Poor Sydney

This picture is not the best but we think Sydney got bit by a spider while playing outside while Ryan mowed the lawn. Her ankle is now double in size and super hot and red. She is on some pretty strong antibiotics to make sure the infection doesn't move into her blood stream. She is kind of miserable and I feel so bad for her. Hopefully tomorrow will be better for her :)

Our budding chef

We have had so much fun this summer going to the Kaysville Farmers Market! Today they were having a cooking contest all about apples. Sydney begged me to help her enter so we thought of something that she could make all on her own and we came up with Toffee Apple Dip. She was so excited to enter the contest and we took it over to be judged. She didn't win this time but we are so proud of her for entering! I have a feeling that she will be entering many more cooking contests. She loves to help me in the kitchen! Here is the recipe:
1 8 oz. Cream Cheese
3/4 Cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
-Cream everything together and serve with Granny Smith apple slices!!

Hill Aerospace Museum

We took the kids to the Hill Air Force Museum. We had so much fun looking in all of the planes and jets. We will for sure take the kids back again when they are a little older and can appreciate it a little more but it was a very fun Free family activity!! The kids had a blast on the planes that they could sit in the pilot's seat and drive the plane!

Our little BYU fan!

We found this hat for Connor and he loves it! Usually he won't leave hats on but this one is different- Sure makes his daddy proud :)

More Yellowstone pictures

Yellowstone Trip Part one-

We had a great time on our trip to Yellowstone! We saw lots of wildlife and Sydney even earned her Jr. Ranger badge. It was kind of fun when we went to the ranger station after she had done all of the requirements, the ranger got every ones attention in the building and had a little ceremony for her. We did have a few things happen like Sydney got sick one night and so we spent the night on the bathroom floor. Which I hate doing at home, let alone in a hotel room, we, well I, lost the car keys. We all jumped out to see a moose and somehow they fell out of my coat into the sagebrush. After searching for a while- we finally found them! Thank goodness because I was not looking forward to spending a night under the stars! We made lots of memories and saw some amazing things that this wonderful earth has to offer!

Road Trip Idea

So on our recent road trip to Yellowstone I knew I had to be prepared with things to entertain my kids. So first I started with four pringles cans:



Next I covered them with cute road trip paper (optional of course :) Filled them with snacks, activities, coloring pages, puzzle pages, etc.



Now I had four cans, one for each hour we were going to be on the road, that would be easy to pack, a surprise for my kids and they were a big success!!

Back to School

Sydney has started back to preschool again! She has a great teacher and very fun kids on her class. When I picked her up after her first day, I said "Syd, how was it?" she said "Oh mom, it was awesome!" So hopefully we are in for a good year! Love ya Syd :)