Park City Condo

I've put on a few posts so make sure that you read them as well. We got to go up to Park City and spend some time in a condo, Sweetwater Lodge. I spent the days up there and Ryan came up some nights. Steve (Grandpa Holt) also came up for a night to go swimming with the boys. This is a picture of Ethan in his swimming suit and blow up ring. He did so well swimming.

Here is a picture of Caleb. He is always up on the counter trying to help me cook. He was trying to open the corn and didn't know how. He is very fun to have around because there is never a dull moment with him. He is always moving, unless he is tired and that doesn't happen very much. We had so much fun there, just to get away from it all. It was also a nice time for me to relax just a little. (How do you ever relax when you have a 3 and 4 year old, unless they are asleep?)

Like I said, they had a tone of fun going swimming! I love these kids so much. They really are a ton of fun to be around. I keep getting surprised of some of the things they say. Like Caleb at dinner. "Shake, shake, shake your boodie!" HAHAHA. We had a good laugh. Ethan singing funny songs like Ryan. (They like to put in their own words.) I love watching them learn and seeing their faces when they see new things. Ryan shaved all the hair off this face the other day and Ethan asked him why he looked like Adam. He is such a crack up! Anyway, I just love being their Mom.

Fish Lake camping

We took the boys fishing at Fish Lake. This was our fist real camping trip of the year. After we go there we took the boat out for a ride. I caught a fish that was to small and Caleb was asleep on my lap. We had had a long drive to get there and of course the kids didn't fall asleep on the way. The next day it rained all day, but we still found ways to have fun. We took Ryan's new chainsaw and found some old fallen trees to cut for firewood. While we were doing that, I found a salamander. We couldn't believe it, because it was so far away from a pond. Ethan asked if he could hold the Alligator. We took the salamander to a pond on our way back to the campsite. The kids had a lot of fun. We were wishing for warmer weather so that Ryan could have gone scuba diving.
The boys in the rain.
This is the view from our campsite. Not bad, huh?

Caleb's 3rd Birthday!

Whoops wrong picture. This was before his birthday at the Holt's. They have the sprinkler on the tramp. They took their clothes off, except the underwear. (At least this time they kept it on!) Fun during the summer!

We took the kids to Wheeler Farm for Caleb's birthday. They got to milk a cow. Ethan was all ready for his turn and did a really good job. I sat with Caleb for him to milk and he didn't want to touch the cow. It was very cute. I did end up helping him with it, but he didn't want to touch it to much. Caleb choose the color of his cupcakes. He wanted yellow because he loves Bumblebee (Transformer). Ryan and TJ played frisbee almost the whole time. They really enjoyed themselves. The kids also enjoyed playing the the little stream and getting all wet. (I didn't enjoy that as much.)

Frisbee Park

This is the river by the frisbee park that Ryan used to go to a lot as a younger man. We took the kids one day just to show them around and for them to have fun. We made sure that they stayed away from the water in case you were nervous. For some reason, Ethan lately loves to put his hands up or make a funny face when I take his pictures.
They also liked the playground that was there.
This is a merry go round that was there, as you can see, Ethan likes it better than Caleb. This one is a little weird to me. How are you to say on? Not what you would call easy.

Zoo!

We went to the zoo again today (May 1st). It was Grandma Holt's birthday, so we took her with us. We had a fun time at the zoo again. The boys always like to see the animals. I have almost the same picture of me when I was little by the lion drinking fountain. I'm sure that my Mom has it somewhere. The boys love to play on the play ground that they have at the zoo as well.


Here is Caleb on the catapiller at the park. He also loves playing on the spider that is behind him. Caleb says some of the cutest things sometimes. We were in the car the other day when I asked Ethan who the first president of the USA was. He told me he didn't know, so I asked Caleb and he said, "George Washington." I couldn't believe that he remembered when I had talked to them about it a month or so ago. Now they both remember who the George Washington is.
Ethan loves to play on the play ground at the park. He is getting so big now. We were in the truck driving yesterday when Ethan says to Caleb, "You're Susan Boyle!" Then Caleb said it back to him and it went on like this for awhile. For those of you who don't know who Susan Boyle is, she was on Britains Got Talent. She was trying out for it. Look on U Tube for her. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY&feature=related

Anyway, we are still trying to move forward.

Day Outing

We decided one weekend that we wanted to get out of the city and go for a drive. We decided to take our gun with us and shoot some clay pigeons. Ryan is really good at this. I think maybe he only missed two or three. I on the other hand, am used to non moving targets. I finally got it at the end.

I like this picture of Ryan. I think he looks great. We found this awesome place to go. It looks like others have found it fun as well.
This is Ethan playing on the hill. He was finding lot of fun things to play with, until he found a piece of glass that cut his finger. It's a good thing that Mom comes prepared! We got him all fixed up and having a treat to make him feel better.Can you see Caleb? He is wearing camo. He is our kid that loves the dirt. He also likes to wander. We have to keep a special eye on him where ever we go. (I guess this is his way to make our life funner!)
We had lots of fun. Ryan especally loved driving his truck into the huge puddles on the road. The water came over the truck. It got pretty dirty. We love being in the outdoors and hope to have may more trips like this to come. The kids are so excited to go camping this year.

Lost Camera!!!

OK, so I'm sorry that I haven't been keeping up with this, but I lost my camera! I know that it's not the best camera, but it's all we have.
So we've had Ethan's birthday, then he learned how to ride his bike without training wheels. He loves doing this and is so excited about it! He wants to ride all the time! Ethan does so well. Ryan put him on the bike, gave him a little push and he was on his way! OK, I got this picture off my phone camera! I feel like I'm totally awesome now!


Caleb on the other hand is getting potty trained. He is really excited about it! Sometimes he just gets to busy though. (Caleb doesn't stop!) He has been having lots of fun trying to be like big brother, but he also wants to have his independence. What a kid!
All in all we've had a wonderful time with the snow gone. (Ryan still goes up in the mountains to find it so he can snowmobile.) We had a wonderful time at the park for Adam's (Ryan's older brother) birthday party. It was really fun!