Family Reunion in Colorado

This last week our family went on a vacation to Estes Park, Colorado to the "Tang Family Reunion." We went with my Mom, Dad, and brother, Trevor. We stayed at this place called the YMCA of the Rockies. It is basically this huge place that is a summer camp. I guess it is a huge destination for family reunions. There are also a lot of kids there that have been sent to summer camp by their parents. We had a lot of fun. It was Davey's second plane ride. He flew on a plane when he was less than a year old, so he doesn't remember it. He was so good the whole time. He loved looking out the window and looking at the clouds and the mountains. He wasn't scared at all, even during the turbulence.

Davey and Daddy getting ready for take-off!! Notice he is reading the emergency instructions located in the seat pocket in front of him!! The first full day there I went hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park with my Mom, Dad, and Trevor. Dave and Davey stayed back at camp. This is a pretty little lake called Nymph Lake. It was covered with lily pads.
My cousin Andrew has two little boys. Anson here in this picture is almost 5 years old. Yes, I know Davey is almost the same size and he is not even three. Anyways, the two of them had a great time together. I don't think Anson even knows my name. He just kept calling me "Davey's Mom." Oh well, I guess that works okay for me!!!
Anson and Davey hanging out on the porch of the administration building.

We decided to take the boys for a pony ride. They were pretty excited!!

Davey's horse was named Strawberry Shortcake. He still remembers that whenever you ask him which horse he rode. He had so much fun. He wasn't scared at all. I can't figure it out, he isn't scared to ride a live pony, but he is scared of his Hokey Pokey Elmo.I led the pony around on a short trail.

Mah-jong is a game that my family loves to play. It is kind of a Chinese version of Gin. My Grandma Tang still plays at least a couple of times a week, and when she does, it is for several hours. They taught Dave how to play and he loved it. They said he was actually pretty good and understanding the strategy. He is excited to go visit my Grandma now so that he can play with her. She will get a kick out of him, but I am sure after playing a few games with him she will get irritated because he doesn't play fast enough for her. She takes her Mah-jong pretty seriously.Here are Ayden, Anson, and Davey with my cousin Elsie. How do you like that Elsie, you made it into my blog!!!

My cousin Jasmine and Davey.

My cousin Pam was so nice to Davey. She even bought him this little stuffed dog he loves to play with.
We tried to teach Davey all the hand motions to the YMCA. He actually did a pretty good job.

It was fun to go away and have a real family vacation. We look forward to doing it again soon. Thanks Mom and Dad for taking us to the YMCA of the Rockies.!!

Dress up time...

So when we were in Salt Lake, Natalie helped Davey find these silly old Halloween costumes in the closet. He thought it was hilarious.

Check out that look on his face!!
Later Josh decide to join in the fun. There were only two costumes, but Brigham still didn't want to be left out of the picture.

Fun in the water!

Last week we went to SLC and played with all of our cousins. Here are all of the grandkids and great-grandkids. My mother-in-law let us borrow her slide and it was a definite hit. Thanks Grandma!!
Davey and Natalie loved to play with the water gun.
Kristen, the twins Josh and Brigham, and Davey. It sure looks like they are enjoying themselves.

I know this isn't necessarily playing on the waterslide. But, the other day Davey, Josh and Brigham decided to take a bath together. Thank goodness they are being modest!!!

Time with family...

During the summer we usually spend a lot of time with family who comes to visit.

Davey really likes to be just like everyone else. He also loves to help. One of his favorite things to do is help my mom water the flowers. I think he just likes to play with the water.Here is he is with my Grandma Tang. He just loves her and she loves him. He is always giving her hugs and following her around. This is outside of her house. She walks around outside every day for exercise and he was walking with her.
Here he is coloring with his cousin Natalie. She is pretty good with him and lets him do everything she does.

