4th of July!

We kept things pretty mellow this year, but still had fun! We decided to skip the Grand Parade in Provo, since it has been sooo crowded and we haven't gotten to actually see much in the past couple years. So, we just headed down to the Fourth of July Extravaganza at Aunt Terry's.


What goes on at the Extravaganza? Food! Here is Erin enjoying some concessions, nachos without the cheese. I love the look on her face!

Here's Pyro Tyson, our firemaster, lighting some fireworks for the kids.

Trying to see the parachute that went into the neighbor's back yard.

Trying to sheild the match from the wind, it didn't work too well...

Fish pond!

Grandma E's neighbors have decided to have turkeys in their yard, Erin had a blast chasing them around. It was hilarious!

Annie helping Erin with poppers.

Ammon and Erin helping Tyson set up.

This year was a much better show, since they had newly legal fireworks, they are way cooler. Erin was half afraid, or she thought they were too bright to look at or something; she would cover her eyes and look down, then clap and say yay when they were done. It was really funny! Well, see ya next year!

Family Pictures, June 2011

I've been trying to post these for a while now, and blogger wasn't cooperating. They're here now! I think they turned out pretty cute, despite Erin being a little pill and not cooperating at all. Maybe her next pictures will be better. These were taken by Camille Garrison, check out her website on my link to the right!

Here is me, 30 weeks preggo.

Tracy Aviary

Yesterday we went to the Tracy Aviary. I was picturing just a marshy path that you have to look really hard for birds. I was wrong! It was way fun and the birds were right in your face! Erin loves to chase birds and then she says "flew away" and is sad. It's pretty fun to watch. She had a blast at the aviary, although she was a little sleepy. It was finally warm enough for her cute new summer clothes! Yay!! Don't worry, she has plenty of sunblock on.

She stuck her finger through this fence to touch this bird, and- surprise! It bit her. She was a little reluctant the rest of the time because of that. I should have known it would do that. My bad.

She still had lots of fun watching them! Fuzzy, but cute.

She wanted to get closer to the flamingoes.

Then we had a blast feeding the Sun Conures. We held peices of apples and they flew right onto our hands. It was way fun. Erin didn't want to actually touch them, but she loved looking at them so close. I really loved doing this, I could do it every day! Weee!

So, if you're looking for a fun day, go to the aviary!

After Provo we went to Bountiful to Grandma Ericksen's house. We had a hunt for real eggs there. I think Erin had more fun on this one. She loves her cousin "Ammy".

All in all, we had a lot of fun this Easter! Thanks everyone who made it that way!!

When we finally got Erin in the car we went down to Provo for the Big Hunt. I thought Erin would be more into it this year, now that she knows what candy is. She did okay, but not super excited.

She really liked the bubbles, she got a lot more in her mouth than the air, though. She thought it was pretty tasty.

Here she is tearing up all the grape hiacinths. Don't worry, they are monters and will always come back even stronger.

After her Easter basket and breakfast, we got her dressed in her cute dress Aunt Ashlee got her. It was much cuter on her than the hanger, of course. What clothes could not be cute on this little girl?



She decided instead of getting in the car she wanted to take a walk in her new dress. I chased her around the block trying to get a front picture of her, but she's too fast for me! These are the best I could capture!

She looks so cute in pigtails, and she actually let me put them in with a minimum of struggle, but as soon as we were in the car she pulled them out. Sigh. So these are the only cute "antennae" pictures you get, hope you enjoyed them!

Happy Easter!

The Easter Bunny came to our house! Erin was excited! She loved all the stuff in her basket. Easter eggs filled with "Littlest Pet Shop" animals, books, stuffed animals, bubbles, chalk, and of course candy!

She knew the foil wrapped bunny was "chock" and wanted to eat it immediately, but we told her she had to have a muffin first. Here is her stash waiting for after breakfast. Ha ha!

Coloring Eggs

We let Erin color eggs this year! I thought she was still a little young, but she did well. It was quite fun. She wanted to dip them over and over again, and in the same cup, which didn't work so well, but she had a lot of fun.

Forget the dipper, just use your hands...

She liked putting them on the dryer, too.

Napkin?


Ah, look at these beauties!

More Easter fun to come!

Camera!

Erin likes to get her pictures taken sometimes. She finds the camera on the desk and gives it to me and says "cheese". The results are often very funny!

Too bad her face is so dirty in these pictures, they are really cute!

Erin's 2nd Birthday, Part 3

For Part 3, we went with my family to the aquarium. Erin loves to see the fishies. I didn't get many pictures there, cuz it's dark, but she had fun. Here she is looking at a frog in the luxurious "Wetlands of Utah" exibit. It's not too exciting, but she liked the frogs and the boat.

She is finally getting the idea about blowing out the candles! She did it all by herself!! So cute! Later she wanted to clap and say "I did it" when she blew out the scented candle I was burning. Funny!

G-ma gave her this awesome trampoline toy, she looooves it! It's a good way to burn off extra two-year-old energy. Bonus, she got to "help" dad put it together, her favorite activity. It was a pretty low-key birthday this year, but they can't all be huge deals, right? Thanks everyone for making it fun!