Busy, Busy, Busy!

I haven't had much time to blog lately. Kurt has started his regular shift working from 2:30 pm to 11:30 pm. When he's home we like to do things together and when he's at work I've been busy being taxi driver, cook, and putting the kids to bed all by myself. It's fun but tiring. Lately I've been reading instead of blogging once the kids are in bed and I have time to myself.

So an update since the last time I posted! We went to the Iron County Fair where they had a petting zoo,

and rides. I quite possibly think this is the first time Drew and Brody have ever been on a carousel. Not too long ago I read Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury and I must say these rides and the people managing the rides REALLY freaked me out and reminded me of the book.

There was a height limit for most of the rides and I definitely thought/hoped that Drew wouldn't make the minimum for the swings. Now for those of you who've been to the Punahou carnival, the swings are no where near that big, but still I imagined her slipping out and falling to her death. She lived. And loved it.

Brody HAD to ride the Choo Choo Train ride. He is BIG into trains right now which I love just hope our house doesn't turn into a station.

After the fair while the hunt was still going we went with Kurt hunting. We pretty much just wait in the car while Kurt walks through some fields and hope that he comes running back yelling he's got one. While we were waiting Drew looked out the window and saw this cloud. She said it looked like an alligator with it's mouth open. I had to document it because I think it was the first time she found an image from a cloud and had it actually look like what she described.

Have you ever said you would NEVER do something pertaining to your kids. I have and it had to deal with a mom giving her 5 month old licorice. I'm a hypocrite.

I'm sorry for judging you other mom.

With the Iron County fair comes the Labor Day parade. I think next year we are going to bypass ALL of the Cedar City parades and just go to this one parade. It was the best of them all!

See the people giving away balloons in the background? Brody didn't get one.

So the family sitting next to us, the Wilcock's, gave Brody theirs. And he was happy.

Then we went back to the creepy fair to use the last of the ride tickets

where Kurt had to take a picture of a boy puking in the garbage after riding the stupidest ride that spins you around and around. Moving on...

My mom came to Utah to visit her daughters and spent a couple days down in Cedar with us. We went to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneer Museum. It was a small DUP sector but oh so fascinating!

Drew was scared of these dolls.

Ever wonder why people always looked so unhappy in pictures like this?

It was because it took around half an hour to take a picture. Try holding a smile that long!

We drove a little way up Cedar Canyon

and went down to St. George to jump at Jumpin Jacks, shop,

and eat.

While my mom, Stephanie was here she also sold her house.

Don't worry she's still going to live in Hawaii but I never thought I was going to be as sad as I was. I lived here through high school and with Kurt as a family for a while. Drew learned to swim in this pool. We'll miss you house.

P.S. Drew scored two goals in her game today! :)