Fishfingers and Custard

In celebration of the first episode of the new season of Dr Who we ate his favorite food for dinner saturday night before watching the season premiere.  Yes that is custard in the dish and yes we all tried dipping for one bite.  We invited Grandma and Grandpa to stay for dinner but I think it was the combo that scared them off but it wasn't as horrible as it sounds at least for one bite.  Another benifit was this was the easiest meal I have ever prepared, but we did throw in a couple of extra things that weren't on the Doctors list.

 

 

As you can see bow ties were required.  I didn't think about fezzes till dinner was almost ready so they weren't required this year.   

 

Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend.

 

 

 

 

 

Home from Vegas

Craig is coming home tomorrow from the tradeshow in Vegas and we can hardly wait.  It has been a long trip hopefully it hasn't been as hard on us as it has on him.  I guess his age is finally starting to catch up with him.  Just kidding we love and miss you can't wait to see you tomorrow.



A trip to the alpine slide

This year for our annual trip to the Alpine slide we decided to make it an overnight trip.  We started out with a trip to cascade falls then a stop at Jordanelle for a picnic lunch and a trip the park city farmers market.  We then spent the night and got up for a full day at the alpine slide instead of just one ticket.  This first picture was one of very few that I got with Zach's face actually in the picture, as you can see he was thrilled to be photographed.  Of course for the next one he jumped behind Jacob at the last minute.  He is much faster then my camera.

These are up at cascade springs.



Jacob still loves to have his picture taken.  In fact I had him mad if I took a picture without him in it and Zach mad if I got one with him. 

We took the gondola's up the mountain at the farmers market and Zach let me take his picture in this seat.

Jacob lost his tooth at the hotel that night and the tooth fairy was still able to find us.



This is heading up the hill on the rollercoaster there after the ride the kids pointed out the signs to me that were actually all over the place stating that you couldn't take any pictures or video while on the ride.  Oops.

The first trip Jacob rode with me he didn't want to go alone the first time but you can see
Craig in the car in front of us and then the car in front of him is Zach.  Well I guess you can't technically see them but it was them.



The alpine slide Zach and I came down at the same time or him in front of me every time I know that this was to ensure I couldn't get a picture of him on it. 



Jacob was the slow poke this time.

Waiting for our lunch at the little burger joint up there but I don't remember the name of it.

Still not quick enough.

photo fun

So we were on our way home from a barbeque Saturday night and had to stop for a photo op.  The sun was really red but it didn't show up as red in the picture. 

We also tried to do one of those fun pictures that are all over the internet where you are holding the sun or moon etc.  It looked more lined up on the camera but I think it is still ok for my first try and the sun was shining in my eye.  Since it was red I do believe that it blinded me a little more then usual also:)

We went and saw a movie a couple of weekends ago and Jacob wanted to pose for a pic. 



feeding the ducks

Craig hung a bird feeder in the tree out in front of our house, we have really enjoyed it.  Tons of birds show up all day long we have even seen some that we are fairly certain are escaped or lost pet birds.  The ducks also like to hang out under it so Jacob loves to go out and feed them in the morning.  This might also be another reason that they keep coming back. 

And yes these are the pj's that Jacob will wear no matter how hot it is outside.  He likes them cause they keep him warm.  Fevered is what I am thinking.  The funny thing is a couple of years ago when we gave him and Zach their first pair (we thought that they were kind of funny) they threw fits them and there was no way you would catch them wearing them.  Well now as soon as they put them out in the fall I have to run to target to multiple pairs for both of them and they are the only ones that they wear.  So if you drive by our house one day this summer don't be surprised if some of us are swimming in the backyard while others are feeding ducks in the front yard in our nice warm fleece pajamas.



Cool Car

I took this picture for Craig the other day.  We were driving on the freeway and saw this car I thought it was pretty cool cause it was all silver and shiny.  He had other reasons which I can't remember now cause honestly I thought mine were better:)  It is shiney though.



Pinewood Derby Birthday Party!

For the boys birthday party this year we combined them and held our own pinewood derby.  Great fun was had by all.  We had so much fun and thanks to everyone for coming out and making it a great success and helping to celebrate birthday's with us.

Setting up.....

Zach wouldn't let me get a shot and after I took this one I told him that I was posting it to the blog since it had him in it.  He told me I had to delete it.....I think I might have posted it instead.  Purely by accident of course.

Grandma and Grandpa getting their wheels graphited (is that a word?) for the race.

Our car slots are starting to fill up.  This is where they went after they had been weighed and checked in.

The track.

More cars.

Starting our first race.  Everyones car got to race 6 times 1 time in each lane the person who had the car in slot 1 got to count down and push the button to start the race.

If you notice the board in the back it had the name of the racer and the lane their car should be in for current race.  Down below in smaller print had the same info for the next race.  Everything was done on the computer so after each race the announced the top three and how fast they were going the same  info was on the board for everyone in the race.

We awarded trophy's after the first round (6 races per person) Jacob (our Jacob) took 1st, Merrick was 2nd, and Jacob took third.  Jacob was actually only 1/2 of a second faster overall then Merrick.  It was a close race.

We also allowed everyone to vote for their favorite looking car the only rule was they couldn't vote for their own.  The three winners all had 4 votes each so we randomly drew to place them.  Abram was 1st, Gavan was 2nd and Jayson was 3rd.

I took this picture of Jacob because he had graphite around his mouth looking like a mustache and tiny beard it didn't show up so well in the picture but you can still kind of see it.

Thanks again for everyone who came and helped us celebrate we hope that you had as much fun as we did. 

For those in our immediate families save the date for the second Saturday in November for our annual family derby.  Scout rules again and we will award a trophy for the first place winner that we will pass around each year to the winner.