The Gardens, Idaho Falls, 2nd Birthday

Yet again I have failed at the whole keeping the blog updated. I've gotten quite a few pictures since the last post. Some of The Gardens at Thanksgiving Point. Others are from Crystal and I's trip to Idaho the week before her birthday. Ty joined us the weekend of her birthday and we spent her birthday in Idaho. Then we had a little celebration here in Provo a week later.

This first group of pictures were taken at The Gardens at Thanksgiving Point. It was really beautiful there and we took TONS of pictures, but 3/4 the way through (after I was completely exhausted) we realized there wasn't a Card in the camera and NONE of the pictures we had taken had saved! I cried (I'm pregnant okay!)! So we lost a lot of good pictures especially the ones of Crystal playing around the ark and with the animal statues. Others we tried to walk passed again and retake a few of them, but they only let you in the ark for 20 minutes at a specified time so we couldn't get back in to get any pictures... I was pretty upset about it :(. I'm just glad I noticed before we were completely done or I would have been even more upset!

We got to Idaho Falls the last night of the Eastern Idaho State Fair. Ty's parents took Crystal and I to get some super yummy food and see all the animals! I was so glad to be able to go. I make Ty take me every year and was kinda sad I wasn't going to go to a fair this summer/fall, so I was glad when they called and invited us to go!! :D Crystal LOVED all the animals! She was pretty upset when the cows wouldn't come when she called for them though ... lol.

Crystal had two parties this year and I just combined the pictures of the two. The first one was in Idaho Falls. We had it a few days early because Ty's parents were going to be out of town. The second one was in Provo a week after her birthday. Poor girl didn't open any presents on her actual birthday... but I don't think she minded too much ... lol ... she is seriously spoiled rotten. And guess what her favorite toy to play with is out of all the things she got? The Jesse figurine off the birthday cake!!!!

Terrible Twos or Terrible Teething?

Yes, Crystal has been teething again. All her baby teeth had come in by the time she turned 1 so we haven't had to deal with this in a long time! Last week she had a few days where she was really grumpy and throwing temper tantrums, but I just assumed it was a "phase" she was going through and didn't think anything of it. But during one of her tantrums Thursday I just happened to notice she had 2 more molars in her bottom teeth than she had had before! One was completely grown in and the other had broke through but still looked a bit sore. She's getting her 2 year molars! I hadn't even thought to check because it had been so long! Her top ones hadn't poked through yet, but I knew we were in for a long couple of weeks with those. Sure enough this week has been long and difficult (and yes I realize its only Tuesday!). She's had a hard time getting to sleep and refused to nap Sunday and Monday! Today I laid with her for an hour till she finally fell asleep! Thank Goodness!!! I needed a break! :D After these next two come in we won't have to do it again till she's 6! YAY! Okay well we won't have to do it with Crystal ... hehe ... at least its only going to be one child at a time! :D

Farm Country

For $2 Tuesday at Thanksgiving Point this week we decided to try out Farm Country. We didn't realize till we got there that it only costs $3.50 to get in on a normal day, so we really didn't need to fight the crowd for just a few dollars less. But since we were already there, there was no turning back! Crystal absolutely LOVED all the animals. We didn't bother standing in line for the pony ride because it was way too long and from what we heard from other parents (parents trying to explain to their crying children why they couldn't ride the pony) the line didn't move very fast. Instead we took a wagon ride around the block. Crystal didn't know she could have had a pony ride anyway, so it made no difference to her! We will have to go back another day (NOT on Tuesday...lol) so she can ride the pony!

Sitting on a cow in the souvenir shop!

She loved the baby goats!

Petting an animal in the camel family with a strange name ...lol

This long haired goat acted more like a dog!

It wanted Ty to stay and scratch it all day!

This goat had VERY big horns!

We had to sit here for a while before

she'd let us move on to the next animals!

Ty and Crystal (the horse moved out of the camera)

Ty was worried the horse might bite so every

time she'd pet it he'd pull her away so i couldn't get a good picture.

