oh dear

I was chillin' on the couch reading when I hear the microwave open, shut, open, shut. When did he get so big?

Pioneer Day

Pioneer Day is one of our favorite days. We go to Mamah & Bampa's house because they have a cool parade down their street. After Dinner we head over to Buttlerville Days. They have bouncy rides, face painting, animal balloons, clowns, magic shows, and best of all, FIREWORKS!

Chinnie found a loophole in the system, where the ride attendant allowed her to go on the rides many times with no tickets! Meanwhile, I was freaking out because Chinnie was nowhere to be found! I asked the police men for help and called all the family on their cell phones. When we were finally reunited, she had no clue what I was talking about. She stayed right where I left her and was having a good time.

Bridger will have nothing to do with inflatable rides but he and Daddy did find a firetruck spraying water. He got drenched and LOVED it.

The fireworks were totally awesome! It was a 20 minute show, and the kids ate it up. We were almost directly under them and it wasn't hardly even crowded.

Swimming Fun

My Favorite Smile

B Man has this goofy grin that he uses strictly to get someone to laugh.
Chinnie has to copy Brother.


Another thing that he recently grew out of were his expressive looks where his eyes would get so wide and his mouth would form into a perfect circle. His upper lip seemed to get very long and even the skin between his eyes changed. He would point and make little sounds of awe. I would have given anything to have captured this but the moments were fleeting. I know this is boring to most people but if I don't record it now I might forget it. I just hope this description is enough to trigger the memory. Now that he can say so many words he has no need of this.

eggs, yum

Happy Birthday Great Grandpa!

We were lucky enough to spend part of the day with Great Grandpa Hoffman on his birthday. We went to the Living Planet Aquarium, where Bridger was being completely clingy and threw several tantrums, for the first time in his life. But when we went to the park afterward he was back to his happy self. He started doing slides all by himself and Chinnie met a new friend.