Park City and BUGZ

Grandma Valene and Grandpa Bob rented a cabin (a big one!) in Park City for the weekend, so we got to spend lots of time with family lately.Marina, with her cousins Jane and Carter, were playing Walk the Dogs, but decided it would be more fun to just play with the little dogs.
The adults played more than a little Rock Band, so Marina and Kyle decided to get in on a little of that action.
All the girls enjoyed the princess dress up - there were a lot of costume changes throughout the day.
This is when Carter, Marina, and Jane decided that it would be fun to throw things from the balcony into the hot tub below - with their Aunt Karlene and her boyfriend, Jesse, in it!


We all visited the Olympic park at Park City, and toured the ski jumps and bobsled tracks.
All the cousins got into one of the bobsleds for a photo, and there was about one split second before there was crying involved. Here is that quick moment: Marina (left), Alice, Carter, Jane, Lincoln, Kyle, and Ella (with Grandpa and Steve helping out).
Playing on the skeleton sleds.
We all decided to go to Wheeler Farm, and the kids had a blast - here are Kyle and Marina checking out the baby goats.
The Pauls on a wagon ride around the farm.
Marina and her daddy on a smaller wagon.
Lincoln, Jane, Marina and Alice playing in the treehouse. I actually remember that treehouse from field trips when I was a kid. I think my whole class crammed into that treehouse.
The kids were so cute, I was snapping photos for most of the trip. It was difficult to get all the kids in one photo (we did not learn from the bobsled). Between the two photos, you can see most of the kids.
There were 20 of us in the cabin, and the kids had a blast (we did too)






Lincoln had his second grade musical, BUGZ last week. He was an army ant. Here are parts of the program. The flashlight song is called "Fireflies."







Here is the proud army ant.
This is Lincoln's best friend AJ.

This is Lincoln with his second grade teacher - Ms. Jenson.

A Trip and a Field Trip

We got to go spend the weekend with the Pauls in northern Utah last week. We all had a great time! With Ryan's dad and sister, we visited a couple of museums in Park City. First, was the Park City Museum. Lincoln, Marina, Will, and Ryan posed for this photo there. The kids got backpacks and helmets, just like the first miners in Park City (almost).
We learned how miners would have to go down amazingly long elevators, how some underground transportation happened, and had a great time!
Next, was the Alf Engen Ski Museum at the Olympic Park. The kids tried out the sled, just to see what it was like.The kids were really good in the car - they really rode in style!

While we were driving, we asked the kids what they would wish for if they had a wish. Marina said she would want a fairy costume and an Easter party. Then she said she wanted to be a mom with two kids, named rainbow and unicorn. Nice. Lincoln's wish was that we stop endangering animals. Very nice.

Lincoln got to go on a a fishing trip with his grandpa, aunt Melissa, and cousin Will. He had fun but his favorite part was when the boat went fast. I don't think you can catch many fish that way. They didn't catch any.

We had so much fun - thanks for a fun weekend!

We let the kids watch movies to go to bed on weekends, on trips, and other exceptions. Marina has caught on to the idea of exceptions, and she asks for one almost every day. Only she asks for an "exsheption." It's so cute the way that she says it, it's hard to say no!

Lincoln had a field trip last week too. He got to go to the Shakespearean Festival's Bard's Birthday Bash. He got to celebrate Shakespeare's birthday by having cake with queen Elizabeth (the first, he emphasizes), doing a maypole, having a tug of war (and winning), and learning about swords and stage combat. He even got to see some other second graders do a 10 minute version of Twelfth Night. We was so excited about that field trip, he got up at 6 a.m. that day!