Memorial Day 2009

Well, I just got back from my trip to San Francisco on Sunday so I'm sure a post about that trip will be coming soon (hint to Lisa, you need to email me the pictures). But before I do that I just wanted to hurry and post a few pics from our Memorial Day. For memorial day this year we decided to do the traditional picnic, but since we had triple digit temperatures we decided to have our picnic at a splash park. So we grabbed some swimsuits, sunscreen, and some lunch from Subway and we were off to Tempe Beach Park. The kids had a blast running around in all the water and it was fun to spend time as a family.

Logan gettin' all lathered up with sunscreen

Tyler stopping and actually smiling for the camera

The boys playing in the water

Tyler and Logan just chillin in the water. Rick says hopefully Logi outgrows his man boobs.:)

Our family at the park.

Father and Son Camp Out

After weeks and weeks of excitement the father and son camp out was finally here. Tyler could hardly contain himself. He was so excited packing up all the camping gear and wanted to make sure that we remembered to bring the hot dog sticks and his camping chair. He wasn't as concerned about the tent or the sleeping bags or even the actual hot dogs but he sure wanted to make sure the sticks and his chair made it into the car. You gotta love two year olds.:) This was Rick and Tylers first year going together. I think they were both pretty excited and I think they both had a great time. Rick says there is just something special about a group of men sitting around a camp fire together. I guess I wouldn't understand then. Anyway here are a few pictures from the adventure. Some of the pictures have little spots all over them and I am not sure why but they are the best we have.

All packed up and getting ready to head out to the camp out. Tyler insisted on holding the hot dog sticks all the way up there.

Rick and Tyler getting their camp all set up.


Rick and Tyler cooking their hot dogs for dinner. Tyler kept wanting to roast hot dog after hot dog until the whole package was gone. Too bad he didn't want to eat any of them.

Rick and Tyler getting ready for some storytelling around the fire. I just laugh at Tylers face. He looks like the whole thing is such a drag. He really is excited to be there.

Rick and Tyler after a long night sitting by the fire trying to get warm.

Here is a picture of Tyler and his little buddy from the ward Andon hanging out in their little camp chairs.

Another picture of Tyler and Andon. This might be the only time that you will see someone with a Yankee hat and someone with a Boston hat giving each other a hug. I thought it was a really cute picture.


When they got home I asked Tyler how it was and he just kept telling me three things. 1)It was cold 2)The campfire hurt his eyes. and 3)Dada went pee pee in the trees. I asked Rick about it and he just laughed and admitted that all those things were true. Enough said.

A NEW Movie Night

Allright, I had several people comment on our last movie night ,and we have done several since, but the one that we did last night had a new twist on it. We did a real life pretend campout. Rick and Tyler actually set up a tent in our living room. I'm talking they moved furniture, rearranged tables and made room for Ricks little two man pop up tent. They had flashlights, sleeping bags, and ate ice cream. Tyler LOVED it. Rick got the idea because he is planning on taking Tyler on the father and sons campout next week and wanted to do a trial run. It was considered a success except for the fact that throughout the course of the night Tyler kept shining the flashlight in Ricks eyes about every 5 minutes. So once again I heard Rick sternly giving Tyler the ultimatum of keeping the flash light off or else he was going to have to go sleep in his own bed.:) That works every time. They both had a lot of fun.

Rick and Tyler getting their sleeping bags situated for the pretend campout

Tyler loved being in the tent and wouldn't let the flashlight out of his sight.

The boys eating ice cream.

Rick and Tyler enjoying movie night by watching Madagascar 2.

Fun in the Sun!

Temperatures are starting to really warm up around here and it makes me nervous for summertime in Phoenix. It reached low 90's today so Rick and Tyler decided to go for a swim at our pool. Tyler loves the pool but he likes the hot tub better because he can walk along the bench and touch the bottom. It's a win-win situation because Tyler gets to play in the pool and Rick gets tan. Everyone is happy. :)