Utah Adventures

Here are the rest of our pictures from our trip to Utah...now about 3 weeks ago!

The first set is from Danny's 2nd birthday party!! I can't believe my little boy is already TWO!! He is so funny, and so good with Emily. He LOVES to talk (but not usually in a large crowd unless he knows the people really well). He is obsessed with 1) trucks 2) books 3) animals (and making their noises) and 4) ring around the rosies. He is so fun!

Here are some photos of our outing to the Discovery Park near grandma & grandpa's house. Danny loves to play at the park and had a blast!

Here is a picture with our old Dinner Group!! Everyone was there except Kendall & Melissa and their clan, and Danny Kimball who had to go back to work in Colorado on the weekdays - we say him again on the weekend. It was so fun to see everyone and their kids (when we started the dinner group there was only 1 kid!). It was just like old times...but with lots of kids to chase after!

One of our days in Utah Kenneth's dad rented a jet ski and we went out to Utah Lake with it. Danny had so much fun playing in the water and chasing after the ducks. It was SO fun going on the jet ski! Danny loved it! The only bad part was when the thunderstorm came across the lake, and the millions of bugs flew to us...it made packing up, well, disgusting!

Last but not least, here is a photo of Emily with Aunt Leone.  She was in a car accident a few weeks earlier and was in a rehabilitation center because she broke her ankle.  She was very excited to see the kids and we were very excited to see her and Kenneth's grandma who was also there visiting.



There were lots of other fun things we did on our trip which we didn't get pictures of - mainly our day at Seven Peaks water park which was a blast!! Danny & Emily both enjoyed the water, and while they napped Kenneth and I were able to go on all the fun slides! It was amazing! Also, we spent a fun evening at my brother Michael's house and we had a game night and made grilled pizza on the BBQ! It was so delicious!

Anyway, I'll be posting a separate post with some of our awesome climbing pictures from the trip! That's coming next!

Kenneth's B-Day!

Kenneth celebrated his 28th birthday last month on the 21st. We had a wonderful day together and were able to celebrate with some time alone. Danny and Emily were watched by our friend while we went to Santa Monica for the day.

We headed to Santa Monica and went all all the rides on the pier. We had a great time acting like little kids, and watching the kids themselves. They were all so cute and were so excited to be there. I'm excited to take our own kids there someday!

New York Trapeze School

Cute kid singing (with his brother) on the pier

I hate snakes!!  Gross!

After going on several rides, we headed to Bubba Gump Shrimp (also on the pier).  I was actually brave and ordered shrimp!  Even more amazing...I liked it!

Danny's First Birthday!

As you know we've been playing catch-up with our blog, and we couldn't forget to blog about Danny's FIRST birthday!! I can't believe how quickly this first year has gone by. We were sad that we couldn't be in Utah with more family members for the big event, but luckily my brother Michael, his wife Kim, and Danny's cousin Jonathan were in town for the occasion.

Danny practicing his walking skills (he's too afraid to stand on his own still)

The birthday crew - Michael (with Jonathan), Kim, Danny, Kenneth & me

Danny in his highchair - naked (for the most part)...we figured he would get really messy with his cupcake...

...he wasn't too interested in the cupcake. Who would have thought! He hardly ever gets sweets, so we thought he would devour it...apparently teething took him out of the cupcake frosting mood.

Michael & Jonathan (I bet you didn't know that Danny has a pirate for an uncle!)

Danny's favorite "toy" - the balloons. He chased after them for days!

Our family photo. Cute story - Kenneth went to the store to buy candles for the cupcake, and when he came home he had these wonderful birthday hats too. He slipped up...he showed me his adorable side! ;)

Danny playing with the balloons in his crib (don't worry...they didn't stay there)

I've been asked by many for a video of Danny. Here is a great one from his birthday. Enjoy!!

Happy Birthday Danny! I love you more every day.

Take Luck!

For my birthday, Kenneth bought us tickets to the Brian Regan show here in Salt Lake. We went to the performance on Saturday and it was just as hilarious as I expected if not more! Brian Regan is absolutely a thrill and if you haven't seen any of his work, please, look it up on youtube...now! He cracks me up. I don't think I've had such a good ab workout since before I was pregnant. Thank you Kenny for the fabulously funny evening. It was the best!

I was also pleased to see the Brian Regan merchandise. Some of my favorite:

"The big yellow one is the sun"
"Free Snowcone"
&
"Go my favorite sports team - GO!"

Have a great day and TAKE LUCK!