Thursday, September 17, 2009

What we have been up to since August...

I forgot to post this somehow in July so here it is now...Jacob and his Daddy got to go on their 1st father and son outing (a yearly camp-out that our church holds) and needless to say any one-on-one time with Daddy is a good time for Jacob...he had a blast!

In the tent











Hanging out with all the other little boys
















This August was the big Steele (Wade's maternal Grandparents) Family Reunion. It was in Salt Lake this year and we did a lot of fun things...We went to Cherry Hill, where I forgot to take any pictures...
We went fishing at a trout farm which Jacob smoked us all with the quickest and largest catch. Wade, on the other hand, had a harder time but in the end he was finally able to catch his very first fish ever!
















We also went to a rodeo...
















...played in the water at Liberty Park...

















...and swam at G&G Steele's swimming pool! We had so much fun seeing everyone and being with family!

















After things settled a bit, the kids and I headed off to Wheeler Farm.





















When the kids take a bath, Anna usually gets out first and she loves to get her toe and fingernails painted while Jacob plays in the water for a while...well for whatever reason he decided to forgo the playtime and went for the pedicure, so here is a picture of all of our painted and decaled toes.
















We also made our first trip to the Ogden Dinosaur Park...here are the kids digging for bones...














...and the big T-Rex...I was terrified of these when I was little so I was little nervous about my kids, but they thought it was the coolest part.















It was also Great Grandma Steele's Birthday so we had a little dinner party at Golden Corral

















Jacob had his first day of preschool on the 9th. The teacher says that he is already doing 100 times better than he did last year and that he has really gained some confidence in the classroom.



















Anna became a big 2-year old on the 14th of September...

















She loves butterflies and pink so when I saw these butterfly cupcakes on the internet I knew I had to make them, they actually weren't that hard, just a bit time consuming because of the different colors and because I had to keep re-melting the chocolate, but Anna loved them which was the goal.



















Opening the presents...sort of, Jacob insisted on helping A LOT!













Minnie Mouse Jammies...she loves Minnie.

















We also had a little party at Great G&G Steeles house...the crown is from the nursury at church, she has worn it every day since. If you ask her how old she is, she answers "4" because that's what Jacob says.
G&G were so nice they even bought Jacob a new book to feed his new Dinosaur obsession.

3 comments:

KIRI said...

so cute Amanda . . . I love the cupcakes!

Mandy said...

Looks like you guys have been having fun this summer! That's so funny that Jacob caught the first and biggest fish. We always want to take our kids fishing but never end up going. So nice that Jacob is liking Preschool too, sounds like he has come a long way! Those cupcakes really ARE impressive, you are such a superMom! Always fun to catch up with you :)

Suzie said...

How fun! Your kids are soo cute!