The Zoo

When we were in Utah we went to the zoo. We got to see lots of animals, Russell really like the Elephants, but they were all girls and he held that against them. 

 Autumn really liked the otters and everything that was in water.

 There is a polar bear in this picture.

 They both thought that the giraffes were amazing! Autumn squatted on the floor and looked up at them, I don't think she wanted them to feel intimidated by her size.

 Russell was sad that there were no lions, but the tigers were ok.

 I think that this rotating black ball that had water going over it was their favorite part. Silly kids.

Utah trip

We went to Utah to visit Dad and while we were waiting for him to get off work when we first got there, we walked around the conference center and then made our way to the Church History Museum. 

 Russell was upset that I would not let him climb the wagon, and Autumn was mad that I would not let her crawl under it, there were rocks and some dirt under there that she really wanted.

 Both kids were so excited to see Dad.

 The next day Chad had the day off and cousin Melissa got mairried so we went to the wedding and waited for the group picture and the kids were so tired, it was way past nap time.

 Russell said that he loved going to the temple and playing with friends and seeing Grandma.

We made it

So the last couple of days in Rapid City were crazy wild and super busy. Chad still had to do some work and he went to a casting clinic and loved it and they had some extra stuff that they were just going to toss, so Chad brought it home and casted Russell and Autumn. They thought it was so great. I just hope that that is the only time they will have a cast on, when they are playing with Dad. Because after a few min. they were both pulling at them to come off. 

 

 Russell called this his "car" he and Autumn were driving.

 This was Chad's Birthday Cake had it on his actual birthday, and the missionaries even stopped by at the right time and we asked them to join us.

 We had to say buy to the dinosaur park. Do you see Russell on top of the dino?

 We made the long drive and it really went quite well, very minor things happened. We have been in our new place for just over two weeks, and most of the boxes have been unpacked and put out of sight. We went and got this pool, Chad wanted one that was big enough that he could get in too. Big Lots is great. This is how they like to play, Russell in Autumn out water everywhere.

 I just did this little creation this week, it was my sister-in-laws birthday, this is what I came up with.

 It was raining outside and they wanted to look out the window, I think that they like there new home.

Entertainment

Russell and Autumn last Sunday before church wanted a drink they enjoyed the small plastic cups.

 Russell said, "Mom take my picture!"

 We blew up some balloons for Chad's birthday, and Russell said that they were his wings, he was "flying" off the couch.

 Autumn thought it was better to watch him, and hold her doll.

 Curls too cute! People still ask me where she gets the curls, when my hair IS curly!

 Chad turns 31 this coming Sunday, and I thought that it was so cool that his kids age is his. Russell is 3 and Autumn is 1. How often does that happen? So Cool!

 Chad finished early on Monday he worked the night shift so after the kids nap, we went for a little adventure, to get out.

 Russell stopped and said that he needed to climb this "mountain" he was determined, he fell three times and has some nice scratches on his tummy, but he kept going. He wanted to do it all by himself! Big boy.

 Autumn walked almost the whole thing. Russell ran the whole thing.

 We took the above family picture setting the camera on a old stump, so every stump we came across after that Russell would run up to and say that it was a good place for a picture, so he sat on lots of stumps and I took lots of pictures.

 As a general rule I don't post pictures of myself, but if you notice in this one the little followers that have attached them self's to us?

 They followed us (ME) all the way to the car, Chad told me to get close to them so he could get a good picture, this is me saying,"Take the PICTURE!" Back in high school time of life, we had some ducks,  and I would come home from work, and they would hear me coming and would ATTACK me I don't know why ducks like me, but I think that they belong on the other side of a fence from me.

 Russell calls them his friends.

Oh the Faces!

Huge disclaimer, for the next long while everything is going to be a mess, so excuse the messes in the pictures. We are packing boxes up whenever we can. We leave in just a few weeks for Pocatello. Russell is so excited he asks almost everyday if you can pack everything else up and go, he is ready.

So the last set of pictures that I downloaded I was laughing at them, because there are so may funny faces. Here you go.                                                 

 Russell won the bingo up at our clubhouse dinner last week. He won this three piece green strainer set, it is going to be the best pool toy!

 We got home from the library and I was making their lunches and I look over to see Autumn had dumped all the books out of the bag and was having a ball going through them.

 My picture is horrible, but the kids had so much fun. One night we put just couple of glow sticks in the bath and turned the lights out and they thought it was amazing!

 Russell just got the helmet and pads the day before. Looks good over church clothes don't you think?

 Autumn is so cheesy when she sees the camera, even with crazy not yet fixed hair.

 Last week when we went to the library, there was a little boy there with a two to three inch mo-hawk, and Russell started to laugh and point at the boy (probably 4ish) saying, "Look Mom he is a Stegosaurus!" He thought it was so great, but it was way to loud for the library and people started to laugh everywhere.  The other night in the bath tub, after I washed his hair, he asked me if I would make him look like a dinosaur. His hair is a bit longer than normal now, so I was able to spike it a little he thought it was great, his hair is so curly that it just curls over though silly boy.

 They are marshmallows! I made him a pom pom launcher and then let him have a go at it with the mallows, he just wanted to eat them, then he asked for pom poms to launch.

 This is the rock wall that we look at outside our windows and it is Russell's kitchen/ lab/ work bench/ ect. He loves to be on it!

 And Autumn likes the drain. It has a little spot where she can dig some mud up.

 Pulled out the chalk, thinking that it had been a while and that they would LOVE it. Autumn did not care really, and Russell tire quickly.

 Flying Russell what more can I say, Autumn just got off the floor I changed her diaper that you can see there, and I think that she was trying to figure out if she could do that too.