A goin' fishin'

Today Davey and I went fishing in North Ogden at the Cold Springs Trout Farm. We went there with my mom and my Aunt Jean, who is visiting from Oregon with her two girls Madeleine and Natalie (or as Davey calls her, "Matalie"). This is the trout farm that my Grandpa Tang liked to take the grandkids fishing before he passed away. Anyways, it is pretty simple. They have fishing poles there and we brought our own can of corn to use as bait. There are so many fish, if it takes you longer than five minutes to catch one something is going wrong. Anyways, Davey was super excited to try out fishing. When I first told him we were going to catch fish he clapped his hands together in a catching motion. I guess he thought we were going to just reach in a grab them.

He was okay holding the pole, but when he caught his first fish he did not like watching it wiggle all over. Natalie is not scared of the fish at all. She was showing him how to hold the fish in her hands and as you can see, he wanted to run away.

He figured his Ho Ho will protect him.

I was able to get him to slowly warm up to the idea of the fish. Here he was finally willing to at least stand next to me while I held the fish. I even convinced him to touch it with one finger.

Here he is taking a break with his cousin Madeleine.

On the last fish he was finally willing to hold the fish (well, sort of) and drop it into the bucket.

It was a great day and even though it was really hot we were able to bring several fish home for a tasty dinner. Yummmmm!!!

Fun filled Fourth...

The Fourth of July is always a fun time for us. Dave's family especially likes to do a lot of different things. The day before the fourth we had the girls I babysat this summer, the Justesens, along with some of the other neighborhood kids over to play on this waterslide Dave's mom bought for the grandkids. Needless to say our front yard looked like a carnival, but everyone had a blast.

Delaynie and Courtnee were being so silly. They both thought they needed to wear goggles for a while.

On the fourth itself Davey and I decided to go watch the parade in Hyrum with the Justesen girls. Dave's Grandpa Bob always drives several of his old cars in the parade, but I figured Davey is too little to appreciate riding in the un-air conditioned cars on such a hot day, so we decided to watch and collect candy ourselves.

Here is Davey and his good friend Delaynie waiting for the parade to start. He had no clue what a parade is. I told him he would get candy, so he was happy to come along.

He was so funny the entire parade. He had this expression on his face pretty much the whole time. I thought he might catch on to the, "run and grab as much candy as you can" idea when he saw Breanna and Courtnee doing it, but all he did is stand there and watch. I had to point out the pieces of candy on the ground right at his feet. Oh well, I guess there are worse qualities than not being greedy that my kid can have in life!

A new "do"

I have always loved Davey's hair. I like it a little longer and shaggy, mainly because it looks different from all the other little boys his age. However, it can get really messy looking, especially after his naptime. Some days, if I don't do anything with it, he looks like he has a chronic case of bedhead. We also have to blow dry it after his bath since it can take a long time to dry.

It has started getting really hot this summer and finally Dave told me I have to do something about Davey's hair. He sometimes wakes up from his naps and his head is soaking wet from the sweat. So we went to Great Clips and got a faux-hawk. Davey thinks it is fun, but he does sometimes get irritated when I want to put gel in it. I do have to admit that I like the look a lot. He looks so much more like Dave now, which is pretty cute. I think we will let it grow long again in the winter though!!!

The budding artist....

Davey has decided that he really loves to paint. Ever since Dave's Dad (aka Grandpa Bug) let him paint with him in his studio he wants to paint all the time. We took him to the Children's Art Yard at Summerfest two days in a row. Even still, every time we drive by the Tabernacle in Logan he points and yells "Davey paint at Tabernacle!!!" Sheesh, the kid has an excellent memory!!

Since he enjoyed himself so much painting at Summerfest I decided to take him to this place in SLC that lets him paint his own ceramics. He painted his very own dinosaur.

As you can see, he is very intent on his work.

Hogle Zoo-Part 2

So, since we bought a membership to the zoo, and because we love going there so much we decided to go back with Daddy. Everything is so much more fun when ever Daddy is there. Davey is still a little nervous around the elephant that sprays water and makes strange noises, but he was willing to have his picture taken as long as he got to sit on Daddy's shoulders!!

Here he is with his favorite white alligator. Or you could call it a crocodile. It just depends on the day

Davey and Daddy even got to ride the train together. So much fun!!