Labor Day Weekend

We had such a fun Labor Day weekend! It was so fun to have Danny home from work and to spend some time with our families.

We spent Saturday at Antelope Island at the balloon festival. Unfortunately, there wasn't all that much going on that we were interested in, but Caydence and I took a ride on this little train. Caydence is starting to be afraid of EVERYTHING, so it was tough to get a picture where she wasn't whimpering :)
Then my dad put her on this buffalo, and she continued whimpering.

Saturday night we went to the Bees game. It was perfect weather, and we had so much fun. We sat on the grass in right field so Caydence could run around. We were lucky enough to have both of our families there and we just had a great night. Unfortunately, a little girl (probably about 4 years old) right in front of us got hit right in the head with a ball from a home run at the beginning of the game. It was awful!! But she ended up being ok and and the rest of the game went smoothly. The ending was amazing: We were down by 1 in the bottom of the 9th, with a runner on 1st base, 2 outs, 2 strikes, and the batter hit a home run! It was amazing!!! They ended the night with a fireworks show, and of course, Caydence was afraid and crying again.

Here she is on Danny's shoulders at the game.

On Monday we went to Park City with my family and rode some of the rides. Danny and Nicki rode the Alpine slide, and the rest of us rode the coaster (WAY FUN!) We all got pretty sunburned, but it was worth it.

On the way home, we stopped at a park in Morgan and played some games and put our feet in the river. I thought Caydence could just put her feet in and not get too wet, ha ha. She ended up swimming in her clothes! But she had lots of fun and especially liked throwing the sand all over.

I know these pictures are way blurry, but I just loved her face in this one!

We ended the weekend with dinner with my family and then batting cages with our friends! It was such a fun filled Labor Day weekend! Thanks to everyone that made this weekend so fun!

Thanksgiving Point Gardens

My cousin Shelby told me about a great deal going on at Thanksgiving Point. In August, Tuesdays were only $2 instead of $10, so we had to take advantage of that! We went with her and Maya and took some fun pictures in the gardens. Thanks to Shelby for taking all of these amazing photos!!

Elder Richie Preece is home!!!!

So after 2 long years Richie is home! He got home this morning at 10 AM, and it's been a fun day! We got to celebrate his birthday with him today as well (it was on the 11th). Here are some pictures, but just a warning, they are in backwards order because blogger is dumb like that.

The banner we made for hm over the garage.

Everyone that came to the airport.

Richie meeting Caydence for the first time.

This was my favorite picture, because no joke, Michael has grown at least 2 feet since Richie left.

And here he is coming down the escalator at the airport.

Swimsuit Top or Halter Dress?

Caydence was carrying this around the house, so I put it on her and she was pretty pleased with herself :)

Gateway Fountains and Good Samaritans

Last week some friends and I took our babies to the Gateway fountain on the frontrunner. The bummer about the new frontrunner train is that it is so expensive! $5 to ride to Salt Lake per person. But I think not very many people are riding it because they have this new deal that 4 people can ride for $10, so we took advantage. It was pretty fun and the kids loved the train. The frontrunner is convenient because there are no stairs- we could roll our strollers straight on the train, but when we got to Salt Lake and transferred to Trax, you have to go up about 4 stairs, and you have to get in pretty quick. So as soon as the doors opened, I picked up Caydence's stroller (because mine was the smallest) and rushed her up the stairs. Then I would turn around and grab the front of the next stroller and we'd put that one in together, and then we'd grab the next one. It was pretty crazy, but we did it.

Good Samaritan #1
When we got to our stop at the Gateway, a man that was also riding Trax hopped off and helped each of us with our strollers, and then got back in the train. He GOT OFF the train to help us and he wasn't even getting off there! We thanked him, and then one of my friends said, "well there really are still nice people in this world!"

Here are a couple shots of them playing in the fountain. Caydence absolutely LOVED it. But she was always walking away from me so I didn't get very many good shots.
And this was the only shot I could get of her and Adam together. (We never could get Ali in the pictures because she wasn't really in to the fountain.)

Good Samaritan #2 (and #3)

So yesterday my mom took all us girls to this place she has been raving about called Causey Dam so we could float in the beautiful water. (We didn't get to bring our cameras, bummer) So anyways, it was a really steep trail to get from our car to the water, and we almost lost Grandma a few times on the way down, and Paige was crying the whole way, but we finally made it to the water. We had a good time, but when we went to leave we saw a place across the lake that was WAY closer to the road, so we wouldn't have to hike back up the mountain to get to the car. So mom agreed to go get the car and meet us over there. Well this is where the drama began. As soon as she started leaving, Caydencde started screaming. She was cold, and tired, and hungry. To make a long story short, the swim was a lot longer than we anticipated, and the wind was working against us. And Paige got ahead of me and Grandma and then started having a SEVERE panic attack. We could hear her SCREAMING and there was nothing we could do. She was making me pretty mad, she was fine (wearing a life jacket and floating on a raft) but she was freaking out. I felt totally helpless because I had finally gotten Caydence asleep on my chest, and all of the extra rafts on top of the raft I was floating on, and she was a ways ahead of us. And then Grandma starts telling me how tired she is, so I'm afraid I'm going to have to dive in for her, but I have sleeping Caydence on me. So I start paddling over to her to give her back her life jacket (mom is getting the car all this time) and I figure she needs my help more because Paige already had a life jacket on. Anyways, after lots of screaming "Paige, you are OK!!!! Stop screaming!!!! Settle down!!!!" a canoe came up beside us with a young couple inside. Heavenly father was definitely listening to my prayers. We begged them to go calm Paige down, and they were more than happy to help and rushed right over to her. They kept her calm until she could get to shore where mom was waiting. Then they came back to help me, but I was more worried about Grandma, so they towed her over to shore (which was still pretty far away) and then came back for me. They wrapped Caydence in a blanket and held her while they towed me back to shore. I don't know what we would have done without them. I was the only one that was able to help anyone else, but I couldn't because Caydence was having a hard time. I felt so helpless. I also felt very frustrated with a certain someone in the group.... but we were grateful for our helpers and found a better way to get into the lake for next time.....if there is a next time :)

4th of July!

We had such a fun 4th of July! Caydence was actually old enough to enjoy it this time. We started the day by going to the parade, and thanks to the Schuurmans, who now live on Main Street, we got a front row seat and we didn't even have to stake out a place a week in advance! Then we went to the city's production of "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and it was so good! We of course headed off to a BBQ after that, and then ended the day with fireworks. I wasn't quite sure how Caydence would react to the loud fireworks, but she was actually uninterested in them. She was more interested in a glow necklace someone handed to her. All in all, it was a great day, especially because it wasn't SCORCHING hot like it normally is on the 4th. In fact, the temperature during the parade was only in the low 70's! It was beautiful!

This is Truss, our old landlord who was nominated and won the Fruit Heights Unsung Hero award so he got to ride in the parade.
Caydence and Danny at the Parade

At the parade with Danny's sister and nephew.

We decided to skip the car and ride our bikes to the parade because the traffic is madness.

"My Dad Rocks!"

We had a surprise party for one of our friends a few weekends ago who is being deployed to Iraq. Danny's band played at the party, and I was really excited that Caydence finally got to wear her "My Dad Rocks" shirt! Here are a couple shots of her jammin.