More Utah pictures

We celebrated Caroline's birthday by going to the Museum of Natural Curiosity.  It was so fun the kids could have spent hours there!

They had these cool rope bridges that were a little high for my taste but I faced my fears and went on them anyways.  I did make the mistake of telling Phillip I wasn't keen on heights so he made sure to make me nervous by shaking the bridge while we walked across it. 

See they're kind of high!

Devin's floating head!

This was his favorite part, giant legos.

The boys busy at work.

Caroline and Maya.

Water works!

Trying to make a cloud. 

The kids played so well together, it was so fun to watch.

We went back the next day because we had so much fun, and ventured outside this time.

The smallest marry-go-round I've ever seen.  Loved it.

Caroline on the zip line.

And on the turn table.

Graham digging something up.

Poor George had a rough start at the water table.  We put him next to Andrew who was so excited to play with his buddy he started grabbing George's arm and accidentally scratched him then Devin came and dumped some cold water on his head!  He got over it and enjoyed himself though.

Andrew was in heaven.

Cousins working together.

Any guess where this is headed?

Devin built quite the pipe system.

Very proud.

The boys loved building something "taller than grandpa"  

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And another day at the super, happy, fun place.  Maya didn't get to go the first day but we went again an had tons of fun again.  Steve even jumped off the bounce house that had a 10 ft ledge that you had to jump off into a pit of foam squares.  It was hilarious and really hard to get out of.  I almost got stuck a few times!  George was very happy to hang out with Grandma.

No trip would be complete without a visit to the Iceberg.  Yum.

One last picture before our flight.

Devin was my seat buddy on the way home.  We had to get up at 4:15 for our first flight and he was so good.  All the kids were, and he really loved all the snacks we got on the flight.  He seemed ready to be on the plane all day.  Oh to be young, and have a window seat, and plenty of leg room!

I feel the same way about leaving buddy!  It was so fun to stay up talking and hanging out together.  We can't wait to go back!

Utah

Ah glorious Utah how we miss you.  It was so fun to relax not have any obligations and hang out with family every day.  I didn't want to go home.  I did feel really bad that we got several people sick once we got there.  Sorry guys our bad!  We had a fun activity every morning then hung out and had a great dinner every night.  It was just amazing.  We got to see my grandparents and Grandma Graham which was fun and it was just fun seeing all the cousins play together.  Steve and Sheri's house was so nice and we had plenty of room so we were never in anyone's space.  Did I mention how fun it was?  What is funny is that while we were gone Nashville got an inch of ice and was below freezing the whole time we were gone so the kids didn't even miss any school because it was canceled.  We also got to stay an extra day and a half because our flight was canceled due to the weather.  I was jumping up and down inside when I found that out.

Caroline was my cute traveling buddy. Shawn had both boys sitting by him and I had Caroline and George.  I definitely got the easier deal. 

She was so excited for her first flight that she could actually remember.

Graham loved the moving walkways in Denver. 

Caroline loved having pretend little sisters around.

Devin meeting Charlie.  The Funk resemblance is strong in these two!  Love it!

Andrew and George were cute little pals.

There have been four babies born in the last year, and Sandra is having one in a few months too!

Lots of cousins at breakfast!

Sweet Devin. 

The boys running around with Charlie.

Hanging out downstairs watching a show on the huge beanbags!

Caroline, Castle, and Maya ready to go.

And Stan, Phillip, Scott and Shawn playing the weirdest video game I have ever seen.

Graham found his new best friend, Charlie.

George and Andrew hanging out.  George was really happy unless Andrew would start babbling.  It really scared him but was so funny!

Hanging out at the Natural History museum. 

Best buddies, really bad picture though.

These two held hands almost the entire time which is probably how Charlie got sick.  Sorry buddy!

Building and earthquake resistant structure.

Learning about erosion. 

Basking in the sun.

Showing off the masks they made.

Devin and a few kids were shooting foam darts at others downstairs.

We went to the super, happy, fun place the next day.  Lots of bounce houses and climbing to do.

Grandpa and George.

Caroline was very into the game.

