4th of July weekend

Our trip started Friday morning. We packed everything up and headed to Boise. We first stopped in Twin Falls to see our good friends and then we ended up staying for lunch and playing a nice game of Puerto Rico. Then...

We had to put our suitcase in the middle of the boys because Tyler kept reaching over and grabbing at Jason and yelling at him to wake up.

Jason slept a lot.

It's now fourth of July. All the men wore matching old navy shirts, the young boys had matching shorts and shirts on, the young girls had matching skerts and shirts on, and all the women just wore blue shirts.

Cute Jenni!!

Ben and Tyler playing with dinosaurs in the dirt.

Little Miss sassy pants!!

Tyler and Abby....she is such a poser. It's kind of funny.

What a fun Grandma and Grandpa.

Jason just hanging out.

Tyler loved riding with Uncle Brian.

We are so getting one of these for Tyler.

I like this action shot.

Sisters.

Aren't we so cute???!!

Cute picture of Jason and Ben. They loved riding too.

Everyone has a gut, except for Dad. Funny!

So Handsome.

Matchy...Matchy.

Cute girls.

They were best buds on this trip.

Awww...how cute??

And the cutest couple...

Ever!!!

Brian and Krista's engagement photo...at least that's what I called it.

I liked this picture too.

Jason slept through the whole parade.

The onion float....they tossed onions at everyone. We caught like 10 on them. And they were huge. HA...it was such a fun parade.

Nothing beats running through the sprinklers at 7:00 pm.

Cute Benji.

He was so funny..

He was pretty adamant about putting his swimming suit on, but, he would not go near the water. He just wanted to watch. And, when some dripped near him, he ran as far away from it as possible. He was so cute.

Jason playing with his ball from the parade.

Here's Ben running away from the water.

Like I said, he is such a cutie pie.

Jason just hanging out on the porch.

We really had a great time in Ontario with the family. It is quite the drive with 2 little boys, but it was worth it. We had so much fun. I loved seeing the family and Tyler had fun with his cousins. The onion parade was pretty hilarious too. We will definatly have to go again.

Magazine disaster....

I get a ton of magazines because of the online surveys I take..well, they were sitting in a box in the living room waiting to be taken to the recycling bins, when, the boys thought they were the greatest toy in the world. It was a huge mess.

Tyler buried himself in magazines.

Jason liked climbing on top of them.

Jason also loved ripping pages out.

What a huge mess.

They are having fun though.

Jason

Here is my cute little Jason practicing blowing kisses. I could never get a good shot of him. But this was taken while he was blowing me kisses. He is such a cutie pie.

I am such a wierdo

I don't know why, but I like to take random pictures. Very random ones. So, her I am...don't be scared of the super duper close ups.

$1 store eye shadow...I know, I shouldn't admit that....but it actually works pretty good. Kind of crazy.

Jason

It's been awhile since I've shown pictures of my little Jason. I still can't believe he is already one year old. It is crazy to me. Jason loves playing and putting objects in containers. He likes to tear apart every single magazine we have....with the help of Tyler. They do make quite a disaster. Jason can climb up the stairs. He can't get down yet. He still doesn't walk on his own. He drinks Soy Milk. Cory and I both tried it and it really isn't that bad. It almost has a vanilla taste to it. And, the biggest milestone yet....Jason blew me a kiss yesterday...I loved it. I clapped so loud and was screaming and I was so excited. He hasn't done it again today. I think I scared him with how excited I was.

Tyler

This is one of Tyler's newest things to do. He will show you how old he is by holding up his last three fingers then making a circle with his thumb and pointer finger. After he is done, he has been putting it over his eyes. I think I see him do this almost everyday. It's kind of silly.

Hogle Zoo

With our season passes to the Dinosaur Park, we were able to go to Hogle Zoo for free. Yeah. It's included in the passes for the first Thursday of each month. Sooo, we were off to Utah for a fun family day. We ate at the Maddox on the way down which is always a treat, then, we went to the zoo.

Here are the boys in the B.A.S. We put Jason in the back even though it's roomier back there so that Tyler wouldn't hit him in the head or kick his seat. It really was quite a wonderful idea we had.

We are ready to see some animals, or aminals as Tyler calls them.

Here is a cool bird lady that told us all about the bird she was holding. It was kind of cool.

Little Turkey looking at a Turkey.

Tyler was so excited. He would hardly sit still for pictures.

His arms are so long.

Tyler was kind of scared to sit on top of this rhino, but he survived...at least long enough for a picture.

Jason liked the zoo too.

One of Tyler's favorite animals. He really likes zebras.

Cool bike we saw.

Tyler and I got to ride on the carosale. He rode on what he called "Master Tigris" and I rode on "Kung Fu Panda Bear."

Cute baby.

And we're off.

Where's the baby....

There he is.

Chesterfield!!

On Memorial Day I went went Mom and Dad to a little town called Chesterfield. It's only 45 minutes away or so. But, it's a little town that has been restored. It's actually quite cool. We were able to tour old houses and buildings. We were also going to go on a carriage ride, but it was a longish ride and we didn't have jackets for the boys and it was drizzling and was cold.

Here Tyler and I are making our own rope. He really liked it and he of course had to carry his rope everywhere we went.

Tyler really liked turning the handle.

A proud boy of his rope.

He lassoed some wood. Funny.

There were these cool old tractors that Tyler liked sitting on.

HA HA!! Every baby needs a bonnet....even if that baby is a BOY!!

Tyler liked playing with this wooden truck.

Here we are making our own butter. We even got to take it home with us in our cooler.

These girls were telling us all about the cellar...or bear cave as Tyler liked to call it.