Random

Here are a few pictures from some random stuff we have been up to...

Jenna and I had a dance party. Ben was not impressed.

"What are they doing?!?!"

"They are sooo weird..."

I couldn't find Jenna the other day and finally found her in my room asleep between the bassinet and the wall.
I love how kids sleep with their hands in weird positions
"Oh, no!"
We went to Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point. Here is Jenna riding the plastic cow. She was so concerned because the cow had an owie (the paint was chipped off).
I love her face in this picture. She was so excited to ride the pony.
After a baby cow moo-ed at her, this was about as close to the animals as she would go.
Feeding the chickens.
Jenna lived the little play village they had there. She especially liked the jail. None of my pictures came out very well here.
Jenna LOVES milk, so the display on how milk is made fascinated her (actually it was all the buttons that she could push).
I knew she was getting heavier! (It says she is 120 pounds)
Jenna did not want to miss out on tummy time!
She just loves Ben!
Isn't she cute?
Still cute!
Ben is done!

Toddler Gym

I love being a stay at home mom--even if it is only temporary. One of the best things about it is I have been able to sign Jenna up for a gym class. It's a 6 week class that meets once a week at the rec center. It started last week, but Jenna was sick so today was our first day. I have been so excited for this day--probably (no, definitely) more than Jenna!

It was so much fun! For the first 15 minutes or so we had "circle time" where the kids ran, walked, jumped, etc to get all warmed up. Jenna had the biggest smile on her face the whole time. I couldn't take her picture because I was doing the exercises with her and I had Ben in my arms.

They have themes every week and today was "The Outdoors". There were 5 stations that the kids went through.
*Go down a waterfall (slide), over a mountain(gym mats), across the river (balance beam type thing, and through the bear cave (tunnel).
*Be a bunny rabbit (hop on those balls with handles--I don't know what they are called)
*Feed the hippos (play hungry, hungry, hippos)
*???--I don't know the name (throw bean bags)
*Go fishing (catch paper fish with magnets)

After they went through all the stations they got a snack then we walked home. It was a blast!

Waiting for it to start
Jenna got a pink bracelet to show which group she was in
Listening to instructions
Going down the waterfall
Going over the mountain
Going over the river
Going through the bear cave
Being a bunny
Feeding the hippos
Bean bag toss
Cheating to catch fish
Got one (she got this one legitimately)

Picking Apples

We live in a neighborhood that used to be an apple orchard. There are still a few trees left in the common area so we are able to go pick them whenever we want. We have gone out a couple of times and went out picking again this last Monday. We came home with a ton of yummy apples! I have already made some apple pie filling and am in the process of making applesauce. Here are a few pictures from our apple picking adventure as well as the rest of our walk.

Some of those apples were hard to get off the tree!
Picking flowers
Jenna's "treasures" from our walk

Nothing much

We haven't done anything particularly noteworthy lately, so I thought I would just post some random pictures I have on my camera right now.

Jenna found an abandoned broken scooter on the pathway behind our house and claimed it as her own. She insisted on wearing her boots with no pants. This girl never wants to wear pants. I did get her to stop wearing her winter coat when it was 90 degrees outside.
Riding her "new" scooter
She collected all the "pretty flags" that were in the neighbor's yard. Yes, they are the flags that show where the gas and cable lines are.
Another spiffy outfit

Ben's first BYU football experience was a good one. You can tell by his many reactions.

Good play by BYU
Oklahoma scored
Nothing exciting happening

Other random pictures...

"You won't like me when I'm angry..."
We went to the PG Promenade last week. On the way home we stopped for ice cream at Purple Turtle (less than one mile away from home). Jenna fell asleep in the car. She woke up, came in side and quickly fell back asleep.
Jenna made dinner the other night. It consisted of several packages of fruit snacks. (Don't mind the mess in the background. I was busy making freezer jam and apple pie filling. I know you are jealous).
Ben likes to be swaddled for a couple hours a day. It helps him sleep. When he wakes up, though, he is mad because he can't move his arms.