Vacation Part 2

These are the rest of the pics from vacation. This is Naomi my best friend from Hawaii (other than Noah). She happened to be in town so we met up at Burger King and let our kids play while we caught up. It was so great to see them. The last time that we saw them was at our wedding. From 2 college frehman roller blading to the beach into 2 married women with 6 kids. WOW! Time flies!

One of our favorite things we did on vacation was go boating with our good friends Erin and Chad and Erins family. It was a blast! Levi loved riding on the boat, but was a little scared of the water. He did ride on the tube for a bit. Noah road on the tube a lot and was very burned and sore the next day. I rode on the tube for a while. Ruby loved the boat and Erin's mom. She fell asleep in the early afternoon so she didn't tube. We had a great time. I tried to upload a video of Noah on the tube with his legs flying in the air, but I cannot get it to work. At one point I think that I was crying because I was laughing so hard watching him.

This is Isaac with his best friend Logan. They are a few weeks apart. Erin (Logan's mom) and I joke that they just didn't want to be seperated so Isaac came 2 weeks late and Logan came 2 week early. Erin definately got the better end of that deal.

We also got to spend some time with my cousin Lisa and her boys. She has a FABULOUS garden. We picked these carrots for the boys to eat. They were so huge we had to dig them out of the ground. Danen and Levi definately got their days worth of Vitamin A.

Ruby was not a huge fan of sleeping in a strange place. But since we were in Utah for quite some time I decided to be and ogre and make her learn how to fall asleep so I didn't have to go to sleep with her every night. I think it was the second night when I did this and I walked in to find Levi wide awake hugging Ruby to sleep in his bed. Every night I would go to our room to find them like this, it was a mommy's dream come true. So sweet!

Isaac meeting his Great Grandma Lyon!! He was such a good boy and let her hold him without wiggling!

Levi, Danene, LaLa, Hannah, and Ruby playing at the splash park!

' Ruby "taking care of" baby Max.

YaYa had a big jetted tub. Levi LOVED to taked his bath every night in her big tub with super big bubbles!

Levi at the dinosaur museum! It was awesome!

With the very scary shark at the dinosaur museum!

Isaac be abslutely adorable cuddling with dad in the swing at Grandpa Lyon's house.

Vacation part 1

We had a wonderful time on our vacation at the beginning of the month. Noah helped us drive to Utah and then had to fly back to work for a week. Then he flew back and spent a week there with us. It was so nice to have so much time and to see friends that we haven't seen in a while. Here are a few highlights.

One day we went to Lagoon. I remember going to Lagoon when I was little and was so excited to take Levi and Ruby. I knew it would be a long and hot day. Marie and her friend Ryan came with us also. Levi had the time of his life. He wasn't scared of anything. He was even mad that he couldn't go on the big roller coasters. Ruby on the other hand was a lot more scared than I thought she would be. She screamed the first 10 seconds of her first ride. She did manage to enjoy the carousel, the haunted house, and this spinning octopus ride (an adult ride that she did with Noah.). However she did not like the boats (although she did give them a second try), or the log flume.

Levi is always so friendly wherever he goes. He call every kid he sees his friend. At Lagoon he was standing in line to ride on some car. The cars fit 2 people, but the other times Levi rode them he went all alone. This time he was standing in line next to a kid that was a little smaller than him. They started saying, "Goodbye red car," or "Goodbye blue car" as they would go by. When it came Levi's turn he got in his car and then turned and asked the other little boy if he wanted to ride with him. The other boys parents said it was all right, and they had a great ride together. I am so glad it is easy for Levi to make friends and to talk to everyone around him.

After wee picked Noah we went straight to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House. It was amazing and beautiful. Levi and Ruby were so excited to be able to go inside the temple. They kept saying "Jesus" and pointing the artwork on the walls. Levi was once again the highlight of the temple. The baptismal font is a circle on the backs of oxen, and then there are stairs that lead into it in the shape of a rectangle. As we stood at the top of the stairs with Levi he said, "Look, its a key hole." What an amazing observation he made that clued the rest of us into another symbolism that we can connect with the temple. When we do work in the temple we are the key to those who cannot do the work for themselves.

