Dinosaur Park

We headed about 30 miles north of Salt Lake to a town called Ogden to visit the Dinosaur Park. Since Evan was napping we took the scenic route and found a long stretch of road that has about 100 fruit stands along the way. Of course, they were all still closed for winter, wish we would have know about it last summer.

The day was cold and a little snow when we left, but by the time we got to the park it was nice and crisp with some peaks of sun.

The park was a little corny for me and really Evan was mostly excited about the slides in the prehistoric tree.

What a life!!

Life Lessons

Bill shaved off his beard and of course he had a little helper.

Randoms

Thanks again to my Mom and Mike for all of their accommodations. It is always a whirl-wind of activity when we are home and we really appreciate all that they do for us. Evan chillin' in Nana and Papa's new room
My friend Charlotte came up from Columbus to visit us while we were home. She has 2 kids, Elijah and their newest edition, Naomi. She is so beautiful and Evan was drawn to her. Lucky for us we get to watch her for a weekend in June while her parents take a long needed vacation to Florida.
Evan had so much fun with his Crowley cousins! Savion, Curt, Evan, and Matt.

Easter 2008

Happy Easter!
Evan enjoying some goodies left by the Easter Bunny

Coloring Eggs

Evan had fun coloring the Easter eggs, actually I think we all had fun. It had been a long time since anyone had colored eggs. We kept the mess to a minimum, if you don't count Evan's hands.

Even Nana got into the action!

Hulk Hands!!

At first, Evan was a little put off by the vinegar taste of his thumb, but after a few tries he didn't seem to mind! Scary actually, if that nasty taste doesn't detour him from sucking his thumb....will anything???

Sorry Bill, I couldn't resist!

Easter Egg Hunts

You got it right...Evan had 2 Easter egg hunts while we were in Ohio. The first one was at Stan Hywet in about 2 inches of snow! It was so funny to watch the kids try to pick up the eggs with their mittens.





The second hunt didn't have any snow, but it was still chilly. Evan's Aunt Mary arranged the whole event and all the kids had an egg with their name on it. The hunt took place at Bill's brother Matt's house where we also had a delicious dinner...Thanks Matt!!

O-H-I-O

We are so proud!!

Gus Needs a Nappy

Fancy Dancing

Self Portraits

"Cheeeeese!"

Discovery Again

We went back to the Gateway Discovery Children's Museum this weekend. They have a new exhibit called Sesame Street presents My Body. It was pretty cool, but most of the displays were geared toward kids older than Evan. We had fun anyway. Evan must have put at lease 100 balls in this tube. Every time you open it a big puff of air comes out...endless fun!

I love this look of amazement!

It is Elmo's World! For Evan, this was the coolest part of the exhibit.

The front stoop from Sesame Street.

"Where's Oscar?"

Solitude

Our friends, Matt and Kate from Montana, came to Salt Lake City for a visit and some skiing. We headed up Big Cottonwood Canyon on Saturday and spent the day at Solitude. I was really hoping for a nice sunny day to ski, but instead it snowed almost all day making it quite a challenge for a beginner like me (I think I only fell about 1,000 times...haha) Bill and Matt braved the black diamond runs while I did my best to stay on green (easy) runs. Evan spent the day at the daycare at the resort. He was treated to lunch and a nap and I think a lot of attention as there were only 1 or 2 other kids in there with him.
I think everybody had a great day!!

Matt, Kate, and Bill (the Pros)
After our skiing adventure we got Evan and let him play around in the snow. Of course he loved it, he just loves to be outside.

On our way down the canyon this moose was causing a traffic jam!

What a treat to see!

The group at Pistol Pete's Mexican restaurant.

Feeding the Birds

Over the weekend we headed back to Sugarhouse Park to enjoy the beautiful warm weather. The park was packed full of people and birds. Evan talked a lot about feeding the birds, but had a hard time of actually throwing the bread to them. Lucky for the birds there were about 5 other families feeding them too.