Sophie Talking

She really does talk....
I know you don't here her much but, here she is!!!

My Dill~

I have never met a child that lives more in the moment than Dylan. He is always thinking, making up new inventions, how to improve things, and creating new companies. I would love to have his motivation and energy! Some examples: JW and I were looking under the hood of the van and no sooner here comes Dill with his Big-O-Tire shirt and hat (thanks to Jackie who works there) his tire gauge and clipboard with a drawing of the van and what things he was going to check for us. Then the other day we had a man come and give us a bid for a fence and here comes Dylan with his clipboard, tape measure, and calculator ready to help the guy out. The man started to chuckle and said, "I better watch out he might take my job". Everyday I have to go to his bank, post office, or Paperworks City and every time I have to fill out these forms that he has made with my name, "money number", items that I want to buy, and I always have to sign it. The other day I had to FED-EX something and I grabbed a couple of extra mailing slips, he was so excited. We got home and Sophie's buggie was now his FED-EX truck and I had to fill out the slip and I had to ship something. We had to make a special trip to the "real" bank the other day (small town, it's down the street) to get more deposit slips because he was out. He is also building a road outside. He has used PVC pipe, and landscaping pipe that he has put underneath the dirt for water and gas lines. He uses little orange cones to direct the other kids off of his road until it is finished. He is too much and the imagination is endless, and I love it!!! And that was just this week!! I never know what he is going to come up with next. I heart Dylan!!!
~here is a photo of the Big-O-Tire checklist.~

Fourth full of Fun~

We had a fun weekend this past fourth of July. We went to see Ice Age 3, with my backpack full of popcorn and licorice, (not honest I know!) we enjoyed it a lot. We all laughed hard. Then our neighborhood got together for fireworks and goodies. It made me think of my old neighborhood growing up. We used to all bring our fireworks and sit on the corner of our lawn and watch fireworks. Good times! It was much of the same with my neighborhood, we had sparklers, glow sticks, fountains, cupcakes, cookies and Gatorade! It's fun to let the kids run and enjoy each others company.

Then we headed to the pool. The Payson Pool is the big deal around here. It is the "big" water park that is close by. It has two water slides, a lazy river, and a fun playground with a bucket that dumps on you. Needless to say it is a fun place. We had a great day, the kids had a blast, and I could stay at a pool for days.
The following pictures are how we all felt after this fun weekend....

Choo Choo~

I knew I forgot something to share about our last camping trip. The kids were VERY tired so we decided to take a drive through Tremonton and I kept seeing signs for the Golden Spike National site. So I said to JW let's go check that out. It was raining but the kids were asleep in no time and it was a very pretty drive out in the country. We got there and it happened to be free that day (score) and Dylan popped right up when he saw the steam train. We braved the rain and cold (I didn't even bring the kids a jacket) It turned out to be a very exciting and educational place. The kids loved it. The steam train was super cool and very beautiful. We even watched the museums movie about the history of the East meets West and I remember looking at the kids and they were totally into the movie. Which was quite shocking!