Field Trip Fun

Hayden's preschool class has had a couple of field trips recently.
First, we went to Dominicks grocery store. It was awesome. They gave the kids flowers in the floral section, watermelon in the produce section, suckers in the meat department, cereal on it's aisle, string cheese in the dairy, sliced cheese in the deli, cookies in the bakery, hot chocolate from their Starbucks, and a whole pizza. Plus each kid got a gift bag when we left with a bottle of water, a caprisun, a granola bar, and fruit snacks. Did I mention how awesome it was!

Next we went to the Fox Lake Fire Department. The kids got to steer. Cole was right in the action saying, "Me, me, me!!"

Hayden was so excited to honk the horn on the ambulance.

Hayden, Eliza, Bradyn, Zoe, Avery, Aniela, Hayden

They tried on the Fireman's helmet.

We also got a tour of the station. We saw the bedrooms, kitchen, and training area.

We couldn't leave without saying bye to the Firehouse dog!

It has been a lot of fun going on field trips. Hopefully we'll be doing more soon.

FHE Eggs

For Family Home Evening on Monday, Daddy taught a lesson on the Resurrection. Then we headed to the kitchen to dye eggs.

The kids were so excited and had been asking all day when we got to dye the eggs.

We kept asking Cole where his egg was, just so we could here him answer "In there" with his little accent he uses on some words.

Cole liked to stick his hands in the water and ended up with green fingers.

After the eggs dried, they decorated them with stickers. My kids love stickers!

Hayden didn't waste any time eating them when we were done. Also, Daddy made oreo milkshakes for dessert. So good!

I love these fun activities we get to do as a family!

Salt Lake

Ryan was scheduled to go on a business trip to China for 3 weeks. So, the kids and I got tickets to go to Utah for 3 weeks. A few days before we headed to Utah, Ryan's trip was cancelled. We had a good time in Utah but it was hard knowing Ryan was at home!

Cole with Hunter and Griffen

After we got to Salt Lake, we drove to St. George with my mom to watch my brother's kids. It rained most of the time, so we spent an afternoon bowling. I also got to go to the temple and to lunch with my friend Ashlee.

Hayden with Makensie and Grammy

We spent the rest of our time in Salt Lake. I was horrible about taking pictures. We visited all of our family there, had sleepovers, movie night, another bowling outing, get togethers with friends, and played and played.

A couple of days before we left, we went to Thanksgiving Point Farm with Grammy, Shylo, Natalie, and the kids.

They had a great time riding horses,

and checking out the animals. It was nice to finally have some warm, sunny weather.

Colin, Isaac, Lochlan, Sophie, Cole, Celtin, Declan, Anika, Hayden, Sara

It was a great trip. We were happy to go home to Daddy, though. When we saw Ryan at the airport, both kids starting running toward him yelling "Daddy! Daddy!" We definitely missed him!