September Visit

So we headed back down to Salt Lake for Stephanie and Trevor's wedding. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and it was so fun to see family again.


We also had some fun at Red Butte Gardens again. They always have that place looking fantastic and Gary gets jealous that his yard doesn't look like theirs. I have to remind him that they are paid for making the gardens look that way! We let the kids play in the fountain and Sarah was really into this time. I love her expressions running through the water. And of course Isaac enjoyed himself as well.

We had fun walking down to the river and we actually remembered bread this time to feed the ducks, but they were no where to be found so Isaac and Gary fed the fish instead.


The next day we went for a walk in City Creek Canyon.
We used to do this walk once a week and I really miss seeing all the leaves changing.

The pictures just don't do the colors justice. Isaac was a trooper at first and kept up with us but he ended up hanging on to the stroller.

Gary had to head back to Washington for work (hey - someone has to) and so I stayed another week with the kids to hang out with family and friends. I was able to see some friends from high school and it was so fun seeing Kelcee's new baby girl! She is adorable. You forget how tiny they are. I was able to go to the park several times and I even made it to a Utah football game. Thanks, Tiff! I had so much fun and wish we still had season tickets to the games. It was so nice to see everyone. We had a great time!

Portland

We decided to head to Portland over Labor Day Weekend. We had such a wonderful time. The weather was going to be nice so decided to head to the zoo. We went to the Portland zoo last year but it down poured the whole time so we didn't get to really enjoy it. It was really nice to see the animals and it was fun to see the black bears that used to be at Hogle Zoo. We also enjoyed the bird show and Isaac was very upset that the birds didn't land on his arm. It was pretty amusing.

The next day we decided to go to the Children's Museum and we LOVED IT!

We were there for 5 hours. The kids had so much fun playing with all the different activities.
We enjoyed the water section for quite a while and it took Sarah some time before she figured out she could play in the water. After that she was all smiles.

They also enjoyed the supermarket, the vets office, construction area and many more. It was worth the money!


On Monday it was Gary's and my turn to enjoy ourselves before heading back home so we hit IKEA (Isaac is finally tall enough to play in the kid area) and then off to the outlet mall. We wanted to stop at the waterfalls on the way home but with it being Labor Day the exit was closed because of too many visitors, so it will have to wait till the next outing. Hope you enjoy the photos.

Isaac turns FOUR!

I can't believe my little boy is already 4 years old. He is so much fun and has brought so much joy into our lives. He has grown so much this past year. He went to preschool and has learned so much. He can count to 30, knows all his letters and can write his name. He loves being outside and enjoys sports. He is so good to his baby sister and they play pretty well together (most of the time)!
We had a birthday party for him on Sat. the 28th and that is one sure way to confuse them by telling them their party is on a different day than their birthday. We just let him say he was four after that. My friend, Dusty, helped me create the Lightning McQueen cake he asked for. It turned out great and I learned some cool new tricks for future decorating.
We invited a couple of friends to West Valley Park and had a fun time. I purchased a pinata and it took us a good half hour trying to break that thing open. Most of the adults got in a few good swings as well.


On his birthday we let him open one gift in the morning and then we headed out to the driving range so Isaac could test out his new clubs.

He thought it was so neat to have his own clubs.

He does a great job of making contact with the ball too!

After that we headed back home and just relaxed for awhile. After Gary came home from work we went to Red Robin for dinner and had a nice time. Gary took Isaac to the movie store so he could rent a movie that he wanted and of course we came home with 2 Scooby-doo videos. I didn't make another cake so Isaac had a birthday donut instead. We then finished opening presents and watched his movie! What a wonderful day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISAAC! We love you!