Treehouse Museum

This past Friday was a busy one. We were able to meet Misha and Kira at the Treehouse museum. The girls loved it- you always have to go there with friends so that the kids can play together and the adults can chat, which is exaclty what happened and it was wonderful!

           They were rodeo queens...

You have to do dress-ups

                                                   Chilling in the Indian tent

 And then hanging out in the Mongolia tent were some of the things they did, but really I'm sure those two could have played all day long without getting bored.

 

                                       
Then that night  Steve and I were able to go to Thriller! Loved it. I'm so glad Steve is willing to go with me, and for family who are always willing to watch our kids. So fun.



Morning Run

I am proud to say that this spring/summer/fall I have taken the kids on a run every week, 4x a week, going
3-4 miles a day-and we would only miss a morning if someone was sick or it was bad weather. Although we went one questionable morning and it started raining on us but the kids loved it! How much am I pushing you ask? It's close to 70 lbs! So why am I not this muscly-skinny chick?
This picture was taken last week but I fear our days are limited because of the cold- this morning they were wearing coats. I really am going to miss our morning outing. We've gotten into a good routine and for the most part the kids do great and I get my exercise and thinking time in. I love how I feel the rest of the day and its just been a great way to start our day. I've also enjoyed noticing my progress. At the beginning of  spring I would go up our road, which is slightly uphill and I would have to stop and walk every other block, so I started going the other direction so that I would be running down our street on the way home- much easier! Well they were doing some road construction on one of the streets we go on this summer so I had to change our route which meant going back up our street and I was able to go all the way without stopping! Granted I wasn't going all that fast but still I could make it all the way. Its been awesome and I'm at a loss of what to do in the morning once we can't go outside. I'm also at a loss of what to do next year because there is no way I can push them again. Makenna better be really good on her bike because I love starting our day like this!

This is the picture I took of them last year- Chase is so little!

Converstions

Conversations with Makenna lately have been so funny and while it probably won't seem funny written down they have cracked Steve and I up and I don't want to forget.

Tonight at dinner we were discussing with her that we need to be nice to all of our friends and use kind words and I asked her what she thought Jesus would want her to do and in all seriosness she says, "In the Spirit of the Lord" and then rambles on about something. "In the Spirit of the Lord"- obviously thats what she heard this weekend in conference.

An elderly woman that I visit teach passed away last week. I had taken Makenna a few times to go visit Fern so we've been trying to explain to her where Fern is. So I told her that she went to go live with Heavenly Father in Heaven.
"How did she get there mom?"
"Well her spirit in her body went up to heaven"
"In an airplane?"
This has just caused all sorts of confusion because then I went to Fern's viewing and so she asked me if I went in an airplane to heaven to see Fern.
Today we drove past Fern's house and Makenna asked
"Is Fern all better?"
Me: Yes because now she is with Heavenly Father.
"Will she come back soon?"
Me: No probably not for a while but someday we'll see Fern again.
"Maybe on Halloween!"

I never thought of all the angles this topic could take but for a 4-year-old this has been hard to explain. She keeps me on my toes, that's for sure!

USU Homecoming

 Last weekend we went up to Logan for USU homecoming. We met our families for the parade. It was a bit chilly to begin with but then it warmed up. 

Makenna would not pick up the candy from the parade-whose child is she? Steve and I did all the work, but with cracker in mouth Chase was ready to go....

The rest of the day was spent with family and of course we went to the game that night, which Steve enjoyed- and the rest of us endured:)

Dinosaur Park

Makenna's preschool went to the Dinosaur Park a little bit ago and I was able to go with them. We had never been before and it was a lot of fun. It was a perfect day outside and everyone loved wandering around looking at the dinosaurs. Makenna and Audrey never left eachother's side and they kept telling eachother that the dinosaurs weren't real.

But I think everyone loved playing on the playground the best!