Date Night

This was date night last week. We decided to go to the shooting range and then to dinner at Debbie's favorite restaurant "Elements". She wanted to make sure and take pictures to show that she was having fun. Debbie was real proud of herself for hitting the target and cardboard with all her shots. She thought she would hit the target a few times and miss the rest, maybe even the cardboard. She shot very well for someone who doesn't shoot often. It didn't help that the wind was blowing and it was freezing cold.

Spring?

April Fools! This is what we found outside this morning. It was a little disappointing but we hope it melts soon. Draven asked if Christmas was here again and if he could go sledding.

Spring Break 2010

For Spring Break this year we decided to go to southern California to a couple of amusement parks with Draven. We were able to go with our upstairs neighbors, the Willsons. Overall the trip was awesome. The weather was perfect, except for the drive down. It was in the mid 80's the entire time we were there. We went to Sea World, Disneyland and California Adventure. Draven was able to go on all the rides except one at Disneyland and two at California Adventure because of his height. We had to coerce him onto several rides due to the screaming and drops we could hear and see from the lines. He was a trooper. At the end of each ride he was excited to have gone but when asked if he wanted to go again it was a quick "no thanks". Audrik had lots of fun hanging out with grandma & grandpa Miller and Bill & Nicole. I am sure he kept them busy with his never ending energy and always getting into things that he was not supposed to while having a good ole time.

Our 8 hour instead of 5 hour drive to St. George was awesome!

We started with our first day at Sea World and Draven fell in love with the Killer Whales.

The seal and walrus show.

This is as close as we could get Draven to touch any of the animals. If you notice in the picture, all he touched was the top of the water. It was the tidal pools with starfish and other little creatures that don't even move.

Draven and Abby were our little navigators while enjoying the ride instead of the walk.

Debbie's favorite were the manatees and sea turtles. The turtles were the size of a small kitchen or card table.

Our second day we went to Disneyland and straight to Toon Town.

Draven loved being able to run around the ship and use all of the cool looking instruments.

On our third day we went to California Adventure and Draven found his favorite characters.

Draven's favorite area was called Bug Land. We went first thing in the morning and there were no lines for any of the rides.

Debbie and I had never been so it was a lot of fun.

We think that Draven had the most fun at the hotel's own little water park.



We could have saved a couple hundred bucks and spent all three days at the water park if it had been up to Draven.

MIA

I would give some good excuse as to why I haven't posted in forever but I don't really have one, so . . . I will just give you the lowdown on what we have been up to.

We have taken some walks around USU campus - I am loving that the weather is getting a little nicer.

Had some quality brother time.

Played with some of the fun new Christmas toys.

I made the boys some capes and masks.

Kurt gave the boys a whole new "look".

and . . . we created our very own torture device. Now, I just wish the boys would take us seriously.

Snowmobiling in Yellowstone

This year for Christmas my parents took us all snowmobiling through Yellowstone National Park instead of doing the gift thing. My whole family was able to be there, except Audrik. It was an absolute blast! I would love to do it every year.

Kurt and I had vouchers to stay at Shilo Inn so we took off early and stayed in Idaho Falls Saturday night. With work being so crazy it was really nice to just have some family time. We went swimming and just vegged. On Sunday we met Kurt's sister, Teresa, and she took Audrik since we felt he was a little young for the snowmobile ride (Thanks, Teresa!). After dropping off Audrik we headed for West Yellowstone. My parents had gotten us all hotel rooms to stay in on Sunday night. Once we made it to West Yellowstone and got checked in we went and had some yummy pizza and then went back to the hotel to play in the pool. The next morning we took off early to start our snowmobiling adventure. We had to have two guides because of the size of our group (you can't snowmobile in Yellowstone Natl. Park without a guide). It was so beautiful and we had an amazing time. We got to see a bald eagle, elk, buffalo, and coyotes. The buffalo were a little close and let me tell you - they are massive!

Draven in Idaho Falls

The crazy family

My sister, Barb, with her son, Josh, and Draven

Kurt throwing Weston up in the air while playing at the pool.

Snow angels

Draven with his cousins, Maddie and Dresden
Joshy, Grandma and Draven

Draven and Dusty (Drave has the best cousins ever)

Snowmobiling is hardwork!

The whole crazy group

Don't ride with Draven - he is DANGEROUS!

A Magical Train Ride

About three weeks ago we were able to go to Heber City and ride on the Polar Express train. It was so much fun! There were train conductors, elves, hot chocolate, and cookies. Santa and Mrs. Claus even visited.