Lagoon again!

We took Elizabeth to Lagoon today to go to Spook-A-Boo and ride some rides. She didn't enjoy it nearly as much this time, she refused to go on Baby Boats and wanted to be held by Daddy instead of ride on one of the horses at Merry-Go-Round. I think she doesn't feel very well, however, she loved Spook-A-Boo, she thought the candy was the best part. She was a little fearful of the Chainsaw Guys, but she liked their dancing and was jamming out. Here are a few pics from the day.

We don't feed Elizabeth, can you tell?

Just give me the candy!!

Long time no blog!

Where do I begin, it has been weeks since I blogged last. Well since September, I have been crazy busy with school - I have a new Spanish textbook and I am teaching U.S. history for the first time since I student taught. As you can imagine, I am a very busy girl. Jim got pneumonia around the middle of September and that took him out, literally I have never seen him so wiped out, he basically was down and out for about two weeks. It has been well over a month, and he still has problems with his breathing.

We had Jim's Grandfather, Aunt Mary and Uncle David come for a quick weekend visit. They were visiting Jeff and the family before Jeff ships out. It was a fun visit. Since it has been so long since I last posted, I am going to post some random pictures from the last few weeks. Hope you enjoy them.


We went horseback riding the day we found out Jim had pneumonia. Actually it was technically the day before, because we spent 4 hours in the Heber Valley Medical Center Saturday night into Sunday morning trying to figure out what was wrong with him. He didn't have a cough or cold, he just had terrible chest pain. We were glad it was just pneumonia, not something more serious.
Here is Elizabeth in her Grandpa's rocking chair. Isn't it cute! She will have her own chair up at Grandma and Grandpa's house.
Here she is trying on Great Grandpa's Fedora. She thought she was pretty cute. She loved looking at the pictures after we took them. Suzy has made her a camera hog!

Biking with the Keegan's

So this summer, Jim and I bought a bike trailer for Elizabeth to go riding with us. We bought it in June, but have been very busy all summer long. Needless to say we didn't put it together until a couple of weeks ago. So far we have taken her 3 times, including the pictures I am including. It is a lot of fun, but she slides down while riding so it doesn't look that comfortable for her. I was worried about her not having a helmet, so I went looking for one. It was the only one left at Target. It is good that she is a girl, because the only helmet I found was one with pink butterflies. Too bad it really doesn't work well in the trailer, it kept turning sideways and she kept trying to take the helmet off.
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Fun at Lagoon!

We took Elizabeth to Lagoon with Myndee, Marci and Myndee's nephews. She loved it, I think she will be a roller coaster baby. Here she is on her first ride at Lagoon. She loved riding with daddy.
Here she is with Myndee's nephews. They rode Moonraker, I think she would have cried if it hadn't been for daddy cheering every time she went by. Mommy on the other hand was over on the side freaked out about how high she was in the air. How many years did I work there, and didn't think about it before I put her on it?
Here she is on Red Baron. The two little ones didn't know how to make the plane go up, so they rode pretty low on the water, which was fine by mommy.
Here she is on Boats, her favorite ride. She loved ringing the bell. She even went on it twice.


The video quality isn't very good, but you can see she is having fun.

My summer is over... :(

Well as you can see I have been very busy today adding posts to my blog. That is because today is my last day before I head back to school. Elizabeth goes back full time to daycare and I get back to work. I know all of you are jealous that I had the summer off, but I earned it, I promise, junior high kids are crazy.

I can't tell you how much I am going to miss my little munchkin following me around and not letting me get anything accomplished this summer. If it weren't for nap time, I wouldn't have a blog or a semi-clean house. I will miss the times we spent together this summer. For our last weekday together, I took her to Layton Park and we met Declan and Carol. We watched the ducks and had a picnic lunch. I think she really enjoyed her day, I know I did. Here are some pictures of the kids. They were so cute when we asked Declan to hold her hand.

Family Pictures

While we were out in Boston, we were able to spend some time with Elizabeth's Great Grandpa, and her 3 Great Great Aunts. We had a lovely lunch at their residence in Holyoke, MA. It was a fun afternoon, and Elizabeth enjoyed spending time with her family.

Whale Watching

Wow if hanging out in Boston wasn't enough, we also went whale watching. Now first I need to tell you that I have been whale watching on the Pacific Coast a few times, but I have never seen as many whales as I did on this trip. They figured we saw about 20+ whales the day we went out. Some of them were flipping their tails, blowing their spouts, or just plain hanging out. It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. Elizabeth loved it, she thought that the whales were waving at her, so she waved back. Here is some bad video of a few tails.