Utah--Children's Garden

On Tuesday, July 15th, we went to the Thanksgiving point Children's garden. My mom rode along with us and we met up with my sister and her kids and Kari and Kya. I've been to this place once before but no one else had ever been, so I thought it would be fun to take the kids there. They had a great time. They have this huge Noah's Ark that's surrounded by a foot of water and the kids were all just running around and splashing in it. There were also a few little water fountains. Logan had fun playing with these. They would shoot up water and he'd crawl over and try to get it. It was pretty cute!

After playing on Noah's Ark, we went for walk through the children's garden. It's filled with lots of fun stuff. They have a bear cave and a miniature lighthouse. There are a couple of ponds with Lilly pads. There is also a Caterpillar (made out of metal, too hot for the kids to climb on) and everything is surrounded by gorgeous flowers. It was all very pretty! They even have some pretty awesome waterfalls. We were on our way to see them when a worker stopped us and informed us that we had to pay to see them. We paid to get into the children's garden, but I guess it doesn't cover all of the gardens. Which I thought was a little ridiculous. So we had to make our way back to our cars and we sort of made a little detour by the waterfalls. The kids thought they were really cool.

To end the fun day, we stopped at the deli there and got some ice cream for the kids. It was only 25 cents for a kid cone. I was pretty excited. Something cheap!

I had to post these pictures of my cute nephew Tred. He just turned 2!

No More Monsters

While we were at my mom's house in utah, I found Dax asleep with this toy gun. At first he had a couple of trucks in bed with him and then I went upstairs for a little while and came back to find him asleep with the gun. It was so funny I had to take a picture. When he woke up the next morning my mom asked him why he fell asleep with the gun and he said that he wanted something to sleep with. A stuffed animal seems a little bit more comfortable to me but I guess he felt safer with the gun. Maybe to scare away the monsters? Who knows.

Utah--Dressing Up!

My mom has this huge collection of dress up stuff at her house. So the kids go crazy when they are there. They have so much fun dressing up in different outfits. My mom has stuff from when I was little. She kept a lot of our old Halloween costumes. I think Daxon's all time favorite is Kermit the Frog and Afton's seemed to be Jasmine while we were there.

The beautiful princess Afton and me the scary witch.

Daxon the brave Knight!

Logan casting a spell on all of us.

Grandma D and Afton

Utah--Trampoline Fun.

Surprise, Surprise. More Utah stuff! One of the nights we were there the kids wanted to have a sleepover at my mom's house. Well, I guess I shouldn't say sleepover since we were already staying there. They wanted to sleep on the trampoline. My mom actually suggested that they sleep on the tramp with her and they were so excited. They got their sleeping bags and pillows ready and headed to the trampoline with Grandma D. Dax couldn't decide if he wanted to sleep there or not. So I had to go sleep by him for a few minutes and then I went back inside and like an hour or two later he woke up just crying and wouldn't stop, so my dad brought him back inside and he finished his sleepover in his nice comfy bed.

We started the night off with a short walk around the neighbor hood with my parents. Dax wasn't in the picture because he was trying to stay ahead of the pack. He kept running too far ahead. I had to chase him down a couple of times. Misty knows what I'm talking about.

Dax when he was enjoying the sleepover on the trampoline.

Afton had lots of fun. Her and my mom were counting shooting stars.

Picking Blackberries

For Family Home Evening the other week (7/21), we went and picked some blackberries. There's a family in our ward that has a bunch of blackberry bushes on their property and said that anyone was welcome to pick some. So I thought it would be a fun FHE. Well.....I may have been a little wrong. Those darn bushes have very sharp thorns. I thought we came prepared in long sleeves and gloves, but we still managed to get poked by thorns. I think we picked a total of like 20 berries and then jason said he was done. He was the one picking most of the berries. I wouldn't let the kids get close to those painful bushes. But they did have fun watching the goats. One of their goats head was stuck in the fence so we had to free it and when we did the kids were so happy! That was their favorite part of the whole night.

Utah--Cousin fun!

Just some pictures from our utah trip. Afton and Dax had such a great time hanging out with their cousins. When they all get together it's so crazy and wild. They just all get super excited and then make one another hyper. It's great!

Abby, Emma, Afton and Dax




A big cousin hug and then they all fell on the floor.


Emma and Dax singing in the car.

Logan turns one!

I still can't believe that my baby is one. It's so crazy. I swear I was just coming home from the hospital after giving birth to him like yesterday. It really does feel like that. Time just goes by way too fast. I hate that! Well, yesterday for Logan's birthday, we loaded up the family and went to good ol' Chuck-e-cheese. I didn't really want to do a big birthday party so we thought it would be funner to take the kids there. Afton and Dax were asking to go there and we had a bunch of tokens left over from the last time we were there. So it worked out perfectly. Misty met us there with Dylen and Max and the kids just had lots of fun playing the games and riding on the big Monster truck. The skee ball game was the best. It was hilarious to see these little kids try to roll the ball up the thing into the holes. Dax just started throwing the ball overhand. And Afton got a little wild with her throws too. There were balls flying everywhere. It was making me a little nervous. But I think their favorite part was adding up the tickets and picking out a toy.

Driving the big Monster truck.

Dylen and Dax playing some air hockey

Riding the roller coaster. They did this one a few times.

After chuck-e-cheese, we headed over to the Daley's for a b-day BBQ and swimming. Jason grilled up some yummy tri-tip and then the kids and I went swimming. Afton and Dax did such a great job in the pool. Afton was swimming around like crazy without her life jacket. And Dax got into the "big"pool, he calls the jacuzzi the little pool or I should say "ittle pool" in Dax language. He had on his life vest but he was swimming around by himself. I was pretty proud of both of them.

