UVU Family Party!

We went to UVU this past Saturday for the Family Fun and Safety Fair. Grandpa and Grandma Astin had invited us to come eat green pancakes and see the fire trucks. Jake, who loves seeing fire trucks on the side of the road, was super excited. It is amazing at his age the proffesions they idolise. Fire Fighters, construction workers, policeman, farmer and train conductors are Jacob's top choices for when he gets older. His first used to be fisherman but after his first experience on a boat, he doen't seem to want to be a fisherman in the big ocean.

They did not disappoint on the fire trucks, there where over seven fire trucks! First things first though.... food! I was surprised that they where serving ice cream with the green pancakes, but it was super good... the kids thought it was awesome! If you notice, the binki is not in Derek's mouth! Yay! Okay, so he had to shovel the ice cream into his mouth, but the binki is clearly out of arms length. They had little stands with pamphlets and bowls of candy... but they also had a guy doing balloon animals and a stand doing face painting! Jake wanted to be a dragon. I think it turned out great, the only down side was that he had green eyebrows for three days. We then went over to all the fire trucks! They had the whole firefighter outfits they could try on. Jake thought they where so special, and loved getting to wear a real fire fighter hat. It was so much cooler then his Dollar Tree fire fighter hat I had gotten him.

 

Derek's favorite part of it was the shoes, I wasn't surprised. .

We had a ton of fun. Thank you for inviting us Noreen! Jake still talks about wanting to go back and play with the firetrucks!

Trafalga

We went to Trafalga in Orem last weekend. I have a prejudice and think the Trafalga in Lehi is tons better, but we actually had fun. They have the 3D movie theater, which Jake liked. I chose the show that had a little boy and cat on it, figured it would be less intense. Oh how I was wrong. Turns out the child and feline made jetpacks and are completely indestructible. After flying/crashing through buildings, wood, metal grates, being eaten  by a monster sewer rat, they finally make it to school. And what stops this indestructible kitten with a Jet pack.... a bus window. I don't get it.... It would have had to take a cement wall more than ten feet thick to stop that cat, if it was truly realistic. Needless to say Jake loved it.

 They loved pretending to drive the cars while Dad played his game.They sure like driving, boys will be boys.

Here is Jake playing skee ball while Dan is playing basketball. Jake had a hard time getting the ball into play, but he sure had fun.

Yay for Summer and Brothers!

 Why do I even bother buying toys, when all they want is a big cardboard box? This box lasted two days, and was a pure joy for the kids to play with. They pretended it was a barn for their toys, a house for them, a cave, and a Jake's special place. If anyone has any obnoxiously large boxes... let me know and I will come get them. I think I know what Jake is getting for his birthday ... does anyone know how to get my hands on a refrigerator box?

Tibble Fork Reservoir

We went  up to Tibble with Dan's parents and Steve's family. Jake and Lily had great fun playing in the dirt and finding rocks. It reminded of me when we where small at Pine Valley and becoming so dirty we looked like little Indians running around in pink care bear shirts. Oh the memories.

 

Grandpa Astin brought his boat and took Dan and Jake out for a bit of fishing. Turns out Jake wasn't a huge fan of just sitting on a boat.  I don't think it helped that they where using lures and Jake has yet to pick up on the concept of continual reeling and casting. With time small one... in time.

While Dan and Jake where out on the boat Derek and I put on some sandles and went to the shallow part of the lake and splashed around for a bit. This kid loves water, and it didn't matter if it was freezing. He just kept splashing and playing with his dinosaur. Every time he picked it up he would remove his binki, growl, replace binki, then plunge the toy into the water. It was cute, I just could do without the binki. I believe it is almost time to limit the binki to bed time. 

Here is Jake with his favorite rock and in his cute little fishing/adventure vest. He wanted to dress like Dad. Why is it that almost every time I have him smile for a picture he gives me a weird smile, I don't get it. But looking back in pictures a few of my sibling did the same thing... that is right Angie you did some sweet cheezers.

Uintah Fishing  

 Dan went fishing up in the Unitah mountains with his Dad and Brother. What fun for the guys to take a Saturday and catch fish. But here is the thing, I had Dan take the camera and I got only 2 pictures. this one and a close up of a fish. I don't expect a fashion show of a picture of every fish they catch, but I expect a bit more. I don't think I am asking much. Lets try to double the effort next time guys... 4 pictures!

Because it is cute

Just thought this was a cute picture of Derek being a construction worker. After Jake ran around building and being a construction worker, Derek decided he wanted to be one as well. He wants to be like his brother so much!