Bear Lake

On the Friday of Jon's vacation, we went to Bear Lake. Here's a view of it from the car. We left around 10 in the morning and it took about 2 hours to get there. Aidan was so funny on the way, because soon after we left he just started really jabbering, and then a minute later he was asleep. Aidan wasn't sure about the feel of the sand when we first got there, so he played it safe on our beach blanket.
It was a gorgeous day and we had so much fun just sitting on the beach and letting the kids play with sand toys.

We went in the water, which was a little cold at first (check out Alex shivering), but it was still fun.

Aidan even warmed up to the idea of walking on the sand and by the end of the afternoon became independent, walking into the water by himself.

I was trying to protect Aidan's head from getting sunburned by putting a little hat on him, but he would only wear it for about a minute before he pulled it off.

Alex had a fun time building a sand castle, and a fun time knocking it down (Aidan helped with the latter).

This is a picture of Aidan thinking it was funny when I told him NOT to eat the sand. He completely disregarded my advice.

Alex and Jon made it out quite a ways.

This is Aidan being brave and going into the water by himself.

My cute boys:

Alex also collected several small sea shells.

This was probably the most relaxing day of Jon's vacay - we were able to just sit and relax and enjoy the beach. And, of course, enjoy some shakes on the way home. :)

The Treehouse Museum

Last Thursday we went to the Treehouse Museum in Ogden as part of our family fun. It was the first time we had gone there. It was sorta like the Children's Museum in Salt Lake, but cheaper! The kids had a great time. I think this little dalmation almost looks real. It was real enough for Aidan, who gave it a little snuggle.
Here are all 3 of my cute boys!

Alex enjoyed some art time.

I love this look of concentration on his face as he painted.

Aidan had fun just walking around, being free.

I thought this wall-sized piano thing was cool, but it would've been cooler if it actually made music.

Aidan played with the little baby for a minute - it's hard to tell, but he was pretty much hitting it in the chest with the ear checker.

Here's Alex in their version of the Oval Office. Too bad Obama's head got cut off - sorry!

Aidan started getting kinda done by the end. But this pic was just too funny not to post. He's usually such a happy baby. It's hard to tell, but we even gave him a little knight figure to hold in his hand, but it didn't make things better.

Don't worry - we took him downstairs to ride on a pretend cow and made sure he was in a good mood before we left. Doesn't he look cute in the little hat?Alex is also a little cowboy at heart - it was his idea to put the scarf on. I love our family fun days.

End of Summer Fun

Jon had last week off - which also happened to be Alex's last week of summer before school started. We tried to do something fun every day and enjoy a "stay-cation". Tuesday, Radio Disney had a free thing down at the Gallivan Center in Salt Lake, so we went to that. There was a reptile show - which is really not my thing, but Alex and Jon enjoyed it.Aidan got a balloon - so he thought that was fun. There were also complimentary creamies, which he really enjoyed.

There was a huge python there - all the kids are holding it. It really kinda grosses me out, but whatever. :)
This is Alex petting the super long snake - if you look closely you can see the snake's head near the trainer. Yuck!
Aidan went right up to the turtle to pet it - he knows no fear when it comes to animals!They also had a blow-up water slide that was a lot of fun for Alex.After the Gallivan Center, we headed to Thanksgiving Point to enjoy $2 Tuesday - quite a deal from the normal prices! This is us by the Italian Gardens.

And this is us in the Secret Garden - which happens to be where Jon proposed to me! This is the first time Jon has been back since the proposal. How things have changed! Now we've got 2 little munchkins!
I just love our little monkey!
Apparently, he thought the door to the secret garden should be closed - keeping it a secret. The flowers were just gorgeous!Me and my sweet tiger (with a cameo by Aidan on the left side).
We've kinda got the same smile in this pic.There were also impressive waterfalls there.
After the gardens, we got a cheap dinner at Del Taco - 3 tacos for .99 cents on Tuesdays. Then we hit the Dinosaur Museum (also part of $2 Dollar Tuesday at Thanksgiving Point). This is some sort of static electricity ball - unfortunately, you can't really see the stuff in the ball. Aidan REALLY enjoyed playing with the computer - since he doesn't get to at home. :)
They have this huge shark at the end - I think it's kinda yucky, too.

We had a great, fun-filled, busy day!

Our First Bee's Game

Well, I've inadvertently taken a "blog vacation." I didn't think I had really missed anything, but then looked at our pics and realized I haven't blogged about any of our summer fun. So, here's to hoping we'll get some of it done. Last night we went to our first ever Bee's baseball game. And you know what? It was fun! At least the whole 10 minutes that Aidan and I stayed. :) We went to the family fun thing before hand, so we did get some good play time in. Alex was able to stalk the Bee's mascot and we were able to take a cute shot with him.

There were tons of free activities for the kids, and we got there plenty early for Alex to take advantage of them all - including playing rock star.
Alex had so much fun on the inflatable toys - the bungee run thing and the slide.

Aidan was a good sport to sit in his stroller most of the time and try to stay hydrated in the nearly 100 - degree weather. It was a lot of fun to see Alex try to do one of the "strong man" activities.
His face is priceless!

They even had a fun "air" t-ball to try - training the future b-ball players.