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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
28 never looked so good!
Stokoe Farms
A friend had a free pass to Stokoe Farms so we went this Saturday. Let me tell you, I was overwhelmed. I had thoroughly expected to be underwhelmed because I'd heard so many times how awesome it is. It really is. When we walked in, I thought it was just the first area, and it seemed okay, but not worth all the raving. And then I realized it just kept going . . . and going. It was a regular little Energizer bunny. Here are a whole bunch of pics.
Climbing opportunities galore!
Who doesn't want to watch 2 turtles move around SLOWLY?
Super long slide - not just for kids ;)
Super long slide - not just for kids ;)
Super
Annie made us wait for 20 minutes to watch this silly chicken puppet show. Turned out the kids LOVED it (they spent most of the time pointing or dancing to the music), AND more importantly, I discovered the yummiest apple cider donuts known to man.
Pumpkin chuckin' . . . Modern Family anyone?
This zipline swing was awesome! You were supposed to be much taller than Annie, but they let her go on it anyway, and just had an employee run with her the whole way. She loved it.
train ride
I cannot get over this picture! I know I'm his mom, but James looks so stinkin' cute in this picture. Plus, my first job was grounds crew for the Provo temple where I fell in love with driving tractors. Not saying I want to be a farmer or anything, but it's cool to drive something that big.
Monday, September 10, 2012
New Record
We watched our friends' children last weekend while they had a little babymoon, and we hit a new record: We changed 10 diapers before 9 am church, and half of them were stinky. Did I mention there were only 4 kids?
Happy birthday to me!
I always laughingly tell people that my birthday is my favorite holiday, and we both get a good kick out of it - except that I'm not joking. I LOVE my birthday! This year was no exception. It's a good thing too; I need to start 29 with a bang because according to my mom, it's the age I will claim for the rest of my life.
I woke up to a rare treat these days - Brad! He's been on OB/GYN the last several weeks, which means he leaves at 5:15 am and gets home at 6:30 pm and then studies at night. Boo! But he had a lecture that morning, so he was able to be there to make me French toast (my favorite) with Nutella and raspberries before he had to go in. The kids and I loved it!
Story time at Whipple Park started up again that morning, so I took the kids over and they had a great time. Ever since then I've been hearing Annie wandering around saying, "Lama lama wants his mama." Then we headed over to Mary's for a delicious lunch. It was so fun and tasty! Immediately following lunch, I took Annie to her first day of her new preschool!! She has been SO excited for this experience. She was always asking when it would be my birthday, so that she could go to preschool. I was up in the air about whether or not to send her for a while, but as I dropped her off I felt so excited! I think it's a great choice and that she will thrive there.
I spent most of the afternoon chatting with family and friends. The only disappointment came when Brad called at 7 (he thought he'd be home by 6:30) to say he still had one more surgery. Boo! Luckily he was home by 8:30 which was early enough for a late delicious dinner at Cheesecake Factory. About a month ago we read this post, and we've both been craving Cheesecake Factory ever since. I'm always wanting to go on walks at night, and even though Brad agrees to go on these walks a lot, they aren't his absolute favorite thing. So he surprised me by taking me on a long walk by the river looking at Rochester's beautiful skyline (the city looks really nice from far away . . . up close, not so much) and telling me why he loves me. I seriously ask him to tell me new reasons he loves me every day, so this was a great treat. Mostly, it was just great to spend time with him. OB has been a pretty grueling rotation, and we haven't seen nearly as much of each other as we'd like.
I felt so happy and loved all day. I figured out why my birthday is my favorite holiday - it's because I spend a whole day thinking about how lucky I am to have such wonderful family and friends who love me! So thanks to anyone reading this who has been there for me - you made it a GREAT birthday!
I woke up to a rare treat these days - Brad! He's been on OB/GYN the last several weeks, which means he leaves at 5:15 am and gets home at 6:30 pm and then studies at night. Boo! But he had a lecture that morning, so he was able to be there to make me French toast (my favorite) with Nutella and raspberries before he had to go in. The kids and I loved it!
Story time at Whipple Park started up again that morning, so I took the kids over and they had a great time. Ever since then I've been hearing Annie wandering around saying, "Lama lama wants his mama." Then we headed over to Mary's for a delicious lunch. It was so fun and tasty! Immediately following lunch, I took Annie to her first day of her new preschool!! She has been SO excited for this experience. She was always asking when it would be my birthday, so that she could go to preschool. I was up in the air about whether or not to send her for a while, but as I dropped her off I felt so excited! I think it's a great choice and that she will thrive there.
