Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts

Monday, March 30, 2009

We did it!!

After 4+ years, we finally finished reading the Book of Mormon as a family!! So we asked the boys what they wanted to do to celebrate. Tyler wanted to go to Disneyland; Spencer voted for Baskin Robbins. We finally settled on bowling, but as you can see from the pictures, that didn't work out. Apparently there was a handicapped league tournament going on, so we got ice cream sundays and headed over to the airport museum instead. We'll try to go bowling another time, but we'll call first to make sure there's a lane open.Brennan kept saying "Wearr-wearr (airplane noise) up high!!"

We've gone there before, but it's been a few years and there's been lots of changes. Dallin is into action poses these days. He has to be moving when I take the picture, which doesn't always work out.
They even have a brand new facility for all their exhibits. I guess that's why it cost money this time. I seem to remember it was free before, but I could be wrong.

The boys love climbing in the helicopters and walking around all the planes. Here's another action pose from Dallin. Not sure what he was trying to do, but it was very deliberate. I don't remember being able to explore inside the tanks last time, and that was their favorite thing. They even found a "secret compartment" in one tank with all the machinery, but they were eventually told they had to get out because it was under construction.
Here's Brennan burning up in a tank. It was a beautiful day - around 80 degrees, but it was much hotter in the metal tanks. I kept thinking of those poor soldiers in the middle east during the summer!
Dave knows the director of the museum, who let Spencer shoot the machine gun. That was a huge hit! But it was really loud and freaked Brennan out.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Dates with dad

We've started something fun with our kids. Every Tuesday Dave takes one of them out on a date. There's not a whole lot to do in our town in the winter, but they enjoy going out to dinner or playing arcade games at the pizza place or going to the candy shop. Then sometimes they'll run an errand while they're out. I can't tell you how much the boys look forward to this! They love choosing what to do and spending special time with their dad. This week he took Tyler to A&W for burgers and a root beer float; then they picked up some things for me at Wal-Mart, looked at Play Station games and brought home salt water taffy to share. It's amazingly calm here at home with just 4 of us, and I always like to have a break from fixing dinner. We usually have leftovers or something really simple. It's been a good thing for everyone.