BYU museums

Last month when my dad was in town we were trying to think of fun things to do. One fun thing was to go visit my nephew Craig in Provo. While there we went to 2 museums (FREE!) and the kids and the adults (I hope) had fun. We went to the Earth Science Museum first, because it was right up the street from Craig's dorm. I had never been there before, and it was really cool! We all got to know our pre-historic friends a little better.

Rozanne trying to get a kiss from her armored friend

Craig being eaten by a giant crocodile

Lauren being eaten by the giant crocodile, who seems to be a good pal to Grandpa & Logan

Easton with his good buddy, the allosaurus

Then we went to the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. I had been there before, but it was fun to go again and take the kids. I had never been with them before.

Lauren thought the Blue Duiker was "so cute and tiny"

Rozanne with the hippopotamus

The boys (men) with the festive Christmas moose

Logan being attacked by a bear

Easton actually found something alive at the museum

Then we went to dinner at Burgers Supreme (where the burgers really are supreme and so are the fries, and the fry sauce, and the cherry coke). Fun times in Provo with Craig and Grandpa.

A new blog

Logan got a new camera for Christmas. Now he thinks he needs a blog. So, he has one. He would like many viewers and comments. He's a crazy boy, check out his life.

Finally!

Lauren has had a wiggly tooth for quite a while. Most (maybe all) of her friends have lost teeth. Tonight, after she went to bed she came out to inform me that the tooth had finally come out. She was SO excited! She probably still is, and I'll be surprised if she ever falls asleep tonight.

An Updated family Photo

After years of needing a new photo we finally broke down and took some new pictures of the whole family. I can thank my nephew Andrew for taking the picture.

Warning!

Goin' on a trip

Easton loves to take things in and out of other things. He likes to load up the little shopping cart with toys from the Play Room and put them in the Family Room. He likes to help carry in anything from the car. He loves to put groceries away. He likes to put dirty clothes in the washer, then the wet clothes in the dryer. Right now he's taking all of the money out of his dinosaur bank, putting it in his pockets, then emptying it out elsewhere. Earlier today his had his backpack FILLED with all sorts of different items. He often puts it on and tells me where he is going. It's usually to school, or work, or shopping. Today when I asked if he was going to work he replied, "No. I'm going to Sarah Jane's house. I'm taking the train."

Happy Haunting

We carved our pumpkins the day before Halloween. Lauren and Easton were just going to color theirs, but Easton really wanted his to have a cut face. So, they directed, and we cut. Here are the results:




Here are the kids, aka the scarecrow, the puppy and the witch:

Logan and Easton revisited their costumes from last year, although Logan added the burlap sack to his outfit. Since his mean, awful parents think he's too old to go trick-or-treating, he sat on the porch as decoration. He accomplished his goal of scaring plenty of our visitors.

Easton absolutely LOVED Halloween. For weeks he's been pointing out all of the decorations in the neighborhood, at the store, etc. When we got out our decorations he tried on the puppy costume and didn't want to take it off. He got to dress up for Lauren's parade at school, the ward party, then for Halloween. At every door Easton wouldn't leave until telling them "Happy Halloween". If Lauren said it first, Easton would say "Happy Halloween to you, too". He also told the people when he thought that was a yummy candy. David warned me that Easton might wear out quickly and I would have to carry his bucket and possibly him. No way. When I hinted that maybe he was too tired to keep going, Easton convinced me that he was fine, and he could carry his bucket and walk. He did for almost 2 hours. After every house he would ask if we could go to the next one. My favorite thing was that he wasn't really after the candy, he just wanted to go around and see all the decorations and the people dressed up. The candy was just an added bonus. Luckily for Logan, Easton and Lauren are willing to share, and we had a ton left over, too. Until next year . . .