Monday Memories Week 3

A day late... but here ya go:

Last week we went to the park to fly a big styrofoam airplane that we got. When we got to the park, we were greeted by this little guy. So cute!

Here's Laura putting the plane together. The "sticker installation" instructions were kinda vague, but Laura did an awesome job getting them on.

All ready to fly. Laura got a video of me flying the plane, making do loop-de-loops... as soon as I have that video, I will post it :)

So that was last Tuesday. On Wednesday, there was a YW activity we went to and I saw and fell in love with this (I am going to own one when I have my own house!!!)

Thursday we went to the zoo. We happened to be there when they brought out some animals for the animal encounters thing they do. They brought out two tortoises from Madagascar.

And then (after moving the tortoises out of the way), brought this Burmese Python out. It took four employees to lift and carry it out so we could see it. Such a pretty snake!

In the kids aqua discovery area, they have touch tanks with lots of things you can touch. This crab thought it was funny to try and pull the starfish off the side of the tank. It was hilarious.

Bed of sea stars. So many different colors of them, and (tho I didn't touch any of them) they were all soft feeling.

This guy is called a Grunt Sculpin. It is the funkiest looking fish I've ever seen. It looked like a clown fish wearing a hermit crab shell! It didn't swim either, it kinda shuffled itself along the bottom of the tank.

The Napoleon Fish is still there!! This is a better picture than the one I took two years ago (the one I posted in my blog was taken by Laura - but this one is mine).

This shark we called "toothy" - He seemed to be smiling and all his teeth were showing. When I took this picture, Laura's reflection showed up as well... so it's a pretty cool 2-in-1 photo :)

Pretty flowers I saw. Have no idea what they are... anyone know??

Gyrfalcon

Reindeer. I couldn't find Santa tho... so maybe next year he'll come out too ;)

Red Wolf

Another flower that was really cool looking but I have no idea what it is.

This peacock was walking around looking kind of suspicious... ya, see the bag of popcorn in the stroller?? Totally was staking out the stroller. He/She went over and started pecking the bag open to get to the popcorn. Silly peacock.

A third unknown flower. Any one know what it is?? They are pretty.

As is tradition when I come to Washington, I make cards and other Stampin' Up projects. Here are the things I made Friday night. They were the projects from last month and I'll be soon making the ones from Saturday so watch for those pictures.





Here are pictures of the cross stitch I've been working on. I take pictures after each color is done.





Oh! Wed night, Thurs night, and Fri afternoon we watched some movies:

Such a good trilogy!! Thanks for reading and check back next week :)

Monday Memories Week 2

After a two day delay, we were finally able to leave Utah. We left on Tuesday and drove to Idaho. The sky was so smoky from the Mountain Home fire that it turned the sky orange/red. It was a long drive, but the kids did pretty good in the car. I have decided that (due to the videos they were watching) I am going to learn - and remember - basic sign language; colors, vehicles, animals, emotions, family, food/drink, etc. GO ME!!! LOL.

When we got to Idaho, we stayed the night at my good friend, April's house. She is an amazing mother and friend. She is starting up a Mary Kay business again, so if you're interested, look up her website: www.marykay.com/aflake shipping is free, so buy her stuff!! :D

This is her dog Sophie, who I always called Lucy - in fact, I almost couldn't remember her name right now either. LOL. Sophie has a lot of energy and reminds me of my dog.

On Wednesday, we left the comfort of April's home and continued our drive to WA. The kids watched their movies and took a nap while Laura and I played the "name game" to keep ourselves occupied.

We finally got home and were surprised to see this sign on the garage door:
What a fun "warm fuzzies" moment for me to see my picture included on the sign :) What a good guy Laura's husband is!
Thursday, we spent a lot of the day shopping for groceries and relaxing. Friday, Laura and I went up for the last night at her ward's girls camp (well, stake girls camp). It was a lot of fun, since I didn't get to go to my ward's girls camp :( This picture is one that the YW President took.

We had a visit from Darth Vadar during one of the skits (which, were totally funny)

Flag ceremony ended the night, then off to testimony meeting.

At church yesterday, a handful of people recognized me from last summer and smiled and said hi to me. I also recognized people from last summer, so I felt comfortable in the ward and had a rather enjoyable time being there.
I've started another cross stitch - pictures to come - and we are catching up on our tv shows and movies. Two movies we watched this past week:




I also want to wish my brother-in-law, Jamie, a happy birthday! I did tell him earlier, but now it's public :) Check back in a week to see more of my adventures!

Monday Memories Week 1

This post starts a little before my vacation... Last Tuesday I got to meet up with Allison, who was in town for a visit to her in-laws. We went to lunch, and got back to my apartment when we found out the mountains in Alpine were on fire. Here's a picture with the fire behind us (this was a few hours after it started).
This is the third major fire I've seen on our mountains since we moved in. So sad to see and watch the destruction.
That night I stayed up until 4:30 watching the fire lines move. It was hard to watch. At one point, the edge of the fire line looked like a laughing demon face. It made the hair on my neck and arms stand up. Creepy.

The next day (Wed), the fire continued to eat the mountain. I turned to look at the sunset behind me and this is what I saw:

When that patch of pine trees started on fire, it lit up the sky. These are not the biggest flames, but they give you an idea. Within 20 mins of this picture, the flames were so huge that they could be seen down at Thanksgiving Point.

Thursday night I met up with Laura at the airport (she was dropping off her husband) so that I could drive home to Washington with her and the kids. Our first stop was in Logan to visit with Linda, Laura's sister. I got my hair colored - thanks, Leisha!!

Saturday we drove up Hyrum canyon for a family party at Linda's husband's family's property. Before we got there, I was able to meet up with Avery (my niece) for a few minutes. It was good to see her again :)
Up at the property, the kids played in the river on their "boat". There was wiffle ball, Bocce Ball, frisbee, water guns, yummy food, and laughter :) We all had a good time up the canyon.



On our way back to Linda's we went past the Logan Temple and I got quite a few shots of it, this one is my favorite (because of the sun reflecting off the window)

Because we couldn't have fires up the canyon, the kids were able to play with glow sticks when we got back to the house. It was a lot of fun.

Sunday, we were going to start the drive back to Washington, but Saturday night, one of Laura's kids got sick :( So we postponed for a day. Yesterday (Sunday), the other one got feeling funny. We were going to leave today then, but there was more throw-up, so we're waiting another day.

So, I'm still in Logan hanging out with Laura, Linda, Cody (Linda's husband), and 5 kids :) Hopefully the kids will be better soon and we can be on our way.

Check back next week for this weeks adventures!!

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