Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Family Pictures Color Scheme

Yellow, Blue, Gray/Silver.  Maybe light tan khakis for pants/skirts if needed?












What do you think?

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Family Reunion Day 2!

The Chopped Competitors

Grandma & Michael

Kaity and Thomas holding hands

playing in the fountains

Kaity and Weston

Grandpa bought snow cones

Waiting for dinner

Michael at the park

He wasn't afraid of the fountains

Drenched

Michael on slides

Michael at dinner

Potato Merangue with strawberries and candied jalopeno from Megan & John

Carisa & Weston - he was a bit shy of the fountains

Vanilla Potato Pudding with a jalopeno/strawberry salsa from Tyler & Carisa

Jalopeno spice cake napoleon with cinnamon potato fries and a strawberry jalopeno sauce from Jared and Sam

waiting for pizza

waiting for dinner

"JOOOS" at the park

Running around

Playing grandma's piano
Day two was a lot funner for us than day one.  Kaity was feeling better and therefore we had less crying.  We started the day by meeting at the park by Tyler & Carisa's house.  They have so many slides and playgrounds to run on - Kaity was in heaven.  At 11 they turned on the fountains and the kids had a blast.  Grandpa bought snowcones for us to share - my very favorite!  Kaity especially enjoyed playing with Thomas at the fountains, she liked splashing him and even tried to push him in once.  After lunch and naps we got back together to go to a flatbread pizza place.  They had gourmet pizzas and salads and it was so yummy!  Even though we had to wait for a little bit, they had a big grassy area outside of the restaurant for the kids to run around in, so they didn't get too bored.  We went back home after dinner and the little ones played outside while we all participated in a home version of Chopped.  Basically there is a mystery set of ingredients and you have a certain amount of time to complete a meal using all three ingredients.  John picked out jalopenos, strawberries, and potatoes.  It was lots of fun and we all made yummy deserts.  Poor Carisa hadn't ever seen the show so she was at a bit of a disadvantage, but she did a pretty good job overlooking the mess and tried to have fun.  All three desserts were much yummier than expected.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Family Reunion Day 1!

Here are some pictures from our first day.  We went to the Boise Zoo.  Kaity was grouchy about getting up early, but the zoo was a nice, cool temperature all day.  Kaity called every animal "Elroy."  Afterwards, we went to the Boise Fry Company, which is this great little restaurant that serves different types and cuts of fries and has lots of different sauces and salts.  It was very yummy.  After our naps we played in the pool outside, but Kaity thought it was too cold and wanted to slide instead.  After dinner brought playing in Grandma's car - I'm not sure what they were doing, but at least there were two adults supervising.  It was a fun, full day!
Thomas voting with the zoo coins

Kaity loves snuggling to Grandma, and eating goldfish

Snuggling delays bedtime

playing in the car

Michael, Kaity, and Thomas

Having fun with Michael

Thomas in charge

Swing

Slide into the pool

Weston is walking!

Happy Michael, he likes the penguins

Kaity isn't happy about the bonk on her head


Pith helmet and giraffe slide - what more do you need?


a picture that looks exactly like Momma did

Yes, that's a real giraffe


Feeding the goats - Thomas used to be scared of them!

Monday, July 4, 2011

Swimming Lessons!

Getting ready to play "If You're Happy and You Know It"

Pointing to Daddy

As close to a smile as we got

Playing with the teacher, Jaime

Good floating!

Piggy backs and splash balls
Last summer our little monkey was such a fish!  She would get in the pool and splash and play until she was shivering, but get mad at us for making her get out.  So, this spring we went swimming with Grandma & Grandpa B and Kaity hated it!  The pool was cold, but that didn't seem to bother her before.  Finally, we decided to put monkey into some swimming lessons.  Every morning for 8 days we woke up and went to the Provo Rec center to go to our parent/tot swimming class!  By the end Kaity was a regular fish.  She kicks her legs, moves her arms, will put her head under the water without crying, splash, and she'll even jump in from the edge of the pool if Mom is there to catch her.  Here are the photos from the second to the last day.  Kaity wasn't very happy that Jared wasn't in the pool with us - she is definitely a Daddy's girl!