II

Alright... On to Part II. And just to warn ya - It's action packed.

We spent Landen's 6th birthday while in Utah. My mom made him the traditional fancy cake, and we sang all THREE verses to "Happy Birthday." ;)

That night, Tom, Landen and I attended a SLC Bee's baseball game. "Bumble," the team's mascot signed Landen's birthday shirt "Happy 6th Bee-day. Bumble." He was SO excited!!!

Also on Landen's birthday, his grandpa gave him a nice, short, safe ride on a Harley.

On the first night we arrived in Utah, we celebrated my grandparents' 55th wedding anniversary. They are a truly amazing couple with an incredible legacy.

My mom made up a song set to the tune of "Clementine." It has 5 verses and was SO cute! Here are the words to the chorus:

Paul and Cheren, Mom and Dad, Grandpa, Grandma,
How you’re loved!
You have blessed us all our lives and
We’re here because of YOU!!!

Here are a couple more pictures of our Ogden Dinosaur Museum. (That's not what it's really called in case you ever try to look for it)

I love Madilyn's sweet little face in this one.

Upstairs, there is a really cool dinosaur robotics exhibit. Madilyn absolutely freaked out and refused to be in that room... until she noticed the little baby dinos (that weren't moving) and seemed to be saying "Hi." But she still stayed as far away as possible from the gnarling biggies.

On Father's Day, we went to Bridal Veil Falls. Talia climbed way up that waterfall.

One night, my mom and I almost drove ourselves crazy figuring how to go to see Beauty and the Beast at the Murray Amphitheater. (Someone freaked us out by telling us how disastrous the traffic was afterwards AND we thought Madilyn wouldn't do so well.) But, my sweet darling proved us wrong, and sat completely still on my lap throughout the entire 3 hour play! She was absolutely entranced. She couldn't stop talking about the Beast and the wolves for weeks.

We also enjoyed the Murray City swimming pool. Landen was going down the slide and jumping off the diving boards almost non-stop. It seems like they've taken out most of the diving boards around our house. I even re-lived my old diving days by doing a couple inwards & back layouts.

I've heard about the game Ticket To Ride over the past year, but for some reason, I had it in my head that it'd be lame. But it's not. In fact, I dominated the board in 3 of the 4 games we played. :)

On out last night in Utah, we had a grand fireworks show right in front of my parents' house. The neighbor across the street is a fireworks dealer, so he kindly gifted us some super fancy explosives. Madilyn handled the show quite well - as long as I was pressing my hands over her ears.

One last little nug for ya... At Wheeler Farm, every evening at 5:00 you can milk a cow for 50 cents! So we stood in a 20-kid-deep line for a bit... Finally Landen was first in line with Talia right behind him when... The cow pooped. Not only did the cow poop... It splattered. That's all I'm gonna say about that.



Well... There are three huge events that I haven't even touched on yet... Any guesses what those 3 might be?