Coloring is hard work

Ryan was coloring while I went to put Zachary to bed. When I came back this is how I found him.

I guess coloring can be pretty tough on a little guy.

Candy and Space

Thursday, August 12


We had another fun day. It's been nice to have these little day trips. We started off our afternoon by going to the Sweet Candy Factory tour in Salt Lake. We weren't able to take any pictures inside, and we forgot to take one outside. Oops. But the boys had a blast on the tour. They loved seeing how taffy was made. Kevin liked walking into the room where they covered the orange sticks in chocolate. And the samples were delicious!


After our sugar rush we headed to the Clark Planetarium for some space fun. We were amazed at the scale-sized planets they had. We didn't realized how much bigger Jupiter and Saturn were then everything else.
Zachary kept yelling "planet, planet!" everytime he saw something. They loved the rockets and the astronaut gear.

Ryan even saw some M&M's packed in one of the meals they eat on the shuttle. But the best part was the landscapes of the moon and Mars. The kids had a great time pretending to be out in space.

Rubbermaid - Really?

Rubbermaid promotes its roughneck storage box as being: "...rugged, durable storage box that is shatter resistant." Apparently they never tested this with a five year old and a three year old.
Really, I have no idea how they did this.

Thanksgiving Point

We realized this last month that summer was quickly coming to an end and we needed to get in gear for some family fun before school started. Kevin took a couple of days off during the month so we could do some fun day trips around the valley.


Tuesday, August 3


We started out the day by going to the Discovery Park in Pleasant Grove (thanks for the great tip Wendy!) Kevin had never been before, and it is the perfect place for little boys to run around.

We then tried to go to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point because of $2 Tuesdays, but there was a huge line out the door. The kids were pretty disappointed that they couldn't see the dinosaurs, but we convinced them that the farm animals could be just as fun. So off we headed to horses, cows, chickens, and tractors. The boys actually had a lot of fun. Matthew and Ryan liked the bunnies and the little goats. Zachary was enchanted with the chickens, especially the rooster. It was cute.

They also had a lot of fun riding the ponies. When we were all done Zachary made sure to say "bye, bye horsey." We had a great time and hopefully we'll be able to make it to the dinosaur museum sometime soon.

Missing tooth

After Thanksgiving Point, we headed home for lunch. Little did we know that we were headed for more excitement. Matthew lost his first tooth that day! It had been loose for about a month but I have to admit that I was too chicken to pull it out. He was just eating his tunafish sandwich and ta-da! He looked at me with a shocked look and told me his tooth had fallen out. He was so excited for the tooth fairy to come. He was very careful to keep it in some water and get it ready for bedtime. We put it in an envelope and he put it under his pillow. He was very excited to find an envelope with some money in it the next day. He has now informed me that his other bottom tooth is loose. It's only the beginning!