amazed by that and couldn't wait to see the house-sized trucks. When we got there it was a REALLY BIG HOLE IN THE GROUND but the trucks look like they were normal size until it came next to a "normal" truck or a porti-potty and then you could see how truly big they are. It was just amazing to me.

I think Curt and I had more fun than the kids but they enjoyed parts of it like looking through the binoculars and running around the museum.

Later we decided to drive and see the new Oquirrh Mountain Temple. They said that we could park the car and walk around the grounds. It is really pretty and we can't wait to go see the open house.

Austin's Easter Outfit

When we had so many problems with our camera card with our Easter pictures on it we had to delete some of the cutest pictures of Austin in his Easter outfit. So of course we HAD to take some more. This is what we got. I love that little mischievous grin!

He's Growing TOO Fast!

Well this is what we saw the other day. I think the pictures explain it all. He can't even sit up yet!

Vroom-Vroom!

As many of you know Curt has a love for classic cars. So this past Wednesday as a family we went to a car show they had going on at Burger Stop in Layton. The kids liked seeing all the cool cars and chose which ones they wanted their pictures taken by. We took Shelby's picture by her namesake, the Ford Mustang Shelby. There were two of them there, a red one and a gold one. I liked the shiny red Mustang. That's all I know about it but I'm sure Curt could tell you all about it. He liked it too. It even had blinking lights on the bottom of it when it drove away. It was way cool! I wish I had a car like that...but if I did it would probably stay in the garage where nothing could happen to it. We had to really stress to them that they couldn't touch but only look. I think I was more worried about that part of it then they were. They also had a clown there that was making balloon animals, etc for the kids. Shelby got a dog on a leash, Kaylee got a butterfly hat and Carson got a car. Obviously Austin was too little for a balloon but he enjoyed the whole experience of being outside and being pushed around by someone else. Heck, who wouldn't love that? But anyway, here are some of the pictures we took.

Funny Austin!

Here are some funny pictures of Austin this month. He's getting so big! I can't believe it.

This is the first time he was able to put his binkie in his mouth all by himself. Now he's a pro!

Easter Time!

Sorry it's been so long since we've posted our Easter pics but we had a little trouble getting our computer to read our camera card. So thanks to my wonderfully smart husband who called his wonderfully smart brother (Thanks Jeff!) we were able to get our pictures downloaded. So here are the long awaited Easter Egg hunt pictures and Easter Sunday pictures.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Catch Up

Well it's been awhile and there really hasn't been TOO much that's been happening for us. First of all, Shelby was in her school Science Fair in January. She and Curt worked on her project that was on Earthquakes and Soil Liquefaction. For those of you who are like me and need an explanation it's about when there's an earthquake and if there's lots of water in the soil then it makes the water come to the surface compacting the soil underneath and causing buildings on top of that soil to sink. Anyway, they had a really cool demonstration for it and she won 1st place in her grade level at her school which meant that she got to go to District. She was so excited. When they went to district she ended up getting Superior and one of the top ten. She didn't take the overall award so she didn't get to go to state but we were VERY proud of her and the best was that she was proud of herself. She did an AWESOME job.

Then after 7 years of waiting Kaylee FINALLY lost some more of her teeth. She lost her two bottom teeth late last year when she was in kindergarten and then she finally lost her top two teeth and another one of her bottom teeth. I really thought that we were going to have to have them pulled out because they were just not loose at all for the longest time. Her teacher tricked her and pulled her first top tooth out. She was so excited that she lost it at school. Then the other fell out while she was sleeping. We told her that she was lucky she didn't swallow it. The other one I think just fell out on its own after we begged and begged to pull it but she was going to have none of that! So now she has a goofy smile but she thinks her teeth are coming in BEAUTIFULLY!

Carson has started soccer for the spring. We haven't taken any pictures yet but they will be coming soon. This is his last week of practice and then the games start. He is very excited to be playing and we are sure that there will be some meltdowns when he gets passed up on the field and isn't always the first one. Should be interesting!

Austin is now 5 months old and rolling over from his back to his tummy but has yet to master from his tummy to his back, which they say is the easiest one. We like to do things the hard way in our family! He is getting so big. When we took him in for his 4 month check up he was 87% on his height and 23% for his weight. He really wasn't the easiest baby to feed. He would really fight it even when you knew he was hungry. But then we started him on solids and he LOVES it. He has gotten a little chubby since then. He really likes to eat now. He is also our smiliest baby. Really if he has a full tummy and has a good nap all you have to do is look at him and he will grin so big. He is just the cutest thing ever and we all just adore him.