Saturday, May 28, 2011

A Day Out With Thomas


What a fun day! We went down to the Heber Valley Railroad and got to ride on Thomas the Train! Grayson LOVES all things Thomas, so he was in heaven :) 
Daddy and Gray with Thomas! (I promise Gray really was happy, he just doesn't like me taking pictures)

They loved walking on the train tracks

Gray loved these big bubble wands

They had a bunch of train tables there, and of course Gray loved those! He always names all his trains after the Thomas characters anyway, so it was fun for him to have the actual trains to play with. He got so excited every time he found a new one, and would shout their name out loud. 

Riding on Nanni's lap for the train ride
It wasn't the most thrilling of rides, but it was fun for the 3-year-old :)

It was fun for the 4-month-old, too -- especially when Daddy made him "fly"!

Thatcher was made a Jr. Engineer! He was so honored.

Clapping for joy :)  He kept saying "You did it!"

Our friends Shayne and October came down, too! So fun to have you guys!

Poppa was having as much fun as Gray :)
The weather was better than expected, and we had such a fun time!

Sunday, May 15, 2011

More Las Vegas

I found some more pictures I took in Las Vegas, but Blogger is being stupid, and won't let me edit my previous Vegas post. So I'll just add them in a new post.

Gray loved the aquarium they had in our hotel

You can see he carried the blue seahorse around with him everywhere

We ate at the Cheesecake Factory one night, and Gray kept calling my raspberry lemonade "pig nose juice" -- I had no idea why until I looked at it from above, like him.  He's so creative!

While we were waiting for our food, we amused ourselves by taking pictures with my phone.












Nana, Gray, Rowan, and Sarah at the park


Steve is one of Rowan's favorite people -- he gets so excited to see him!  I guess it's because Steve lets him play with his iPad... :)


Thatcher taking a pre-swim nap :)

Friday, May 13, 2011

4 Months old!

This happy little guy is four months old!!! And boy, is he fun!! And adorable, and sweet, and snuggly! Here are some new pics to enjoy:
Such a happy boy!

Love those cheeks!

See that little red train? That's Gray's James -- he loves 'sharing' his toys with T (...sometimes)




Look at those big baby blues!





Oh goodness, he makes me happy!!

Viva Las Vegas!

Grayson, Thatcher, my mom and I tagged along with Steve the first week in May -- he had a conference at Caesar's Palace he was attending/presenting at, so we came with him! My sister and her family live there, so we had lots of fun while Steve worked :)
The boys actually did great riding in the car for 8 hours straight. Better than I expected.
We stayed at the Caesar's Palace -- pretty nice. Lots of fountains and statues.

Gray loved the statues around Caesar's Palace -- especially the Pegasus.  He didn't love the ones that moved, though -- they were a bit creepy.

Trent scored us FREE tickets to the Blue Man Group!!! It was awesome -- SO much fun! Thanks again, Trent!
We went to different parks a lot -- so many fun parks around where Sarah lived. One day, a guy came to the park with his two parrots! Gray loved them, and tried to climb right up on the bench with them -- until the guy told us they bite.

One day we went to this fun farm that offered pony rides. Grayson didn't want anything to do with the pony rides, but climbed into the pen with one of the horses. Go figure.

Bunnies!!

Grayson's favorite animals were the tortoises -- he kept going back to them over and over.

This is Thatcher watching the chickens -- he was fascinated!

Llama llama llama!!

We visited the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay -- Gray loved it! Here is Daddy and G with the Kimodo Dragon

Big, creepy fish.

Gray kept grabbing Steve's head every time he saw a new animal.

He LOVED the tunnel, and stayed in there most of the time.  He screamed when we tried to move on. He kept saying "Wow... Wow."

Proof I was there, too.  T liked the tunnel, too -- his little eyes were darting back and forth as fast a they could go.

Gray didn't want to touch the sting rays, but Ellie went for a swim with them briefly.  Oops.  Rowan called them "Stinky rays"

Fun jellyfish -- lots of them

Steve's favorites -- the turtles

Lots of sharks.  Creepy.

Close-up of the shark

Nana was so very nice to buy this blue sea horse for Gray -- and he's been carrying it around with him ever since.  That, and little miniature shark, dolphin, and orca figurines she bought, too.

Rowan got a "stinky ray"  hehe :)

We had lots of fun in the Caesar's Palace pool! This was T's first time swimming, and he loved it! It helped that the pool was as warm as bath water.

Cute cousins

Again, proof I was there...

Steve brought his laptop out by the pool so he could work while we played.
Steve got a gift certificate to the Caesar's shops, and he gave it to me! So I got this hat (cute, huh!), a floppy sun hat (also way cute), and a cover for my iPhone.

We also had a fun time at the Mary Kay party at Sarah's house, and had a great time just hanging out! Thanks, Sar, for letting us come invade :)  It was so fun to have a week of fun and sun!