I guess I will finish this post with another Levi moment from vacation. One thing we did while Noah was in Colorado was visit a lot of my friends. My friend Cami took us to a little beach in her neighborhood. Levi was so excited. He was so excited that before we could review the rules he was already in the water clear to his chin, and standing on his tippy toes and couldn't move anywhere. So I took a deep breath and went in the water in all of my clothes to get him. The rest of the time he was well behaved and stayed closer to the shore. Ruby usually doesn't like the water. This beach completely changed her! She loved going in the water with Cami's little boy Micah and copying everything that he did. She loved playing in the sand, and drinking the water-YUCK! It was a blast. Thanks Cami for a great day!

Isaac 3 Month Pictures

My sister took these amazing pictures of Isaac while we were in Utah. He is already 3 months old and holding up his head, and smiling, and laughing a little. There were so many cute ones! Thanks Aunt Janette!

Harry Potter and my favorite Harry Potter Fan!

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (#6) came to theaters this week. Noah loves Harry Potter. He loves the books. He loves the movies. Now that we have 3 kids he wants to dress them up like Ron, Hermione, and Harry for Halloween. So we have been looking forward to the release of this movie for some time.

Thanks to Ga and Bampa (Noah's parents) Noah and I were able to act like we were young and free and go see the midnight showing. We went complete with matching T-shirts and Isaac. It was a great date and a great movie! The back of our matching T-shirts that I made. Isaac's matches too, but you can't see it. Driving to the show, and the Hogwarts emblem on the front of our T Shirts. I love this picture because of Noah's big grin, and then Isaac's face that seems to say, "What in the world am I doing here?"

Is that a Unicorn or a Princess?

Bugs love Ruby. I haven't been able to keep the mosquitoes off of her this summer. She had one mosquito bite right in the middle of her forehead. For 3 or 4 days I just left it. She would itch it and then it would bleed. Then, while it was forming a scab, her hair would get in the way and I would pull the hair away only to have the scab come off with the hair.

After this happening several time I put a band aid on it. This only lasted a few hours until Ruby realized the band aid was there. So my next solution.....Unicorn Ruby. I put her little bands in a pony tail on the front of her hair. She sported her unicorn horn for a few days, and now her scab is healing just fine.

Fun Summer Craft

We did a craft this week from the Family Fun Magazine (which is fabulous and totally worth the money-put out by Disney).

To make you bubble blower, you cut the bottom off of an empty water bottle and then use a rubber band to secure a washcloth or piece of towel. Then you dip the end in dish soap and gentle blow to create bubble snakes.

As an adult I could get the bubbles all the way to the ground. Levi could get a pretty good chain, and Ruby couldn't do it at all (but loved popping them). So it may be good for older kids. But we had fun on an otherwise boring afternoon.

Fun in the Sun!

One of Levi's favorite things to do is push his trucks up and down the sidewalk. Just as I am typing this he is begging for me to come in the front yard so that he can do it. This day Ruby and him thought of a new game. Ruby showed her muscles! She even pushed Levi up the driveway.Colorado weather is beautiful! There are usually over 300 sunny days here a year. June this year had very few sunny days. Now that the sun has arrived we have enjoyed playing with our friends outside. Levi and Ruby have had a good time in the swimming pool in the backyard. We have also had some fun with the kids that live next door (Norah and Teagun). Here are the four of them eating Popsicles on the deck. Levi and Norah swinging on the swing. They have the most interesting conversations. Candid of my beautiful Ruby after playing in the pool. Last Friday we also went the zoo with Norah and Teagun. It was a little hot, but most of the animals were out playing. My kids really enjoy the zoo. Usually their favorites are the Sea Lions, Baby Giraffe's (there are 3), Elephants, Penguins, and Monkeys. This trip we saw the Sea Lion show and found some drums that we have never played on before. I was a little apprehensive about taking all 3 of my kids without Noah, but they did awesome. I carried Isaac most of the time and then he rode around in the stroller (see picture below). The kids were so tired by the end. Ruby and Isaac fell asleep in the car, but surprisingly Levi stayed awake the whole ride home.

Isaacs Blessing

Yesterday Isaac was blessed at our church. Noah did a wonderful job. The priesthood holders who blessed her were: Daddy Noah, Bampa, Uncle Tim, Uncle Josh, Great Uncle Ray, Bishop Last, and Aaron Speirs (a great family friend). It was a beautiful blessing. I was playing the piano for the meeting that day so I was free from paying attention to Levi and Ruby and got to just listen. It was fabulous.

He was blessed with a sense of humor, and the ability to achieve his education. Also we was blessed to be a missionary always and to bear his testimony of the restored gospel to many people. We are so happy that he is a part of our family.