A Week in June

The week of June 16- 22 was crazy busy and full of events for us!

Sunday, of course, was Father's Day.
We celebrated with breakfast in bed (croissant, egg, bacon, and cheese sandwiches with fruit) for Peter and sloppy joes for dinner at his request.
Claire was super helpful in opening gifts. Surprised?

Tuesday was my birthday.
Peter made me breakfast in bed (McDonald's imitation McGriddles).
The day was pretty uneventful.
For dinner we had pulled pork sandwiches and Peter baked and frosted a cake just for me! Love that man!

Wednesday my mom and Nick arrived for their vacation and we went to Olive Garden to continue my birthday celebrations.

Friday was our 5th anniversary, but we postponed our celebrations until Saturday so that I could attend Lis's bridal shower in Ogden.

We played a few games, but first, Lis had to make a chocolate cake without a recipe.

Lis's sister Kathy hosted the party and did a GREAT job. These are pictures from guessing spices.

Then Saturday night Peter and I got a babysitter and went out on our anniversary date.

He took me to dinner at the hotel where we spent our first night together and we walked around temple square and finished with a horse-drawn carriage ride. He also bought me a wedding band.

And that was just one week in June.

Trains, Cousins, the Zoo and Date Night!

Saturday May 11th was National Train Day.
To celebrate we took our little family up to Ogden to visit the huge train museum for free. We met up with my brother and his fiancee and toured the site. Claire liked Russell a little bit because she thought he looked like our brother Nick. She wasn't too sure about Lis (sorry Lis). But it was fun anyway.

The Zoo
On Tuesday (Happy Birthday Marc!) Claire's cousin Taylar came over and we all went to the zoo together!

Wet ball = Awesome!

I could NOT get Taylar and Claire to look at the camera at the same time. Meh.

We got ice cream cones! Mint. Yum! 

Watching the rhinos

Sea lions and seals

 Claire had a tumble off one of the benches while playing in the amphitheater style seating by the seals and sea lions. She fell down face first into the concrete. She cried for about 30 seconds before the cries of pain and fear turned into cries to be let go to try climbing again. She scratched her lip, nose, and forehead. There was some blood. I didn't really take a picture of it though. I try to forget those bad parenting moments. :D

Chillin with the giraffes. She's scraped up, but you can't tell.

After this trip Taylar became Claire's favorite thing. She asked for "TayTay" for a couple days following and still does when she thinks of the zoo or giraffes.

House

On Wednesday we went to see our house! Our builder is awesome and posts progress pictures on their website to let you know when things are getting done. On Monday they told us they had started digging, so on Wednesday we went out to look for ourselves.

Date

That night we headed out on a date that Peter had been planning for SIX MONTHS! He got a sweet deal on Fandango for a special fan preview of Star Trek: Into Darkness in 3D.

There were some great rainbows that day from the stormy clouds.

The rainbow was bigger than this, but I loved this perspective with the beautiful green mountains.

We didn't dress up to go to the movie, but other people did. It was a special fan preview so obviously we aren't quite as dedicated.

Yeah, I'm blushing WAY bad because Peter just asked some crazy dressed up fans to take a picture with us.

We really liked the movie. Peter thought they used too many references to the old series. But it was SO much fun watching the movie in a theater packed with super nerds. They all laughed at the right times and there was a significant amount of ooing and awing over certain actors, not to mention the well timed comments of such things as "booya" and "i knew it!"
Thanks for babysitting, Constance and Wilf!

So another great week. Happy Days!