Would You Rather...

...Wear your food or eat it?

Personally, I'd rather wear it.  It's much more fun!

Provo Beach Resort

It seems like we have had a lot of fun places to go check out lately, which has been great!  This time we went to investigate the new Provo Beach Resort.  Kaylee is already an amateur surfer, we're just waiting for the right time to take her pro:

 Apparently, they are expecting to do REALLY well because everything was state-of-the-art and very expensive!  They have an indoor wave pool where you can surf, a ropes course, a golf stimulator, a bowling alley, an arcade, a mini croquet course, a carousel, a stage, a pinewood derby course, and two playgrounds for kids.  Kaylee was fascinated by the people who were doing the ropes course and probably could have watched them for hours. 

It's pretty cool because it's on the 2nd level but there is no floor underneath the actual course, so you can see it when you are on the 1st or 2nd level (does that make sense?).  She was probably trying to figure out how they were "flying" in the air!  I loved walking around and just seeing all the fun stuff they have.  Hopefully one day we'll actually be able to try some of it!

Guinea Pig Love

We finally took Kaylee to Petsmart to see the animals.  Whenever I thought about going, we couldn't and whenever we were bored and wanted something to do, it never crossed my mind.  But I was excited to see how she would react.  I wanted to see how Kaylee would feel about the big dogs but I was disappointed because they didn't have any dogs at all!  She didn't really react to the birds, fish, or cats and I thought maybe she was just a little too young to get the whole animals things.

 But that was before she laid eyes on the guinea pigs.  She got SO excited when they started running around and squealed and jabbered constantly to them.  It was SO ADORABLE to watch her! I guess we know what animal we'll get if we ever have a pet!

Mac and Cheese

If Kaylee could eat Macaroni and Cheese for every meal for the rest of her life, I think she would die a happy girl.  She gets SO excited when she sees it and can hardly get it in her mouth because she just grabs handful after handful, trying to get it all at once.  I will definitely be keeping Kraft in business for a while.  You're welcome Kraft execs- feel free to send a thank you check my way anytime!

Date Night

Last night was our first date night in a LONG time.  It was a much needed break (thanks mom!) and we had a blast.  First we went to check out the Trafalga in Lehi, which was recently redone. We played a game of Lasertag, did some rock climbing, and played mini golf.  I loved rock climbing because it's the only thing I can beat Richard at- everything else he completely dominates :) 

 

Then we went out to eat and finally snuck into the rec area of a singles apartment to play pool and ping pong.  (Is it bad that we do that?  There aren't any signs that say we can't play if we don't live there....).  I definitely needed a night of fun after last week (see previous post) and am so lucky I have an amazing husband that can make me laugh and help me relax!!!

What A Week

Is it over yet?  Because I am quite ready to start a new week fresh and clean and (hopefully) completely unlike the week I just had.  What are the odds that will happen? Just lie to me and tell me the odds are in my favor, ok?

Christmas Cheer

I hope everyone had as good of a Christmas as we did. On Christmas Eve we visited my grandparents and then went to see the lights on Temple Square with my parents.  I've never been on Christmas Eve before and was surprised with how crowded it was.  Here's my little cutie all bundled up to see the lights for the first time:

 Then we came back and played games and then stayed at my parents.  Notice how I didn't say slept?  Luckily, Kaylee slept great but for some reason Richard and I both couldn't sleep at all.  I guess we were too excited for Santa :)  Kaylee's first Christmas was way fun to watch, even if she was more interested in the paper than the actual presents.  Random sidenote, I decided I'm going to try to build her a cardboard castle out of the leftover boxes, an idea I saw in a parenting magazine.  Hopefully it will turn out half as well as the one in the magazine! (Don't you hate it how you can never make things look like they do in pictures??)

  

In the afternoon, we had a Christmas party with the traditional talent show, Nativity, and of course, presents.  We tried to get my adorable 4 year old niece to play Mary but she refused.  When we asked her who she wanted to be instead, she replied "Wicked King Herod".  Ha ha ha- obviously her parents have taught her well.  We quickly ad libbed a part for King Herod so that she could play her favorite role. Kaylee was good all day, as always, and loved playing with her new toys and being around her family.  We are SO incredibly blessed- thank you to everyone who gave us gifts, treats, company, and most importantly, love!