Play Date, Labor Day, Bowling

I need to get updated with this blog so there will be a few events tied into one post.

A friend of mine came over with her son that's the same age as Alex. Alex is a week older to be exact. He's a little cutie and I enjoyed having him and his mommy over. We'll have these little play dates often. We got pictures of them together.

Alex was too eager to be on stomach.
I couldn't get them to look at me at the same time.
They finally looked at me but Alex spits up! His face make me laugh!


Labor Day was a very fun day. The best part was Matt being able to spend it with us. We took advantage of it and did things we've been wanting to do for a long time. The first thing we did was hike the Y. I never did it before so the first two turns I thought I wouldn't be able to make it. I'm not used to the high altitude of Utah compared to California so it was hard to breath and my throat was hurting. It was chilly but perfect weather for hiking. We almost turned back but I'm glad we didn't. I had to keep telling myself to keep going. Once we got up there and rested a little bit, Matt had me lay on the Y but with my head toward the valley. Freaky but really cool!





I thought going down would be sinch compared to going up but it was just as hard. It was a lot faster but very hard on the knees but I will do it again in a heartbeat.
After the boys napped we went to the Latin Festival. We had some yummy drinks and Evan rode a little Train. He's into trains since Matt took out his Mini Train Set for Evan. Him wanting to ride it did surprise us though because he was "too scared" to ride things like this on the 24th of July.


After walking the Festival for a little bit we went shopping. Had to get new shoes for Matt and Evan. Before we left the mall we let the kids ride on one of their rides.


Than we went to Pirate Island for dinner. We heard it was better than Chuck-E-Cheese and the rumors were very true! It was like walking into something in Disney Land. The restaurant is away from the arcade so we could eat first and the food was 100 times better. It was a full reasonably priced menu so there wasn't just pizza but Evan did order some. It was delicious! The arcade was even better. It was so much fun watching Evan win big with this one game. You release the coin and it had to drop inside a dump truck and he got them in 98% of the time. We tried it but we weren't as successful as him for some reason but I did manage to get one into a bonus slot and got 100 tickets. Instead of Evan saying he wants to go to Chuck-E-Cheese he says Pirates now and we're ok with that :). Sorry there's no pictures.
Over the weekend we took the boys bowling. It was Evan's second time but this time he got to do it all by himself with little help from Daddy. He had a lot of fun and keeps asking to go again.

Michael & Julie

Michael and Julie were married in the LDS Mount Timpanogos Temple on September 4, 2010.
It was a beautiful sealing and a wonderful reception.
Events leading up to the day were family coming into town and instead of a wedding luncheon, they had dinner at the Marriott Hotel. Their potatoes were so yummy!! Afterwards we went to Laser Assault where they had their first date and played two 30minute games. First game was Thompson vs. Deloura (+ Michael) and second was girls vs. guys. The Deloura's and girls won! The girls only won because we had two advantages. The guys had lights on their sensors so we can see them better and when ever they hit their own team mates, we would get points. I wish we could have played a fair game because I think our teams were evenly matched. The guys didn't know about these advantages so they were confused as to why their sensors had lights and we were beating them so easily. It was funny but it still would have been better to play a fair game. Matt and I want to get friends together and play again because it was a lot of fun!

September 4, 2010

Here are pictures I took. I can't wait to see the pictures that their photographer took.
Waiting for them to come out of the Temple.

Evan really wanted to go into the Temple. I remember wanting to go in so badly at that age as well.


I found Alex's suit online and since Alex is wearing 6-9 month clothes, at almost 4 months, I got the 12 month size so he could wear it longer. I kid you not, the dress shirt that it came with was too small for him and the vest fit him perfectly. The pants were long so I had to temporarily hem them. The shirt that he's wearing is from Evan's 18 month suit. The arms were just a little long for him but other than that, it fit him. Alex is growing too fast for me! We got him a tie to match all the guys. I love it that they make ties that small.



Evan was running around everywhere of course. I'm glad I got these of him because he wouldn't be in the group shots unless we were holding him. Even than he wasn't cooperating.

The proud Grandpa with Alex.

Michael and Julie coming out of the Temple

The Reception was at Nielsen Grove Park.



Forget the flowers! This wasp loved their cake.






Congratulations you two!! Julie we're so happy you said yes to Michael so you can join our family.

Sister In Laws! (Gilmore Girls)

Summer Fun!

Since summer is drifting away I thought I better post the things we were up too. It's been a little low key but we still had a lot going on.
We had another Family Reunion for the Haymore's. It was so much fun seeing everyone and family I haven't even met before. It took place at Matt's parents house. At one point there were about 75 people there at one given time so the house was at breaking point but it was great! There could have been more because people came and went as they pleased. I love big families!

We missed Grandma Haymore and everyone that couldn't make it. Matt couldn't come to all of it because he had Woodbadge during the same week but he was able to be there for Saturday evening and Sunday before everyone went home and we took some family pictures.



Evan is a stinker when it comes to pictures all of a sudden. He always says "too scared" so we were lucky to get the ones we got of him in the group shots.
Alex had no problem :).


The boys and I got to visit Matt one one of the nights he was at Woodbadge. Grandpa Thompson came with us as well. Matt was having a lot of fun and we had fun spending time with him. We didn't pull the camera out much but here are some pictures up there with him
Matt and his patrol (The Beavers) made this flag. They did a great job so I had to put it up. It even had teeth.





Other than playing on the swings we had dinner, swam in the pool and dug up Artifacts. We were supposed to dig up dinosaur bones but as a joke we dug up a human skeleton instead.
We hiked the Grotto with our good friends, Weston, Chantel and their two kids. It was a perfect day to go and a pretty hike as always.
The guys carried the little ones up for us and than we switched.

Evan and Braxton had a lot of fun in the water even though it was freezing!



Matt and Weston hiked to the top of the falls and after taking pictures of them from below, they took pictures of us from the top.




We went at the beginning of August with them but we also went toward the end of August with some of my Family. It was colder so we couldn't stay and play in the water long but it was still a fun trip.

A Mouse!

We have a mouse in our fridge, and he loves cheese!

We got a picture of him the little squeaker!