Car Show on Main

Bountiful City hosts a car show on Main over Father's Day weekend...we decided it was a good excuse to grill up some hot dogs and host some of our family members.  Phin and James were able to play a little before the food was ready...Phin was apparently showing off his boxing out basketball skills as he stood between the Hot Wheels and James.

We had polish sausages with a copy cat recipe of JDawgs special sauce.  On the side we had chips, watermelon, grapes and some homemade strawberry lemonade.

Benny got to show off his boxing out skills as he protected his food from Phinner.

After the food we headed over to the car show...I am always a sucker for the teal cars.

Max and Benny liked this fast car.

Mary's favorite was this blue number.

We caught the very end of the parade and were able to see this old Utah Highway Patrol car parading.

Then Scott put on the drunk goggles and tried to walk on the line...he didn't even get to the line until halfway through his walk.

Then Max and Benny had to try out the goggles.

JB's favorite car was this blue Stingray.  I tried to get a picture of him with it...but he was too distracted chatting with the owner...Max obliged my request.

The night wouldn't have been complete without spotting a Delorean...Max had no idea what it was...I think he may need to pop my parent's VHS copy of Back to the Future in and find out.

After everyone took off we headed back out and walked along Main street to the grocery store.  On our way back we decided to stop for a fun photo op.

This is the place

On June 13th we visited This Is The Place Heritage Park for Huntsman Day.  I had only been to the park for a wedding reception so it was nice to visit.  We jumped on the train before it got too busy.  We were lucky enough to be accompanied by Nona, JB, Max, Ben, Andrew and James...

Seth was also able to join us after the train ride. He had been at High Adventure camp Monday to Thursday and when he got to work on Friday his boss was kind enough to give him the day off...so he drove up to the park to meet us.  Phin and I were thrilled to spend more time with him. When he arrived we toured a pirate ship together.

The boys loved the free ice cream...I took this picture of Andrew just to convince him that we needed to wipe his face off.   Then we headed to the teepee and Navajo hogan.

After visiting the cabinet maker, shoe maker, etc we stopped by the splash pad.  Phin loved the water.

Then we took a break under the main pavilion and were entertained by the Native American dancers.  Our favorite dance by far was the hoop dance.  We met up with Collette, Emily, Jane and Aaron and headed over to the hospital and quilt museum.   The most unique quilt definitely goes to this squirrel pellet quilt...maybe someday Phin will make a quilt like this.  

Our final stop of the day was at the Brigham Young Forest Farmhouse.  After a quick tour we enjoyed some ice cream on the back porch.  I love that the porch wraps the entire way around the house.

Phin is used to having his ice cream spoon fed to him so he wasn't sure what to do with a cone.  I am sure with a couple more cones this summer he will quickly figure out how to lick.

IT'S laGOon TIME

We headed to Lagoon a couple of Tuesdays ago to ride a few rides and hang out with Papa who was Exec of the day.  Phin's first ride of the day was Bulgy the Whale with his cousin Andrew...

Phin took the warning to keep both hands inside the ride and hold on tightly very seriously...he held on with both hands.

He doesn't look very happy here...but I promise he liked the carousel.

He also seemed to like the boats.

Our next stop was the train and Phin got to ride on Nona's lap...

and on Papa's lap.

Then Andrew got to ride on Phin's lap.

Nona and Papa kept Phin entertained while the rest of the crew took a ride on Rattlesnake Rapids.

We also sat down on Papa's favorite people watching bench on the main midway in front of the Spill the Milk game...it was a pretty good people watching bench.

Phin was pretty tuckered out when we got home...he took a long nap while I put together a crib.  Yes you read that right he has been in a playpen since he outgrew the cradle back in October.  When I got the crib all put together I put Phin in and he seemed to know right away that it was just for him...he started walking around the parameter and then he started to jump.

1 YEAR PICTURES

I attempted to take some 1 year pictures of Phin...they didn't quite turn out as I would have hoped...I didn't have the most cooperative subject as you can see in many of the pictures below.

I made a Chalkboard memory poster to document Phin's one year milestones...I saw the idea on Pinterest and one of our close South Carolina friends had a similar poster made when her little boy turned one back in January.  I found a tutorial online and with a black foam poster board, some metallic pens and our printer I was able to create just what I had in mind.  The poster was apparently a very distracting prop for Phin.

We also took some photos in his beloved Tonka truck... In the picture below he is showing off how old he is...

My favorite picture of this series...I love how he crosses his feet...I think I may have to have this photo framed.

Hard to believe that at this time last year he actually fit in the back of the truck...

Photo by Monkeyface Photography

On the back of the poster I did a little collage in the shape of "1" of some of our favorite pictures from this past year...wow what a year.

1st Birthday Party

We celebrated Phin's birthday with his cousin James' birthday on Saturday, June 7th.  The day before we were busy preparing for the big party.  While we were out and about running errands Phin got a free balloon...it entertained him for quite some time.

Phin got to lick the beaters after I mixed up his cake.  At first he was just pounding the beaters on his booster tray...then he figured out that they were covered in chocolaty goodness.

The party was held at our favorite local park.  We feasted on smoked pulled pork and brisket, baked beans, macaroni and cheese, chips and a fruit salad...it was supposed to be fruit shish kabobs flower arrangement...but they were looking quite droopy so we improvised.  We also enjoyed some home-made root beer.  My Great Aunt Clara was known for her root beer...unfortunately this was not her recipe as I didn't have time to gather dandelions.

After feasting we stripped the boys down and put them side by side for their smash cakes.  I love that James is holding Phin's hand in the picture below.

Then it was go time...

Phin was a little hesitant at first but eventually dug right in.

We are so lucky to have this little guy in our lives.

We had quite a few members of Seth's side of the family attend the party.

And quite a few from my side of the family as well.

After cleaning the kiddos up we headed over to the Rec center to swim. Thank you for sharing the party with us James!  We look forward to many more celebrations for these two cute boys.