Fathers & Sons - Girls night out

Michael (Andrew's brother) invited him and Lucas to go with them to a Fathers and Sons camp out.

Michael has an awesome job at Lofty Peaks where they do guided ATV & snowmobile tours and rentals

He brought up one of the Razors to play around with, so the 4 boys headed up a little early so they could have some fun time before the camp out began.

Of course Lucas loved everything about it. 

"Sleep in a TENT!"

"camp fire.. marshmallows!"

"RAZOR... go really FAST!"

Lucas slept on one of the rides, so to keep his head from bouncing around Andrew got creative and put his goggles from his head all the way behind the seat... Hey, it worked!

The boys had a blast! Lucas talked about it for ever..

Thanks Michael for taking them!!

While the boys were camping, Kennedy and I had some way fun one-on-one girls time.

I took her to go see a movie, which she was giddy about because I don't think she had been in a movie theater since she was a few months old.

She picked the place for dinner, and then we came home and made homemade ice cream, and before her second bite, she was passed out asleep in my bed with me :)

I loved every second of it.

We started off by heading to Cherry Hill with one of Kennedy's favorite cousins, Lilly.

Then the two of us headed to dinner... at Dylan's... a first for both off us.

 Then we walked down the street and went into our movie.

The next morning we woke up and headed down to Orem to go do Grandma's hair.

Kennedy and Grandma had fun, they got matching pink toenails, and she showed her how to crochet.

(My sweet mother in law broke her foot while helping Grandma Great clean her windows. So she has been off her feet for a while now.. It's so sweet to hear Kennedy and Lucas pray for her :)

Then off to visit Aunt Tiffany at the mall... 

As you might guess this was probably the highlight.

Aunt Tiffany gave her a make over.

Thanks Aunt Tiffany!

 In Kennedy's eyes, Aunt Tiffany has the best job ever!

Then we went and roamed the mall a bit before heading home.

It was a way fun weekend for all of us!

Date Night

Andrew and I have always wanted to take our kids on dates.

Teach them manners, how to treat the opposite sex, show them how they should be treated, etc.  But most of all, just get some one-on-one bonding time, talking to them and making sure they know they're extra special to us.

Andrew called Kennedy and asked her out on their first date last week.

She was giddy, ALL DAY! 

I kept asking her, and she would say, " Daddy's taking me on a date, Lucas not coming, just me!"

He took her out to Paces, they got corn dogs and rainbows

(a first experience for both of them).

She was so excited when I asked her about her rainbow, she yelled "IT WAS PURPLE!!!!"

They came home bringing flowers. So cute. She was thrilled; she picked them out... all by herself!

Melted my heart.

 

  She can't stop talking about them, every time she sees them on the counter she tells me one of these statements:

 "Daddy loves me, that's why he gave me flowers on our date!"

"Flowers go at the temple too!"

"Morange and pink, and yellow and blue, but my favorite is pink and purple!"

"My flowers are pretty and yours are BIG!"

:)

While Kennedy and Andrew were out on their date,

Lucas and I had some good fun at home.

It was so interesting to watch him.

I was trying to get him to finger paint, but all he wanted to so was take the lids off,

and put them back on.

  Then he got obsessed with stacking them..

  Then after a bit more of trying he started to finger paint... his legs... not the paper..  :)

 It's so fun to observe your children. Sad to say sometimes it takes forced time to stop and take a look at them in new eyes. But I learned a lot of new things about Lucas. It was a new experience to play with him at home, with out Kennedy.

We hope we can continue these dates forever!