Memorial Day

We had a fun weekend at the cabin with some of our family. We took the 4-wheelers up into the mountains and had a picnic and rode around a little bit. We also played sardines with the kids which they loved!

Henry and Jack hiding!

Jack didn't want to look at the camera but he had a great time with Rob on the 4-wheeler.

Gramma Annie with Ellie, Henry, & Jack. We had a fun weekend of wearing our pj's all day, watching movies, riding bikes, making smores, throwing sticks in the river, it was great!!

Oh My!

So really the only shocking thing about this picture is that it is only 9 in the morning and my son is eating an ice cream bar. Some days I try and some days I just don't have it in me.

A Day With Thomas

Last week Jack and I went up to spend a day with Thomas the Tank Engine. We had a fun day with our friends Jodi & Luke riding on Thomas, playing at the different booths that they have set up. Here is a picture of Thomas coming in from one of his rides.

Jack and Luke riding on the train. It was incredibly slow but they boys thought it was a lot of fun so it was all worth it!

The boys in front of another of the many trains around the area.

Here is Jack playing with some of the toy trains that they had set up for the kids. He really didn't want to leave this area.

They also had a lot of bubbles for the kids to play with and once again Jack had a hard time leaving this part as well. We had a great day and ended up by having lunch in Heber City at the Dairy Keen, which for those of you have not been there is a train themed locally owned fast food restaurant. I have only been there a couple of times but I think that my favorite thing about this place is the fact that they have 2 ice machines one with cubes and one with crushed. For those of you who share my love of crushed ice you will appreciate that!:)

I Think I Am Going to Make It!

It has been pretty touch and go around here with my sanity lately but I think I am going to pull through. Our new house passed the inspection today WAHOOOOOO! We should have permanent power tomorrow, and the water turned on today or tomorrow and the house is being cleaned so it actually feels like a house and not a total junk pile from all of the messy, messy, messy sub-contractors. I still don't have grass outside so it looks a lot less done than it really is, but our landscape guys has assured me that the sod will be going in on Friday when we move in. (I think I will be shocked if that happens, but I will hope for the best) Building a house has been a very big learning experience and not as terrible as I anticipated it to be. These past few weeks of getting all of the final issues taken care of has driven me crazy, but hopefully soon it will all be worth it!

We Love Jeni!

The past week has been a big one from Jeni! It was Jeni's birthday on April 30th and she was generous enough to let Jack help her blow out her candles!:) On Monday Jeni also defended her theses and Rob and I went to hear her and she did GREAT!! She passed, of course she did I never thought she wouldn't, and she is graduating this Friday with her Masters Degree in Geography and we could not be more proud!:) We love you Jeni!

So Many Toys!!

My brother Zach and his wife Lauren are babysitting Lauren's 2 younger brothers and so we went up to their house Sunday night to play with some of their "toys". This big huge blow up slide is in their basement and it was a lot of fun! Jack is going down with Zach above but you can see how BIG the slide is.

We couldn't even get Jack to stop and take a picture but here is an attempt!

The picture above is after one or two times down the slide, the picture below is the first time down, he was a little scared, but he did it & kept doing it!

Rob even got in on the action!

After the slides we played with some of the many legos they had and Jack tried to round up as many cars as he could.

And on our way back to the car with a screaming and kicking Jack we saw this John Deere rider and Jack loved it. It was probably one of the best 45 minutes that Jack has spent in a long time. Hopefully we will be ablt to go back to that boy paradise sometime soon!

Washington DC part II

This is of course Oscar the Grouch, and the famous Seinfeld puffy shirt! See Garrett there are fun things to see in Washington DC!:)

It is a love fest in DC for the Obama's. Here is a shop called "My Obama Shop". I am not positive but I am willing to bet that it was not called "My Bush Shop" a few months ago.

Me with the hope diamond. I told Rob that he can wait until our 10th Anniversary to get anything that big!:)

This is Abraham Lincoln's mask just a few months before he was assassinated. The artist was taking the impressions for some piece of art work that he was working on.

This is Abe's top hat that he was wearing the night he was assassinated. Funny story, the Smithsonian had it for years in its back rooms because the directors didn't want people to go crazy trying to see it.

Rob in front of a picture of Stephen Colbert, in front of a picture of Stephen Colbert, etc. etc. I am not quite sure the story on how this picture has made it into the Smithsonian. Maybe they know something that we don't. One other fun thing that we saw in the American History Museum is the flag that was flying when Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner. They have been restoring it and it is now on display. We couldn't take pictures so I don't have any but it was very cool, and a huge flag!

Rob in front of the Iwo Jima monument. Rob's Grandpa fought in the Pacific during WWII so we have an extra special family history there.

Someone forgot to tell the Obama's that we were coming for lunch. This is as close as we got. Next time.

Arlington Cemetary. The changing of the guards at the unknown soldier memorial. A very reverant and beautiful place.

The outside of the Lincoln Memorial.

Part of the WWII Memorial.

This quote is on of the ones on the walls at the memorial to FDR. He was the president during the end of WWI, the depression, and WWII. He was actually elected to the presidency for 4 terms and died at the beginning part of his 4th term. With all of the problems in our economy today it was very interesting to read the quotes from his time in office, and reflect on how pertinante they are for today's world. I am not saying I agree with everything, I just am merely commenting on the patterns of history that tend to repeat themselves.

FDR himself and his beloved dog.