WARNING: This is another long post. I'm going to try to be less wordy, but there are still lots of pictures. When Brian's family comes down to visit us, they only get to come for Friday and Saturday, so we pack a lot of fun into the short time that we have. 
They got here at about midnight Thursday, so everyone just went to sleep. But the next morning, Friday June 3rd, the fun frenzy began. Grandma Bowles started bustin' open the packs of party poppers for the boys. Then there was a few moments of calm catching up time before moving on to the next activity.
We walked down to Snow Park to play before lunch. Dexy was laughing his head off and loving every minute of Uncle Ben letting him "kick" him from the swing.
Ollie took his cool dude self one of the few shady spots to dig in the sand. Angela went over to play with him and helped him build a sand birthday cake, which Angela told us he even took a bite of when they were done.
Dexy flying with his Daddy!
It has been a really long time since I climbed a tree, so I decided to climb this one and ended up with lots of company. It was so nice and cool up in the leafy branches! I like Ollie's askew sunglasses. This quickly became one of my new favorite pictures.
Then we went home for a quick chicken salad sandwhich lunch before we ditched nap time and headed off for more fun at Sand Hallow Aquatic Center where the family summer pass that we purchased is already proving itself very worth the mere $100 we paid for it. Since we first went there, all Oliver could talk about was bringing Angela (or Grandma or Uncle Ben, etc.) to the blue water slide, so we knew we had to take them there. The water slide was, as always, a huge hit!
But when somebody either pottied or had a diaper leak in the kids area of the pool, that whole section including the water slide got closed down temporarily for cleaning. We got banished to the much colder lap pool, but it was still fun. The water slide opened again in enough time for us to take a couple more trips before it was time to go. After the pool, we piled into the Bowles saburben and the first thing Ollie did was say, "we should get some ice cream!" Of course, grandparents can't resist so we stopped off at Menchie's for the best fro yo around! Then dinner and a beside himself naplessly super tired Dexy before I got the boys in bed and the babysitter here and went to meet everyone else out at Tuachan for The Little Mermaid. It is an amazingly visual play! Loved the effects and the colors! Their desire to see this play was the catalyst for their trip down here. It was very fun!
The next morning, Saturday June 4th, Brian's dad took Ben and Brian golfing bright and early and the boys were back at it with the poppers. They love them and Grandma Bowles always buys several bags of party poppers for them. It's become their special Grandma Bowles tradition. It makes them very happy!
This time they were really enjoying throwing fistfuls of poppers at one time.
When the men got back, it was back into the surburban for another adventure. This time we were on our way to the sand dunes in the Snow Canyon State Park. Dexy chilled on Angela as nap time was drawing near, while....
....Oliver tried to eat the wind that was rushing in through the open window in front of him.
The sand was so HOT! We had a great time running and jumping off of the dune.
Brian could jump really far...
...but in the end, Ben won the jumping competition by a mere inch or so.
Then Amanda volunteered herself to be buried. The sand was much cooler underneath, so she was actually the lucky one.
We got her buried good!
Dexy who was already tired, refused to get down in the sand at all. He snuggled with Grandpa while the rest of us played. In fact, if Grandpa tried to set him down, he'd pull his legs up and refuse to be set down. The rest of us had a grand old time digging, jumping, rolling, and running in the super soft sand!
When we got back, I put Dexy down for a quick late nap and everyone else zonked out, too! I made Brian's cake and we all got cleaned up. There was lots of sand in our clothes! After about an hour of Dexy napping, we woke him up (poor kid who gets so tired during our intense fun packed weekend) and went to Chuck A Rama for an early dinner. It was yummy and we stuffed ourselves so much that nobody wanted any of Brian's birthday cake when we got back.
His birthday was actually on Sunday, but we sang to him on Saturday since his family was here to join in. He pulled a classic Brian and smashed his face into his cake as soon as the song ended. Good thing I made two cakes. Since we were all so full, we just had the second one for his actually b-day the following day.
Ollie was found it so incredulously funny and tried to wipe the cake off Brian's face! And then the party was over. They loaded up the suburban and we said our good-byes and they headed back up to the land of the cold, poor unfortunate souls. The boys went out to watch them leave and chased them down the sidewalk as the drove away. When Ollie couldn't keep up with their car anymore, he stopped and sadly said, "OH! They're gone!" What fun!
