4 vs. 94

Little Grandma and Karden Showing there Muscles, I think Grandma is winning!!



On Saturday we had a family BBQ at our house. My grandma is 94 years old, and yes she is amazing! Karden in 4 years old and pretty neat too. But the question is who do you get mad at the 4 year old or the 94 year old? Karden and Little Grandma, as she is known to the grandkids, love each other to pieces. They also love to fight each other. They have fallen into christmas trees, had water poured over there heads at dinners and can't sit by each other in the car, for the very reason that neither one of them can leave the other one alone. They do not do this to be mean, it is just there way of playing together. They have done it forever. But I find myself if a predicament, I am trying to Teach Karden to Not hit and respect his elders. But Little Grandma starts her fair share of the battles. I guess for the mean time I will just have to say, "Karden and Little Grandma- Do not Hit hard Enough to leave Marks!!" Because I don't want to explain why my 4 year old son and his 94 year old grandma both have bruises!!

Yuck!!

"a face only a mother could love"

sandles+camping+Whitley= YUCK!
"All Funned out!"

We went camping over the weekend with Ry's parents and his brothers family. We had a good time but I have one small Question. How is it possible that one little girl can get so filthy is such a short time? I swear Whitley has a force field around her that attracts dirt. I can see how Karden gets dirty, his entertainment was running up the side of the mountain with his cousin Alex and then sliding down on there bottoms. But Whitley would walk out of our trailer, clean and cute and a matter or minutes, no seconds, she would look like she had rolled in a mud bath. She would honestly just be standing there and be filthy. I went through a entire package of wipes on her alone. I am so glad that we have a trailer that the kids can have a shower in. I don't know what I would do with out it, well actually I do know. I wouldn't go camping! :)

Dinosaurs!!!

I had a great idea on Tuesday to take my family to the Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur museum. They are doing a promotion and on Tuesdays in August it is only $2.00 to get it. What a bargain considering it is usually 12.00 a person. Well I think everyone else in Utah county had the same great idea, No take that back everyone in the state of Utah had that idea. It was a madhouse!! The kids had a ball, Karden loved pretending he was a scary UtahRaptor and being with his cousins, Alex and Cadie. Whitley basically just chilled with her blankie and binky. ( we don't leave the house without those) The erosion room were the kids can play in sand and water was fun but Crazy. There had to be 200-300 people in a pretty small area. It was unreal. The crowds, the pushing and shoving got me kind of excited for shopping the day after Thanksgiving. Ryan has decided that he better change some of his ways because he knows his "Hell" will be in the dinosaur dig room of the museam and being smashed by strollers and rude people for eternity. It was a fun family night but a word for anyone thinking of going. Be mentally prepared for major crowds or pay full price in September. But it was someplace everyone should see once, I don't think I need to go back for awhile.

Pigs and Sheep and Cows, Oh My!!

We spent our Friday night at the Utah County Fair. It was fun but smaller than I remember it being when I was little. The kids had fun looking at the animals, Karden loved the sheep that would come right up and let you pet them, and Whitley loved the pigs. They both were a little afraid of the cows because they were only tied up by a rope. Karden thought the tank was cool, and Whitley loved to drive the pink tractor. Ryans favorite was the SWAT vehicle, he was like a kid at Christmas and we had to drag him away from looking at it. In the 4-H tent they had this huge display that was entirely made out of legos. It was amazing, We ended the night with a balloon sword and butterfly for the kids.

My New Wheels!!

Last Saturday after a trip to wheeler farm, then to pick up some stuff I bought off KSL ( Yes i'm addicted) then a trip to the grocery store. I had just had it. There was ZERO room in my car, I was even holding groceries on my lap and under my feet. In the midst of my complaining about how much I hated my small car, Ry told me to buy a new one. Little did he know how fast that would become a reality. On Monday ( 2 days later) we drove up to Jerry Seiner in SLC and bought a 05 Chevy Trailblazer. I love my new ride. There is so much room. Today we even went to SLC to go shopping with my mom, grandma. both kids and my sister and we all fit in one car. We even had room the the tons of stuff we bought. and I do mean Tons!! So if you know anyone that needs a car. I know were you can get a 01 olds Alero, for a good price. :)

Last Saturday we went up to Wheeler farm in SLC for a kids fair and car show. We had a blast. There was tons to do, bounce houses, fishing ponds, painting wooden cars and Kardens favorite -pictures with Star Wars Characters. Whitley was TERRIFIED of the storm troopers, hence no pictures, we couldn't convince her that it was okay! What a great way to spend a Saturday.

Peer Pressure :)

So, I gave in to peer pressure and started a blog. Bear with me because I have no idea how to do this. It will defintely be trial and error, Heavy emphasis on Error!! But I figured out how to set this up by myself( with the help of Ryan or Course.) So I'm pretty excited about that much. I'll try to get pics up soon.