This Is Us

Before Melissa (with her mom and aunt) took the kids to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point, they went to the dinosaur park in Ogden. Maren and her kids came with. It was a lot of fun. We walked around, and Lorena sat at a table with Ryan because she was to tired to walk around but wanted to be with us, and that kept Ryan in the shade. The above picture Melissa took right as they got there. All the kids ran over to this grassy area to see a dinosaur, and I ran on the other side. We didn't line them up like that, they did that themselves. Once we got done walking around, we got some hamburgers and nuggets from the concession place they had their and went over to the Park and ate. In case you haven't been their, they have a park connected to the Dinosaur Park, with Dino slides, swings, and all sorts of fun stuff. We found a nice table in the shade and enjoyed a nice lunch. After the kids were done eating we started feeding the sea gulls. They were pretty crazy... when ...

A little while ago we took the kids to the drive in. We've never been and thought it would be fun. It was only $15.00 to get in and watch 2 movies ($7.00 for us adults, $1.00 for Brichette, and Xander was free), plus we could bring our own food and drinks. We first tried sitting in the back of the Durango with all of our pillows and blankets which worked out okay, but then we decided to ask Nick's parents if we could borrow their truck. That was so much better, we filled the back with our 5 body pillows, regular pillows, tons of blankets, and had lots of room for us to snuggle in (it was nice and soft). It was also a lot cooler, since we weren't surrounded by car and the air could move around us. We all enjoyed it so much (and so much cheaper) that we haven't been to the regular movie theaters since. Here are a couple pictures (none of us in the back of the Durango, the pictures were to dark):

We are still here. It's been a crazy-busy last couple of weeks, between dance, school, choir, and everything else. Thanks for being patient with us!

Nicolas is building a cover over Melissa's parent's back patio. It starts by the back door and goes around the west side of the house. He is so amazing... he can just pull these ideas out of his head, have no problems building it, and they are wonderful! It's wonderful to have a husband that can fix and build anything. :) Anyway, Brichette decided that she wanted to go up on the roof with him. I was very worried and told her to stay away from the edges. Then Xander wanted to get up there (of course), which made me worry even more because I didn't want them up there playing and messing around. So they had to sit down and not move very much. Melissa's mom got up there as well, to help watch them and to have fun for herself (right mom?). Here are some more pictures: The clouds and sunset were pretty cool so I took some pictures of those: