The Hogle Zoo round 2

The Tesoro summer party was at the Hogle Zoo today. I was kind of nervous about going because last time Doran didn't have any fun. Well all that changed! They rented out the zoo for the evening so it was just Tesoro workers and their families so it seemed empty and it was awesome. Brock had fun cruisin around in the stroller! He was so good the whole time and I think he liked the train as much as Doran.
Probably the only animal Doran didn't say was "Eew caca!" was the giraffes. It was so funny, every single animal he would go EEWW! So even though he had way more fun this time it really had nothing to do with the animals!
Seth's brother in law works at Tesoro too so Doran's little cousins were there too. He had fun running around with Gavin! Can you see how empty the zoo was in this picture!
My uncle also works at Tesoro so my cousins were there too! This beauty is Madison and behind her are her handsome brothers Justin and Wesley.
And there is my aunt Lisa and uncle Winnie and Seth and Brock! Look how much fun Brock was having too!

So everyone who sees Doran and Gavin together always comment on how they look like twins. My uncle tonight even said, 'Wow, I have never seen identical cousins!' I think they look more alike then this picture even shows. It is pretty wierd!

We were supposed to have our own bird show but they cancelled it and got us an elephant show instead. It was cool but I think the bird show would have been better.
Here is our beautiful neice PresLeigh. We also had unlimited carousel rides which the little ones rode a few times! Doran and Gavin both wanted to do more!
Every time Doran came around he was smiling and laughing! He loved it!
And then there was the train, or the choo choo train as Doran kept saying! I think we rode it 5 times! This is what made the zoo the funnest for him. He really liked looking for water in the animals cages and he loved the park too, but nothing beat the train!
Then on the way out he had to play with the big water ball! It was fun dragging him away from it because he got wet real fast and got me wet too!
In the car on the way home he was singing a little song that went like this, 'Bye bye water. Choo Choo bye bye.' Maybe next year he will like some of the animals when we go to the zoo!

Boating

Today Grandma and PaPa K Took us boating on Deer Creek and it was so much fun! Doran was pretty nervous the whole time and didn't know what to think but everyone else loved it. PaPa K let Doran drive the boat and he thought that was so cool. We went in a circle though and I didn't know how much I liked that!
I loved seeing Doran and Brock in life jackets! It was pretty funny because both of their cheeks were pushed up really high like they were chipmunks.
Thank heavens for Jayce holding the boat in place at the dock! What would we have done without her?
Brock loved standing and staring at the water while we passed. It was fun to see him get so excited. Doran on the other hand was still pretty nervous.

World's hottest grandma! Doran was watching Seth and he fell and Doran started screaming 'NO NO NO Daddy!' He was so worried about him falling in the water.
Jayce was happy to be in the water and was swimming around like crazy. Doran whined the whole time. Seth said the water was pretty warm too.
Check out this sexy guy on the wake board!

Vacation!

My Dad, Coleen, Jake, and Sacky were all in town from Michigan the last two weeks and we have had a lot of fun with them! They bought Doran a Speed Racer track and he kept making Jake and Sacky play with him! We went up to Boise this week and stayed at Ry and Emily's house. We floated the Boise river on tubes and did a rope swing and it was very fun! I even did the rope swing and it was really scary! We stood on a plank that was nailed up in a tree and jumped from there and I thought I was going to die. The boys were all really good at it though.


Here we all are together before heading home. We ate at an interesting restaurant that was styled after a trailer. It was pretty funny.




During our trip to Idaho we ate at the Cheesecake Factory and Brooks had the biggest sandwich I have ever seen! I had to take a picture! Needless to say he didn't even eat half of it before he was full!
Now they all went back to Michigan and we already miss them!

2nd Birthday Party

Doran woke from his nap on Saturday and was so excited when he found a kitchen full of balloons! He kept gathering them all into one little area and then would jump on them as hard as he could! He was not one bit worried about getting hurt, he just went for it. We had his party at the park so we brought all the decorations over there and he brought a balloon down the slides with him for awhile.

He got lots of cool cars stuff which made him very happy! I decorated his cake with some new Speed Racer cars and he was not happy that they were so dirty.

Brock was very sad pretty much the whole party. It was nap time for him!

Here are the boys with Seth's parents and then Brock with my Dad and Coleen who were here from Michigan for the last 2 weeks! My Mom was really sick all week and she fainted during Doran's party, which is scary, but I wish I got a picture of the boys with her and Kevin too!

Four generations in this picture! I am standing by my Grandpa Cloward, the boys Great Grandpa!

After the party we came home and relaxed and Doran had a blast with all his new toys! It was a really fun day over all but I get stressed out pretty easy so I am so glad it is over!

Pictures

A few weeks ago we got pictures taken at Pretty Pictures in American Fork. I love her, she is so amazing and even made Doran smile during a very grumpy mood!

Please notice the AWESOME NEW YORK GIANTS jerseys! How cool of a wife am I?


I can't decide if I like the teacup picture better in color or sepia, but I do love them both! He is such a stud.

To add to my dorkiness...

I finished Breaking Dawn Sunday afternoon and I loved it!!! I will not be holding any bonfires I guess, which could have been fun, but this better!!!

Breaking Dawn

Who would have thought that being a geek could be so fun! Last night Jen, Gay Gay, Sarah, Samantha, and me waited in line for Breaking Dawn at Barnes and Noble and it was so fun. The news paper this morning said the Orem Barnes and Noble had the most copies reserved then any other location nation wide for Breaking Dawn or Harry Potter 7! How cool is that?! And we were there in all our geekiness!

Please notice all of our cool Edward Cullen shirts!
Here we are at 12:30 with our books! Poor Gay Gay was so tired she didn't even know her books front from back!
You can't tell in this picture but there were SO MANY people there! The line went around the west side of the building...

And all the way down the plaza to the Outback Steakhouse! I could not believe there were that many dorks, I mean fans! We are not dorks we are FANS! (who are in love with Edward Cullen who happens to be fictional!)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DORAN!!!

Today our little Doran turned two! Tomorrow we are having a party for him and hopefully this year he will have fun and actually eat his cake! He has been having a lot of fun telling everyone he is two! If you ask him how old he is (and if his mood is permitting) then he will say TWO all high pitched and adorable!