American West Heritage Center

We thought it might be fun to take the kids out to the American West Heritage Center for their corn maze and other activities. Some of the Halloween masks, decorations, and creepy sounds scare Davey, so I did some research and decided that the activities here looked pretty kid friendly.

Here are Davey and Jacquie outside of the corn maze. They actually did pretty well in it. We went at night and parts of it were pretty dark, but they didn't seem scared. They did get a little tired though. Davey had to ride on Dave's shoulder through the last third of the maze.

There was a "witch" telling stories, and of course these two loved that!!
Stay tuned for more Halloween fun!!

Fire Station

Davey's Grandpa used to be a fireman. Now he is a consultant and goes all over the country to teach classes to firemen. Well, lucky for us he was in Provo last week teaching, so one night we met up with him at the fire station and he arranged for a Davey to take a tour of the place. Of course the neatest thing there for a three year old boy to see is the fire trucks! The firemen let him sit inside and they even turned on lights. It was almost 9pm though, so we decided it would be best not to turn on the siren or honk the horn though. We definitely had a good time.

Field trip to the Big Red Barn

Davey went on his first pre-school field trip yesterday. We went to the Big Red Barn in Santaquin. I volunteered to help chaperone. The Big Red Barn is at a huge farm with fruit orchards and pumpkin patches. The also gave us some yummy doughnuts and took us for a ride on a wagon pulled by a tractor.


Davey always loves posing in cut outs like these. He knows exactly what to do.
Here he is in the pumpkin patch. It was kind of fun to run out an find a pumpkin. We always have gone to the grocery store. Either that or Gerald Knights house in Nibley.
He absolutely loves going to pre-school and playing with all of his friends. I honestly don't think I have met a more social kid.
He loved riding behind the tractor. It was definitely fun and bumpy.
Here is the final choice. The man at the farm told him that he could wash the dirt off the pumpkin while he was taking a bath. I tried to convince Davey that we should wash it in the sink, but he is pretty insistent that we should do it in the tub. We shall see.

At the golf course...

Okay, so anyone who knows us, knows that our family loves to golf. Davey has always played around the yard with toy clubs, but we hadn't taken him to the golf course itself. Last Friday evening we decided to head out on one of the last tee times and see how he did. We talked to him about trying to be quiet and following directions. He did okay at first, but whispering for 2-3 hours is pretty tough for a 3 year old!!!

His favorite thing was actually riding in the cart. I think it is the whole idea of riding in a moving vehicle while unrestrained.
It was actually kind of nice to be out on a nice fall evening, just the three of us...
Dave is trying to get him to focus and actually putt the ball.
Every time the ball goes in the hole he jumps up and down and cheers for himself. Then he looks at me and says, "Mommy, take a picture!!"

First day of Pre-school.

We weren't going to put Davey in pre-school until next year. He is so young, he barely turned 3 on August 31st, so I thought maybe he could stand to wait one more year. But, then we moved, and I realized that since we don't really know many people down here, I need to get him into a situation so he could socialize. The wife of one of Dave's co-workers runs a pre-school in Spanish Fork called Creative Care. I took Davey there one day before school started to check things out and I practically had to drag him out of there.

Here he is at our front door right before we left on the first day. I don't know why he looks like this, he is usually pretty excited to do anything. I think he might have been mad at me for rushing him so we could be on time.

Davey loves wearing his backpack and showing it off. Even if it is totally empty he always remembers to take it with him.

Here he is sitting on the bench outside after I picked him up on the first day. He was a lot happier than earlier in the morning.

Happy Birthday Davey!!

Davey turned 3 on August 31st. Of course we went up to Cache Valley to celebrate with family and friends. Being Labor Day weekend most of our friends were out of town, but a few were able to stop by. We kept things pretty low key and played on the giant water slide and broke open a pinata. Anyways, I can't believe he has gotten to be such a big boy!! Where did my baby go?

Davey, Delaynie Justesen, and Jacquie at the top of the slide. I think they were debating who was going to first.

Davey and Jacquie playing with the party favors. These two can be trouble!

Davey loves his cousin Joie. He is always asking to hold her or pulling faces and showing off to make her laugh.

And of course everyone loves Uncle Matt.....

Whoa....I'm back!!!

Can you say, SLACKER? That is what I have been when it comes to this blog. I has been two months since I have written. I have even missed Davey's birthday. I must be a horrible mother!! Oh well, I guess I will have to try and catch up. I will start with a few random pics that really don't deserve an entry of their own.

We have been trying to make the most of our season pass to Hogle Zoo. Here we are with my Mom in front the bears.

Here they are on the carousel. Ever since he saw Kung Fu Panda, Davey loves Pandas!

Davey has been working hard on going potty for the last month. He finally earned this Thomas the Tank Engine Water Tower set from Grandma. As you can see both he and Jacquie are pretty excited about it.

The Ringling Brothers circus was in town this last weekend and of course we had to go. Davey said his favorite things were the tigers and elephants. We had a great time.

Last night we went to the Mascot Bowl at Lehi High School. It was basically a charity fundraiser with all the mascots from UofU, BYU, Weber State, UVU, the Jazz Bear, Orem Owlz, even Denver Broncos and Phoenix Suns. Of course our favorite was Big Blue. We may live in Utah County now, but we know which team wears True Blue.