We went to the movie today!
We took the whole Family.
We ate Popcorn and drank sodas.
And it was only 15$!!
Our local theater is awesome – they just reduced their prices to 3$ per person, 1$ and 2$ concessions, 3 and under are free, no ‘R’ rated movies, and they are closed on Sunday! I’m loving it. You locals should check it out:
ps – Cali was the popcorn boss, Packer made it until the last 15 minutes then he started seat hopping, and Benji did great just like he always does.
pss – Packer went on the toilet ALMOST all day today! around 7 or 8 he peed in his pull up 
BUT he went up and did some pooping all on his own this afternoon!! We are on our way to one child in diapers!! and I discovered his motivation…. are you ready for this, Our Happiness! All he wants is for me and Dad and everyone to be happy that he peed or pooped and that makes him so happy and seems to be a huge motivator! Who knew.
pps – Ben is home from a successful scout camp out. Brewer got to go and loved it. Cousins night last night went as smoothly as possible, My lesson for tomorrow is prepared, LaNell kept me company while Ben was gone, I finally did my Glucose test at the dr., and oh yeah… we had to get new tires on the car. Ben took the van and left me his car on Friday and as I was putting car seats in I noticed A LOT of balding and wear and tear on 3 of the 4 tires! I did not feel safe and went right to the tire store:
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Packer has been 3 for 3 months now. I feel like 3 is old enough to learn to use the toilet so I have been trying to potty train off and on since his birthday. BUT he has no interest and I can’t seem to find the right motivation for him. At first he really didn’t get it. Then he mastered the peeing but wanted nothing to do with the other. Now he can do both but he really just doesn’t want to. I’ve tried every bribe I can think of and he just doesn’t care, but sometimes he does care so I am trying to capitalize on those times… Anyway, it’s been a long week. I came home Monday morning claiming that this was it, this week he gets potty trained. No WAY am I having 3 kids in diapers… I bought pull ups for the first time ever and I got out the little toilet – he was excited! That first day he peed every 20 minutes so that he could put a sticker on his Buzz Light Year chart but… as soon as we went on a walk that night – he pooped his pants! Tuesday was OK until he went to the cousins, Wednesday he had just lost all interest… So today, I am recommitted. I was a mean mommy and kept him home from his cousins house today. I told him that he had to stay home and learn how to use the toilet before he got to go play with the big boys. He was mad at first but then he didn’t care and JUST NOW – he went up and pooped on the big toilet! I asked if he needed to pee even though he just did 20 minutes ago and he went up and did it!! I AM SO EXCITED! He was so excited, we did stickers and treats and he got a new book out of the prize bag! Please let this be a big step forward!?! PLEASE.
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Where are we? Is that a huge sign for Mexican food?
OK don’t be jealous but we went to Wyoming Saturday night!! We went to Evanston and saw Sara Evans and Danny Gokey at the Uinta County Fair! Really I never thought you could head a few hours North East and actually be entertained BUT we did and we were. The concert was great. I LOVED Sara Evans, we just sang along with her on every song. Probably the best concert I’ve been to.
We went to celebrate 7 years of marriage! We ended up at the mexican restaurant – that usually happens when I choose. I bet we’ve had mexican food for half of our anniversaries… the little taco shop in Provo, Loco Lizard, Homemade Fajitas and now Don Pedros 
(sorry Ben – I think he’s chosen Tepanyaki, Pizza Factory, and Brazilian food - He is much more well rounded than I am)
I love chips and salsa!
The town was small and the Fair was pretty much non existent as far as fairs go – they had a bathroom and a food vendor and the concert so… after dinner we picked some top row seats so that pregnant lady could have some back support and waited for American Idols own: Danny Gokey who has officially gone country. The “people watching” from up there in the grand stand was AMAZING, I know there are fellow people watchers out there and man is the Uinta County Fair a good place for that. Gokey put on a good show but it got cut short when the lightning kicked in around 8pm. We were sent to find shelter and wait it out – luckily we had gotten there early enough for rock star parking and so we waited out the rain and lightning in the car.
