Ian's vacation...

I just wanted to be sure to tell you all that I had the most fun out of anybody in my family during this little trip... and the proof is in the pictures:

First there was the plane ride to Utah, and if any of you know me, you know that airplanes are one of my favorite things (next to really BIG trucks--more on that later). I went on a plane a few months ago and now my parents get tired of me saying, "Daddy (or Mommy), I'na go-onna pwayne." I don't realize it, but apparently I say it about 178 times every day (my dad said he counted once). Anyway, planes are awesome, and here I am just reviewing the aircraft safety procedures--just to be safe.

After our plane ride we stayed in St. George at my grandparents house. My parents must think I have some sort of fixation disorder, because when I am in a truck I LOVE the truck, when I am in a plane, I LOVE the plane, and when I am in a pool... I LOVE the pool. I could have spent hours in that water... wait, I DID spend hours in the pool. It was a lot of fun! My favorite thing is to jump off the edge of the pool and keep my face under water for as long as I can (just to worry my parents).


Tell you what, though... after a long plane ride and an afternoon in the pool, I was kinda worn out. My parents sat me on my grandma's bed to watch a movie and I couldn't help but fall asleep--I think they set me up for that one.


Well, we made it to Beaver for our little family reunion and it was great fun! I was all over the place visiting James' boat, all of the family cars in the driveway (at least, the ones that were unlocked) and a few of the neighbors cars as well--my favorite is Ray's jeep across the street. It is red and really easy to get into. I even got to sit in a BIG diesel truck for a few minutes, but my dad came and dragged me out of it--I guess everyone was looking for me and he wasn't too happy to find me a block or so away from grandma's and grandpa's house in my bare feet messing with the switches in the diesel cab (the controls were really cool!).

Anyway, my cousins and I had a great time. We sat in a wagon together at Cove Fort, ate cookies, watched a parade, ate cake, threw rocks in a pond, ate strawberries, rode in a canoe, ate brownies, played with toys, ate more cookies, watched movies, ate chips, played games, and ate some ice cream--it was awesome! In fact, we got soooooo dirty that we all had to take a bubble bath together.


In case you couldn't tell, we had a fun time in the bath as well!


There was, however, this one time when we couldn't go outside because it was raining so hard... so we just watched the rain--that was fun too.


Playing with grandpa Foster is always fun. Lucas and I love it when he wrestles with us and tickles us at the same time.


Well, the trip to Beaver was over too soon, but at least we got to squeeze one more trip in to St. George--which, for me, means water and swimming! Man! What a great vacation--I can't wait for the next one!

Oh... one more thing: Thanks, James, for letting me drive your boat while my mom wakeboarded. in was a LOT of fun!

Noah's Vacation...

Well,

It all started off with a nice flight to Las Vegas--I don't remember much because I was huddled up in a pouch on my mom's lap the entire flight, but I do remember swimming in the pool with my family the next day. St. George sure is nice this time of year. I hope my parents will move back to Utah some time in the relative future (I know my grandma's and grandpa's would like that too).


For the 24th of July I went to a parade with my family--again, I don't remember a thing because I was cooped up in that dang pouch again. Oh well, I heard that the floats were spaced too far apart, the sun was too hot, and the parade was kinda long. I guess I didn't miss much.



Eventually my parents let me out of the bag and I got to play with Grandpa Foster--he sure is fun! I also got to see Grandma and Grandpa Campbell and all of their kids (Brittany and JJ even DROVE 5 hours just to see me!).


That Sunday I was blessed--along with my cousin, Hyrum. I guess it was a pretty great blessing--mainly because I didn't cry, and my dad remembered to give me a name (I hear that he forgot with my older brother). Anyway, I am sure my mom will be posting a few pics of me in my blessing "outfit" in a later post. She wouldn't stop snapping my pictures. There are too many to post here, but I think she managed to get me posed with most of my family, lots of my friends, some of our extended family, a few strangers, a couple of nomads, and some inanimate objects, but she did get a good one of me and my brother, Ian:



In all it was an eventful trip--even though we had to drive back to Oklahoma in a rental van. I was, however glad to see ALL of my grandma's and grandpa's even if it was only for a day or two (thanks for coming to good ol' Beaver everyone!) I have to say, though, the highlight of the trip for me was laughing with my aunt, Tami--she sure is crazy!

Happy Birthday, Mae!

So...

Mae had her big 5 B-day party last week... and we had a BLAST.

The morning of her birthday we all woke up to a breakfast of her choosing--Breakfast Burritos with sausage (a surprise to us because she usually wants waffles).


Later that day we all went to a nearby lake, had a picnic, rented a paddleboat, and sat around and watched while Mae demonstrated her swimming skills (something that she has come a LONG way in--last year at this time she was scared to put her face under water and cried any
time we washed the shampoo out of her hair).



After visiting the lake we headed home to watch a movie together with popcorn, rootbeer, and candy (the movie was Nancy Drew and Ian only lasted as long as the candy and popcorn did, but Mae loved it).


Finally Mae got to blow the candles out on her made-to-order-My-Little-Pony-pink-with-purple-flowers birthday cake and open her presents after a dinner of fire-roasted hotdogs and fresh fruit salad among other things.



Mae spent the waning evening hours before bedtime riding her new bike up and down the hallway and playing with her new Barbie and Barbie car in her bed (she fell asleep with her new stuffed horse in her arms). All in all she had a great birthday! Thanks to all of your for your presents and phone calls--she LOVES getting her own personal calls, but caller beware... Mae will not let you off the phone if you do call her because she has plenty to talk about.

Funnest Ward Party Ever!!!

I had to work on the 4th of July, so our family kind of bagged the holiday. Brad put Noah and Ian down at their regular bed time (7:00), and let Mae stay up to watch the fireworks from our house. They didn't end up getting to see much due to the large trees in their way, but that was alright because Mae was more interested in the fireflies anyway.

Anyway....the next day totally made up for it. Our ward party was held at one of our ward member's home. This man is Oklahoma's version of Wendell. He rigged up a humongous slip and slide. This thing was amazing. (Apparently he has been doing this for years) They also had an awesome volleyball net, a blow up jumpy house thing for the kids, and their property backed up into a pond where we could swim. Our family spent almost the entire time on the slip and slide. We got there at 4:00 pm an left at 8:30 pm. Except for the short period of time that we were able to tear the kids away to feed them dinner, they were on that slip and slide. Brad and I had a great time too. There were plenty of people there willing to hold Noah so I was able to take a rare opportunity to really play with my kids...the kind of playing that is as fun for me as it is for them. I definitely need to do this more often. When we got home we all had grass and mud under our swimsuit...totally worth it.

I am already looking forward to them hosting another ward party!!

Twinkle Twinkle...Ian's Version Anyway

Smiles from Noah...

Just wanted to share (especially for those of you who don't always get to see how cute he really is)!

Wii may be in the market for...,

...well, a wii.



Brad has borrowed a wii and a wii fit from a friend at school. Mae absolutely loves it, and Ian thinks that he loves it (only because Brad cheats for him so that he can get a high score). This video of Mae on the wii fit hula hoop game just makes us laugh because she is so in to it, and so bad at it--but she doesn't care. She is just having a great time--incidentally, Mae did beat Brad's friend at bowling on her first try!

Who knows... I think Brad's plan of getting me addicted to it as a nice investment in our family time may just work. Maybe we will get one for Christmas this year!