Lagoon Adventure

 While Annette and Jeremy were in town, Alan's family decided to go to Lagoon.  I had to work that day and decided it best not to go.  Luckily, Faye and Alan could join in on the fun and, even more luckily, Sharon brought her camera and shared her pictures so I could see how fun the day was. However, since I wasn't there, my commentary is limited to pictures.  So most quotes are Alan's narration.

 "Faye liked the tea cups, we didn't spin them at all."

Annette, Jeremy, and the girls in a pretty pink tea cup.  Since when does Lagoon have tea cups?

"Faye was such a big girl and rode with her cousins.  We put Cambrie and McKenzie on either side of Faye so she didn't fall out."

Alan and Kenzie on the Farris Wheel.

Camille, Kenzie, and Jeremy on the ski lift.

Alan and Faye on the ski lift. 

"Faye and Kenzie rode the carousel while we took Cambrie on the big roller coaster. Faye seems to  love the carousel."

"I have no idea when they went on the Dumbo ride."

"Faye didn't like the ship that rocked back and forth.  Everybody screams when they're up high. (Faye doesn't like loud crowds.) So Aunt Camille covered Faye's ears until the ride was done."

Such a cute shot of Annette, Jeremy, and their girls.  

"Faye did so good!  She was happy and adventurous even though there were crowds.  She got tired before her cousins did, and only wanted to be held by Grandma or Aunt Camille.  I think she was missing mommy."

Sounds like such a fun day.  So sad to have missed out, but grateful for pictures!

South Jordan Towndays

Today was a very long day for Faye and me.  I had a big cake order to fill, and with a busy week of celebrating Reed's graduation, I hadn't gotten much of a head start.  Poor Faye was left to her own devices for most of the day.  Luckily, the recent graduate was willing to come play with Faye for a few hours, which was a tremendous help.  

 Poor Reed was exhausted from the Senior party after yesterday's graduation, so grateful he came to help.

Faye fell asleep soon after Reed left, and by the time she woke up Grandma Lisa and Daddy came home to help.  We finished up the cake order, delivered the cakes, and then both Faye and I were DYING to get out of the house.  Mom, Faye and I decided to check out the festivities at the South Jordan Town-Days celebration.  We were not disappointing in fun things to check out.

 We took advantage of the photo props.  Here is Faye as a horse.

And Faye as an ear of corn.

We wandered around checking out the booths and enjoying the live music.  And then we saw them, Anna and Elsa just standing there, waiting to be loved by children!  Faye was excited, though tense;  Similar to when she's around animals. 

After saying 'Hello' to the princesses, Faye participated in the coloring both.  While coloring, my mom and I admired the princess dresses for sale.  The Elsa dress was BEAUTIFUL!  And it was so very sturdily constructed. We tried it on Faye, it fit perfectly, and our hearts melted.  So Mom and I split the cost of a princess dress that was just as expensive as the dress i wore to my senior prom (granted, I always bought the dresses for prom on clearance, but the price was still the same). 

 

Faye was in heaven.  And Elsa seemed excited to talk to her new mini-clone.  She even gave Faye a fancy tiara, which the booth owner said was free of charge. 

Getting the tiara just right.

Faye with the princesses.  She finally warmed up to them and even pointed at Elsa while saying, "Elsa!"  It melted my heart.

It's funny how something as simple as a princess dress can make the rest of the day magical.  We played on the playground before going home.  Faye spent a good amount of swinging time straightening out her dress.

 She even loved looking at her dress while in the stroller!  So much fun.  

I did my best to hype Faye up on the ride home so she could melt Daddy's heart.   Walking into the house she would say, "Daddy, Elsa!" However, once we got inside, all Faye wanted to do was twirl around with Daddy.  They danced until Daddy was dizzy, and had such a good time doing it.

I can't wait to get her all dolled up and to enjoy her dress with a photoshoot.

Regis C. Dudley III

Our little Regis graduated! This is the last high school graduation we'll attend until Faye is all grown up and graduating (but we don't talk about that yet.)  What a stud muffin, this Reed.  He had such a round of cheers when his name was called, it's obvious he's loved by all.

Now that Reed's all graduated his mission departure date is drawing ever closer.   Goodness knows how much we'll miss him, but I'm so excited for him to have a fun adventure serving the Lord.

Overcoming Fears

Faye, thus far, has always been timid around water.  She does well with baths and water contained in sinks, but it takes her a long time to warm up in a swimming pool and she didn't do well with splash pads last summer. Imagine my surprise when we were testing my mom's sprinklers and Faye willingly went to play with them!  It was so fun to watch her drag Uncle Greg and Grandma over to the sprinklers so they could play in the water, too.

Hopefully her enthusiasm with the sprinklers means good things for swimming this summer!

Riding the Bike

Look at her go!  Faye's catching on quick to the whole pedaling business.

Baby Animal Days

 Yay!  Baby animals are always fun.  Mom, Faye, and I drove to Logan to meet up with Heidi, Ryan, Viv, and Greg at THE Baby Animal Days.  We love a good adventure. 

We beat the others to the American West Heritage Center.  While waiting, Faye and I made a game out of smelling every daffodil we found. 

Once we met up with everybody, we went through the scene backwards.  Best. Idea. Ever.  We were able to see things without the lines, enjoy ourselves without the rush.  Faye was so excited to hear there were turtles.

Even more excited to see the baby turtles, but not enough to actually touch them.  We can't seem to get over the timidness with animals.

 

After we played in 'Turtle Town' for a bit, we found a face painting stand.  Luckily, Ryan was willing to share five dollars so Faye could get a shark.  She was too wiggly for her face to be painted, so the kind lady offered to paint it on Faye's arm. Faye was quite excited to see the shark be painted, and we were blown away by the speed and skill of the artist. 

Faye's 'face' painting all finished!  She would get distracted from the baby animals throughout the rest of the visit by the shark and fish on her arm.

Greg was a bit late meeting up with the rest of us, but we were all so excited to see him!  Faye absolutely adores her uncle.  

Faye, Mom and Greg enjoyed the open space by running a few ladders to the fence and back.  Faye loves a good race. 

Nothing completes a princess outfit quite like red cowgirl boots, and a shark painted on your arm.

Enjoying the lasso dummies. 

 Heidi took a turn riding the wild beast!  Clearly she's ready for the rodeo now.

Maybe not so much; we were having fun pushing each other off.

 Group shot!  Such a nice day.

We didn't care to stand in the mile long line to see the baby bears (it sure looked like a mile long line!), but we did see all the farm animal babies! 

Still working on getting Faye to touch animals.  She's intrigued by them, but overly cautious as well. 

Two cousins looking at a pony and her baby. Viv is definitely braver when it comes to animals than Faye is. 

So glad we got to go up and spend the day with family.  It was just a quick trip, Mom, Faye and I were back home in time for me to head to work, but it was perfect.  Thanks so much for sharing pictures, Mom!

A Posh Afternoon

It's always nice to head to Cache Valley to see Alan's family.   We spent Sunday with Sharon, Kelly, and Camille.  After church, and Sunday dinner, Faye discovered the tea sets in the bonus room. 

It cracks me up how much our shark lover also loves dainty little things like tea parties and dress up.  Daddy and Grandpa were so kind to join us ladies for the tea party action.

Sharon and Camille took off with an improv dialog worthy of British nobility.  I couldn't even pretend to keep up with their discussions of the staffing changes at their imaginary villa. So fun.