Circus, Half Marathon, and Yellowstone!!!

There was a circus here in town last week that we decided to take the kids to! We had buy one get one free tickets and free tickets for the kids so we decided why not! Corban liked all the animals but didn't really care about all the acrobats! haha Brighton liked to dance to the music! It wasn't bad for Rexburg! haha I think this might be Corban's first time eating cotton candy! He wasn't too sure about it at first but then started liking it! 

The tigers and lions! 

Here we are watching the circus! 

Just this past Saturday I ran the Teton Dam Half Marathon! I talked my good neighbor into running it with me! It was alot of fun and I am proud to say I finished! It is worth it and I plan on doing more! Here is me and Erica afterwards! We stayed together the whole time until about the last mile she kinda went ahead of me and finished a minute before me! 

About to the finish line! 

On Sunday we decided to go on a family outing to Yellowstone! It was a rainy day and thought Yellowstone would be beautiful in the rainy weather! We were right! We saw this sign and Clifford had to take a pic with it! 

The mountain behind us has some story behind it! haha It's pretty cool! 

While there we decided to take Brighton's pics since she hasn't had them taken since 4 months old! Here are some of the many Clifford took! 

We had to take a pic of the snow still remaining in June! 

Cute one of Brighton and Daddy! 

Family pic at the artists paint pots! 

The animal we see the most of when we go! haha I'm convinced there are no bears in Yellowstone! Although we almost saw a baby bear in the tree but the park ranger stopped us and made us move our car! Gay! 

Corban stepped in this huge pile of buffalo poop and was not happy! haha He kept saying "ew poop on my foot, get it off" haha We were laughing so hard and thought it was funny because it kept him from running around so we kinda liked it! haha You can see the huge pile below! 

Waiting for us to clean it off! 

His not happy face! haha 

Mommy and Brighton! 

Driving home! 

Fathers and Sons!!!

Clifford took Corban on the fathers and sons campout this past Friday! Corban was so excited all week to go camping with daddy and sleep in a tent! They left Friday afternoon and came back Saturday late morning! I think Clifford was excited to take him and just have it be Corban and daddy time! I got to spend time with just Brighton and my friend Elisa was in town so I got to go out to dinner with her and get a cupcake! We had a fun girls night! Here is a pic of them in the car driving! 

Corban is testing the freezing cold water! 

Here he is just waking up with a Jones soda! That's how you know his daddy is watching him! haha 

Corban and his friends are going on a bear hunt! Notice how the kids are bigger than him! They think cuz he's their same size that he's their same age but really he's really like 3 to 6 years younger! haha 

Playing in the creek! 

Roasting marshmellows and making smores! YUM! 

The nasty bug Corban killed! 

Going on a hike! Looking for bears! 

Just playin in the woods! 

Chillin! 

9 months, Bike Riding, and More!!!

Brighton is  9 months old today the 8th! Where has the time gone? She is all over the place and is now pulling herself up and standing on everything she can reach! haha She is the happiest baby ever! She is always content just crawling around and playing with Corban unless she's hungry or tired! I could not ask for a better baby! Although she is quite a little buger when I put headbands on her she now rips them off within seconds of me putting it on! haha So I haven't been putting them on her which makes me sad! I hope she doesn't look like a boy considering she looks just like her daddy! We love having her as part of our family! She's gonna be walking before we know it! Here are her 9 month stats~ 

Weight: 20.7 lbs - 82%

Height: 29.8 in - 98%

Head Circ: - 18.3 in - 97%

Goin for a stroll on an extremely windy day! We were outside for not even 5 minutes when we decided it was too windy and cold to be outside any longer! I'm sick of this weather! I'm ready for summer! 

As I was doing laundry I thought I would peek in Corban's room to make sure the kids were ok and I saw this....

haha Corban beating his drum with his Kung Fu Panda as the drumstick and singing "I am Iron Man" while Brighton was standing on the edge of his bed dancing! They were having so much fun! 

