Thursday, August 26, 2010

She Did It...She Did It...She Really Really Did IT!!

Macee is Potty Trained...for the most part!

I for one am NOT a big fan of potty training. Let's be honest here. I am lazy and i HATE accidents. Seth was 3 1/2 before he was potty trained for this exact same reason. BUT....he never had one accident. Ok, maybe one. I was not wanting to spend the rest of my Summer like this. ( See below)

Tim told Macee that if she would start going potty like a BIG girl that he would buy her a dolly. (See below)




Needless to say she has been pretty good about it, but there have been some accidents..One thing we are still working on is teaching her that just because brother pees outside, girls don't pee outside! YIKES:)

On a more positive note: GOOD JOB MACEE. You are getting so big!
Mommy and Daddy love you.

Oak City Days

"Oak City Days is held the third week of August every year when the citizens of Oak City host a two day event to celebrate the founding of the city. It has also been known as ward days and homecoming in the past. Oak City Days is kicked off with a parade on Friday evening followed by an ice cream social. Following the ice cream social there is a program. There are also various competitions such as a Rook tournament. On Saturday a town lunch is prepared which feeds over 1000 people. Craft booths, kids games (including a children’s fish catch), as well as adult fun fill the day. The festivities end with a dance under the stars with music by the local band The Moonlighters."

 Almost every year we attend Oak City days. The kids love hanging out with their cousins and running around town! Personally I like to go so I can dance the night away with my husband. Thanks Ken and Karen for making us look like a fool dancing the Cadril with you every year! Tim pretends like he doesn't enjoy it but what is that smile on his face the whole time? Here are some pics of this years escapade.



Kaleb riding the train with Macee :)
Zach, Callie, Kenzie and Kolby
Zach and Cameron
Here is Macee catching her fish. I was surprised! In fact I didn't even buy her a ticket to fish because I thought she would want nothing to do with touching a slimy fish! Boy was I wrong. She was so excited to jump in that tank full of fish and catch one. Sure enough she caught one! (With a little help from mom of course:)) She was one proud girl! Good job Macee!

Macee and her fish
Next it was Seth's turn to catch a fish. The fish were pretty little this year so they were extra fast. With the help of mom Seth got him a fish as well!
Seth trying to catch a fish
Seth is a proud boy holding his fish he caught.
K giving Macee a Piggy back ride...she sure like him!

While we were in Oak City Seth got to ride his bike....with NO training wheels. That's right folks! I can't believe how brave he is. Tim only had to run behind him once and the rest is history! He didn't even crash once. He was so proud of himself. Tim promised him that once he could ride without training wheels then he could put numbers on his bike. So sure enough Monday we were in at the bike shop picking out numbers. The lucky number is...65! He is going to be wanting to race before I know it!!  Good job little buddy. We are so proud of you.



Tim giving Seth some advice before he takes off.



Tim is seriously such a good dad to his kids. Here is just one example of why I love him so much and we are so blessed to have him as ours!
Of course Macee needed a ride too!

Just Another Weekend In Paradise

A couple of  weekends ago Tim and I went to St Anthony for the weekend with NO kids!! It was such a nice relaxing weekend. We are trying to take advantage of living so close to these dunes. They are definitely our favorite! The weather this time around was a lot cooler than the last time we went, which was last month. It was definitely sweatshirt weather. Needless to say there wasn't much swimming. However, we had fun playing games with Rachel, Kevin and Kaleb. We got some nice riding time in and got to see some beautiful sunsets. Thanks babe for the great weekend and thanks Maxfield's for watching our kids! 


The campground

Kevin and Rachel

Tim catching some air.

Eggin Lakes


Love this guy!

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Hooper Park/Soda Springs Geyser

We drove over to Soda Springs one night to show the kids the largest man made geyser. Seth has really been into geysers since our trip to Yellowstone. We were having a hard time finding it, which is silly since the town is so little. But in looking we found Hooper park and let the kids out to play for a bit. There is a natural spring running through the park and lots of really old play equipment. They enjoyed it!

This is a natural spring that you can drink right out of.


We finally made it to the geyser in time to see it erupt. It supposedly is as high as Old Faithful. The kids that that was pretty neat!




Patiently waiting for the geyser to erupt. 







Sunday, August 1, 2010

Yellowstone

Tim surprised me and the kids and took us on a road trip to Yellowstone for the weekend. I have never been there before and was in awe of the beauty. It was seriously one of the most beautiful places I think I have ever been. The pine trees were so thick and green, we were in a forest. It felt so surreal.We got to see Old Faithful, which was the coolest geyser of them all topped off with ice cream afterward! There weren't a lot of animals out but still plenty to see.The kids did such a good job and loved getting out to go on hikes and just check out all the geysers. Thanks babe for the fun relaxing weekend!


The kids being goofy in the back seat.
Geyser








Old Faithful




Our highlight of the whole trip was this...He was right next to the car. Seth even got scared and made us roll up his window :)

THE CHRISTENSEN'S