Summer Bucket List: Farmers Market and Tin Foil Dinners

Since everyone kept informing us how drastically our lives were going to change once Cole arrived we decided to make a fun list of things to do before we hibernated for a while :). 

One thing on our list was to get some yummy fresh fruit at a farmers market.  Apparently we chose the wrong Farmers market...it ended up being more like a craft fair.  There was not a single stand with fruit, only one stand with some wilted lettuce and kale.  We did get some killer gourmet lemonade though...and Trey rode on a pony.  Trey was terrified of it so Dale had to ride on it with him.  So funny!  Dale looked like a giant on that tiny pony :).

 

Later that night we headed up the canyon to make some tin foil dinners and of course have s'mores.  I was so disappointed with Trey's first s'mores experience last year...he wouldn't even touch it.  Being a whole year older and wiser definitely made a difference...he gobbled down his dessert and may or may not have chased it down with a half a bag of marshmallows.  At least he ate his dinner first :).  

Dale also took Trey on his first real hike while I held down the fort back at camp.  Being almost 9 months prego made a good excuse to sit back in my chair and relax :)

 

Summer Bucket List: Water fun and Movie nights

Dale was being super spontaneous one night and stopped at the dollar store to pick up some squirt guns for a water fight.  Trey fell in love with squirt guns.  All he wanted to do all week after that was to squirt me :).

We took Trey to the Drive-In to see "How to Train Your Dragon 2". But they were sold out by the time we got there so we ended up seeing some random Tom Cruise alien movie.  Let's be honest...Trey didn't care what we saw.  He was just in it for the treats :).  We are no longer young bucks (I am turning 30 in a few weeks ;)) so the thought of staying for the double feature was not appealing at all.  Instead we went home and went go bed :).

Feeding the Ducks

Trey loves animals...when he's not afraid of them.  We took him to feed the ducks though and he thought it was the greatest adventure in the world.  They were far enough away that he felt safe, and what little kid doesn't enjoy throwing things?

Mommy & Daddy 2 over Par...Trey 57 over :)

We took Trey miniature golfing for the first time and I laughed until my stomach hurt.  He loved it but couldn't get the concept of only hitting the ball with the club.  He kept trying up pick up his ball and move it.  Dale is convinced it's his job as a father to teach Trey to properly hold the club and hit the ball.  I finally had to initiate a "1 time helping" rule for each hole or we never would've made it out of there.  We only had to let one couple go ahead of us because we were slow.  That's what happens when it takes your 2 year old  over 57 puts to make the ball in the hole :).

Mother's Day

My cutie and I on Mother's Day :).  I absolutely love being a mom! 

Jazz Fans

Back in the day my family were HUGE Jazz fans.  Of course that was back when they had awesome players like Stockton and Malone.  I remember watching the playoffs as a family and cheering our hearts out.  We watched for years.  Then I left home and I only watched the occasional game with my sister, who was a huge fan.  In fact, I once dated this guy who was a fanatic, and she fed me Jazz information to make me look educated, ha :).  Now that I'm married I haven't watched a game in years.  Dale and I aren't exactly sports fanatics...though we did watch the Super Bowl this year- the first time in our entire married life :).  But when our brother in law offered us free tickets to the Jazz game a couple of weeks ago we were so excited!  We'd been talking about going to see a game.  There's something about actually being there live :).  They were pretty awesome tickets too- top of the lower bowl.  Trey didn't really know what to think.  He liked cheering and clapping, but that got old after awhile so he entertained himself by playing in the empty seats next to us and helping eat our triple decker ice cream cones.  What a tough life for a 2 year old :).  The Jazz lost, but it was a fun game!  

Big Boy Stuff

Trey has officially been sleeping in a big boy bed for 2 weeks.  Someone gave us some awesome advice when we were thinking about moving him awhile back.  They said, "If he's not climbing out of his crib leave him in for as long as you can!"  We did just that...the kiddo will be 3 in two months.  We were actually planning on getting him a bed for his 3rd birthday, but then a lady in our ward asked us if we wanted one they were getting rid of.  It couldn't have been better timing!  The first three nights we laid in bed with him while he fell asleep.  Then we just stopped, and he was fine.  He did wake up crying twice in the middle of the night...the first time I found him laying in a heap in the middle of his bedroom floor.  I think he got out of bed and it was too dark and scary for him, so he didn't know what to do.  The 2nd time Dale found him squished between his bed and the crib.  When I made his bed I forgot to move the crib back (we are keeping it up for Baby Cole) so Trey fell between and got crunched.  Poor kid.  He's been doing great for the last week though!  It's still weird having him come wake me up when he gets up (He used to just yell, "Mommy, where are you!?" and then I'd go get him).  The first few times it freaked me out.  He's super quiet about it until he gets right by my head.  Then he says, "Mommy!  I awake!"  Or something like that.  It's crazy to think that he's not my little baby anymore.  He's sure growing up fast!