Joy School at the Farm

To celebrate a few fun months of Joy School we decided to go out for a little celebration to start our summer.  We met up with the other boy's and mom's at the Thanksgiving Point Farm. 

 Griff chose to wear his admission sticker on his head--trend setter...

My heart is a little sad that our joy school adventure is over.  These boys are so sweet and it has been so fun getting to know them!  I know that there will be many fun adventures ahead!

Colton, Stockton, Chase and Griffin

All Aboard!

 

We took the boys to "A Day Out with Thomas."  When we told Griffin where we were going, he immediately said, "Is he gonna blow his whistle?  I don't want him to blow his whistle!"  Griffin does NOT like loud noises.  He was so worked up and worried about Thomas blowing his whistle, I was worried that he wasn't going to have any fun.  

Luckily, once he saw Thomas and we were actually getting on the train he got really excited!

 Unfortunately, the 20 minutes from the time that we boarded the train to the time that it actually started moving, felt like and eternity.

Popcorn was a saving grace for Luke

Self portraits entertained him for a minute...

waiting

and waiting

and waiting!

And finally we started moving!

The train moved very slowly and lasted about 20 minutes.  

Thomas did blow his whistle but we were far enough away that it wasn't ear piercing and Griffin actually loved hearing it!

Griff also loved playing in the train table tent.  We had to tear him away from it to do anything else.  For this same reason he begs to go inside the car wash to play on their train table and we set up track after track at home.  He also knows how to look up trains on YouTube on our phones...  It's getting a little out of hand!  But I'm cherishing his love for something so innocent in this crazy world!

It was great to share this fun day with our boys!   I hope that Griffin will remember it!

Griffin's First Dental Visit

A couple of weeks before the appointment I told Griffin that we were going to go see Aunt Missy so that she could look at his teeth and help him brush them.  I don't know where he got it from but he was nervous right away.  He asked if she was going to wear gloves and was super freaked out about it.  Since we drive all the way to Santaquin we had a long time to talk about it but his nerves never subsided.  

He wouldn't even let her get anywhere near his mouth until I sat in the chair and he sat on my lap.  Then it was smooth sailing.  He let her count them, clean them and we even got x-rays!  

And, Hooray!  NO CAVITIES!!!

I am thrilled that we made it through and it was a success!  Thanks Miss, You're the best!

March On...

So I guess I'll start with March and try to stay caught up.  If I get a chance I'll try to go back and get the last few months...

So here we go.  Since my only camera right now is my phone that's all I have to go off of.  As I look back, I can see that my boys like to wear their jammies with many different accessories...

Yes this was taken in March and Griffin is sporting his reindeer jams. His favorite!

This one of Luke was the night before St. Patrick's Day.  At our house this day is also known as St. Griffin Patrick's Day and Gene Blickenstaff Day.  

I started a little nightly ritual with our boys a few months back.  We call it a "flashlight party." Before bed we turn off all the lights and turn on music and dance around with flash lights.  Sometimes they get glow sticks and on this particular night Marc found some Irish tunes for us to dance around to.  Although the flashlight party was very popular for about the first 3 months, it's excitement has worn off in the last month.  Oh, well. It was fun while it lasted!

So on St. Patrick's Day morning we had a little leprechaun visit us.  He left a trail of green M&M's and brought Lucky Charms for breakfast.  He even dyed our milk green and left green pee in our toilet... so I found out that Griff is still to young to "get" what was going on.  We'll maybe try again next year.

Oh, and as soon as Griffin had picked out all the marshmallows from his lucky charms, he was done.

We have been loving the warmer weather that we were spoiled with in the last couple of weeks!  We've been playing outside and going on walks and the boys have been sleeping like champs because they play so hard!  It is awesome!

This is one of my favorite views.  Griffin runs full speed behind this dump truck any time we go on a walk.  Sometimes he hops like a bunny while pushing it too.  Oh I love this kid!

We even made it up to the zoo.  Luke wasn't really interested in any animals.  He was super interested in walking through mass amounts of people and running away from us though.  That kid is a little too independent sometimes.  He's definitely a handful!

 

Cort got us in with her season pass. It pays to be the "guest" and Marc just posed as her husband... slightly dishonest, yes. And I owe her for all of these photos.  Here we are with our gaggle of children!

Griffin enjoys the animals a little more each time we go.  It's really fun to watch him.  

So when it's not warm outside we have to get creative.  The boys love to go to Cabela's to see the animals and fish.  We decided to explore Scheel's also.   Griffin calls Scheels our "Black Bear Date."  We try to get him excited by asking him if he wants to go on a date.  He loves that the animal display makes animal noises.   

Sometimes it's hard to tell who's who from behind.

Loving all the photo ops at this place.

And the faces in this one say it all!  This is how most of our outings end up!  It's exhausting for everyone!

Luke looks so much like my dad to me.  Especially when he's grumpy. Ha!

So, nothing major this month.  Except that I updated the blog finally!

It's Been Way Too Long and I Don't Know Where to Begin

So let it be known that in February of the year Two Thousand and Thirteen we had some photos taken and they turned out kinda cute.  

Now, to play catch up on the last 5 months and attempt to stay up to date?  We'll see...