Silly Boy

He loves to make silly faces when you take pictures of him!

Blanding

A couple of weeks ago we went down to Blanding to attend my Grandma's funeral. On the way down we made a few pit stops.
We stopped at The Hole-In-The-Rock that is just south of Moab. They have added a lot of stuff since I was last there. It is like the ultimate strange tourist trap, but we loved it.



They have an "exotic petting zoo." It was pretty cool and worth $3 admission ticket. This guy was my favorite...look at those legs, I love them!!!


We stopped at a park in Moab so Colin could do a little work. This was Carsons favorite part.

On Friday we went for a little drive to Valley of the Gods...it was beautiful!

Friends!

Hayden has so many cute little friends that she loves to play with. We were able to have Boston come over the other day and they had so much fun!

Childrens Museum

Saturday we headed up to Discovery Gateway in Salt Lake. My friend Janice came with us and we had a great time!!
Hayden forcing Carson to dance with her.


He found a ball everywhere we went...he LOVES balls!!
Hayden didn't want him up there with her and he didn't want to be up there, but I thought it would make a cute picture...o'well!!
This was his favorite part!!
Getting some groceries.



Hard at work!
Delivery mail.

Finished Bonus Room!!

We recently finished our bonus room. We still have a little more work to do on it, but so far we are really happy with how it turned out.
The "reading nook."

We are going to build book shelves to go on each side of those drawers.

Spur of the Moment Las Vegas Trip

So Thursday night I was talking on the phone with my friend Janice. She told me that she was going down to Vegas for the weekend and was going to meet up with another one of my good friends, Jen. I thought it sounded like a fun weekend, so I invited myself and Hayden along!! Hayden has been wanting to stay in a hotel (with a kitchen) since we got back from Disneyland, so I thought this was the perfect opportunity. Luckily Colin had Friday off and was more than supportive of us going on a "girls trip."
We left Friday morning, ate at In-n-Out for lunch, got to Vegas around 3:00. We checked out the pool, but decided it was a little too cold and crowded for us. Our hotel room had a jacuzzi tub, so Hayden and I "swam" in that. That night we ate at Serendipity (yes, just like the one in New York.) We got their famous frozen hot chocolate which was amazing and we also got one of their Sundaes...so good!!!!!!!!!!!
Saturday we hit the town to see the M&M store, the lions at MGM and then went to the mall for lunch and Build-a-Bear. I had a coupon for a free bear that expired that weekend so it worked out perfectly. After that we went back to the hotel and rested and "swam" again and then we ventured out into the CRAZY streets of Las Vegas to eat dinner at the Rain Forest Cafe.
Sunday morning we got up bright and early and headed for home. Because of the time change and day light savings we lost two hours coming back to Utah!
We had a GREAT time and it was so nice to spend some one-on-one time with Hayden.
We saw quite a few strange characters out on the street, but she was most excited to see "Oreo". I don't know why???
Her Build-a-Bunny!
Lion!



She fell asleep like this three times.
Bellagio water show!
The Kitchen. She was in seventh heaven playing in here!Her $10 meal at Rain Forest Cafe. About 5 minutes before they brought it out she climbed into her stroller and went to sleep! :)

Officially 30!

Last week was Colin's 30th birthday. We got to spend the day with him since he doesn't have to work Fridays anymore. We attempted to go to a place in Salt Lake called Hollywood Connection, but it was closed. I made him Cincinnati Chili dinner and of course a birthday cake. It was pretty low key because his real celebration is not until September when we are going four wheeling on the Paiute Trail.