Worn out

I play too

Play house is cleaned out... Check

Lunch

Soon we'll have 4 kids home instead of 2 for lunch... 

Friends

I've been so lucky this last week!  Not only did I get an awesome visit from my friend Jenny Harris, but I ran into one of my main childhood friends from 5th grade til graduation.  Apparently MaryAnn Clegg's sister is in my stake and she was visiting for church today.  That was a fun hour long visit with someone I haven't seen for 14 years!

Jenny asked if she could come visit for the Prove City Center Temple openhouse.  She has family close-ish, so I'm so glad that I get some of her time.  Then we went for sushi and chatted for a couple hours while the baby napped.  Then we went to the new Cohen brothers movie called Hail Ceasar while Jer took kids.  It's so fun to have a girls night with friends!  Thanks for thinking of me!

Yeah, Evelyn decided to start howling.  Nice.

Do you think he likes them?

These are the pictures I was able to get of Seth.  He did not want to look away from the trains at all!

Ogden Train Show

We try to go to one of the two train shows in Utah every year.  Last couple of years, we've gone to the one at Thanksgiving Point.  This year, we went to the one in Ogden.  The kids loved seeing the actual trains and not just the models.  They especially loved having one that they could climb all over.  Jer and I both loved going to the Geneva Park when we were little... they had a train to climb and a pond with skeeters and tad poles. Ada missed her first grown up fencing competition so that Seth could see the trains.  When I told Evelyn where we were going she said, "Ohhhh!  Sethie's going to love that!"  He did too.  He wanted to see everything so badly that it was hard to get a picture of his face.  It's a great cheap activity too... it's $6 per adult and kids up til 13 are free... so we spent a whopping $12 for this fun day. (That being said, Jer did get a good deal on some model train cars. That's where their real income comes from.)

He was so proud of himself for climbing up this far without help.... Yeah, he's not the climber that Evelyn was, but he's got the enthusiasm to make up for it.

Jer was nervous with all the kids up there.  Sam and Evelyn just thought it was cool.  Ada was fine being up, but hated trying to get down. 

Baby "had" to climb the train too... he had the biggest grin on his face.

Seth looked like he didn't care for the train ride so much, until they stopped and Jer stood up.  Then he threw the biggest tantrum this napless boy could.  He only calmed down when we walked over to see more trains.

Ada was showing Seth how to ring the bell.

Afterwards we called up my brother McKay and his wife Sophie.  I really appreciate that we get some one on one time with each of my siblings on a fairly regular basis.  It's so fun to catch up and just be together.  The kids love playing with their cousins and exploring each others houses. 

Provo City Center temple

Sunny days

We love kites... even though the wind doesn't always love us back.

Train heaven

The train show wore this train enthusiast plum out.

Concert

Saturday we got to go on a date with my parents.  We went to the Dallyn Vail Bayles concert at the Scera.  My Dad used to work with him.  He did a great job and I loved going with my parents.  It was fun.  Then we took desert to Nellie who was watching the kids at her house.  Our kids absolutely love her new house.  They think it's the best place ever.