Self Portrait - waiting for Gokey - We love each other
At 9:30 Sara Evans came out and put on a great show. For this part we went right up front near the stage and sang and danced and enjoyed the company of crazy country fans. We especially enjoyed the goofy drunk guy next to us, he had some great moves, gave Ben a big high Five when he realized I was pregnant and mostly he just made sure that the 2 shorty’s had a good spot to see the stage.
The stage and set up and all the wonderful people that we spent the evening with
Today is our official anniversary! The time has flown by and I couldn’t have asked for a better 7 years. Maybe the next 7 will be just as good…
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Friday Night - July 30, 2010
Benji and Packer have been so excited for the Father and Sons camp out with the ward. They call it ‘boys camp’ and think it is so cool that they get to go with Dad, and Cali and I DO NOT get to go. Well, the campout lived up to all of it’s glory! They went up Friday night and made camp, had dinner with the ward, went exploring, tried out the playground, made it through the program, made some pudgy pies over the fire and then got their second wind when they got in the tent for the night. There is just something so exciting about tents, sleeping bags and flash lights!!
EXPLORING, Ben said they had a rock collection and Benji was organizing them biggest to smallest
Good Morning
Packer was SUPER EXCITED about this breakfast - - Dinosaur Instant Oatmeal!
They had a blast up there and Ben enjoyed the time with just the boys. I love this tradition.
Gotta love this one!
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Breakfast with the cousins!
My brother Ryan spent Thursday night and Friday night at our house with his 4 little girls while his wife was at girl’s camp and we had a blast. The kids love just being together and playing. Ryan and I just loved playing games and hanging out. We taught his oldest daughter how to play Dominion and we pulled a few other games from the closet and had fun. On Friday we did go to the little pond and we fed the ducks and the kids ended up going swimming. We hot tubbed, played in the yard and did a puzzle. I love spending the day with family!
All the ducks were hungry - luckily we had a lot of stale french bread
the "LOST" puzzle that doesn't show you the picture on the box so it's really hard
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YUM or YUCK?
Ben made Sunday dinner and surprised us all with Meat Loaf!! I HATED meatloaf as a kid. I remember choking it down. I was a picky eater and there were lots of things that I didn’t eat but I remember meat loaf being on the top of that list along with Cauliflower Soup. Well – I am happy to say that I enjoyed the meatloaf, it was even yummy and we’ll be eating it again Tuesday night for leftovers ( I also happen to LOVE Cauliflower soup now too). Now the kids seemed to have a different opinion of the meal… Cali ate a lot of potatoes and a little meat and got away with it. Packer ate everything but the meat and then with encouragement ate the meat loaf in a few ginormous bites. Benji was not a happy eater. He was literally gagging it down. Picking out the onions, swallowing with water and doing his best to eat it so that he could have a smoothie that night. I felt so bad for him because I KNOW that it doesn’t taste good and he wasn’t just being PICKY. It was very hard to watch him suffer through that process. Anyone else out there LIKE meat loaf?? I don’t think this will become a regular meal around here but it was a nice change from the regular 10 meals that I know how to make.
On a side note – - my husband has discovered “The Hunger Games”, I don’t think he has read a novel since before we got married but this one has finally captured his attention. I’m supposed to be the reader. I’m supposed to be the one ignoring all to get through the next chapter and picking up the book during any and every free moment. I’m really not used to this. I think he is almost done with it though, then our house won’t be so quiet at night and I might not get as many evening blog posts out! I think I like him reading. I just need to make sure that I have a book on hand now.
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Staining the Stairs
The boys were enlisted to help Dad stain the deck. They actually did pretty good at helping. And for the first time Benji outlasted his little brother in the ‘working’ department.
In their work clothes - ready to paint!
Ben did most of the work but the boys stuck it out for most of the project.
Cali decided that she didn’t need a nap that day. She just kept playing and smiling and avoiding the crib so she never went down. We went swimming in the backyard and had a barbeque, then Cali went in her swing while we cleaned up dinner around 7:30 and the no nap finally caught up to her! She did open her eyes when I was taking the picture and said ‘cheese’ for the camera
Yes my child - You Still NEED naps
She did wake up though and enjoyed some vacuum fun with Dad before bed. I love these kids!
Wouldn't that feel good?
Packer was a little nervous
Benji was loving it.
The 24th is a holiday here in Utah but we chose to celebrate by getting the kids in bed before 9pm for the first time in a long time.
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