Cornbelly's

Last Friday we took the kids to Cornbelly's. Mindy and Michael came with us and we had a blast. Well I did, I hope they did too. Collin thought it was the greatest thing ever!

We will definetly be going back next year.

Collin and Grant on the slide.
Don't ask me what Grant is doing?


Mindy and Micheal doing their funny faces as usual. It's impossible to get a serious picture of them.

The balloon man made Collin a sword. I thought Grant was going to die when the guy asked him what color he wanted and Collin said purple.

Micheal's car broke down so he gets around town in a little tractor these days.

Farmer Grant and his wife Collin.

Grant looked a little funny on the train from behind. I think he may have been a little too big.

We only got about half way through the monster when Collin started crying he was scared. We had to detour out the emergency exit. The entire way home he kept saying, "that monster weally scared me. I don't like that monster".

Macie had fun until she got cold.

Grant and Collin on the tractor train ride.

Collin loved the duck races.

Collin got chosen out of many kids to race a pig. His pig won so he got a pig nose to wear.

Collin loved the pumkin princess only because she gave him candy.

Riding the little bikes.

I'm not exactly sure what this is...a dragon or dinosaur??

Collin and Michael in the big rocking chair.

Collin's It!

1. Collin loves the movie "Hairspray" and asks to watch it on a regular basis.

2. Collin loves to sing and will walk around the house singing "She's in love with the boy", "Strawberry Wine", and Eighteen wheeler...roll on". (This is thanks to Nicki who made me CD's with all these songs.)

3. Collin is an extremely picky eater. He doesn't like most foods that children usually like but loves shrimp scampi and crab legs.

4. Collin's favorite movie is "Cars" and he can recite most of the lines from it.

5. Collin is a major blanky boy and he HAS to have his it to go to sleep. No other blanket will do because his has fuzzies that he has to hold on to while he sucks him thumb. There are only two fuzzies that he likes and he knows exactly which two they are. He will search his entire blanket over until he finds one of them. It is hilarious to watch, I know, it's a little strange.

Collin tags Kody, Brynlie, Forbes, Reddek, and Jovie

Picture Day

I finally got around to taking Collin to get his birthday pictures. Of course I had to get Macie's done too because she already looks so different from her last ones. I think they turned out pretty cute considering it's nearly impossible to get either of them to hold still for 2 seconds.

Picture Tag

This is a strange and random picture but the 4th folder on my computer was our girls trip to Vegas last summer. The 4th picture was this one of the roller coaster at New York New York. I had to take a picture of it to show Grant how big of a roller coaster I actually went on (he thinks I am a wimp, which I am). This is sort of a boring one...sorry.

Nicki tagged me with this one where you find your 9th folder and 22nd picture. It's a little more fun. This is Macie at about 2 months old. I can't believe how much she has already changed.

Half Naked Pirate

So I debated on posting this picture because I think blogs are supposed to be G-rated and this clearly isn't, but it was just too funny not to...and hey, he's three. So I come upstairs from doing laundry the other night and Collin is glued to the TV wearing his pirate hat, holding his gun, and half naked. He looked so hilarious that I had to take his picture. Lately after he goes potty he refuses to put his pants on wants to run around naked. I guess he had just gone potty and Grant was so into the movie that he had not even noticed.

Chadder's

So my sisters and I will find any excuse we can to get together. Well last night I was bored because Grant was working late so I decided that my sisters and I should meet for dinner in American Fork (that is about half way for all of us). We decided to try out Chadder's and see how it compares to In-N-Out. It was pretty good and we had a great time. It is so fun that we are only about an hour away from each other and that the three of us can get together any ol' time (our poor dear husbands). Now if only Nicki were a little closer.

Collin and Matty enjoying some delicious food.

Me and kim trying to hide the food in our mounths.

Bynda LOVED the fries!

Collin was super wound up...Thanks Uncle Matt!

Mindy and Michael being funny.

Nobody would give Macie anything to eat so she had to eat her shirt.

Mindy and Michael pose for a picture to be put on Chadder's billboard sign.

Cute Binners!

Hogle Zoo

For Collin's birthday Grant took the day off so that we could do something as a family. Collin chose to go to lunch at Olive Garden and then go to the zoo. We had a really fun day together.

Grant and Collin on the train ride.

Collin got to pet a snake. He wasn't afraid at all.

Collin posing for a picture on the tigers.

There was a new baby monkey there, it was so cute and fun to watch.

Collin loved the Giraffes!

Diesel

Grant has been bugging me for the last few years about getting a dog. I am not an animal person and would rather not have one more thing to clean up after. I knew that if Grant got a dog I would end up feeding it and taking care of it. Well our bishop's dog had lab puppies and he convinced Grant to get one. He basically just brought it home one night and said we were keeping it. He is a pretty good little dog and very cute but I am still not too thrilled. Collin loves him though and it gives him someone to play with so that part is good.

Our new little puppy Diesel.

Happy Birthday Collin!

Collin turned 3 on September 23rd. I can't believe that my little boy who was just born yesterday is already 3. Anyway, he really wanted a John Deere birthday (he is obsessed with tractors) so I attempted to make a cake. It turned out better than I thought. I should probably become a professional cake decorator.

The birthday boy with his cake. Isn't he so big?
I have no idea where the pictures of him blowing out candles and opening
presents are. They must be on my sisters camera.

Tractor Ride

Last weekend we got to go to my sister's Nicki's house for the weekend. We had a great time hanging out (well the kids and I did, Grant was working the whole time) and Collin's dream came true of getting to ride on the John Deere.

Collin thought this was the coolest thing ever.
Notice the fabulous attire he is wearing, hey on the ranch anything goes.

Uncle Mark even let him drive.

Potty Trained...FINALLY!

So I am a little behind on blogging because Collin has been potty trained for about a month now. We have been working on it forever and I thought he would never get it. However, after some serious bribing ( I don't care what anyone says or how horrible of a parent it makes me... it works) we finally made it.

Grant decided to try bribing Collin with a 4-wheeler...it worked!!