Hollywood Connection

The biggest 4 riding the dragon roller coaster.

I'm stepping back in time a little.  I just got the pictures off our little camera and noticed there were pictures on their from our trip to Hollywood Connection back in May.  I thought I'd do a quick blog about it, even if it is a little out of order.  So, May brought the end of school and it also brought the end of school party.  The school that my kids home school with was doing a field trip to Hollywood Connections for their end of school bash.  It was free with free pizza so I figured, why not.  The kids had a lot of fun going on all the rides, playing in the arcade and eating pizza in the diner.  Some of the highlights were the balloon ride that goes up high and spins (if you want it too,) the dragon roller coaster was the biggest hit for the oldest 4 who were the only ones big enough to ride it, the bumper cars, and the Merry-Go-Round.  The kids really want to go back, but I think we'll have to see if the school does it next year. All in all, it was a great way to bring on summer.

Gracie and Dan on the balloons.

Adam loving going round and round on the balloon ride.

Hannah and Gracie ready to try the balloons without mom.

Adam and Dan riding the bus in the arcade.

Sarah and Ben on the Merry-Go-Round

The little boys loved the Merry-Go-Round.

Gracie loved the pig the most. Silly girl.

Hannah all proper on her horse.  She's getting so big.

The Burn Clinic

We had to wait the entire weekend before we could get Adam into the burn clinic.  It was not at all fun for us or for poor little Adam, but I'm glad his burn wasn't bad enough that he had to be seen right away.  We did end up taking him to UofU hospital to get his bandages changed on Sunday.  The little stinker wouldn't keep his bandage on and we had run out of the wrapping stuff that the hospital gave us the night he got burned.  The bandage the hospital put on him lasted until we could get to the burn clinic first thing Monday morning.

After taking the skin off of some of Adam's burns.

Kenny took the morning off of work to be with us at the burn clinic.  It was a quick trip and we learned that, even though it looked really bad to us, his burn could have been a lot worse.  The doctors took the dead skin off from around the burns, bandaged him up with a much less bulky bandage and sent us on our way.  We didn't even have to return for a follow up.  Needless to say, we were feeling very blessed.  The doctors told us they'd never seen a kids step in a fire pit of hot coals and have such little damage.  It's been a few months and his foot is as good as new.  If you look close you can see the scars, but those should go away with time.  The scar on his arm is still there, but it too shouldn't last forever.  We were very blessed and are so grateful that someone was looking out for Adam that night.

Finally Lost That Tooth

Hannah has been waiting and waiting and finally on the morning of June 25th she lost her first tooth.  So far she's the oldest of the kids to lose a tooth and she was getting so impatient as she waited.  I was making breakfast when she came running in to tell me the great news.  We had to stop and take a picture to always remember her special day.  Congratulations Hannah.  One down, many more to go.

Smiling without a tooth.

Hannah's toothless smile and her missing tooth.  She's one happy girl.

Cake for Dan

Because of Adam's foot and the long Saturday that we had, we weren't able to have Dan's birthday cake until the following day.  He didn't seem to mind and it worked out nice for me (considering I had to make the cake.)  I went with a Buzz Lightyear cake because Dan is really into Buzz and Woody right now.  He has some little Buzz and Woody guys that go pretty much everywhere he goes.  It turned out pretty good and he was really excited about it.  Happy Birthday little man!!!

Dan putting 3 candles on his cake.

Blowing out his candles.

You know when your part of the family because of how you eat your cake.

He has the greatest smile.  You don't see it all that often, but when you do it's totally worth it.

Adam say cheese.

Ben's gotten big enough he mostly eats with a fork now.  What's happening to my kids?

Gracie, Sarah and Dan.  Crazy kids.

Hannah eats her cake both ways.  Here she's eating it with a fork.

The kids enjoying their cake.

Dan Turns 3

Dan with all of his presents.

After our trip to the zoo we came home with enough time to open presents and have pizza.  Dan was very excited to open his presents.  It's always fun when the kids start to remember what birthdays are and look forward to them.  I can't believe he's 3.  Time sure has gone by quick. 

Opening his animals at the zoo.

Dan got some animals at the zoo, 2 dinosaurs, some knight guys, a water toy that sadly didn't work very well, and a Mater remote controlled car from Grandma and Grandpa Newbry. He was very happy and all of his toys have gotten a lot of use (all but the lame water toy.)  Those are the best kind of birthdays.

Dinosaurs for the little man.

Dan and Adam playing with Dan's toys.

A yummy pizza dinner for the birthday boy.