Misty, Dylen and Afton having fun in the pool

Logan pointing to their dog Taz. He loves any kind of animal.


After swimming we all headed inside for cake and ice cream. I made a BTS cake again for Logan's birthday, but people actually ate this one. I think we ate like 3/4 of it. Everyone sang happy birthday to Logan and then he gobbled up his piece of cake. Seriously he ate that thing so fast. After cake he got to open presents, well he watched his brother and sister open his presents for him. He got some really great stuff. Some cute shirts, a fun puzzle, a very popular crocodile xylophone, and a super cute tie that Misty made for him. He actually wore it and kept it on. I had him wear it to church today and everyone kept commenting on it. Thanks Misty!

I also wanted to post his pre-birthday pictures from utah. I decided to do a little family b-day party for him while we were with our families. We just had it at my mom's house and everyone came over for some cake and ice cream. Again he got some more great stuff. Thanks everyone!

Utah--Sleepover at Aunt Bri's

My sister-in-law, Brianne, decided that she wanted to have her nieces over for a sleepover. So on July 10th Afton went over for a fun princess party. Abby and Emma went too and Bri's little sister Madison was there too. Afton was so excited! Anything to do with princesses and sleepovers and she's in heaven. Bri's so great. First of all, she volunteered to do the sleepover and she made us dinner and then put together a cute little treasure hunt for the girls. They got a bunch of cute princess things on their hunt. So cute and so much fun! Thanks Bri! Afton had a blast!

My cute little nephew, Bridger Jace.


All the cute princesses wearing the treasures they found on their hunt. Dax was feeling a little left out so Madison let him wear her shoes. What a sweetheart!

Utah--Swimming at AF pool

On the 10th of July, me and the kids met up with my fabulous friend Brook and her three kids and walked over to the pool. She lives right across the street from the pool. How lucky is she!? The kids had a great time and were really excited to play with their friends. Afton just couldn't get enough of Morgan. She talked about her all day long. And Dax and Annie had fun hanging out in the shallow end of the pool. They both are a little nervous in the deeper stuff, so they stuck around the shallow end by Logan and Will. But they did venture to the little kid slide and had fun going down that. And just to let you all know this was the day that Logan took his first steps. We were sitting on the towels having a snack and he just took off. I think he took like 5 steps. I guess he really wanted that cracker. That kid will do anything for food.

Logan was having lots of fun. But he kept trying to go into the deep water.

Afton and Morgan having fun swimming with their goggles on.

Cute little Will going down the slide

Afton going down the slide. The kids loved this little slide.

Logan taking his first steps. It's not the best picture but really the only good one I had. I love how his shorts look like pants on him. He's got that famous Daley gene--short, short legs.

Grandkid Pictures in Utah

So I've decided that trying to take pictures of kids is way too difficult. While we were in Utah my mom wanted to get some pics of her grandkids....all 7 of them! yes, it was very very difficult. My friend Brook took them for us at a cute little park. We had them in cute matching clothes and I was so excited to get some good pics. yeah, right! Brook got some really cute ones of them inidividually, but the whole group pictures didn't work so well. It was so funny! Dax and Tred were the worst. When one was cooperating the other one wouldn't. They kept switching off. The girls were great, but the those two boys were being so difficult. Oh well, the pics will always remind me of this joyous day.

The fun group pictures!


The cute girls. They really were so good for the pics.


The crazy boys. Look at Dax. He was doing that the whole time. At least Logan was having fun. And we're missing a boy in this picture, Bridger, my cute little nephew. He's in the group photos.

Taking a Break for a Milestone

Ok so I'm a little Utahed out, so I'm going to take a quick break. But don't worry I still have lots more pics to post from our Utah trip. I'm sure you are all super excited. Well, we have some really big news to share.....Logan is walking! Yay Logan! He actually took his first few steps in Utah and after that would only really take a step here or a step there. Like 3-5 steps at the most, but now I think he's officially walking as of Tuesday. He just started taking more steps and took off. He'll walk down the hallway or across the room. He's still a little wobbly sometimes and will fall to his bottom, but he's definitely walking. And I'm so excited! I know when they usually start walking it seems like it's more of a hassle, but I think it's the same as crawling. He's just on two feet now and still gets into everything. He's definitely been the child that gets into everything. He's always opening cupboards and pulling stuff out and smashing his fingers trying to get into a drawer. His favorite thing to do right now is get into my diaper bag and pull everything out. I think he knows that is where I keep some snacks. And he loves to bang the blinds on our back door. So I have to pull them up and then he just gets his little dirty fingerprints all over the glass. The joys of having a baby! He's so much fun and so full of life right now and I can't believe he's going to be a year on Saturday. It's so crazy!

Utah--Thanksgiving point

On Monday (7/7), we went to Thanksgiving point to see the farm animals. They have a big red barn there with a bunch of different farm animals and the kids had a great time. They especially loved the horses and being able to ride on them. Again this was another thing that we'd never done before so it was lots of fun.
The kids weighing themselves to see what animal they matched. I think it was a couple of goats.

Afton and Kya in front of the biting donkey. Don't worry he didn't bite them.

Dax and Dylen feeding the horses.

Checking out the bunnies. The kids thought it was so funny because there was a bunny named Rex just like their grandpa.

Kristina, Afton and Dylen. They all look so sad to be locked up in jail.

Afton on her horse. She really liked riding it and did a great job all by herself.

Dax riding "Chief". He really enjoyed it too. I thought he'd be more scared of them, but he had a great time and wanted to keep riding him.