Spring Break - Ephraim

We spent the first part of Spring Break down in Ephraim visiting Audrey's family.  We had planned to go down Saturday night...but Silas wasn't feeling well so we waited until Monday morning to head down.  The kids loved making shadow animals on the way down.  They loved being reunited with their cousins and especially loved playing in their backyard.

After lunch we headed to Bret's parent's property.  

The kids loved climbing up a huge pile of dirt. 

King of the mountain!

 

Phin was a little scared of the horses at first...he brushed them for just a minute.

After the horses were all saddled up Millie headed out for a ride with Emmaline.

Meanwhile...Silas decided this was a comfortable position for a nap.

Phin warmed up to the idea of a horse ride and got on with Millie.

This is one of my favorite pictures from our entire trip.

Seth took a ride...

...I also got a turn.

Millie threw some rocks into the little creek.

Then she and Emmaline skipped around a little.

We rode 4-wheelers down to see some petroglyphs.

The kids loved climbing and exploring together.

The petroglyphs were pretty amazing.

Bret caught a lizard and showed it off to the kids.

The lizard had almost a metallic looking belly.

Our next stop was at Bret's uncle's farm to see the baby calves.

 

We also got to see some pigs.

We enjoyed a yummy picnic dinner back at Bret's parent's property.  Then we visited a little animal sanctuary of sorts.  We got to pet some baby goats that were less than a week old.

We also saw a pony...

and lots of horses.

The next day Audrey set up eggs for us to dye.

Bret's family has a tradition of rolling eggs down a hill.  We drove to a big hill and used shoves to create a little egg path...

and then let the eggs roll.  When the eggs would break and the yolk would roll away we called it a yolker...but Phin couldn't quite say that word so he called them Ogres.

Silas wasn't super interested in the eggs...but he loved the rocks.

 Our next stop was Bret's IFA store.  The kids got to hold a rabbit.  We also checked out the baby ducks and chicks.

For lunch the kids made mini-pizzas which were a huge hit.

Millie managed to take a nap.

We also went out for ice cream at the local diner.

Thank you Audrey and Bret for hosting our family.  We had so much fun with your family!

12 MONTHS

Silas hit 12 months back in March...I am three months behind...mostly because I am chasing this little guy around constantly..  As you can tell, his 12 month pictures were slightly challenging.  He figured out that there are letters on the letter board and he didn't want to leave them alone.   At his 1 year appointment we found out that he is 30 inches tall (57th percentile) and 18 pounds 11 oz (12th percentile).  He also remains toothless and has completely mastered his Spiderman crawl.

Here are his weekly pictures...slightly crazy hair in all of them.

Silas says "Mama," "Dada," "uh-oh" and one time I have heard him say "Nona. He also continues to do his tongue click/pop.

Silas loves to pull up and stand next to things.  He also has an obsession with the stairs.

He is a master at drinking out of the Camelbak bottle.

He loves to be outside.

The dishwasher is his absolute favorite.  Here are a few photos of him helping Papa with the dishwasher one Sunday afternoon.

He also LOVES to empty drawers, hampers, etc.

He loves to climb and is so proud of himself when he gets to the top.

This month I let him loose at the Children's museum and he was in heaven.

I had life a little bit together...and managed to make his 1 year stats board very soon after his actual birthday.  I had some very eager helpers.

We headed to the Capitol building and got some cute 1 year pictures with the cherry blossoms in the background.

This picture was right after he tried to eat some of the gravel...sneaky little grin.

Silas has the best smile and he gives smiles away fairly easily.

The Sunday before his birthday we had some family over for dinner and cake and ice cream.  Silas doesn't like to be sticky or dirty...so he didn't smash any cake. 

He also had two siblings that were more than willing to help him blow out the candles.

On his actual birthday we sang...and he cried.  It was mostly due to the fact that he was tired.  He is down to just one nap a day.  Usually he naps just after I pick him up from daycare.

 

Happy 1st Birthday to our sweet Silas.  We love him!