Father and Sons Campout

Rick took Tyler on the annual Father and Sons campout with our ward. Tyler was so excited to go camping! We decided that Logan was still a little too young to enjoy the campout so just Rick and Tyler went. Tyler loved feeling like one of the older boys and Rick said he was acting so mature the whole time.

All buckled in and ready to go.


Rick and Tyler getting their campsite all set up.

Tyler roasting a hot dog for dinner. After dinner there was a special program around the fire that included a testimony meeting. After Rick bore his testimony, Tyler stood up all by himself, out of no where and bore his testimony. Rick said he was so shocked he didn't know if he should cover Tylers mouth and tell him to sit down or just let him keep going. Rick said he was speaking so loudly and knew exactly what he wanted to say so he just let him keep going. I guess he said some really cute things and got a loud amen at the end with a lot of smiles.:)

Rick said it was freezing up there. There was even still snow. Besides the cold they had a great time and made a lot of good memories.

Lisa comes to visit

Last week my sister Lisa came to visit. Well actually she came down for a social work conference, but she stayed with us and we played at night and on the weekend. We did a lot of fun things and ate a lot of good food. One of our food experiences included our first trip to Pizza Bianco. Pizza Bianco is continually voted one of the top ten pizza places in America and it was even on Oprah. The wait is a little crazy though.

This was what the wait looked like on a Thursday at 4:30 in the afternoon. By the time we actually got seated at a table we had been waiting for 2 hours. They don't do takeout and they make you stay on the premises while you wait or else you get bumped. It seems crazy all this work for pizza, but now we can say we have done it.


My sister Lisa and Rick waiting in line to get in.


A picture of the pizza. I don't know if the picture does it justice or not, but it really is good. I have never had anything like it.


Tylers favorite part of the whole experience was the pop he got in a green bottle.

The next night we ate a Chino Bandido.


I know what you are all thinking. Mexican-Chinese combos does not sound like they would be very good. And the fact that it is right next to a gas station was not very appealing either. The only reason we wanted to try it was because we had heard a lot about it and it was even featured on the food network.

This guy from the food network ranted and raved about how good it was on his show. We were not disappointed. It was different but good.

They had this big stone panda bear with a mustache dressed in a poncho and sombrero. I guess to combine the mexican and chinese backgrounds together. Here is a picture of Lisa, her two friends Shiloh and Heather, Logan, and some strange boys legs that we don't know, by the Mexican Panda Bear.

Logan was very fascinated with the bear. Here he is sitting on top of his hat.

We did do more than just eat, we shopped of course. One night we walked around Desert Ridge (an outdoor shopping mall) and had a lot of fun with the live band and all the shopping.

Thanks for coming Lisa. We had a really fun week.

On a side note, I'm sure you have all heard about Arizona and the their controversial new law about illegal immigrants and racial profiling. It's all over the news everywhere. Well when we got back from one of our shopping trips we saw this car parked in my apt. complex parking lot.

We all thought it was hilarious so we had to get a picture. :)

Trip to Idaho

We just got back from visiting Grandma and Grandpa up in Idaho last week. The boys and I flew out early and then Rick joined us a few days later. The kids always get so excited to go to Grandma's house. When we got there Grandma had all kinds of surprises waiting for them.

The first surprise was a new toy box filled with new toys. They thought that was great. They loved the box almost just as much as all the new toys inside.


My kids LOVE Toy Story so Tyler's favorite new toy was a Buzz Lightyear. Logan actually loves Buzz too but Tyler was quite possessive of Buzz and would freak out if any one else tried to play with him, so Logi usually settled for Woody.


Tyler loves his Grandma


The boys trying on some of Grandpas cowboy hats.

Tyler and Grandma dancing to their special song. They have been dancing together to the same song ever since he was a little baby.

The second surprise was a new power wheels. The boys thought they were pretty cool cruising around in their own little truck. Tyler actually drove the thing pretty well, like he had been driving for years.

The boys and their cousin Abby cruising around the yard. I guess since Logan is the youngest he got stuck riding in the back.

All the boys love going for rides on the four wheeler.

Then Tyler and Logan decided it would be cool to ride their own so that is what they did

The boys setting out for a big adventure

The third surprise was a new tree house/ swing set. They had a lot of fun on this especially the slide.

Logan, Tyler, and their cousin Abby

Tyler getting ready to go down the slide

Logi getting ready to go down the slide. Can you tell he is excited?

Of course they always love the trampoline.

Rick trying to teach Logan while he is young, how to be a star baseball player. Rick has high hopes of Logan being a star left-handed pitcher someday.

Tyler relaxing with Grandma on the swing. He was a little sad that day because that was the day we had to leave.

Needless to say the boys loved visiting grandma and grandpas house. We were worried we were not going to be able to get them to leave. Ever since we have gotten back Tyler keeps bringing me pieces of paper telling me that it is a plane ticket and that he is going back to Grandmas house. :)