Weekend Fun

Our weekend fun started Friday. This was such a fun weekend. Everything about it was just enjoyable and relaxing.

Friday we went and had lunch with Jon

I actually did Emma's hair for the first time in...I really don't know how long. I LOVE braids...love them.

I was feeling really good Friday night so I decided to cut Matthew's hair.

He got rid of the cape really fast and then kept trying to see the clippers. He didn't mind getting his hair cut and he wasn't scared. He was just curious, and it made it really hard. But I think it turned out decent. And he looks just a little bit more like a little boy and less like a baby.

Saturday morning Matthew slept in until 7!!! Ever since we came home from Idaho he has been waking up between 5 and 6 and it's killing us. Any ideas on how to get a 1 year old to sleep later would be greatly appreciated!

After getting ready we headed out to Santa Cruz where we met up with Jon's family.

This was our destination

There was a long wait so we got our tickets and then went on a little hike while we waited.

Then it was time for our tour. The Mystery Spot is an area on a hill where all laws of gravity are defied. It was weird. You climb up the hill to this cabin, which is crooked because it slid down the hill. Supposedly it stopped right in the center of the mystery spot. Standing outside you feel a little dizzy, but once we stepped inside things got really weird.

We couldn't stand up straight even though it felt like we were. And at different points in the room you actually felt like you were getting pulled in a certain direction.

Emma thought it was really cool. She sat down and kept sliding down the floor.

It was a very cool, very strange place. The kids were worn out when we left. Matthew fell asleep like this with a sucker in his mouth.

Emma also fell asleep about 5 minutes after we left, right after she told me that she wasn't tired, she was just happy.

We went to the Farrell's house and spent the rest of the day there. We played outside...

played lots of Rock Band...

and had some tasty kabobs for dinner.

Sunday after Church we went on a little walk to the park with the kids. They love playing outside, in the dirt, with the sticks. They were so happy to be there.

It was a fun afternoon and it really made want a real backyard...someday...

And to end on a random note, I thought this picture looked funny.

Since We've Been Home

Here's a little of what we've been up to since we've been back home...

Matthew enjoys talking on the phone in his spare time (of which he has a lot...since he hasn't been sleeping since we got home-he still thinks we're on vacation or something). Either way, it's very funny. He picks up pretty much anything he finds, holds it up to his ear, and says Hi Da! Then he starts babbling. Then he puts the object down and starts all over again.

Here he has a remote control

Emma loves playing with her bath letters. Loves it! She puts one letter in each square of the bathtub wall, then takes them down and starts over again. Very fun. The extra kids in the picture are some friends that we were babysitting.

Batman has been seen around our house a time or two. Isn't he cute?

A friend of ours has a membership at the California Academy of Sciences and can bring a guest free every time. She invited us along last week and we had a blast.

We spent a lot of time looking at various fish and other sea creatures. They had a whole floor of aquariums.

These jellyfish were Emma's favorite (though the color is really weird in this picture)

Emma and Ella loved touching the starfish. Matthew tried, but was more interested in splashing the water.

We also saw this albino alligator

Then we went to the children's area. Matthew couldn't wait to get out.

These goggles were a hot item, and Emma wouldn't give them up for anything.

This was a very cool museum. We spent a couple hours there and hardly saw any of it so I can't wait to go back again.

A couple weekends ago we went out to Danville to hang out with Jon's family. It was warm so the girls turned the sprinkler on under the trampoline.

Matthew preferred the "sprinkler" coming out of the nozzle.

Boys will be boys

Jon calls this picture "overstimulation". I think it's funny. And that LeapFrog table in the front...I picked that up at DI for $2 while we were in Idaho. I cleaned it up, stuck new batteries in and it works! I was pretty excited about it.

When all the towels are being washed...dish towels work great.

The other day we made white chocolate covered strawberries. We drizzled some of them with regular chocolate. Yum!

We have been adjusting to being home again, definitely missing having so much family around all the time. But it is good to be home. Matthew and Emma are really starting to get along and play really well together. I love it! I love when they make each other laugh and when Emma helps Matthew with things. Matthew has also started clapping and will clap for us when we do things.
We have also been helping Emma memorize scriptures. She has several of her books memorized so we figured if she could memorize books, then she could memorize scriptures. She has been working on 1Ne 3:7 this last week and almost has it memorized. It is amazing how much and how fast kids can learn.

Anyway, that's all for this week. Bye!