I spent most of the afternoon chatting with family and friends. The only disappointment came when Brad called at 7 (he thought he'd be home by 6:30) to say he still had one more surgery. Boo! Luckily he was home by 8:30 which was early enough for a late delicious dinner at Cheesecake Factory. About a month ago we read this post, and we've both been craving Cheesecake Factory ever since. I'm always wanting to go on walks at night, and even though Brad agrees to go on these walks a lot, they aren't his absolute favorite thing. So he surprised me by taking me on a long walk by the river looking at Rochester's beautiful skyline (the city looks really nice from far away . . . up close, not so much) and telling me why he loves me. I seriously ask him to tell me new reasons he loves me every day, so this was a great treat. Mostly, it was just great to spend time with him. OB has been a pretty grueling rotation, and we haven't seen nearly as much of each other as we'd like.
I felt so happy and loved all day. I figured out why my birthday is my favorite holiday - it's because I spend a whole day thinking about how lucky I am to have such wonderful family and friends who love me! So thanks to anyone reading this who has been there for me - you made it a GREAT birthday!
Great start to September!
September has been a fantastic month so far for our family! We found out just before Labor Day that Brad actually got it off!! ("Wonder of wonder, miracle of miracles . . .") So he/we pushed pretty hard through the weekend (with one small zoo excursion exception), so that we could have a true vacation on Monday. It was delightful.
On Monday morning we ventured out to the lesser known Church history sites around us. A friend in our ward gave us this list of all these sites of lesser known Church history sites (some Church-owned and some not). Amazingly, these are even closer to us than Palmyra. There was a contingency of Saints in the Mendon area that distanced themselves a little from the Palmyra saints to avoid persecution. Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball were among this group. We saw John Young's (Brigham's father's) farm house that he and Brigham built. We saw where Brigham Young was baptized (LOVED that), and a cemetery where his first wife was buried, as well as Heber Kimball's father. It was great! The whole time we were at the sites it was killing me that we just found out about this. Both of my parents would have thoroughly enjoyed this little adventure. My dad adores exploring new/lesser known areas, and I think my mom would have loved it for the family history aspect. On my Winder side we are direct descendants of John and Brigham Young. I've never thought too much about this (clearly, since Brad didn't know until we pulled up to John Young's home and I started telling Annie that it was her sixth great-grandfather's home) because Brigham Young has a HUGE posterity, but while we were at the house and particularly at the baptismal site, I felt a strong connection. I feel grateful that he joined the Church and stayed faithful, not just for what he did for the Church, but because it was a means of bringing me and my little family the Gospel.
After searching in vain for one of the other sites (I guess we have a great reason to go back now), we stopped at Shark's ice cream parlor. Apparently we lucked out - normally it's not open on Mondays, but because of Labor day, it was. Phew! That would have been very disappointing. The ice cream was great and the portions were huge, so what more could you ask for?
We came back for naps and quiet time and then we headed out around dinner time for Dansville to see the hot air balloon festival. We'd heard about it last year and really wanted to go, so we were super excited for it this year. As we were heading to the car, I thought, "We should probably double check the website to make sure this is going on." We didn't check. Oops. We had a very pleasant drive to Dansville and then a very good laugh at ourselves when a resident of the host city looked at us like we were crazy and informed us that there was a balloon launch there - that morning. :) At least it gave me a good example of not heeding a prompting to share in my talk this Sunday about personal revelation. Haha! Overall it was such a great weekend - I felt totally refreshed and spoiled after getting a whole day with Brad!
On Monday morning we ventured out to the lesser known Church history sites around us. A friend in our ward gave us this list of all these sites of lesser known Church history sites (some Church-owned and some not). Amazingly, these are even closer to us than Palmyra. There was a contingency of Saints in the Mendon area that distanced themselves a little from the Palmyra saints to avoid persecution. Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball were among this group. We saw John Young's (Brigham's father's) farm house that he and Brigham built. We saw where Brigham Young was baptized (LOVED that), and a cemetery where his first wife was buried, as well as Heber Kimball's father. It was great! The whole time we were at the sites it was killing me that we just found out about this. Both of my parents would have thoroughly enjoyed this little adventure. My dad adores exploring new/lesser known areas, and I think my mom would have loved it for the family history aspect. On my Winder side we are direct descendants of John and Brigham Young. I've never thought too much about this (clearly, since Brad didn't know until we pulled up to John Young's home and I started telling Annie that it was her sixth great-grandfather's home) because Brigham Young has a HUGE posterity, but while we were at the house and particularly at the baptismal site, I felt a strong connection. I feel grateful that he joined the Church and stayed faithful, not just for what he did for the Church, but because it was a means of bringing me and my little family the Gospel.
After searching in vain for one of the other sites (I guess we have a great reason to go back now), we stopped at Shark's ice cream parlor. Apparently we lucked out - normally it's not open on Mondays, but because of Labor day, it was. Phew! That would have been very disappointing. The ice cream was great and the portions were huge, so what more could you ask for?
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