The Fair!

Yesterday we ventured out and went to the county fair.  I've never been before and it was awesome.  My kids were a little hesitant to go but I think they had a great time.

 

Sophia by the goats and little lamb.

 The pony was a definite favorite.

Lilly and Mabel holding the bunnies.  Lilly is the worlds biggest scaredy cat and freaks out whenever she sees any animal (including insects) so it was kind of a big deal for her to hold this bunny and not freak out!

They had so many fun entries to see including this awesome lego exhibit. Here's one from Lord of the Rings

 and the Wizard of Oz.

 Sophia by John the Deer in the taxidermy exhibit (don't worry. You could touch this one).

 Sophia holding the bunny.

We also got to see a bird show which was pretty cool.

Overall it was a great time at the fair!

Swim Lessons and Bike Race

Last week the girls finished up a few weeks of swim lessons.  It's apparent they will never be proficient swimmers but at least they had fun!  It was Mabel's first time and aside from the first day that was full of a lot of "I don't want go mine teacher" she warmed up to the idea and had a great time.

After the last day of swimming we headed up to the city park to see the Stage 3 finish of the Tour of Utah bike race.  I really wasn't expecting much but it was so much fun!  The kids had a blast.  

They had some dirt bike guys doing jumps which was pretty cool.

There was also a train they got to ride

 Sophia being silly by the bounce houses.

 And face painting. It was awesome!  And it was all free!

Even this little guy had a great time.

They had a big screen going that was showing the progress of the bikers in the race.  I had no idea what a big deal this was.  Apparently there were teams from around the world full of famous international racers.

 Sophia at the finish line waiting with her cowbell.

 I think this was the first biker that came through.  Pretty fun to see!

More Cousin Fun!

I promise this is the final post for now! (until I get the pictures off of Doug's phone).  Here's some random cousin shots from the last week.  

Last Sunday the girls created a little secret hideout in my parents garden. They then turned themselves into leaf people.  They crack me up!

The kids have also been in heaven over the lambs in my parents backyard.  They love to feed them.

 Silly Santa Kate.

Yesterday we went to my niece Elizabeth's birthday party.  It was awesome!  Here's Lewis with his favorite Aunt Eliza!  We're so sad she went back home!

My brother made this awesome ice cream/cookie cake for Elizabeth.  It turned out awesome.

I'm pretty sure she loved it.

 Yummiest cookies ever!

 These 3 cuties were so funny together.  Little peas in a pod.

Sophia all wrapped up in a birthday bag.  She'd be a pretty fun present to receive!

Bruce and Lewis.

Lots and lots of cousins! 

Silly string fight! 

 And finally, here's some random shots of Lewis.  He's been so smiley lately!  I have absolutely loved it!

 His little dimple just kills me!

His hair has also decided to be stay totally crazy!  I gave him a bath before bed last night and apparently didn't comb his hair down after!

 These ones are from a few weeks ago.

He loves his swing and so do I!

And here's his 2 month shot.

 Lest you think he is all grins and giggles he does know how to let out a good scream!

Lewis' blessing!

On Sunday we blessed our sweet Lewis.  We decided to do it while I had so much family in town.  The funny thing was though that my 3 brothers that actually lived in Utah just so happened to all be out of town that day.  Oh well.  At least their families, my sisters and another brother (and Doug's 2 brothers) were there!  

Sophia made this little sign and took this picture in the morning. I didn't even know she'd done it until I uploaded these pictures!

Photo shoot time!  At first he was a little sad to have his picture taken.

Eventually he warmed up to the idea.  The outfit he's wearing is Doug's blessing outfit from 32 years ago!  I'm grateful that his mom saved it and that it fit!  I loved it.

Hoorya for smiles!

For some reason we didn't get a picture of all of us together but I did get one of Lewis and I,

the girls and Lewis,  

Doug and Lewis (I love how they have the same expression on their faces)

and finally Doug and I with the man of the hour.

Some of our guests.  I love this picture because I caught a cute embrace between my niece and nephew.  They're only a few months apart and have been the best of friends since they were babies.  Andy leaves on his mission in less than a month (crazy!) and it's apparent that they're going to miss each other!  We were also lucky enough to have Andy in the circle with us which was pretty cool.

 Lewis with uncle Derik (so glad one of my brothers was there!)

 More guests

I'm so mad that these pictures are sideways because they're my favorite!  You can kind of see Lewis' dimple in the first one.  The picture next to him is of Doug on his blessing day in the same outfit!