Back in UT

So yesterday we traveled back to Utah. We stopped 5 times so it took us a while and we are exhausted. We are staying in Provo for the day and then tomorrow we will kill our selves and move all our stuff. We are excited to see Lyss and Ben and their baby Bella. We also get to see my Grandpa Campbell. So for the move, Jen will take it easy and visit friends while Jarrod, my Dad and I will move all our stuff. We are then heading up to Logan and unpack. It will be a crazy few days. We will let you know if we survive.

Train Ride

A while back we went as a family to San Juan Capistrano on the train. It was a lot of fun. Here are the kids. The nice thing about the train is that the kids could play and move around.


Dave and Nichole.


Elise came too. She helped so much with the kids. Thanks Elise.


Grandma and Papa.


And us.


In San Juan Capistrano, the first place we went was Zoomar's Petting Zoo. It was so cool. They had this area for kids to feed rabbits and guinea pigs. We bought the food of course but the kids had so much fun.


I didn't Kate would even last in the pen but she loved to feed the animals. It was great though. Rabbits and guinea pigs are probably the least intimidating animals ever so Kate really was able to enjoy the experience.

There were goats, lamas, and el pacas.



There was even a cow. Kate loves cows.

This was the best we could do for a picture of all the kids.


We paid for Kate to go on the train. She loved it. We were worried because we couldn't go on it with her so if she freaked out, there was nothing we could do.


We really had nothing to worry about. She loved it.


I mean she had a blast. In fact, she freaked out when it stopped and we went to watch Anna and Ethan on the horse ride.

They use a lot of carrots every day. Look at this thing. Those animals aren't going hungry.


Anna on the horse.


Ethan's horse was a little bigger.


Then we went to Ruby's. After we thoroughly washed our hand.


Here is the historic mission in San Juan Capistrano. We didn't go, it was way expensive. 


As was walked though a little shopping area we saw this horse, Popcorn, and the owner was eating at a little outdoor restaurant. He asked the kids if they wanted to hop on. Having just been on one, they got on right away. Kate would have nothing to do with it.




There were several of these little shops with mostly art stuff.


I thought this was hillarious. My home is my home.


Here is an explanation for the last few pictures.


Here are our miscreants.


Kate really didn't want to go in and come out.



Here was are at the train station waiting for the train to take us home. It was so much fun that I hope to do again in the not too distant future.

Running away to the Circus

Sorry for not posting in a while. Things got a little busy with work and all, and by the end of the day the last thing I wanted to do was type more stuff. So I uploaded these a couple weeks ago and just now getting to posting them.

We went to the circus. A doctor that Greg works with gave him some tickets to the circus. We had two tickets on one day and four tickets the next. So Jen and I went with Kate on the first day and Dave and Nichole went with Ethan and Anna the next. Kate was SO excited to see the tigers and baby elephants.


We couldn't get any good shots of Kate before with all the baby elephants around.


Kate was really excited. We were excited that she was excited.

At first Kate didn't know what to think and sat like this for a while. I thought that she was bored and this whole thing was going to be a failure.


Well that was before the white horses. I thought this routine was the most boring but Kate loved it. She got all pumped and started bouncing around. The rest of the night she was so happy.

I went and got some cotton candy. Of course Kate loved it.


Of course when we want her to pose with us the smiles disappear.


What a little cuttie pie.


I have so much fun with her. At intermission they brought the tigers out in cages and got the tiger ring ready. Let me tell you those tigers did not look happy. One in particular roars and swatted every time the trainer came near. I thought there was going to be an attack. Now you may think as I did that they are professionals and something like that would never happen. But you must never forget that those are WILD animals. Remember that Vegas tiger guy that almost died. I was ready to cover Kate's eyes if that happened.

Kate really started getting tired though.


I think we are getting better at the self pictures.


We left right after the elephants. Kate was exhausted and asked to leave. She saw what she came to see. Tigers and elephants. I think it was a huge success and we all had a lot of fun.

PS. I would like to point out the time and date of this post.