Playing in Price

In March, My Grandpa Wilstead passed away and since I wasn't able to go to the funeral, I wanted to go see his headstone. When his casket was moved to the cemetary, they put it in the back of his old Ford truck and hauled it up the hill. So appropriate for my Grandpa!

When we got there, Emma decided that there weren't enough flowers on it so we went back to my dad's house and raided his flower gardens. I think it was quite beautiful when we were done.

After that, we headed over to the dinosaur museum in Price.

Honestly, I wasn't expecting much so I was pleasantly surprised at all the displays they had. I got so caught up in reading about all the Indian history from that area that I lost everyone for a few minutes.

I found them in the kids area where we spent the better part of the next hour digging up dinosaur bones....

Coloring dinosaur pictures...

Watching the lizards eat their bugs....


And being eaten by dinosaurs hiding in the wall!!



Hmmm....didn't know that!

Which was followed by a trip to the park. The same park I used to play I when I was a kid.

Old MacDonald had a farm

Of course, what trip to Utah would be complete without going to Wheeler Family Farm? The animals were all glad to see us again!

We rode on the tractor...

And Let Lucas get behind the wheel...

Emma wanted to drive the car but we talked her into the tractor instead.

Malia didn't really care either way just as long as she knew right where her thumb was.

Downtown SLC

While in Utah, we loaded the kids into the car, got on TRAX and headed downtown. This is one of my favorite things to do when we're in SLC. The kids love riding on the "train" and I love taking them to see the temple. Emma is in heaven every time we see a "princess" (aka bride) on Temple Square.

Some one was kind enough to stop and take a picture of our family. I love random acts of kindness like that!

This statue hit home for me more than ever this year because it is a mom playing with her three kids...
2 girls and 1 boy = HAPPINESS!


Plus all the flowers are always a treat!


We met Grandpa Oz for lunch and headed over to the Planeterium at the Gateway where...


Emma was on TV....


and everyone got to walk on the MARS!

In my defense...

So, I know I haven't been the best at keeping up on the blog lately. I do have some AMAZING pictures from our trip to Hawaii that I will get around to posting sometime in the near future... However, Blogger doesn't seem to like the fact that we are "borrowing" our neighbors internet and takes forever to upload the pictures. To the point that the computer "times out". I did try to upload pictures with Picassa and that only worked for about a day and then the pics disappeared on me. Anyway, so until we decide to not be so cheap and actually get our own internet connection, you'll just have to wait for my awesome pictures...

Memorial Day Weekend

For Memorial Day this year, we were lucky enough to be in Utah. Grandpa Oz and his sisters, Pat and Lois, were making the rounds at all the family graves in Salt Lake and we joined them for the last stop at Grandma Susie's grave.

Grandpa and Emma trimmed the grass and made sure the headstone was beautiful.

It was an absolutely gorgeous day.

From left to right: Matt, Lois, Phil, Malia, Pat, Kim, Lucas, Michael, Me and Emma

Graduation PARTY!

For the post graduation party, we decided to head over to the beach in Ventura. Along the way, we found a little merman...

The kids had a blast playing in the sand...


Lucas found some swings and was in heaven!


While Emma played and played and played.


It was a little chilly so Malia was a little bundle of gray.


We LOVE being only an hour and a half from the beach!!

Graduation!!

On May 22, we became the proud parents of a Preschool graduate!!

I thought it was so cute that they went all out and had the kids in caps and gowns (plus it makes for an easy Halloween costume this year). The kids all had to wait until their names were called to come down the aisle. They were all carrying flowers and a poem with their handprint on it to give to their parents who were waiting for them at the front of the chapel.

Isn't she so cute?? Emma did so good in Preschool! It really helped her blossom and grow in ways I never would have been able to get her to do if she had stayed at home. If I had a dollar for everytime I heard the phrase, "Well, Mrs Sarah (her teacher) says...." I would be a rich woman right now! We are hoping that having that whole experience will help alleviate some of her Kindergarten fears and make the transition a whole lot easier.