Fair 2013

I love the fair! I don't care how big or small it is I just love going to the fair. Jacob on the other hand hates it mostly because he doesn't like being around crowds of people. I kind of sucks for him that he's married to me because I'm not phased by crowds in the least and I quite often drag him off to different events. The fair here in Prescott is pretty small but I just love taking the girls and walking around to see everything. This year some sweet friends of ours bought the girls passes to ride all the rides at the fair and our fair admission. It was so sweet of them and it made the experience of going to the fair this year so much fun! Jacob's parents just happened to be visiting us that weekend and they stayed home with Abby while we took the two older girls. It was really fun to spend time with just Savannah and Olivia and to let Jacob's parents have some real one on one time with Abby since this was the first time they'd met her. We started off the day checking out all the animals and they once again had a small petting zoo area with some baby goats and sheep. Both girls shocked me by how brave they were to pet all the animals on their own, a first for both of them.

 After seeing all the animals and walking around all the exhibits and booths inside we headed over to the rides. Another shocker was the ride the girls picked to go on first, a roller-coaster! Savannah was actually tall enough to go alone but she wanted one of us to ride with her and Olivia needed to be accompanied by an adult. It was so fun and the girls LOVED it! The rest of the time we rode pretty much every ride they had and just had a blast.

This picture is my favorite because of Olivia's face. She screamed the entire time she rode this kids coaster and once she got off she had the biggest smile on her face she loved it so much. After we were done with all the rides we let the girls choose between riding the little train they had or getting their faces painted. Both  girls choose to get their faces painted and they were both in love with the end results. Olivia's blue snake totally cracked me up.

 To finish up the day we sat down and had some cotton candy, overall it was the perfect day and we all had so much fun.

Pumpkin Patch 2012

So I'm way behind on my blogging which you'll find out why in later posts but lets start where we stopped off at. Before Halloween we got to take the girls to a pumpkin patch close by, as usual it was a blast and we had so much fun. When you parked your car you walked over to this pen that had a horse and some goats and waited for your ride to the actual pumpkin patch. The girls were so excited to go on the hayride and it really was so fun. We didn't end up actually getting any pumpkins because I had already bought some at the store so we decided to let the girls go on some rides instead.

The train was a huge success, I won't lie I was kind of nervous Olivia would stand up half way threw and decide she was done but she loved it and actually decided to ride twice.

Savannah had to ride a horse, this is her new favorite thing to do and whenever she sees a horse she just thinks she should be able to ride it.

The girls got some balloon flowers and poor Savannah popped hers soon after this picture.

Olivia made Jacob ride the train with her the second time she went on a ride which was hilarious! He was such a good sport and it was pretty cute.

I love the times we get to do things as a family especially now since we don't get to spend as much time with Jacob. It makes those moments that we are together even better and more memorable. I love my little family!

Thursday Outing

Today we had a fun outing to the Boise Zoo, I really have fun when we go there and this time was no different. This time we went with my cousin Cheryl and her 3 kids and this year Olivia got really into the animals! It made it even more fun to see her stand up in her stroller to see all the animals and squeal with delight as she'd watch them move around. I was impressed with how easily she'd spot each animal, such a big difference from last year. I think we'll have to go back at least one more time this summer especially since both the girls are still free.

Zoo Fun

My friend Jennifer and I decided we needed to get together to do something fun and what better place is there then the zoo right? We both have 2 girls and they are all right around the same age. All the kids had so much fun seeing all the animals and playing on the slides. Savannah even sported her princess sunglasses all day, she was pretty cute. Savannah's favorite animals were the giraffe's, kimono dragon, lions, tigers, and penguins. I was so proud of Savannah too, she was perfect all day! The poor thing had to walk the 3 hours we were there and never once complained, she always held onto the stroller or walked right next to me. She was obedient, kind, and just all around perfect which made the day even better.

Here is my angel playing at the tiger exhibit.

Savannah actually fed a goat as well. If you know her at all this is HUGE!

Here are Savannah and Maddie, they've been friends since they were born and always love seeing each other.

How could I not include a picture of Miss Olivia. If you look close you can see her top tooth and the other is just coming in. She also has the two bottom teeth as well but she keeps them pretty well hidden with that tongue of hers.

It was just a great day with great friends. Plus Thursday's is half off admission and both the kids were free. Its a good deal. They also have a butterfly exhibit going on right now but the line was soooooooooooooooooooooo long, did you catch that it was soooooooooooooooooo long that we got out of it. I know Savannah would have loved it but oh well maybe next time, my mom is coming tomorrow so we might try to go while she's here too. Maybe for Olivia's birthday next week...all kinds of ideas are forming in my head as I write.

Best Time eVER!

That's right! We went to the pumpkin patch and had the best time eVER!!! Things are much more fun now that Savannah is older, needless to say she had a blast and was of course adorable in her ladybug costume. Olivia was a pumpkin and was super cute too! We went with some friends of ours who also have two girls who are the same age as ours. Aren't the two babies cute.

Now I totally think the place we went costs way to much, its $10.60 per adult, Jacob luckily hurt his back and didn't come with us. (Although him hurting his back is not good cause he can't move but I'm going to focus on the pumpkin patch now.) For costing so much it really was a great time and I'm glad the girls were free. When we got there we went over to the pig races. They had pig races! Savannah and I loved it and had fun cheering for the adorable little pigs. Then we headed over for a hayride. Once again tons of fun, and it even put Olivia to sleep.

Savannah had lots of fun at the petting area, she even let the goats lick her hand which totally surprised me. She is usually very afraid of the animals but this time she pet the ponies and like I said let the goats lick her hand.

It was fun dressing up the girls in their costumes and they really did have fun. Well at least I know Savannah did and Olivia was quite content to sit in her car seat most of the evening. One last attraction to tell you about is this giant in ground trampoline except it wasn't really a trampoline it looked like a huge elongated balloon. Anyway Savannah couldn't get enough and had fun jumping around and bouncing all over the place. Needless to say it was a vERY successful night.

Day 2

So on Thursday we had another full day. My mom is taking some classes at the local Community College so she was there in the morning. Mark somehow managed to not go to school and Jordan had the day off. So once my mom got home we had lunch and then headed out to the zoo! I have great memories of going to the DC Zoo and I was hoping for the same this trip. I won't lie, I was a bit disappointed quite a few of the exhibits were closed for renovation but it was still a fun adventure. Savannah had lots of fun being pushed around in the stroller and quite preferred to be in there unless we were stopped in front of an exhibit. Also her favorite exhibit was this farm animals exhibit they had. She thought the cows were the best and quite enjoyed pointing out every animal. Her least favorite animal was the gorilla! When we saw them she started to cry, it was pretty sad. Overall the day was great and we all had lots of fun.

Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh My!

So this week we went on a new adventure with our good friends. Savannah went to the zoo for the first time! Might I add that she LOVED it! I mean totally loved it! The weather was pretty nice, don't let how bundled up Savannah was fool you. I'm partly paranoid that she's freezing half the time and her hat was just do dang cute I couldn't bear to take it off her because she actually left it on. She's actually quite proper already, she won't wear hats inside but as soon as your outside she won't touch it. I also love this about her. Anyway back to our outing...I wasn't quite sure how Savannah would do because I never know if she really knows what's going on. She was totally into it though, she loved following the animals and seeing what they would do. She was a perfect angel the whole trip and I can't wait to take her back in the Spring.