I had to post this as well! I don't know why Corban is the world's pickiest eater because both me and Clifford will eat anything! There's only about 5 things he will eat! Well lately I haven't been giving him a choice for dinner! I give him what we are eating and nothing else and if he doesn't eat it then it's his choice but he can't have anything else! (I figure if he's hungry, he'll eat it eventually) So it worked a couple nights ago! I made husband's delight which is one of Clifford's fav's and gave him a bowl full and he ate the whole thing! I was shocked! haha So I had to blog about it! I'm hoping he will start to venture out and try new things! Here he is with his dinner! 

Here's his bowl almost all gone! Woo Hoo! We're making progress! I hope! 

Also I just had to mention that Corban has this pirate outfit that he wears all the time! In fact he even wears it when we go out! He always gets people's attention! It's hilarious! I think it's actually pretty cute! 

Finally Corban can officially ride his bike! Yay! I have been trying to teach him for a while and he finally picked up on it! He loves riding it now that he knows how and I can't get him to stop! It's so nice now that the weather has been good enough to play outside! I am so proud of my little man! He's growing up so fast! 

He's riding like a champ! 

And riding some more! 

VEGAS AND AZ VACAY!!!

I finally got pics up from our trip to Vegas and AZ! Sorry it took so long! We celebrated our 5 Year Anni on April 10th by going to Vegas! My sister in laws drove to Veg and met us there to pick up the kids and take them back to AZ while we stayed a few days by ourselves! It was so nice to be able to be by ourselves and not have to worry about anything! We stayed at the NY NY Hotel which was a perfect location since it's almost right in the middle of the strip! We also went to the Tournament of Kings dinner show (would not recommend it) and the Mystere by Cirque Du Soleil! Can I just say AMAZING! That one was totally worth every penny! I want to see all the Cirque shows now! We took alot of pics so it was hard to decide which to post so there are kind of a lot! This one is before the kids left outside of Rainforest Cafe! It was too busy to eat there so we showed Corban the elephant! 

This was at the Shark Aquarium at Mandalay Bay! It took us about 5 minutes to do the whole thing! Corban didn't care about anything but the sharks! Kind of a waste of money but oh well! haha 

We took them to M&M Factory! Corban loved it! As we left he told the M&M Man outside that he had him in his bag! haha It was hilarious! 

Clifford wishing he could win the Jackpot! 

The kids left on Saturday afternoon so then we had some time to kill before our show! We went to the Coke Factory and we did the thing where you taste 16 different types of Coke products from all over the world! It was fun! Here I am with all the drinks! 

In this pic I am tasting one from Italy! 

It was freakin disgusting! haha 

Here we are with both of our Favs! 

This is us before Mystere since you can't take pictures in the theatre! 

Here we are after the show at the Texas De Brazil Restaurant celebrating 5 years! It was pretty dang good! 

Here we are on the Brooklyn Bridge on our way back to our Hotel! 

I was so excited when I saw they have a Serendipity in Vegas! We are waiting for our reservations! 

The Amazing Frozen Hot Chocolate! It was Heaven! I didn't want it to end! 

We met quite a few celebrities like Cameron Diaz, Denzel Washington, Ben Affleck, Jenna Jameson, Hugh Heffner, Shaq, Simon and Ryan Seacrest, tu Pac and even Barrack Obama! It was a popular weekend for celebs! I guess it's cuz they knew we were gonna be there! Here is Clifford jammin with Stevie Wonder!  

Here I am talking to Oprah! 

I thought this was the cutest room ever so I had to get a pic in front of it! This was at the Venetian! We were gonna do the gondola ride but opted not to when we got there! haha I guess we just weren't feelin it! 

Here we are at the Tournament of Kings Dinner Show before it started! We had front row! 

After the show we walked to the Bellagio for the water show! Here we are after! It is so pretty to watch!  The next morning we got up and drove to AZ! We were Vegased out but had a good time! We were ready to see our kids! I missed them like crazy! 

While in AZ I had the chance to go out to Gilbert and meet my old roomies for dinner! It was so nice to get together with them! We all brought our kids too! It was quite a fun reunion! Here are all of us girls! 

Here are me and my roomies! Minus Heidi and Kristi! 

The whole group including the kids! It was so much fun and I'm so glad we did that! 

We got to take the kids to the county fair while we were there too! Corban was so happy to see Spongebob! 

Here he is riding the cars! We had a fun day! 

We had such a fun trip! It went by way too fast! I'm sorry to those we didn't get to see while there!