Playing in the Dance Hall!

In the jail house.

I'm not really sure what this is... but she liked it! :D

Petting the donkey!

The cow looks pretty happy!

Pretending to feed the "BITING" donkey. It had a sign that said "I bite" but it was very friendly with Crystal. Even when she tried feeding it wood chips from the ground. He just put his mouth in her hand and knocked the wood chips out. She thought he was eating them, so she was happy! :D

Two Dollar Tuesdays!

Thanksgiving Point is having a Two Dollar Tuesdays Promotion during the entire month of August. Since it usually costs $10 per person to get into their attractions, we thought it was a good deal and decided to take advantage of the opportunity! There are a few different things we wanted to do, but we decided to start with the Dinosaur Museum. We thought Crystal would really enjoy the large animals and some of the hands on activities they have there. It opened at 10 and we arrived there around 11 to find a VERY VERY VERY LONG line of people waiting to get in! Apparently we weren't the only ones who noticed what a great deal it was ... lol! The line wrapped around to the back of the building! We almost decided to just leave, but decided we'd give the line a few minutes to see how fast it moved. Thankfully it was a very fast line and most of it was in the SHADE of the building! We only had to wait for about 20 minutes. Ty and I were pretty impressed with its size and exhibits, but it was SO CROWDED! There were people EVERYWHERE! It made it harder for Crystal to enjoy herself, but she had fun most of the time. She especially enjoyed the Erosion Room and the Dinosaur Dig even though both were packed full of kids and parents! The museum was so big that she was exhausted before we made it through most of it, so she isn't exactly smiling in most of the pictures!

Crystal and Daddy!

She liked sitting on his shoulders so

she could see some of the exhibits better!

She wanted to climb into the exhibits.

She didn't understand why she couldn't go play with the dinosaurs!

Look at the HUGE dinosaurs!

What a LONG neck!

Look at all those heads!

Crystal really enjoyed coloring the fossil stencil!

Standing UNDER a dinosaur!

She really wanted to climb up with the dinosaur!

This was one of her favorite parts:

Dressing like a dinosaur and playing with the toy dinosaurs!

I just had to document this moment!!!

The little girl was crying, so Crystal SHARED her dinosaur toy!

That doesn't happen very often ... lol. She is usually taking toys!!!

The Erosion Table!

Crystal loved playing in the sand and water!!

She was in the center of the river!

Ty and I didn't fit under it to get to her!

We weren't sure we were going to be able to get her to come out!

There were TONS of people there!

We were standing shoulder to shoulder with other people the entire time!

Crystal didn't mind so much!

She loves playing NEXT to other kids.

She just hasn't figured out how to play WITH them yet!

This was absolutely her FAVORITE exhibit... lol.

She cried a very sad cry when she had to get off to let other kids play on it!

She thought the massive turtle skeleton was pretty cool!

She wanted to pet it!

Playing in the sand at the dinosaur dig!

Just some random pictures before we left for the museum!

Marching!

She loves her hat!

But refuses to smile for the camera anymore!

Saturday at the Park

Saturday we went to a birthday party at a park in Orem we had never been to before. It was a beautiful park and had quite impressive slides and swings... not to mention the pond, fountain, and wonderful flowers! It was unfortunately very hot and muggy that day and I was doing all I could to stand the heat, but Ty was wonderful and followed Crystal around the whole park. He didn't do all that well at getting pictures of the actual party so we don't even have any of the birthday girl! But he did get quite a few of Crystal while they were off on their adventure!

Ty made this in photoshop with 3 different pictures!

It was a HUGE slide and she went down all by herself!!!

Crystal LOVES flowers!!!

Dancing on the path!

Smelling the flowers!

Sitting by the pond!

Watching the ducks in the pond!

Well he got a picture of her with the birthday girl's DOG at least!!!

Not a flattering picture of me at all ... I just look very FAT!