Lily's 4th birthday and her first field trip!!!!

LILY'S 4TH BIRTHDAY

Lily turned 4 on Saturday! We started the day by letting Lily open a few of her presents. It was a little mermaid outfit and accessories for her to wear at her 'Under the Sea' party. At 12:30 we had a small kids party for her! We decorated and pinned the tail on Ariel, played in the under the sea air bubbles, ate a ton of sugar, and played Sebastian Sand Search (forgot to get a picture of that... oops. Trust me when I say they loved it. The sand is still all over my deck to prove it. haha). After Pizza Hut for dinner, we had some family over for cake and ice cream! Other than a few melt downs from the birthday girl (it was a long day. haha) I think she had a pretty good day!

We found Crystal's drawing on the wall from our last visit to Pizza Hut!

He was done with "lily day." haha

PRESCHOOL FIELD TRIP

We went to U-Pick Red Barn for our first preschool field trip this week! The kids had a ton of fun! They rode a train, played in the haystack maze, explored the barn, held extremely small kittens (I'm glad they survived us... especially Jay), and, of course, picked out a pumpkin! Here are just a few of the pictures that I took!

NIGHT AT THE PARK

After dinner Friday night we went to Kate Curley Park for a few minutes. Grandma and Grandpa Cook even came to play for a few minutes. The sun is going down so ridiculously early now days that it was very dark before we finally left.

Last night as a 3 year old. :(

RANDOM PICTURES OF THE WEEK

Crystal brought a chair into the living room, put a blanket over it, sat down, and asked me to take her picture. Haha.

Painting Pumpkins for preschool. She has no attention span for pretty much anything, but when it comes to art she can spend hours on it!

Sand, Sand and More Sand!

SANDY DOWNS

I took the kids to play in the sand dunes behind Sandy Downs in Idaho Falls. They were utterly and completely in heaven! I wasn't sure I was going to ever get them to leave! 

Endless sea of sand!

Following footsteps.

Crystal made a 'sand angel'

Close up of the angel.

Jay loved it too!

The whole was already there. They were trying to make it deeper.

PRESCHOOL PICS

Blue Bubble Art for letter b!!!!!

All ready for our first fieldtrip next week!

There's nothing more exciting than finding a scholastic box on the front porch (well maybe finding a scholastic box on the front porch AS WELL AS the parts for the washer... yep it was a good day).

THE GARDEN

We went to Ty's parents to help harvest the rest of the garden. We came home with pumpkins, squash, potatoes, and carrots!!! The girls had fun running around the property. Crystal discovered if you yell down one end of the irrigation pipe, the person on the other end can hear it, so they played 'telephone' for a little bit. Then when it was time to put the veges in the cellar, the kids all crammed down in with Papa to check things out!

We brought Roscoe. Papa Joel thought he'd sit with him. I think he regretted it a little. Haha!

The cellar!

Playing Telephone!

Full moon. It was way bigger than it looks. The kids thought it was cool as well!

FAMILY NIGHT

We have family night once a month with the Gordon Family. For dessert my sister in law made WONDERFUL carmel apples. But when we went to cut into them, we realized the apple slicer was broken and who uses a knife anymore to cut apples? haha. My mom pulled out her watermelon cutter and - other than taking a chunk of my thumb off - worked great! Afterwards Jay taught Grandma some dance moves! 

RANDOM PICTURES OF THE WEEK

Jay helped me make enchiladas for dinner one night! He LOVES aprons!

Making ranch art...

Listening to their bedtime story!

He now thinks he needs a fork for finger foods too.

Blow drying his hair

Jay picked up Daddy's lunch bag, walked to the front door, turned around, yelled 'bye bye' as he waved, and tried opening the door. Haha. It was so adorable!

Random Pictures From The Past Week

RANDOM PICTURES OF THE WEEK

Life was pretty average this week. We had a super fantastic time in preschool, and life went on as usual. I didn't take a million pictures this week like I usually do. Haha. 

Apple Stamping

'A' sugar cookies!

Making Pig Puppets!

She's a cat. ;) Jay photo bombed the picture.

I had the other bench all to myself! Haha! They ALL love Grandma!

THE WASHER

I started "Operation Get As Much Laundry Done As Possible While The Washer Is Semi-Working" on Saturday. Unfortunately that ended up only being 2 loads before the belt flew off and tore to shreds -sigh- I took the clothes to my mom's to wash, but that huge bin of towels is still sitting in the basement. :( Ty is replacing one more part (and putting on another new belt) in hopes that it will solve the problem. If it doesn't work we WILL be calling a repair man! I need my washing machine back!!!!