March 2014

March is always a very busy month.

This year was no different.

Grandma Bonnie came to visit.

So did Grandpa Jones and Grandma Mim.

We went skiing with them.

I really like skiing...but I am still trying to convince mom to 

let me try snowboarding.

It was nice for a few days

so we went on a bike ride to feed the ducks.

they weren't eating...but we had fun anyway.

Mom and dad celebrated their 11th anniversary.

They even went away for a night and Grandma Bonnie took care of us.

 And like every March, 

I celebrated my birthday!

This year I had a Lego Star Wars party.

We played with Legos, learned how to be Jedi 

including testing our skills on an obstacle course 

and then playing Lego Star Wars bingo.

It was a super fun party!

A visit with mom's sisters...

Aunt Mandy and Aunt Vicki came to town.

On Saturday we went to the Farmer's Market

On Sunday we celebrated mom's birthday...a little late.

On Monday we went to the water park.

On Tuesday we went on a hike around Silver Lake.

And then everyone came to our house for dinner...

and smores...

and games...

And on Wednesday, we went to Park City.

and rode the chair lift...

and the Alpine Slide...

And the Alpine Coaster...

 And Thursday,

we all got in the car and drove to Seattle...

It was a LONG drive...

And now we are in Seattle and I get to play with Cameron!

I turned 6!

This year I wanted to have a Transformer's Party.

I LOVE Transformers...

LOVE!

Mom did a great job for my party.

We were out shopping the day of my party and I looked at mom and said, 

"thank you for everything you are doing for my party"

(mom got tears in her eyes)

If you know anything about Transformers...

you know they need energon.

and of course...it's not just about optimus...

you have to have both autobots and decepticons.

Mom hung up some of my Transformers for decorations.

All my friends came and we had so much fun!

We had pizza for dinner.

We played Transformer Bingo 

(daddy made the cards for the game)

and then we got to shoot pins with decepticon signs on them

with our nerf guns!

I got A LOT of Transformer guys for my birthday and I LOVE them all!

Mom made little transformer gift buckets 

with fun things inside for my friends to take home.

Saturday was my real birthday!

I asked for doughnut holes for breakfast

Then dad surprised me with a new bike.

I'm still not sure I like it.

It is kinda big and the brake is on the handle which scares me.

I still think I want my old bike...but maybe I'll give this one another try.

Cooper's 1

Saturday was Cooper's birthday...

I have been waiting for this day!

Me: Mom, did Cooper turn 1 during the night?

Mom: yep.

Me: so...right now he is in his crib and he's 1?

Mom: yep.

(I ran and checked it out)

(later that day)

Me: Mom? I know Cooper is 1 now, 

but he doesn't look any bigger than he looked yesterday!

*****

I asked mom to make me a special shirt to wear on Cooper's birthday.

I wanted it to say, 

"Dear Cooper, 

I hope you have a very good birthday and I love you very much. 

Love, Dallin."

Mom put "C's big brother" on it instead!

I was very excited for Cooper to open his presents.

He got transformers and mini coopers.

I played with his toys the rest of the day.

 Mom invited some people over and we had dinner.

Then it was time for Cooper to have his cake.

He poked his finger at it for awhile...then mom gave him a fork and he ate and ate.

It was a pretty good birthday...and now he's 1!

Seattle...week 2

We have been in Seattle for 2 weeks...

and I'm still having so much fun!

Last Saturday we spent the day with Grandpa Jones and Grandma Mim.

We hung out on Grandpa's boat while he got it ready for Banks.

I pretended like we were driving to Seattle...

and we played on the trampoline.

Cooper was smiling till I started to jump...then he didn't smile so much any more.

On Monday, we went to see Ice Age 4...I LOVED it!

and then we had "conveyor belt sushi" for lunch.

I eat the orange chicken...

I get it off the conveyor belt all by myself and I think it is the coolest!

On Tuesday we went to the park.

I think mom and her sister's had as much fun as me and Cameron.

The digger is my favorite toy at the park.

Cooper went on his first swing ride all by himself...

and boy did he love it!

And then it was Wednesday and Mom had a birthday!

Mandy brought her a Happy Birthday Breakfast Muffin!

Mom turned 35...she says she is not getting any older!

For mom's birthday she wanted to go to a place she used to go when she was growing up.

Green Lake

Mom's grandma and grandpa used to live really close to Green lake and mom would walk down with her uncle and brothers and sisters and swim in the little kiddie pool.

I really like this place too!

And for mom's birthday dinner, she left me and Cameron with a babysitter so just the adults could go eat sushi...I was a little sad, but I told mom it was ok!

On Thursday, we finally got to head out to our first camping trip.

We drove for a little long way to Banks Lake.

We floated...

and fished...

and played on the beach...

and we used these things to do one of mom's favorite thing...

We skied...

and I can say "we" because I did the skim board...

and it was SO AWESOME!!!

I also rode on a jet ski, jumped off the boat, jumped off a big floatie island and swam with just my vest in the deep water and wasn't even scared!

But my favorite thing about our camping trip...sleeping in a tent!

It was another busy and fun week!

One more to go...and one more camping trip too!