Blood, Battles, and Ice Cream

Since the summer days seem to be drifting away ... (pausing for you to sing the daa daa daa part) ... we decided we better have some fun before Mikey starts school. School? NOOOOOO! Ok just preschool don't worry.

Anniversary Celebration

So this week we celebrated our anniversary by eating a lot. What else would you expect of us? We had our Friday family Soleil lunch at Oliver Garden (Thanks Dad!) and then proceeded to go to Ruby River for dinner because we have to. Tradition. Then Marilyn (Mike's mom) tended the kids and we went "camping".

Camping in Salt Lake is apparently a little different than camping in Provo. We were supposed to have reservations, and there are all kinds of weird limitations on how far from the road or trail you can camp, have a fire, etc. We finally got settled in around 10 pm after a lot of driving, a little hiking, and some maneuvering with all of our stuff (we didn't think to bring backpacks cuz we didn't think we'd have to hike to a spot).

We had planned to play board games all night but ended up just chatting and reminiscing about all of the reasons we got married and how nice the last 6 years have been. It's nice to get away like that and take a step back from the chaos of life and think about the good things.

A Babyless Shower

We got up early and headed home so I could catch Teresa's baby shower. This was the first shower I've been to where there was no baby AND no pregnant mommy. Hopefully Vance will get to come home soon!

Blood, Battles, and Ice Cream

After the shower we took the kids up to the Dinosaur Park at the mouth of Ogden Canyon. They LOVE this place. There is one dinosaur statue that is shown eating another and the poor dead dinosaur is all bloody. I was trying not to show the kids but Mike brings them right over and points it out. Well the whole rest of the day they just kept wanting to go back to the "blood dinosaur". Mikey also loved the mechnical T-Rex and Triceratops that are having a pretend battle. Lexi did not so much like that part.

At the end of the day we got some delicious ice creams which were a big fat mess because the kids insisted on getting the stupid push pop kinds. Well Lexi's ended up spilling all over the ground and her shoe and it was bright red on a white shoe. Mike tried to tease her that it was dinosaur blood and she just looks at him like he is a dope and says "no dad, it's ice cream" in her deadpan gravely voice.

Overall it was quite a pleasant weekend. Pictures to come soon!