Jack's Birthday Date

This Jack-Jack of ours is the definition of fun.  He turns six years old tomorrow.  Dave and I took him on his birthday date earlier in the week.

 

He wanted to go to Wal-mart to pick out his present  He chose a dart gun and since it was so cheap we told him he could choose something else, too.  He ended up with a Spiderman and motorcycle combo. 

He wanted to eat dinner at Farr's Fresh.  Since they only serve ice-cream we all ate dinner at home first and had the ice cream after picking out his present. 

This guy melts his grandma's heart with those big brown eyes. 

His parents gave him a bike "with a kickstand" (the kickstand was very important to him).  Holly made him the most delicious pancakes for his breakfast in bed the morning of his birthday.

 

 A few days later he had a party with his friends.  What a happy birthday boy!

Nana's 93rd

My Nana fell and broke her hip about a month ago.  She is now staying at a care center, getting physical therapy every day.  We had a birthday party for her the other night - her 93rd to be exact.

Logan and James were able to get a rare smile out of her.

Most of her posterity were able to come. 

Happy Birthday, Nana.  We love you! 

"Roo had a birthday, shout hooray."

Wow, my youngest child is now 22 years old.  What an amazing man he has turned out to be, too!

 

Dave and I drove up to Logan to take him and Megs to lunch.  He chose sushi. (I was glad because it's my favorite, too)

 

 The kids found our costume boxes.  Introducing: Harry Potter, Professor McGonagal, Spidee and an army guy.

I couldn't resist getting a picture of the early morning sky after my run the other morning.  This photo really doesn't do it justice.  The eastern horizon was glowing. 

A blue ribbon evening at the State Fair.

 

 Suggestion if you want to go to the Utah State Fair:  Go on Monday night, which is Family Night.  The entrance fee is two-for-the-price-of-one for adults and kids are free. 

Dave, Alex and I met my mom, dad, Carrie, Scott, Leah and Maria at the fair that night.

 

This ginormous thing is a pig, believe it or not.  Looks more like a hippo to me.  The little piglets were adorable, though.

At the exit of the cattle exhibit they handed out recipes for beef.  Sad. 

Gotta love goats!  They were milking some of them. 

I'm glad we had Maria and Leah to rep kids.  A fair is always more fun when children come along with you.

And the blue ribbon goes to:  the all-you-can-eat ice cream tent.  I felt kind of sorry for the octogenarians they had scooping the thousands of scoops.  One poor lady was shaking as she dug into that hard-as-a-rock cherry chocolate chip ice cream she dished out to me. 

We always check out the butter cow as we exit the fairgrounds.  I have always wondered what they do with all that butter after the fair is over.  Maybe the hippo-pig eats it?

Peach Days 2013

It is always a treat to go to Brigham City Peach Days.

 

 

Dave is a funnel cake junkie.

 Idle Isle has the most amazing chocolates ever!

We ate a scrumptious dutch oven dinner and I bought a Peruvian purse with a llama on it.  It was a successful evening. Yay for Brigham City!  Yay for Peach Days!