FLASHBACK FRIDAY - JACKSON HOLE, WY

Have YOU been to Jackson Hole, Wyoming?!?

In August we decided to go.  I have a good friend who told me her kids love to go, so we thought we would try it out.  I can say I did not enjoy the drive there - not that it wasn't pretty, but I get so car sick that I just put the air blowing on me and closed my eyes! 

We had heard of the Alpine slides and knew that would be something fun to do...it was a bit pricey but so fun!  The first time down, Adam rode with Harrison and I took McKenna:

.Tyler couldn't decide if he wanted to go or not!?!...decisions, decisions...

The second time down, Kenna and Harrison decided to brave it on their own! and after much deliberation, Ty decided to go down with dad...his smile shows how much fun it was!!

The ride up the mountain..

such a pretty view from the top- with a crazy cute boy as well!

Great view of the Tetons too!

After a great time at the Alpine slides, we went into town and saw the infamous shoot up at town square.  Harrison was a little nervous and kept asking, "are they using real bullets?  Are you sure they aren't real?!?"  So, they had to meet the cast of the "amazing production" afterwards...(sorry about the lack of clothing on Kenna and Ty...neither could handle the heat)

In one of the gift shops we stopped at Tyler found this necklace...I literally had to tear it off him so we could leave!  He is a little obsessed with keys and there is a key on the chain...Tyler finally agreed to take it off if I took a picture of him with the necklace...crazy kid!?!

We also went to the Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum - which Harrison was very excited about after checking out a few of their books from the library.  Addie loved the stuffed animals....

There weren't too many amazingly weird things there, so I only took a few shots...this is a mountain lion made out of 1 million dollar bills shredded up...believe it - or not!

One of the first bicycles made for parapalegics....believe it - or not!

A couch made out of a full buffalo's skin....gross!  Believe it - or not!

We finished off the day trip with pizza from a local pizzeria and then hit the road back home.  We had a great time! 

HIDDEN TREASURE

We did our annual fall cleanup...

and found hidden treasure! (minus one, Addison)

 

love our kids!

SURPRISE...

Number 5 is on the way!

 

We just found out we are NOT done having babies....another adorable baby coming our way end of May 2012.

We told the kids on Halloween and asked them if they would like a trick or a treat for Halloween; they said, "both!"  So, we first tricked them by saying we were packing up right then and going to Disneyland instead of trick-or-treating...they, of course, did not believe us.  Then we showed them the ultrasound picture and said, "here's the treat!"  McKenna knew right away what it was, Harrison soon caught on, Tyler didn't care, and Addison sat and giggled for whatever reason.

McKenna would like this baby to be another girl, Harrison immediately said he hoped it was a boy, and Tyler said, "I want it to be a boy so we can name it something cool like Optimus Prime or Very Hungry Bunny or Bumblebee..."  ha ha!

I asked the kids a couple days after we had told them if they still wanted the same gender and they both said yes.  Then I told them if it's a girl, she can share a room with Addison, but if it's a boy most likely the older kids will have to move downstairs....Harrison has now quickly changed his mind to wanting another girl!  We should find out what the gender is around Christmas time!

1st PERM

After many years of asking and asking, I finally decided McKenna could get her first perm (she literally has been asking since Kindergarten). I told her it would take a few hours to finish and that the perm solution really stinks! But, she was willing and ready anyway.

Here is the before picture:

and after...SO CUTE!!

 

I wasn't able to stay during her hair appointment - while I was paying for this beautiful new hairdo, the hairdresser told me that Kenna was very inquisitive.  She talked and talked and talked...pretty much the whole 3 hours! 

At one point, the hairdresser had a friend come in to tell her that she was going ahead with the divorce...after she had left, McKenna let the hairdresser know that her parents weren't ever going to get a divorce because they got married in the temple (and said hairdresser is not LDS), but she just laughed and agreed with McKenna. 

The sad news about this cute perm is that it only lasted a short month!  I don't know if it was the week at Bear Lake, the weekend at the hotel swimming pool, swimming at grandma Crom's, but it was practically gone by the second week of school....and it was so easy to do!!(even Adam could do her hair in the morning!)  She refuses to get another perm because, "..IT STUNK SO BAD!!..." 

Oh well, it was SO CUTE while it lasted...  "hair" today....gone tomorrow! ha ha

WE'RE ROLLING...IN STYLE!

Adam and I have been wanting to rent segways for awhile now. We had tried to rent some for our anniversary date, but they were all rented out. When my dad's birthday came around I thought it would be a lot of fun for him (and everyone else) to try...I am really into "experience" birthday present for our parents now - they have EVERYTHING! I think he had a great time cruising around the cul-de-sac!

I think everyone had a great time riding around on the segways and we only had one injury....my sister Steph had to bail on a fast moving machine before she crashed into a curb - she mangled her toes pretty good....so almost a spotless record! We took them over to my parents house for the evening!

Dallie and Tyler didn't ride the segways that night...but they always have a great time together!

The next day we took a few more spins around our neighorhood on them and even let a few neighbors try them out!

The segways made another road trip up to Adam's parents home for a few more test runs...we just had to share the fun with everyone!

Both McKenna and Harrison are now asking for a segway for Christmas...I really hope Santa doesn't get too crazy and grant that wish....