Snowbird

So....my mom calls me on Tuesday and says, "what are you doing on friday?" It just so happens that I wasn't doing anything so I said "nothing, why?" She asks me if Aiden and I would like to for a hike? Well, yeah, that sounds like fun. What do you have in mind, mom? She then proceeds to tell me that she wants to take the Tram to the top of Snowbird and hike back down. Ummmm.....hmmmm.....let me think about this one. Just me and mom that sounds do-able. With a two year old....I am not so sure. I agree to it anyway. She really wants to go (and smell the roses) and says that if he is cranky we will just take the tram back down. So we meet up, take the drive up the canyon to Snowbird, buy our tram tickets and take the nine minute ride up snowbird mountain. By now, you are all thinking that we should have gotten back on the tram and taken the ride back down the mountain, but alas, we did not. We started to descend at about 11:15 am. Aiden started out walking and grandma gave him some dried fruit to eat on the way down, trying to keep him occupied. Now, you wouldn't think much of this except that everytime Aiden ate a piece of the fruit he had to sit down to do it. Great! We will make it down the mountain just in time for dinner. We finally make it down a couple of switchbacks and decided to stop to eat some lunch. On we went, tried a couple of things. Make shifting a hammock for Aiden to sit in (where at one point he catapulted him out of it and face first into the dirt) carrying him on the hip and finally on top of our shoulders- which ended up working the best. Half way down there was a thunder storm and some rain, which is exactly where you want to be when that comes around. I told my mom to tell me if my hair starts to stand up and whatever we do, do not stand under a tree. We took a wrong turn twice, maybe three times but finally made it down the mountain. By the time we got down the mountain and back to the lodge I felt like I was going to just kill over. My toes hurt, I have a huge blister, and every muscle in my body aches....BUT....I loved it. I loved spending the time with my mom and with Aiden.

Marshmallow

While visiting Granpa Ellis and Grandma Cindi, Aiden got to roast marshmallows and try out the smore's. As you can see, he really enjoyed it. He was reluctant with the fire at first but got use to it eventually. He also found that the dogs enjoyed the marshmallows too and loved sneaking a few to them. Thanks bud for being so generous!

Aqua Baby

The Aquatic Center in Clearfield is absolutely amazing for kids. It's like a playground in water and Aiden loved it. We were only there for about an hour but he had a blast and wasn't afraid to try anything.

Jackson Hole

Grand Tetons


Canoe-ing on Jackson Lake

Hotel we stayed at. The historic Wort Hotel

Me and Jess hiking at Jenny Lake

For my birthday, Jesse took me on a surprise trip. I had no idea where we were going until we actually drove part of the way there and he finally told me. Jackson Hole was amazing, aside from all the other tourists. It was like Disneyland only Mickey Mouse was not there to greet us. We spent three days there and did some hiking around the Grand Tetons. We also rented a canoe and paddled out on one of the lakes. It was relaxing and we caught up on some movies and ate some really good food too.

Aiden's 2nd Birthday

I made this cake- isn't it awesome? I love it.

I don't have too many pictures for this because my camera was doing weird things. I ended loosing all the pictures that I had and was pretty upset about it. All those pictures gone. I did get some from Barb so I hope you enjoy. Aiden is now two. His birthday party was a blast! Just family and close friends but Aiden loved it.

Hogle Zoo

Aiden in the turtle shell. I think this was his favorite part.
He didn't want to leave.


Grandma and Aiden.



Watching the Elephants

Watching the Tiger.

More Turtle shell

Riding the carousel

Aiden and Mom

Train ride.

We took advantage of the sunshine yesterday and hauled Aiden to the Zoo. When I say we, I actually mean me and my mom. She was watching him during the week and we met up at the zoo. Aiden had a blast but got a little cranky towards the end. I think he was just tired because I put him in the car to go home and he was asleep before we even left the parking lot. It was pretty cute.

This Old House

If some of you are wondering what I have been up to lately, well, this is it. I have spent countless hours weeding, raking, and planting all Spring long. I know a lot of people are hating this rainy weather but it is just an excuse for me to actually rest- ha! In all seriousness though, it has been an up hill climb and I feel so good that it is almost finished. We still need to finish putting down the rest of the wood chips.