Enterprise trip

June 1, 2014 The kids and I picked up Alison and Elizabeth in Chubbuck on Sunday afternoon and drove to West Valley to spend the night with Alison's in-laws. It turned into a super late night since it took us 5 1/2 hours to get there! The kids didn't go to bed until 11. We drove the rest of the way to Enterprise to visit Heather, Blake, Nathan and Hannah Holt on Monday morning and the kids did better! We had so much fun together. We were able to all fit in one van which was so great! We played at a children's museum and splash pad in St. George on Tuesday and visited and toured the Holt farm with Uncle Blake on Wednesday where Emmitt learned how to drive 3 tractors and milk a cow! He wouldn't actually touch the udder, but Blake showed us how to do it! Thursday we went to some sand dunes to play. We ended up sitting in a more rocky area since it was shaded and the rest of the sand was already blazing hot and it was 10 in the morning! We went back to St. George for lunch at McDonald's and Heather, Alison and I got treats for ourselves while the kids all slept in the car. On Friday we hung around Enterprise. We went out to Blake's dads house where they've just made a splash pad. We played in the water and had a picnic lunch. We also got snow cones and the kids rode their bikes around Heather's house. It was such a great trip! We left Saturday morning and drove all the way home. It took us 10 hours which was an hour or more shorter than on the way down and the kids did really well! Here are some pics:

Emmitt and Bailey feeding horses!

    

 Nathan Holt and Emmitt Batt playing in the castle at the children's museum I in St. George.

    

Bailey Batt and Elizabeth Nielson playing on the knights bed at the children's museum.

Bailey, mom, and Emmitt at the Holt farm visiting the baby cows!

Emmitt hard at work mucking out a stall! He told us he wanted to be a farmer!

Emmitt was SO excited to go for a tractor ride!

And even more excited when Uncle Blake let him steer!

By the end of riding in/driving 3 different       tractors, he was exhausted and fell asleep on aunt Heather's lap! 

Playing in the sand dunes at the state park!

Hannah Holt, Emmitt Batt, Elizabeth Nielson, Nathan Holt, and Bailey Batt! They had such a great time together!  Can't you feel the love?

Bike time

May 30, 2014

We bought Emmitt his first big boy bike!  He rode his bike all over Walmart after we picked it out!  He loves it and his cars helmet. He's such a big boy!

 

Bailey had to have something new too, so we got her a princess helmet! She's such a big shot and loves doing everything brother is doing!

First camp out of the summer

May 23, 2014

We went up in the afternoon on Friday with the Workman's and found a camp spot at a campground in island park. We set up camp and then the Harlan's came up for the afternoon and evening. We took the four wheelers up to Big Springs and took turns going for rides. The kids loved it! We also looked at the fish and where the spring starts. Then we went back to camp and roasted hotdogs and marshmallows for s'mores and had a fun evening. Both kids slept through the night, which doesn't always happen at home! Here are some pics from the adventure!

Bailey loves getting dirty and really just loves everything about camping!

Emmitt, Dave and Riley Harlan going for a ride.

Addy Workman, Emma Harlan and Emmitt Batt looking over the edge trying to spot some rainbow trout! This made me so nervous even though the water was pretty shallow here!

Emma Harlan, Bailey Batt, Addy Workman and Emmitt Batt being cute little posers!

At camp roasting marshmallows- Riley, Noah, Kathrine, and Emma Harlan.

Kathrine and Jake Harlan, Mel and Addy Workman, Emmitt, Bailey and Dave Batt and Mitch Workman at our camp site!

 

In front of our tent (that we borrowed from Mike and Anne). Dave, Liz, Bailey and Emmitt Batt. Emmitt wouldn't stop sweeping out the tent to pose for the picture!

