The Phoenix Zoo

We ended up staying home for fall break. My kids didn't have the time off school this year. The only thing we were able to fit in was a trip to the Phoenix Zoo. It had been a while since we had gone. The weather was not too hot. I think that Haley loved the petting zoo the most. Here are a few picture.

Haley had to hug every goat in the petting zoo.

The stingrays knew just when to dip down farther to avoid our hands. We were able to touch a few of them as they swam by.

Ping Pong Fun

We keep a ping pong table folded up on our back patio. Haley had been wanting to play with it since we really don't have a good place for it outside we usually bring it in to play. This time we put our kitchen table on the back patio and put the ping pong table in its place. We throw a table cloth over it for meal time. After dinner is over it is back to ping pong fun. I was able to handle it for about a week. It just got put back outside until someone else has the urge to play.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

This is way overdue. I just want to say happy birthday to my wonderful husband. His birthday was Oct. 17th. He is such a great husband and father. Thank you for all you do for us.

I've been Tagged:

Two names you go by:
1. MOM
2. LaDawn
Two things you are wearing right now:
1. Jeans (what a surprise)
2. a silver watch
Two things you ate today:
1. Bran muffin
2. mini chimis
Two things you did last night:
1. watched Project Runway (my favorite show)
2. made chicken noodle soup ( my family was amazed)
Two things you want very badly at this moment:
1. Yummy snack
2. Everyone to come to my spa party
Last two people you just spoke to:
1. Sterling
2. Haley
Two things you're doing tomorrow:
1. Playing with my new galvanic spa
2. Hopefully date night
Two longest car rides:
1. 18 day vacation back East
(flew to NY then drove around for 18 days)
2. Arizona to Utah
Two favorite beverages:
1. Diet Coke
2. Water
Now I Tag: Heidi H. Christina C. Shari B.

Dinner at the Newlyweds

Heidi and Brady invited us over for Sunday dinner. It was really good. She served Spaghetti with garlic bread. I brought the dessert. My Kentucky pie flopped but still tasted good. I don't understand how I could make a recipe 5 times perfect and then have if flop every time after that. Half of it is on the bottom of my oven now. So you know what I will be going tomorrow.

Their house is really cute. As you can see it is kind of plain now. They need to buy nails so they can hang some of her artwork. There is nothing like being newly wed and starting from scratch. It is so fun to watch them start their life together.

Dana Park Grand Opening

Dana Park had their grand opening last Friday and Saturday. I saw that they were going to have a snow field for the kids to play in. I thought that Haley would love to play in it so I took her. We waited in line for about 45 minutes so she could play for 10 minutes. She didn't seem to mind waiting in the heat. She looks forward to a snow trip every year. As you can see she had a fun time playing with Heidi. That night Loren needed some quiet time at home so he could get some work done. I took her back to Dana Park for the firework show. We met up with Whitney and Brent there.
Haley has learned from her sisters how to pose for pictures.

FHE at Bass Pro Shop

Last night Loren thought that we should do something fun for FHE. For quite a while we wanted to take the whole family to the Bass Pro Shop . So we decided to take them there. They were very impressed with all of the animals and the size of the place. Haley loved watching the fish in the stream. At first Haley wasn't sure about the bears but later decided that she wanted her picture taken with one. She loved driving the boats and ATVs. Afterwards we went to McDonalds and got icecream. We had a great time together. That night Haley and I fell asleep together watching Curious George. I woke up by Haley's scream and jump. She said that she was dreaming about the place we were at and about the soft bears. She rolled over and felt me and I was soft so she thought that I was a bear. She thought it was funny that she thought I was a bear.