blair and maisy

July 29, 2009

Adventures

Here are the adventures we had in UT recently:

Hogle Zoo-

My bro, dad, & bro-in law with Xander Will & cousin Ava on shoulders.

Tracy Aviary-

My bro Ben found peacock feathers & held them up like eyes.

Discovery Gateway-

The dress ups were from Where the Wild Things Are.

Clark Planeterium- We went to an IMAX & star show.

Temple Square- We enjoyed lunch at The Lion House too.

Lagoon-

The kids went on these rides 3 times in a row!

The tram at Snowbird-

A view from the top.

Wheeler Farm-

They love to go with Grandma Diane to feed ducks and explore.

The Living Aquarium-

The snake's name was Xander too!

Yep, we kept busy. It was fun to hang out with my family and most of my siblings. My mom had found passes where you pay for the # of days, and then can visit anything listed on the pass. It was a great deal, and we were exhausted at the end of those days!

Beside that, we went to Grandma Lafaunda's birthday party, and the boys had a blast there.

...and I helped my Grandpa B. paint a mural on his back fence. He started something on it, so I decided to finish it for him while I was there.

July 22, 2009

The boys

Xander's favorite accessory: cowboy boots. Here the kids were posing for a picture a couple of weeks ago.

I just need to hurry and post something, or I might keep delaying it. We got back from a week long trip to UT a few days ago, but we did so much stuff while we were there that the post might take me a while, so I haven't sat down to do it yet. That will be a weekend project- but in the meantime I thought I'd post a couple of pictures from before that.

Blair started his rotations the 1st of July, so I had to snap a picture of him on his way out the door the 1st day.

July 6, 2009

The 4th

We went up to the Air Force base on Saturday where they had free food, rides and fun for military members and their families.

The funnies

Will 12/14 " Mom can you please pour the milk for me because it’s almost full, and there’s a 65% chance that I’ll spill it."

11/14 Me: Why did you dump out all the toys?

Claire: Because I was trying to find something to play with

Me: What did you find?

Claire: The glow in the dark dinosaur

Me: Then why didn’t you put the other toys back?

Claire: Because I had to use the bathroom, so I just runned.

Claire 11/14 "Mom I can’t find any of my jammies, so should I bring you the sew kit so you can sew me some?"

Claire 11/14 "What do these constructions say?"

11/14 Claire: Mom Can I have this?

Me: Sure

Claire: Yes!!! Mom, thanks for asking me!

Claire 11/14 "Oh my Geez"

Claire 11/14 "I had a great dream last night. I got to see Dixie, and eat shrimp!"

Claire 11/14 "Our scarecrow fell over, but we’ll still be able to find our house because you know the numbers!"

Will 11/14 "The only good thing that happened to me today, was that Kord gave me a penny. But then I lost it."

Claire 9/13 "I love polka-dot butterflies."

Claire 9/13 " This pencil needs to get sharpt. Can I sharpt this pencil in myself?"

Claire 9/13 after pulling a piece of tape off of something successfully, "I am a great job."

Claire 8/13 "One time a dog pooped on the grass."

Me, "Why are you telling me that?"

Claire, "Because it was weally gross, PU!"

Claire 8/13 I walked in and exclaimed what a mess it was. "I didn't got that out," said Claire pointing at one little thing.

Claire 10/12 "Ehhhhh he he, ehhh he he."

Gaurd at the Airforce gate, "That sounds like a fake cry."

Me, "Yep."

Claire, "Ehhh he he, ehhh he he. It NOT a fake cwy."

Will 10/12 "Mom, could I miss school on Wednesday, because they're going to learn something really hard like minus?"

Me, "Well what would you do the next day when they were still learning more about that?"

Will, "No mom, we don't have to make up the homework when we miss."

Claire 10/12 "You not funny Will."

Claire 10/12 (almost in tears with the saddest little voice because she wanted all of the toys) "Mommy, brothers not sharing a me."

Claire 10/12 chasing her brothers around slowly with her arms outstretched says, "Bwains, bwains, bwains!" just like a real zombie.

Will 10/12 "Xander is white, and I'm white, and mom's white and Claire is white and dad's a little white."

Will 3/12 "Dad and I are getting gooder at disc golf."

Xander 3/12 seeing frozen peas in his drink that had spilled into the icebox, "Mom, there are green cotton balls in my drink."

Will 12/11 "I know something that's not a word: spit-buggar."

Claire 12/11 "Ha ha, fuh-ee (funny)"

Will 12/11 after he broke a plastic fork, "I would like to put it in recycling because that saves the world."

Will 11/11 as he rubs the carpet, "I like this house because it's hairier than the other one."

Will 9/11 "Mom, could you call my nickname 'shark' please?"

Will 9/11 in a prayer while Blair was away for a month, "Bless that we would ever see dad again, and if we drive there it wouldn't be too long."

Will 3/11 after I asked him how primary was, he said, "I was the 1st kid in class. I thought I was going to have to taught myself."

Will 3/11 "Mom, is today fast Sunday."

Me "What is fast Sunday Will?"

Will, "When we eat really fast."

Will 3/11 "Xander is saying mean things, like that I'm not the leader."

Blair told Will to go to the bathroom with him while we were out somewhere and he was doing the potty dance 3/11, "Hey I had to go to the bathroom too!"