They got here at about midnight Thursday, so everyone just went to sleep. But the next morning, Friday June 3rd, the fun frenzy began. Grandma Bowles started bustin' open the packs of party poppers for the boys. Then there was a few moments of calm catching up time before moving on to the next activity. 
We walked down to Snow Park to play before lunch. Dexy was laughing his head off and loving every minute of Uncle Ben letting him "kick" him from the swing.
Ollie took his cool dude self one of the few shady spots to dig in the sand. Angela went over to play with him and helped him build a sand birthday cake, which Angela told us he even took a bite of when they were done.
Dexy flying with his Daddy! 
It has been a really long time since I climbed a tree, so I decided to climb this one and ended up with lots of company. It was so nice and cool up in the leafy branches! I like Ollie's askew sunglasses. This quickly became one of my new favorite pictures.
Then we went home for a quick chicken salad sandwhich lunch before we ditched nap time and headed off for more fun at Sand Hallow Aquatic Center where the family summer pass that we purchased is already proving itself very worth the mere $100 we paid for it. Since we first went there, all Oliver could talk about was bringing Angela (or Grandma or Uncle Ben, etc.) to the blue water slide, so we knew we had to take them there. The water slide was, as always, a huge hit!
But when somebody either pottied or had a diaper leak in the kids area of the pool, that whole section including the water slide got closed down temporarily for cleaning. We got banished to the much colder lap pool, but it was still fun. The water slide opened again in enough time for us to take a couple more trips before it was time to go. After the pool, we piled into the Bowles saburben and the first thing Ollie did was say, "we should get some ice cream!" Of course, grandparents can't resist so we stopped off at Menchie's for the best fro yo around! Then dinner and a beside himself naplessly super tired Dexy before I got the boys in bed and the babysitter here and went to meet everyone else out at Tuachan for The Little Mermaid. It is an amazingly visual play! Loved the effects and the colors! Their desire to see this play was the catalyst for their trip down here. It was very fun!
The next morning, Saturday June 4th, Brian's dad took Ben and Brian golfing bright and early and the boys were back at it with the poppers. They love them and Grandma Bowles always buys several bags of party poppers for them. It's become their special Grandma Bowles tradition. It makes them very happy!
This time they were really enjoying throwing fistfuls of poppers at one time. 
When the men got back, it was back into the surburban for another adventure. This time we were on our way to the sand dunes in the Snow Canyon State Park. Dexy chilled on Angela as nap time was drawing near, while....
....Oliver tried to eat the wind that was rushing in through the open window in front of him.
The sand was so HOT! We had a great time running and jumping off of the dune.
Brian could jump really far...
...but in the end, Ben won the jumping competition by a mere inch or so.
Then Amanda volunteered herself to be buried. The sand was much cooler underneath, so she was actually the lucky one. 
We got her buried good!
Dexy who was already tired, refused to get down in the sand at all. He snuggled with Grandpa while the rest of us played. In fact, if Grandpa tried to set him down, he'd pull his legs up and refuse to be set down. The rest of us had a grand old time digging, jumping, rolling, and running in the super soft sand!
When we got back, I put Dexy down for a quick late nap and everyone else zonked out, too! I made Brian's cake and we all got cleaned up. There was lots of sand in our clothes! After about an hour of Dexy napping, we woke him up (poor kid who gets so tired during our intense fun packed weekend) and went to Chuck A Rama for an early dinner. It was yummy and we stuffed ourselves so much that nobody wanted any of Brian's birthday cake when we got back. 
His birthday was actually on Sunday, but we sang to him on Saturday since his family was here to join in. He pulled a classic Brian and smashed his face into his cake as soon as the song ended. Good thing I made two cakes. Since we were all so full, we just had the second one for his actually b-day the following day. 
Ollie was found it so incredulously funny and tried to wipe the cake off Brian's face! And then the party was over. They loaded up the suburban and we said our good-byes and they headed back up to the land of the cold, poor unfortunate souls. The boys went out to watch them leave and chased them down the sidewalk as the drove away. When Ollie couldn't keep up with their car anymore, he stopped and sadly said, "OH! They're gone!" What fun!
2 comments:
Ok let's see. There is park, pool, frozen yogurt, sand dunes, cake, adn tuachan! Holy fun weekend, now I am super jealous!
I was actually wanting to see Little Mermaid for our anniversary but we splurged on our bedding stuff instead. Maybe we'll still have to go before the season ends. The sand dunes look way fun. Glad you had a good weekend.
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