Memorial Weekend

Saturday

We headed up to "Day Out With Thomas". It was freezing cold that day. When we arrived in Heber we found out that they were now charging just to go in and walk around-- $5.00 got you in, but you couldn't participate in anything. Baby M was the only one who could get in free so that would've been $20.00 just for our family to walk around and look at things.



We waited for Thomas to pull in and took a picture outside the gates. Had it been warmer we might have stayed longer, but we grabbed the boys and ran for the car. Little H was upset. "I want to see Thomas!" He kept crying.



I felt bad, but it just seemed like it was getting too overpriced.

Well we decided to stop at the Dairy Keen-- our favorite burger joint in Heber. After all, we had come all that way. Everyone and their dog was there, but we went inside anyway. They had a Thomas train running around their track, and the boys shouted with excitement every time they saw that little train. Seriously! It was like Christmas Morning.



They also had little engineer hats for $1.00. It made the day so much more fun.




We stopped by to see Thomas one more time.



Then the drive home. The boys crashed!



Sunday

We visited my Grandpa G's grave, and took him some flowers. Baby M fell asleep in the car so we took a picture with the twins.



We also stopped at my Grandma G's house, and got to visit with my cousin and her family. It was a fun day.

Monday

I was awesomely exciting and cleaned the whole morning. The boys pitched in and helped.



Then we headed to my Grandma A's and helped my Dad plant the garden. The boys were so cute, and only a little trouble, when it came to helping in the garden.








After the garden was done we drove to my Grandpa A's grave in Payson. The twins went home with my Dad so we just had Baby M. He had started to drift off as we pulled into the cemetery, so he was kind of grumpy. We took a picture quickly and then left, so he could sleep.



We then met up at my parents for a yummy BBQ, and the boys pretended to get in the pool-- it was pretty cold.




That concludes the events of our fun, exciting and exhausting Memorial Day weekend.

Notes of a Different Key

On Saturday, May 21st, my brother graduated from Provo College in the Criminal Justice field. I'm so proud of him-- and his wife who deserves much credit for getting him through college! School has never been his thing. In fact a few years ago it wasn't even part of his future plans. So that is why I'm extra proud of him! I'm so glad he can pursue his childhood dream of becoming a cop. I know he'll be great at it!



On the note of achievements, I completed a 3K. I ran the whole way. I know it's not huge, like running a marathon, but it was big deal for me. I've never been a runner and I decided long ago that I was not the type of person that runs any sort of a distance. But I recently caught a bug that has given me the will to master the art of running-- or at least slow jogging. The 3K was difficult. Towards the middle I wanted to give up and I didn't think I would make it. But I had set a goal and my determined German blood pushed me on. I reached the finish line and I felt amazing. I could've ran another mile! Or at least walk a half a mile to meet up with Craig, who graciously walked our stroller full of boys so I could achieve my small goal. Sadly there are no pictures of my great triumph.


On another note, Memorial Day found us up in Heber to see Thomas the Tank Engine.




It was so much fun this year. The boys loved it. They kept saying, "Where's Thomas?" and "There's Thomas!" Little H even cried when we watched him pull out of the station one time. We also enjoyed some of the local entertainment they had there. They've added some restrictions to the activities you can participate in, but we still a grand old time.



On yet another note, Little League season has started and we went to my nephew's first game on Tuesday.



What a champ! He played great!

I had to snap some shots of my own little sluggers as well. We got all decked out for the baseball game.



Little H loved playing with the cut grass. We didn't love it so much. Especially when the breeze caught it just right.



Big H actually enjoyed watching the game. He even sat down to watch some boys practice. They made him move though because they were afraid he would get hit.




Afterwards we took the boys to the playground to try and distract them while Grandma and Grandpa left.



Go Big H!



This little girl started to pay Baby M some attention. My little stud muffin didn't waste a minute. Before you knew it they went from holding hands to. . .well. . .:)



My little Romeo! Don't you know you're supposed to buy the girl dinner first? Just ask your Dad.

Do you think the playground made them forget about Grandma and Grandpa? Oh no! Little H didn't miss a beat. I said, "OK lets go!" And he said,-- in his little babble-- "OK lets go find Grandma! Grandma? Grandma?"

On yet another note, we finally pulled out Baby M's first toothbrush-- that he got for Easter-- and brushed his two little bottom teeth for the first time.

May 28, 2010: Day Out With Thomas 2010

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May 28, 2010: Let the Summer Games Begin!

School is finally out! And for me this means no more work. Well, less work at least. Either way I'm excited for the summer, and I'm excited to spend it with my boys.

Here are the fine women I worked with this year.



Thanks for a great year ladies! It was so much fun working with you this year.

I told the teacher I work under that she has the baby class. The year before I came to work with her one of her aides had a baby. Then the next year I had the twins. Then this year her student teacher had a baby,- born in May- I got pregnant and the aide, that had a baby the year before me, got pregnant- she worked in another class this year though. The best part was that my teacher herself got pregnant at the very end. She's due in January, and I'm super excited for her.

Here's a pic of my teacher, me and the aide from the other class. All 3 trimesters in one pic.



After the kids left I met up with Craig and the boys in the park.






Then we went to the End of the Year Luncheon that the school put on.





My friends little girl- the baby that was had by the aide the year before I had the twins ;)- loved the boys. She started to stroke their hair. So cute!



The aides that are leaving all got a bag of chips as a send off because we are "All that and a bag of chips!" Thanks for the gift. I'll miss you guys, but I'm sure glad I can stay home with my boys now.

Happy Summer Everyone!

December 23, 2009: Dasher and Dancer and two of his reindeer. . .

Big H loves animals so we took him down to Thanksgiving Point on Wednesday. It was hard to get a good picture because all the kids crowded round, but when the reindeer came up close big H would always smile.




Little H got to see them too, but he's not as big of an animal lover as big H. He enjoyed it though.

May 23, 2009: A Day Out With Thomas up in Heber City

Today Craig and I headed up to Heber to attend "A Day Out With Thomas." I keep calling it "A Day Without Thomas," which has a slightly different meaning. That's what pregnancy and having two month old twins does to you.
We took my nephew to this last year. Since he is an avid Thomas fan we thought he would be thrilled with the life sized Thomas pulling an actual train. What we didn't know was that its not cool unless you can ride it. But he at least enjoyed the toys. He enjoyed them so much he cried when we told him it was time to go, and we had to drag him out kicking and screaming.
This year it was the overpriced Thomas waterfall train set that got him all worked up. I kept asking him if we could go get pictures with Thomas and he would say, "Tricia Focus! You need to FOCUS!" Luckily he got happy when his other cousins showed up. And I finally got my pictures.
The twins enjoyed our little outing too. We bought them over sized conductor hats and made them pose for a lot of pictures. And as always we got a lot of attention from strangers. Having twins makes it a lot easier to get people to take pictures for you .
While in Heber we went to Colby and Lola Dunn's wedding reception. Craig and Colby served a mission in Japan together. They became instant friends, and we've been trying to maintain that friendship. Perhaps they'll call us once they find out that they are boring married people, and are in need of other boring married people to hang out with.

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