Bucket List

Just got home from MN. Killians Great Aunt and Great Uncle invited us and his Papa Wendell & Nana to their house in Stillwater, MN. It was a wonderful couple days. The bonus was I got to  go to The Mall of America also today. This is one of the places on my bucket list. I felt like I was going to Disneyland this morning. It wasn't that good, but it was fun.

A few pictures inside the mall~we were wishing Gavin & Killian were with us.

All made out of Lego's.

We started at the aquarium, went shopping, then went back to the aquarium before flying home. They had really nice displays.

Tara told Killian "Ethan is coming tonight". 

K said "Ethan and Chloe?" ( his cousins)?

Tara said "No the OTHER Ethan (Clays friends son)

K: "and the OTHER Chloe?""

Running as fast as mine can.

I was talking on the phone to Clay & K last night when Tara got home.
Clay: "Killian, Mama's home, go look out the window."
K is so excited and takes off.
Killian: "Hi Mama, I running as fast as mine can."

Mimi Day 072011 First crappie of the summer

We hung out at our house most of the day, played basketkball at a court down the street that Boo's been wanting to go to, then in the evening went for a drive up the canyon to hunt for bugs, snakes and tarantulas. Luckily we only found ants and a spider. Boo and Papa fished in the evening and caught this nice crappie after some powerful Mimi kisses. 

My new KIA

My husband decided I needed a new car. My Explorer only has 111,000 miles on it, so I'm not sure why I need a new one. I have had 3 Explorers in the past 17 years & was kicking & screaming everytime I had to get a new one.  I  like the GPS, Bluetooth, and Sirius Radio in this KIA so I'll get used to it & will be screaming in 5 yrs when he trades it in. Thank you Tom for taking care of me. I hate buying new cars, and that is why he goes without me and surprises me with them. And I'm very happy about it... so he doesn't trade me in. 

Tom told his friend Charles he bought me a Kia. His friend said "Ikea? You bought your wife a store?" 

Yep that's how much he loves me. ha 

Camping at Echo Lake

We camped at Echo Lake with Wendell, Carole, Rennie, Karen, Chuck & Amalee.

Chelsea, Carrie, Gavin, Emryee, & Avery stayed at the Best Western a couple miles away. It was a great week-end and so nice to get out of town.  We ate lots, roasted marshmallows and Alex & Marianne came to our campfire Sat night and Alex played the guitar.  Gavin LOVED throwing rocks in the lake as he's not supposed to do this at our house. This brought on a whole new set of questions. Who buys the rocks here? Where do rocks come from? How do you know if the rocks are meteorites?

Boo just enjoying being out of Tooele County.

Setting a new trend with the stylish camping hat.

Carrie found a Dolly Pardon balloon.

Papa swimming in the lake with the kids.

They didn't have much luck fishing, but they tried.

The lake is really high right now.

Getting ready to get in the lake with all the floating devices.

Swimming in the pool at the Best Western.

Rennie windsurfing.

Chelsea;  the camp art director.

Our camping neighbors

Looking up from the lake at our campground.

FROG HUNTING

Gavin was so excited with the big old frogs he caught that he brought them right up in my bedroom. I just knew the giant one was going to jump in bed with me, but he held on tight.

Boondocks

Gavin was invited to a birthday party this week for his friend Kator.  His Dad just returned from Afghanistan last week and Kator wanted his birthday party at Boondocks because before his Dad left, the military had paid for a day for the whole family at Boondocks & they had  such a good time. He only wanted to invite one person and it was Gavin. They met in pre school but Chels also knew his mom Colby from High School. I dropped them off and went shopping for a couple hours to Kohls, came back to check on them and left again for another hour to Ikea, and they still weren't ready to go. They were there for about 5 hours and had a blast.

Boo's first Dentist Appt.

Gavin was pretty scared to go to the dentist, but they were very good with him. He did have a couple cavities and has to go back.

Friday Night Golf League & Golfing Grandma's

Friday nights are the couples golf league night in Stansbury Park. They keep asking us to golf and I keep finding an excuse not to. So Friday night we took Gavin out golfing & we ran into several couples that we know that were golfing. Gavin whispers to me "Is that Gma going to golf?" and I told him yes. He said " I thought you were the only Grandma that golfed!"

Good-byes are the hardest part.

Can't go home without eating at La Fronteras

They're packed and ready to go.

After coming by my office and going to lunch he was wore out and sleeping before they dropped me off.

I couldn't resist one last picture of this beautiful little guy.

BOO'S CLEAN FACE

Tom told Gavin to go wash his face.
Gavin: "I'm not going anywhere and I'm not famous"
Tom: " I'd like you to have a clean face"
Gavin: "My mom doesn't care. She loves me no matter what. It says so in my baby book!"

The cutest and sweetest two yr old in the whole wide world.

A flower for Momma

Great Gma Frances Photo. Love his flag tattoo.

Monster K.

K's New Ride.

So proud of the bracelet Aunt Chelsea made for him.

Loved his first paddle boat ride.

Storytime.......K loves his books.

Killian Magillian is Here! Will have lots and lots of pictures when I have time....

Over the river and through the woods to Mimi's House we go. However he said he was going over the Rocky Mtns and Mimi was going to help him climb them.

After months of planning what and where we were going to spend 4th of July we ended up at the "McCarty Casa Campsite". Even tho we have a beautiful lake in the backyard we spent lots of time in the driveway so Killian could ride his new trike.

Thurs 063011 Chuck E Cheese and The Aquarium
Fri 070111  Liberty Park & the Tracy Aviary
Sat 070211 Golfing, Farmers Market, Great Gma Frances & Gpa Bud arrived and Chucks party at our house for Clay & Tara.
Sun 070311 My mind is blank. ha  Oh yea, Cleaning up and resting up from Chucks party at our house. Went with mom and dad to see Larry Crowne movie with Tom Hanks & Julia Roberts in the afternoon.
Killian went to his other cousins house for dinner.
Mon 070411  Parade, Wendell & Caroles House, Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur Museum & Big Poppas for a bar b que.
Tues 070511 Cars 2 movie & Gateway Fountains.

MONDAY: K with the "GREATS"

THURSDAY 063011 Chuck E Cheese's, The Aquarium, and Boo's BB Game

This morning I woke up at 6am because I need to go into my office for a couple hours before going to play with the kids. The house was quiet and Chels, Boo, Clay, Tara, and K were all fast asleep at our house. It was the most peaceful feeling I've had in a long time.  

Watching Boo's last ballgame of the year.




Boo catching and his Gpa Bill umpiring.

You must exit through the Gift Shop

"I need him because he matches my shirt"

 

Aquarium



Chuck E Cheese's 



Tommy's 55th Birthday

Waiting patiently for K

So excited they finally made it.

Wed. 062911 Papa's 55th Birthday. Killian and his mom and dad arrived just in time for the birthday party. We had steak, salad, french bread, carrot cake, and of course ice cream.