Weekend Open House

We had an open house this weekend so that everyone could come and see our new place.  While everything was still clean I got some pictures.

Family Room



Kitchen

Living/Dining Room

Lilly's Room

William's Room

Master Bedroom

Basement Living Room

Spare Bedroom



William's Pictures

A while back Grandma Rhonda gave William his very own kids digital camera.  Every so often he fills the memory chip in it and brings it to me to download the pictures.  Here are the highlights from the last few months.

A picture of Will taken by Daddy.



Mommy with her curlers in.

Lilly

Doofus (William's cat)

Lilly's toys

Stuff on the kitchen counter.  (I think he got a shot of a UFO here, because I have no idea what the dark thing in the window is.)

The view out our front window.

Lilly and Daddy

William's blanket on the couch

William's foot

William watching Sponge Bob

The mountain above the Snowbird ski resort.

William jumping on the bungee trampoline at Snowbird. (Taken by Mommy)

Daddy "jumping" Lilly.  She was jealous of William.

These are pictures of Lilly's room at Grandma and Grandpa's house.  William was supposed to be taking a nap, but obviously he wasn't sleepy.

Weekend Slip-n-Slide

We had a fun weekend.  On Saturday we took the kids to the aquarium.  Of course it wasn't until we were already there that I realized that my camera was broken.  So, I didn't get any pictures of them.  Bummer...

After the aquarium we went to mom and dad's house to celebrate Paul's birthday.  William decided that we had to wear birthday hats.  Mom kept trying to get Lilly to stand still wearing her hat long enough so that she could get a picture.  It wasn't working to well.

When dinner was done grandpa set up the slip-n-slide for the kids.  They loved it.

On Sunday we took the kids up to the mountains.  We headed up to the Snowbird ski resort.  It was beautiful weather and so nice to get up above the city for a bit.  William wanted to have a ride on the bungee jump/trampolines so I got him a ticket.  Since my camera was broken I couldn't get any good shots, but we had William's camera.  Once I find the cord I will upload those shots.  We also rode the tram up to the top of the mountain.  The view was great.

Kids Being Kids

What happens when you buy a new couch with a lot of pillows and cushions on it? 

The kids use it to build a tent, and then pile everything up to jump on it.

Family Photos and Fathers Day

Each year on Mother's Day our church offers family photos.  Yesterday at our Father's Day picnic they had the pictures ready for everyone to take home.

Here's the best of our shots.



It's so hard to get both kids to smile at the same time.  Or at least not make silly faces.  :-)

We had a good weekend.  Paul and I managed to get most of the boxes unpacked at the new house and we had a visit from Liz and Dale Trongale.  We're hoping to have everything settled and ready for next weekend so that we can have the family over for a bar-b-que and to watch the fireworks during West Fest.  They set up the carnival on the other side of the park from our house so we should have a pretty good view from our side.

Parks, Birthdays, and Eclipses

While we were packing this last week I found my camera again.  I had put it some where so that I wouldn't lose it, and then I promptly forgot where that place was.  Luckily I found it before the weekend because we had a lot planned.

These are some shots from last month when we went to Liberty Park for Earth Day.  Lilly and I were playing on a blanket while William ran around in the play structures and splash pad.  Unfortunately I couldn't get him to stand still long enough to take a picture.  But, at least I got some shots of our little bathing beauty.



We celebrated Lillian's first birthday on Saturday.  We did it a week early because Grandma and Grandpa were going to be out of town for the actual date.  Here's Lilly showing off her new walking ability.  She is getting her balance now.  She's managed a few steps all on her own.

Grandma Rhonda found Lilly a birthday tutu so we had her dressed up for the party.

William gave Lilly a Jack-in-the-Box and showed her how to make it work.

Grandma Nina's gift came with tissue paper, which of course was much more interesting at the time.

Cousin Jane gave Lilly a pair of pink Croc's that fit perfectly.  Too cute!

Aunt Erin gave her a new ride-on toy that makes great noises when she bounces on it.

After presents we had cake.  Lilly was a bit unsure about the candles, but William helped her blow them out.

Cake is GOOD!

After the party Aunt Erin and Grandpa Bob cooked us a great "ballpark" dinner.  We had hot dogs, chips, potato salad, and watermelon.  Lilly loved it.  She ate a whole hot dog!

On Sunday we spent most of the day packing and loading up the first of our POD storage units.  In the afternoon we went over to Nina's to play and eat dinner.  After dinner Paul, Ed, and Tom took William up to the park to see the solar eclipse.  Ed had some eclipse glasses that he got from a teacher at his school and Paul helped William make a pinhole camera out of a cereal box.  William liked it, but he was a bit more interested in playing on the toys.



Will loves the little spinning dish toy that they have at this park.  He goes so fast that it's hard to get a picture of him.