Stuck Behind the Couch

We had gone over to visit with our neighbor and Quinten went to explore the house.  I noticed his head poking out from behind the couch, next to the lamp in the living room.  It was kind of funny to see him stuck back there so I grab a few seconds of video before Michelle rescued him. 

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Happy Birthday Starr

The boys were so excited to do something for Starr's birthday today.  Michelle said she would make a cake and the boys wouldn't sit back until the cake was made.  We also made a personalize family card.  When we stopped by Donovan made sure that Starr read the birthday card first.

 

 

It was a funny moment when Donovan and Michael were trying to teach Starr the proper etiquette for blowing out the candles on one's birthday cake.  Starr listened very intently and then followed their directions completely blowing out all of the candles before we were able to sing her "Happy Birthday".  Michelle relit the candles after that false start and we enjoyed a simple birthday celebration with a most wonderful friend and neighbor.

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Strike a Pose at the new Provo City Center Temple

Michelle has wanted to get a picture of the family in front of the new Provo City Center Temple before it gets rebuilt.  Of course we'll get a picture after it's all beautiful but this way we have a before and after picture.  After church we headed over to the site while we were still dressed up in our Sunday clothes.  While we were waiting for our photographer the boys decided to have a little fun.  Here they are striking a pose!



 

This is our official pre-construction family temple picture:

 

Family Trip to Trafalga in Lehi

The boys have been asking for an opportunity to go back to the Trafalga in Lehi.  Ever since David went there with Michelle to play Lazer Tag he has been asking to go back.  The other boys have been wanting to go as well.  So we took the opportunity to go as a family.  We took a stop at each of the running attractions.

The Pirate Ship

 

The Lighthouse

The Go Karts

 

The Squirt Boats

 Finally, Lazer Tag!

 

After a good hard day of play we stopped at a local park in Lehi to enjoy a picnic lunch.

I was a fun day of play with the family.  The boys are already asking when we can do it again!

Smoothie Spill

Michelle made an Orange Julius type smoothie today.  The drink was absolutely delicious.  Unfortunately, Michael was playing around at the table and spilled his drink.  Rather than let the smoothie go to waste he made sure to get every last drop of smoothie goodness.

 

Jumping with the Jays

David wanted to invite his friend John over to play.  Since he's been over before he knows that we have a trampoline, which happens to be one of his personal favorites.  The trampoline also happens to be the favorite of Jay's sisters too.  So one thing led to another and all of the sisters came over too.  So the afternoon turned into a jumping party with the Jays.

 

Head Trauma

Today has turned into the day of head trauma at our house.  This morning Aleky is playing with his brothers and he falls off the chair and hits his head on the bottom door hinge.  Since the gash was pretty big we figured we had to take him into the doctor.  After all, we didn't want something like that getting infected.  It was still an hour and a half trip to visit the nurse practitioner.

Before he got his staples the NP gave Aleky a set of gloves.  I guess it was kind of like a reward for being so brave.  He did really well only wincing as they put four staples in his head.

 

After Gidean's birthday party was over the boys were all playing their own games, just kind of doing things on their own.  All of a sudden there is a wail from the kitchen.  Quinten tried to take a close-up look at one of our pocket flashlights.  Apparently things got a little to clear for him.  But the doctor visits have been concluded for the weekend.  He gets to have a band-aid and some TLC.

It is time to just finish today.  We're all just a little bit tired and on edge, maybe a little over the edge.

Happy Birthday Gidean

My baby turned 1 year old! It doesn't seem like it's already been a year since Gidean joined our family.  Now he's already having birthdays.  Since he won't remember this birthday we decided we could invite our friends over to celebrate with us and Gidean wouldn't mind.

 

 

As it turns out, as long as he had some cake he didn't complain.  I love these kinds of birthdays.  Everything is perfect from his point of view.

 

The kids took advantage of the situation and had a blast jumping on the trampoline.

 

 

Part of the birthday activities was turning the home made ice cream.  Everyone took a turn but the kids burnt out quickly and went back to playing.

 

The kids having cake and ice cream.

 

The adults visiting and eating cake and ice cream.

 

The ice cream mustache.

Time for bed!!!

 

We're certainly grateful for our friends who were able to come and celebrate with us.  Gidean had a fabulous time and everyone else had fun too.



Balloon Fest

We decided that we were going to attend the balloon fest this year.  We've thought about it every year and we always see the balloons flying overhead from our house.  But this year we woke everyone up and headed over to the field to watch it for ourselves.

 

Field prior to balloons inflating and taking off

The field was definitely alive with color and it was fun to see the balloon getting inflated before they took off.

 

 

 

 

 

I think we'll have to do this again next year...if we're still in the area.

Swimming Lessons

Our boys are back in the pool for another round of swimming lessons.  Every time we have driven past Provo High School they see the Rec Center and point out "swimming lessons".  I don't think they realize that we can do more things at the Rec Center than swimming lessons.  But since that is the only thing we have done, that is the end of their associations.

 

We thought it would be a good idea to have the boys do swimming lessons again to improve their skills before they get too carried away going to 7-peaks water park this summer.  And the boys have been asking to do more swimming lessons for the past few months.  If their that excited we can't really say no.

 

Grandma Petersen pitched in get the boys into the first session of swimming lessons.  That made everyone very happy.

 

 

Quinten was a little young for swimming lessons this year but he had fun running up and down the length of the bleachers where the parents could sit and watch their kids swim.  Amazingly, I didn't have to chase him down any of the three sets of stairs that lead down to the pool area.

 

 

Donovan and Michael were in the same class and got to practice swimming together.

 

 

Aleky was more excited with putting his head under water than in the actual swimming lessons but the teacher was still able to get him to try a few of the swimming exercises.

 

 

David couldn't believe his good fortune in getting to jump of the diving board into the deep end.  He did fantastic and was easily able to swim to the side of the pool after his splash filled entry.

Our boys are definitely excited about their increasing abilities.  Thanks again Grandma Petersen for getting our boys into the pool!