Gibson's 2 year Check up

Well he fits most of the profile for a 2 year old. Throws tantrums, says over 30 words, hits his sister, bites and eats great. But he needs to work on his weight and height. He is happy and healthy so I guess that is all the matters.

Weighing in @ 22lbs 14 oz (2%)
Measuring @ 32.3 inches (3%)
Decent sized head @ 50 cm (76%)

He now has a new nickname "little squirt". Yep going to have to go with a double entendre.

Park, food, good friends, water and ducks

We headed over to Liberty Park with some good friends. The City has a free lunch program for kids and it works out perfect. Hamburgers for the kids and I brought some pork roast sandwiches for me and April. Etta and Makenna where more interesting in picking up as many pine cones as possible and Gibson and Ashton wanted to swing.

Etta posing mid apple eating

Gibby opting for the grapes instead of his hamburger

Here is Cole enjoying some lunch with Ashton wanting to sit by brother and keep him company. April is just darling!

I love how Gibson is watching and waiting patiently while Ashton swings

Silly girls collecting pine cones

Gibson just LOVES swinging

After cleaning up our lunch mess we headed over to the little rivers area. They have a great little stream and rivers layout of all the rivers and stream in utah where the kids can play and get wet. The kids loved it and we spent over an hour playing in the water. They would sit down and block the water, run and chase leaves or bottles down the stream, and splash as much as possible.

Etta followed Makenna around until a friend, that was a boy, found us and then Makenna was off playing and chasing him. It was really cute to see and prepare me for Etta doing the same thing in a couple years.

Gibby's first attempt in to the water

#1 attempting to sit in the cold pond

#2 getting comfortable with the cold water

#3 sitting down

Etta more use to the water now thinks jumping is fun to do

Heading down the path with Ashton to find a good place to get in

Spashing up the river

Etta loved the leaf idea, which is good she tried her clear jelly shoes and they were harder to keep track of

Gibby sending his leaf down the stream

There it goes

I think Gibby is done with his leaf now

Etta thinking it is pretty funny to pour water on her own head, hahaha

Now it was time to head over and feed the ducks. April brought a ton of bread to feed the ducks. At first the ducks didn't want it but soon ducks from across the pond came over to feast on the delicious bread.Gibby laughed and said "feed ducks more" after every piece he threw in. Feeding the ducks was defiantly a great idea.

The Gibby headed to feed the birds

The cute kids scoping out the pond to find the best place to feed the birds.
Gibson, Ashton, Makenna and Etta

Etta and Makenna glad some birds came to eat the bread

Etta sneaking some bread for herself

Feed the birds tuppence a bag

Makenna was a bit wet and needed to dry off her pants so we headed over to play at the playground. Of course Etta found more water, Ashton loved roaming from toy to toy, Gibson was done and didn't really want to go play, and Makenna didn't want to leave the toys.

Etta found more water with Ashton joining in to

Ashton and Etta headed off in two different directions to conquer the play ground

Gibby deciding if he wants to go play but only made it this far

We spent 3 plus hours at the park. Thanks, April, Makenna, Ashton and Cole for the company and what fun we had.

Trying to stay cooled off in July

With the very hot July we had, we made sure to stay cooled off as much as possible. If any activity evolved water we tried to hit it up. Our favorite activities where Radio Disney and the pool.
Ebay has been sponsoring Radio Disney this year and that means we can hang out with Daddy. They have fun games, music and lots of water. The kids get exhausted and I get a kiss during the day :)

Chasing bubbles

Gibby wouldn't let the ball go for a long time

Etta made it down the slide

She wanted to stay at the bottom and swim

Playing ring toss with the Best ebay employee

Just looking at the water

Getting a bit daring and touching the water

Gibby laughing and running away from the water

Etta got soaked

Gibby just wanted to feel the water

The Pool is always a great place to cool off. We try to hit up the pool at least once a week. We pack lunches and snacks to keep us busy when they do the pool check. Gibby and Etta's favorite thing to do now is jump in from the side of the pool where it gets pretty deep. Gibby loves walking around with the water up over his shoulders. Plus having great friends come with us each time makes it extra fun.

Break time = yogurt mess

Keeping covered up

Darling little kids

Oh there they are again, cutie pies!

The Bear Lake

I haven't been to Bear Lake since I was 12 and Andy has never been. We headed up there this last weekend for a fun family and friend boating/camping trip. Our first camping trip this year. Etta asked all week long "is it time to go to Bear Lake yet". She must have asked that at least ten times. On Friday, July 24th, instead of doing our normal parade, party and fireworks we headed downtown for the Outdoor Retail exhibit. We got some fun stuff, saw cool new gear coming out and ate sushi. Once home we packed up all our gear and made our way to Bear Lake.

Once we saw the lake over the mountains Etta, Andy and I were all in heaven. It was so blue and gorgeous. Gibby loved saying "blue water" every time he saw the lake. We got to our camp spot and set up camp. Funny thing is Etta still kept asking when we were going to go to Bear Lake. Guess the Lake itself is the only thing she categorized as Bear Lake.

Saturday we got up and had breakfast burritos, fruit and juice. It was then time to go off to the Bear Lake.

Etta doing everything silly, I think she was just super excited to go on the Lake

Gibby thinking this camping thing is pretty cool

Silly Etta being silly

We got the boat in the water and took it for a little drive. Etta got to drive around and around while Gibson just loved looking at everything. We headed into the beach for some playing in the sand and lunch.

Happy to be on Bear Lake

Pure joy

Daddy looks to happy in this picture he must of splashed Gibby or something

Etta being a little scared at driving but them had a blast

The minute my kids hit the beach they were in love with it

Gibby trying to put the sand on the shovel

I love this picture of Etta

Making a sandcastle with daddy

Trying to take Andy down and...

Ending up being taken down

Dave taking Etta for a ride on the boogie board

Gibby playing with Ashley and Allie

After Playing in the sand and having lunch it was now tube time. Etta and Gibson rode for a bit then Stacy and I rode for what seemed like 10 min at 150 mph and we didn't get knocked off. I did fly out of the tube for a few seconds but manage to hold on tight. Daddy and Etta made another round until the kids had their fill.

Getting ready to ride the tube, kids didn't want to go by themselves

And we are off

Stacy, Etta, Traci and Gibson riding the tube really really...slow

About 3 minutes after getting off the tube Gibson was out

Captian Etta

Gibby sleeping after a not so fun ride on the tube

Daddy and Etta waving just before take off

Etta's smile is "glad I am not on the tube anymore"

After tube time we had more playing in the sand time. There was burying Dave, digging tunnels, a sand castle and running and splashing.

Etta throwing sand all over Dave while the other girls are burying him

Splish splashing in the lake

Gibby's favorite thing- running in the lake

After a fun filled day on the Lake we headed back for some very Great Chili made by Andy the great cook! Camp fire, marshmallows, graham crackers and chocolate.

All sugared up- gotta love s'mores

Both mommy and Gibby getting sleepy

We played at the lake the next day for a couple hours then headed home to relax and sleep. We will make Bear Lake one of our favorites to visit again and again.