Webster's Dam

May 17, 2014 At 9:30am we headed to Webster's Dam with Mitch, Mel, Addy, and Brayden Workman and Jason, Dee Dee, Addy, Sydney, and Jackson Paul! It was quite the adventure! We pulled 2 four wheelers on Dave's dads trailer (one belonged to Mitch's brother). We had to do lots of walking with the kids since we had too many people to ride on the four wheelers and some of the paths were too steep for more than one rider, but it was worth it when we got the the bottom and had a picnic lunch in such a beautiful place! We had a great time with our friends and we all survived the hike even though we were a little or a lot sore! That evening we had a BBQ and then left Emmitt and Bailey with babysitters so we could go to Mitch and Mel's to play games! It was super fun!

My uncle Joey teaches me everything

Mommy: Emmitt, who taught you to stand on the swing like that? 

Emmitt: umm, Joey? 

Loving the backyard and mom's new phone!

I'm so excited to have a nicer, faster phone where I can actually take pictures to use in posts! Here are the kiddos enjoying being outside on a cool May evening!

We have a stander!

This morning when I went to get Bailey she was standing in her crib! Then later in the morning she pulled herself up to the little piano and even moved around the side to hold on to the toy kitchen. She's only 8 1/2 months! I totally can't remember when Emmitt started to stand, but I'm pretty proud of her! I think she's trying to keep up with her big brother!

Adventures to Idaho falls

Tiffani and i decided to pack all three kids into her Yukon and drive to Idaho falls to get our blood drawn this afternoon. We found out about a study being done at rocky mountain diabetes with another group that's checking for auto antibodies that are found in people with type one diabetes. The study is including anyone with a sibling, parent, child, cousin, aunt, uncle or grandparent with type one.  So i guess I'll find out in 4-6 weeks if i have the antibodies. Not a super fun reason to drive to Idaho falls, but its always fun to be with our friends! Emmitt and Jalee were playing with my little ponies. Jalee always brings Emmitt a specific pony each time they play together and he loves it! Bailey fell asleep on the way down and emmitt fell asleep in the car once we got down there and Jalee finally fell asleep for the ride home! Gotta love sleeping kids in the car!

Sleep glorious sleep!

Naptime and nighttime for this little gal have been rough the last little while. She only wants to sleep while being held. When we put her into her bed she wakes up and cries and cries. Today I let her cry in her bed for 30 minutes and she didn't calm down at all! So I got her out of bed and within a few minutes she was asleep. My mom suggested I lay her on the couch and then just stay by her so she didn't fall off. Not only did she let me lay her down, but she slept for 2 hours! It was the best nap she's taken in a long time!

Silly friends

On our walk yesterday we stopped by our friends the Mecham's. Emmitt LOVES their kids! He's always asking for Jase and Emma (who are 7 & 9). He also loves Hanna who is 4 & Olivia who is 1. They are all so good with him and he loves playing with them. Yesterday they decided it would be fun to sit in the back of their van. Oh and the drink? It had soda in it at first and was sitting on the front step and Emmitt had just helped himself, so Lindsey filled it with mio water instead and he was happy as a clam!

My little bug

Just had to post this picture too cause she's just too darn cute! I took some of emmitt by himself too, but he's started saying cheese and turning his face away from me! I do not know what that's about! silly little boy!

My little bugs

Story time theme at the library was bugs today and I think Bailey and Emmitt made pretty cute bugs! Emmitt loved listening to the stories and songs and coloring with markers. Bailey loved crawling on the floor, playing with the bead toys and playing with her friend Olivia. They were cute today trying to stand up while holding hands! Emmitt has been really into books and the other night we read with him for 45 minutes. Who knew a two and a half year old could focus that long! Bailey just wants to eat the books! I love my little bugs!

My Bailey boo

I can't believe that my sweet baby girl is already 8 months old! She is so fun and recently began to love playing on the floor with toys. She especially loves the play food from the kitchen and really anything she can chew on. Which in her mind means anything! Another thing she loves is her big brother, Emmitt! Sometimes he is the only person that can cheer her up when she's feeling crabby. He loves to tickle her and she just laughs and laughs. He sings the little song to her that I used to sing to him. It goes- I'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya, kiss ya, kiss ya, kiss ya- and then you kiss the person to the beat. Its so adorable when he sings it to Bailey cause she gets so excited and just laughs or smiles at him! She also loves to get his hair and hold his hand. My kids are seriously cute!