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!

Canteloupe Fiend

Quinten has discovered the wonderful world of fresh fruit, especially cantaloupe.  This boys will eat an entire cantaloupe by himself if unsupervised.  Michelle had cut up one cantaloupe for the boy's fruit during a lunch about a week ago.  The bowl was passed down to Quinten so he could have some fruit too.  While everyone was distracted Quinten quietly ate nearly the entire bowl!

 

Since that time Quinten has not been allowed to be within arm's reach of the bowl of cantaloupe.  He is given his allotted amount and the rest of the melon is carefully guarded so guarantee sufficient supply for the remainder of the family.

 

Even with careful precaution Quinten still finds a way to get more melon that he is rationed.  This boy is very resourceful and determined to get his way!

 

Crash Landing

The paper airplane frenzy has started again.  The boys have attacked our paper supply to create paper airplanes.  A disaster was narrowly averted when Michelle grabbed the ream of printer paper and hid it from the voracious airplane appetites of the boys.  However, the butter ended up the only casualty of the brutally aerial assault.

 

If that's as bad as it gets I think we're going to be alright.

David Gets a Bay Blade

David has managed to get a few lawn mowing jobs with neighbors  nearby.  With that money he went to the store and bought a pair of beyblades.  I didn't even know what they were but David discovered them at a friends house and has been determined to own a pair ever since. 

 

The part that really touches my heart is that he bought a pair of beyblades so that he could play with his brothers.  That kind of constant caring and looking out for his siblings really lets me know that he is on the right track and that he has a huge heart.

 



 

Here the boys are gathers around for the beyblade tournament.  Each boy takes a turn to launch the beyblade.  The winner of the duel keeps "his" beyblade and battles the next brother.  And they rotate through, each brother getting a turn and no one ever stays champion for very long.  That way everyone has fun.  (all the boys ideas)