Here in Cache Valley We....

Love to COLOR on the sidewalk!

...were given our very first family pet to us by our loving Grandma and Bampa ( :P)! They decided to pick up two froggies for our household as well as my sister's for her kids. (Kars got the shaft, even though we were more than willing to just hand them on over! haha) Nixon loves them and I guess that is what counts. He even was kind enough to share his grapes with them the other day! I guess it will be a fun competition to see who can keep them alive the longest. Speakin of...their water is looking a little on the dirty side. :S

 
...have been going on several walk/jogs in our new BOB stroller. Yes, I realize it is a double but with the kiddos I've been watching it sure does come in handy! Not to mention, hopefully one day we will have another kiddo of our own walkin our halls! 
When we went for a walk on Saturday we passed our fair grounds and noticed the Tractor Pull was going on for all farmers/ cow folk in town! Conner had us standing outside the fence watching for a few minutes. I still have no idea what he was watching because you couldn't see a thing! At least it got Nixon excited to put on his tractor jammies later that night!

 ...get a kick out of the park each and every time we go. Well maybe I shouldn't say WE and should just say NIXON. It is fun to see how much different he is from last summer where he was to scared to climb on the playground or do anything else besides swing. Speaking of, I was mentioning to Conner that I would dare bet that the inventor of swings did not have children. (Or else they were VERY LOVING parents) Is it just me or does anyone else out there hate swings? At least until their kids are old enough to push, and I've got a LOOOONG time until that happens! Enjoy it why it lasts right... :D

Okay I really shouldn't say WE on this either, it is more of a me and Nixon think with Conner being kicked out of the game. Anyways, we ( nixon & I) LOVE strawberry shortcake!!! One of my very favorite summertime desserts! You better believe I was all up on that! Conner is more into the nasty store bought angel-food cake. BLAH!

...adore how precious our sweet Nixon is when he sleeps! I have said it before and I will say it again, it is one of my most favorite things to peek on him at night and see how angelic he looks! He fell asleep in our bed watching Monsters Inc... :)

 ...are gamers! We had our friends Tom & Melanie over for a game of skipbo. Luckily the boys LOST and had to put a bucket full of ice down their pants for 1 1/2 minute. It was hilarious. I think they were feeling a wee bit numb afterwords....

Speaking of friends and games, we had a big group of friends over Monday night for FHE to play games and fill up on sweets! This was the second night we got together for FHE with this group and we had such a good time with them! We are excited to continue the fun...Next week concert in the park at Zollinger Park! 
The picture is only of half the group. I was into the game too much that I forgot to snap more photos!!

....love little field trips! Today I took Gemma & Nixon to the library to get out and do something new. I think they were more into the jumping around rather than reading the books. That lasted a good .2 seconds until they saw other crazy kids jumping all over the place. No big deal that there were a few signs posted around the kids corner saying, "THIS IS NOT A PLAY AREA!" No biggy...

...own a water park!!! Okay...okay...not a water park, just a 10 dollar piece of crap flimsy pool. At least it does it's main job, hold water and entertain the kidlets! 

...can swim all day and night. Forget about the $10 pool, we decided to spend a little extra time today at the pool after swimming lessons today. There was a little kiddy pool where I sat and watched Nixon play. He was more interested in watching the other kids, so he ventured on over to me and wanted to sit on the chair for a good 30 minutes to 'aw-tch' the kids! Nixon also found a car at the bottom of the kiddy pool, is it bad that I let him take it home? We were the last people in that pool so I figured the little owner was already crying to his mommy asking where it disappeared to! :S

 ...have a new food to add into Nixon's favorites. SPAGHETTI! He ate a bowl full, plus TWO more! He LOVED it and kept asking for more! I tried spaghettiO's awhile ago and he wanted nothing to do with it, I guess I should have figured that spaghetti is indeed a little better quality!