Deivn enjoying some green ice cream smoothie at Great Grandma and Grandpa Fagg's house.

It was so fun to see my grandparents, they were so sweet and even gave us some of their amazing grape juice.  Love these guys.

Grandma Graham and us.  She really loved seeing the kids and it was so good to see her.

February

Wow February was a blur.  We were either sick or in Utah having the best time.  This post the about the weeks before Utah, yuck.
It all started two weeks before we were supposed to be in Utah.  Devin woke up in the middle of the night and was throwing up from 11-4a.m.  I was so tired the next day and so was he.  At one point in the night he said, "Is it dawn yet? I want it to be dawn so I will stop throwing up."  It was so sad an pathetic.  By the next day he was better, then Graham got the runs a few days later.  And a few days after that Shawn got sick then me and Devin again.  Finally two days before we are supposed to leave I think we are all better then Shawn starts being sick again and Graham throws up Thursday night.  That's when I start to cry.  We had been sick for almost two straight weeks and I just wanted everyone to be better so we could go visit family.  Luckily Graham felt better on Friday and we were able to make our flight on Saturday.  All I can say is I'm glad February is over!  On a much happier note Caroline and George didn't get sick and George even started eating solid food.  Yea George, and the stinky diapers begin!

George trying some real food.  He quite enjoys it.

This picture was taken the Sunday after Shawn and I were both sick.  The kids were so good that day and took very good care of themselves. 

Catch Up

I'm not quite sure I will ever be the same blogger I used to be.  I wrote ALL THE TIME.  Now with kids all over the place its hard to find time to write everything down, but I really hope I remember to keep doing this because it really is fun to look at what we have done in the past several years.
So most of January was spent not doing much it was a really boring month we just tried to stay warm!  I"m so sick of cold weather!  It's 45 degrees right now and sunny and this feels "warm" to me.  That's just not right.  I miss the sun!  Anyways,  January the only noteworthy thing was the opening of our new library.  It is amazing.  I remember when we first moved here I was so disappointed in the library, it was so tiny and story time seemed more like a fire hazard than anything else.  So its really nice to have a proper community library.

Devin picking out some new books.  I have never seen him so excited to get some new books.

Ok so this is one of the great things about the new library.  It has this awesome place where kids can build with what look like giant foam tinker toys.  Love it.

Then one day the boys and I made a little chocolate cake just the three of us.  Note to self baking with children usually just ends up being breaking up arguments over who gets to stir and put in ingredients.  It was a little exhausting, but fun, and yummy.

Graham enjoying some batter.

Oh and at one point that month Shawn and I went to Ryman Auditorium in downtown.  Its a very famous concert venue and we were so excited to go.  We were so disappointed!  The show was really for the radio so there were commercials for Dollar General and Cracker Barrel.  And then really old performers that my grandparents would recognize but not me.  We left during intermission and got drinks at Sonic on the way home.  Personally I think we made a wise decision.  So FYI don't bother going to the Opry at the Ryman, wait for real performers to do a concert there.

4 Months

I'm pretty behind with blogging as usual.  But no one blogs anymore so I guess as long as I eventually get it down I figure I'm doing ok.  I know George was 4 months in December but due to the massive flu outbreak that we had here in Nashville the doctors office actually called and recommend I change his well child check up to later in January.  Not wanting to get sick I took their advice and switched it to two weeks ago.  Nothing huge to write about other than he is a giant fat baby.  He was in the 90th percentile for weight and 30th for height.  I remember Devin being about the same size though.  He can sit up by himself really well now and loves to watch his older siblings play, and loves it when they give him attention.  This is one of my favorite stages, they can't move but he can still reach toys to play with.  Its pretty great.  We love our chubby little guy!

Mini Graham?

Almost every time someone sees George out and about with us this is what I hear, "It's mini Graham!"  I think George has his own look a little bit, but I thought I would throw some pictures together to see how much they actually do look alike.

So maybe they do look a whole lot alike.  I had some more pictures of George but after having this blog for 8 years I still can't figure out how to put my most recent downloaded pictures up.