From one thing to the next

What a week! We are back and this is the first chance I've had to write about our very fun and busy week. We went home last Thursday to see my brother who just came home from serving a mission in Bulgaria. Our week was jam packed with things to do. Here are the highlights:

Thursday: We got there around 7:00pm. We sat and visited with Cole (my brother), and my family.
Friday: We went to 2 wedding receptions. James friend got married at Wheeler Farm, and then we went to my cousins reception that night. Oh... and James and I went to visit Melissa in between receptions. It was good to see her and her kids.
Saturday: We woke up at 4:30am to go fishing with James family in American Fork Canyon. The fish were jumping like crazy. Everyone caught 2, 3, or 4 fish. Oh...everyone but me. Nope. I caught nothin'! Apparently I'm a no-good fisherman. Oh well. Maybe next time. Carson had a lot of fun though.
On Saturday night, we went to my 5 year highschool reunion. There weren't as many people there as I was hoping, but we still had a lot of fun. I love to catch up with old friends! After the reunion, we went to a hotel (my aunt reserved us a room) with all of my Dad's side of the family. They were here for my brothers "homecoming" and it was fun to get together to visit. Many of them live in Vegas, and it was so good to see them all. The all stayed and played quarters, but we left early to get the kids home for bed, and play a little "Rock Band" with my brothers.
Sunday: Happy 4 years to James and I! This was our Anniversary!
We helped my mom get ready for the "Big Day" and then went to church at 1:00pm. Cole did such an awesome job speaking. I loved spending some time with him when we were home. After church we had all the family over for dinner. We spent the night eating and talking. James' family also came to listen to Cole speak, and Carson was SOOOOOOOO confused when he saw James' mom at my parents house afterwards. He kept asking her, "Why are YOU at Uncle Kyle's house???
Monday: My family took the kids to Hogle Zoo with my cousin and her kids, Jaxon and Brynlee. The kids had a blast. After the zoo, we went over to my neighbors house to let the kids swim. It was a very long day, but everyone had fun.
Tuesday: James and I went to Lagoon to celebrate our anniversary. Just the 2 of us. We had such a fun time. I'm much more brave as I've gotten older, that's for sure. Also, the rides feel completely different once you've had babies! The only thing I wouldn't go on was the Ferris Wheel. Being completely afraid of heights, this one was off limits for me! I actually love the fast, spinny rides, but James gets a little sick on them. James got a little sick after a few rides, and decided to take some motion sickness medicine, which made him VERY drousy! I decided to let him sit a couple of rides out, until the medicine kicked in, and this is when I hit the Scrambler, and the Tilt-o-Whirl by myself. (I think he was just glad I didn't bug him to go on them!) You know how you always watch the people who ride on the rides by themselves and think they look like idiots? Yep. That was me. And yes, I slid and leaned side to side on the Tilt-O-Whirl to get me to spin faster, and giggling to myself the whole time. Oh how I love not being in highschool, and caring what others think anymore! After my solo excursion, I woke a sleeping James from the bench between the two rides and we hit the lazy river in Lagoona-beach, until his medicine was totally kicked in. Once we left the waterpark, James felt fine the rest of the day. It was really SO MUCH FUN! After we left, we stopped for dinner and then went to Leatherbys for dessert. I wish we had one of those here. Well, maybe it's better that we don't!

While we were enjoying ourselves at Lagoon, James' family took Carson to the Dinasaur Museum in Lehi. He absolutely loved it!

Wednesday: I went to Lunch with my mom and aunt, and then we went to James house for a while before heading back to Idaho. It can get kind of hard to visit both families all week long, but we wouldn't want it any other way. We are so blessed to have 2 great families who do so much for us. We had a great time, and can't wait to go home again. Carson has been asking everyday to go back to Grandpa's house!

Here are a couple of pictures from the Zoo. This was the only place I brought my camera too. Oops!

Mr. Elephant here was cracking me up with his crossed legs!

This is Jaxon and Carson looking at the Monkeys.

The kids LOVED the White Alligator. Carson looks excited, can ya tell?

Uncle Cole and Uncle Kyle were great sports to come to the zoo. It's probably not as interesting when you don't have your own kids, (or grandkids) to watch. Carson and Kenzie were sure glad they were there though.

Sorry this post was so long! Hope you weren't too bored!