Moab Madness 2012

Every March we go to Moab with the Olsons for Moab Madness.  It has got to be one of my favorite traditions!  It is so nice to get away for the weekend and escape to warmer weather and relax!  This is really the first "vacation" McKay has been on (our vacations before were trips to Utah to visit family) and he was so excited and curious about everthing.  As we were getting things ready to go he kept asking questions- "Will there be a pillow at Moab?  Will they have a big boy potty at Moab?  Will Logan be at Moab?" and the list goes on.  It was so fun and cute to see his excitement.  And it wasn't a letdown once we got there, McKay LOVED the hotel.  Every time we'd go somewhere he would ask the whole time if we could go back to the hotel- it had a swimming pool, an elevator, and a chair that spins around...what more could you ask for?

Enjoying the pool- Kate, Matt, & McKay

The chair that spins around!  Logan had to get in on the excitement too.  He was quite a handful in the hotel room.  He is moving so much that I couldn't put him on the bed, I didn't really want him scooting along the hotel floor, but he didn't want to be held...luckily this was the first time he's used the play pen so it was kind of a novelty to him and kept him fairly content.

The Moab Music Park- instead of a traditional playground they have these huge percussion instruments, chimes, and other music toys.  We have to stop here every year!

The boys at the park

Sitting in the car- we did a lot of that!  And the boys did really well on the drive, thank goodness!

Hiking around the red rocks

Beautiful scenery

Cheese!

These Indian drawings were so neat and covered nearly a whole wall of rock.  It was fun to see!

Can't pass up the oppurtunity for a family pictures in the pretty red rocks.  Logan cooperated and McKay tolerated...

Moab was great!  We can't wait until next year- and the way McKay keeps asking to go back we may have to make another trip before next March!

I am a lucky girl- I've got a great husband and 2 wonderful boys.  Life is good!

Rowley Day (and a half)

The Pendleton gang made a quick Utah trip and we were able to see them for a day and a half.  It is always fun when we all get together and this quick trip was no different!

 The girls wanted to make an Easter craft and the best my spur of the moment craftyness could come up with was pipe cleaner bunny ears...pathetic I know, but the kids liked them!

We weren't together for very long but we probably set a hide and seek record.  It was the kids favorite.  My Mom had a pretty good spot!

Joshua loved "the baby".  Elise is going to have her hands full!

Here's "Tony Chestnut"

...and Ilene!!!  (you had to be there)

We celebrated Tyler's and Joshua's birthdays.  More aprons.

We love stories with Grandma! 

It was a fun couple of days.  We can't wait to see you again in June!

A little Imagination!

McKay has always had quite the imagination but lately he has taken it to a new level- imaginary friends.  Numy, Soapa-Soapa Tupa, and Noma-Noma are his favorites.  All day long he runs around playing talking to these guys.  The other day he turned to me all excited, "Mommy come!  Hurry!  Numy's here!"  He takes my hand and pulls me to the front door.  I open the door and we hear kids playing at the neighbors and McKay starts laughing and calls "NUMY!"  I start to close the door and he tells me to "Stop.  Not yet."  We stand there for literally a minute looking out and then he yells "Numy!" and obviously lets this person in.  Then McKay starts to folllow "Numy" downstairs.  I asked permission if I could close the door now and he says yes, Numy is downstairs now.  And then he runs down and plays with Numy.  It is hilarious to watch and see him come up with all this on his own.   Let's just hope he grows out of it at a healthy age!

McKay and Matt are always coming up with box creations.  Here are some of the latest.



 McKay and his house

 McKay the prisoner

McKay and his fort

Crawling!

Well, I meant to do a 6 month post for Logan, but that didn't happen...he is now 7 months and 1 week but at least I'm getting it done!  At 6 months Logan was 16 pounds and trying so hard to move.   And then the week before he was 7 months, Logan discovered he could pull himself where we wanted to go = army crawl.  He is now the Army Crawl King.  He can get wherever he wants to go and he is getting pretty fast at it too- especially if you set him on the bed!  He moves so fast to race to the edge of the bed before you stop him and then he just laughs...one of these days I'm not going to catch him in time.  He gets up on his hands and knees, rocks, takes a few crawls, and then falls and army crawls- it is just easier and faster than the real crawl!

Look at me go!