3 Weeks of Fun

Yes we have been gone for a long time! We left for Utah on August 1 and got home two weeks latter. Our trip was great and it has been so nice to have a break for a few weeks. The drive up to Utah took us longer than normal and by the time we reached Cedar Hills Alexis was on her third set of panties and shorts. If you haven't guessed why she had TWO accidents in the car! I've never had a problem like this happen driving long distance before. I also got to experience the joy of our first bathroom break on the side of the road in the dirt. Ya, lets not do that again! Those two accidents were just the beginning for her though as she proceeded to have several over the next week because she wasn't taking the time to stop and go potty. Oh well. We did have a great time, so much so that we are going back over labor day weekend. Bellow are some highlights from the last three weeks of our lives.

BOUNCE U

Before we left on our trip I took the girls to Bounce U. Ariana is really into to jumping on anything so Bounce U is great for her now. Alexis favorite is still the giant slide and what would Bounce U be with out a favorite friend? I'm so glad that Alexis has Savannah as one of her "best friends" As close as 4 year old friends can be to sisters is what these two are. It has been so hard for Alexis whenever Savannah has been out of town or we where and she couldn't see her buddy.

THE MOVIES

Alexis has never been to a movie in a theater before so I decided that I would take her and her cousin Ryan to a movie at the dollar theater in Sandy. When my sister-in-law, Kelly, and I were pregnant with these two cuties our due dates were 2 days apart. Kelly got induced a week early and I went over my date by three days so Alexis and Ryan are 12 days apart in age. Aren't they so cute with their enormous bag of pop corn and movie tickets!?! We saw Horton Hears a Who. It was so much fun!

THE DINOSAUR MUSEUM


I have wanted to take the girls to the dinosaur museum in Thanks Giving Point for a while but I hadn't heard great things about it to justify the price. Well apparently every Tuesday in August all the museums at Thanks Giving Point cost $2 to enter so me and two of my sister-in-laws loaded up the kids and off we went. Ok I don't know what we were thinking because you yell cheap in Utah and watch out for the stampede. The lines were huge and inside was extremely crowded. The museum was much better than I thought it would be and Alexis LOVED it. I felt bad for her that I brought her when it was so crowded because I wasn't very patient and both girls had melt downs in the sand box area. (the big kids kept taking all the sand and toys) Ariana also was freaking out because she couldn't get the wet sand off her hands. One of their absolute favorite parts was walking through the dark tunnel that made it feel like you are walking in space with the stars. I think we walked that tunnel at least 6 times (maybe more). Can you tell Ariana was tired by the end?

THE POOL

My sister-in-law Kristin has a fabulous swimming pool that we used several times during our vacation. Ariana hates floaties except for her yellow ring and the green one you see her wearing in the picture. That green floatie is awesome because it has the armbands, the section across the middle and it snaps in the back. If she was to fall in with that on she'd roll right onto her back. Sadly that floatie wasn't Ariana's it was her cousin Austin's so she could only wear it when he wasn't at the pool. It was purchased at wal-mart during the beginning of swim season so if anyone ever sees it in the store let me know! : )

THE CANYON


The last night we where in Utah we all decided to go up to American Fork Canyon. We brought sandwiches, drinks, watermelon and of course stuff to roast marshmellows. We all had a great time. Alexis followed her cousins everywhere but when the two boys who are her age decided to start sliding in the dirt she poked the dirt with her finger brushed her hands off stood back and just watched them get filthy. The bathroom was just a glorified outhouse and of course Alexis had to pee twice and not being a boy who has the luxry of being able to go anywhere we had to use the stinky house. I didn't want her bum to touch the seat so I just kind of held her over it but the first time I didn't aim well and she peed all over my feet and down her leg. Opps! Overall though a great ending to our trip.

THE HAIR CUT

Alexis has been begging for her hair to be cut short for months. I've been dragging my feet because I love long hair on little girls and I like to let me sister-in-law cut our hair. (she's really good) We ended up taking just over 8 inches off her hair. I don't have a good after picture because of course my camera ran out of batteries and I haven't replaced them since this night. I am still in shock at how short it is but Alexis loves it and it did turn out pretty cute.












BIGGEST LOSER
While in Utah I was able to visit with lots of old friends. It was great seeing them all. I am horrible at picking up the phone or writing so it is really nice when I get to see friends in person and catch up. One of my dear friends is Jenny who got me into the Biggest Loser contest. We both worked really hard and did great! I visited her the Monday before our last weigh-in and her husband told her to purposely get fattening food for lunch since it really was down to me or her by the end. To bad Jeremy that when you invite someone over for lunch you eat the same food as them ; ) The final weigh-in was on Monday August 11 and the Saturday before I started my period, total bummer because you naturally weigh more during your period, and Sunday I started getting sick. I did manage to still have a 2.5lb loss that week so I was happy about that. The results... I lost 9.14% and Jenny lost 9.41% Didn't we do great? (sorry I am slightly proud of myself that I was able to stick with it) That was the best $20 I have ever spent on weight loss. Now I just need to get going again but being sick and trying to return to normal life after vacation has totally thrown me off.