Clark County Fair Round-Up

It's that time of year again for the Clark County Fair out in Logandale. The kids were pumped this year to go out and ride rides and be with the cousins. Quincy and I even noticed that we enjoyed it a little bit more just because they were into it. We decided we better get out there Thursday and enjoy the nice day because the weather for the weekend didn't look too good. We spent almost the whole time letting the kids (mostly Jensen) ride the rides. Lucy didn't want to play along too much. I can't believe what a scaredy-cat she is. She did ride some of the rides but didn't get her money's worth on her unlimited ride pass. We kept saying we should give it to some other kid.

Right when we got there, Jensen found his cousins and went on his first ride. He didn't quite grasp the idea of waiting in lines. He would just bypass everyone in line until he got to the front. He is so little and determined that the other kids didn't stop him.

He went on this one the most. He loved it.  

Lucy did go on a couple. Later she said the swings were her favorite.

Jensen would just laugh and smile on every ride. People would stop and say how happy he is. He was. 

We stopped and took a break from the rides to play in the kids area. Jensen got quite a kick of out this mirror and his big head.  

Cousins excited to see each other. 

The break didn't last long. We had to get our money's worth out of the ride passes.

Plus the Slightings, a family from our ward, showed up so we started another round on the rides.

Just when we thought Lucy was getting over her fear we put her on a kid's roller coaster. It was a little bumpy and by the second lap she was crying and scared. We were all laughing. By the fourth lap she had had enough and started to get out of her seat. The carnie worker had to stop the ride and reverse it slowly back to the loading dock. That was the end of the rides for her.

Jensen did get in trouble with one of the carnie workers. He exited one of the rides on the wrong side which took him into the middle of the ride. He was walking around on the tarp trying to find an exit. I was busy talking and didn't notice what was going on. The carnie had to come and fetch him. He wasn't too happy with either one of us. We didn't ride that ride again.

 This picture just explains how much this kid enjoyed being at the fair.

To top it off we ended the night with an ice cream cone. 

Day two was more low key thank goodness. My legs were worn out from standing at all the rides the day before. We watched Shelbi show her lamb. She did such a good job. She placed 5th in market. 

After, we enjoyed more ice cream and snow cones.

The highlight of the day was when Grandma Haworth paid for all the grand kids to go on the bungee trampolines. Jensen loved it last year and loved it again this year. I thought he might start doing flips he loved it so much. Maybe next year?

We put Lucy up on the tramps but she just wanted to jump by herself. Then she saw that her cousin Demsie was jumping on the other tramp so she got over her fear and said she would do it.

Of course she loved it too!

We finished just in time. It started raining right after. We hurried and indulged our yearly carnie food cravings and then called it a day.

Grandma Haworth with 9 of her 25 grand kids (and 1 son). 

Day three we hit the animal barns while the auction was going on.

The kids were making everyone around them laugh when they kept saying, "tickle, tickle" to the chicks.

We made it back in time just to see Shelbi sell her lamb. Quincy bought it with the help of his company again. We also saw Grandpa Haworth in action whack his cane when bids come in.

After the auction we were faired out! So we headed home back to the city.

It was a wonderful weekend and we know the kids will be talking about it for weeks!

Easter Festivities

This Easter season I made countdown with fun activities for the kids to do each day until the Easter bunny showed up. I found this cute holder last year at Target after the holiday so I was excited to see it when I got all the Easter decor out this year. I vinyled numbers on each egg then stuffed them with Cadbury eggs and a daily activity. Jensen had spring break right before Easter so I knew that this would motivate me to be a fun mommy while he was home all day.

Lucy would remind me each day about it. She liked the candy the most. 

One of the activities was a plastic egg picnic lunch. I wanted to go to the park for this but it was a windy day so we did it inside. Jensen is still a picky eater and didn't join in on the fun. 

We made egg-shaped sugar cookies.

And decorated them. 

Went to an Easter story time at the library with the Kanets and even made this cute craft.

But the one I was looking forward to the most was making birds nests. I love these things and they remind me of my Easter's growing up.

We did try to go to an egg hunt at Town Square with Grandma and Grandpa for our last activity, but it was complete chaos. I have heard stories and now I know. They still passed out candy to those that didn't know that you had to be there at 5a.m. to register your child for an egg hunt. Luckily, Lucy and Jensen didn't care because their Easter baskets got full anyway.

On Sunday morning the kids got up and found that the Easter bunny had come. When I asked Lucy who came (thinking her response would be the Easter bunny), she said Grandma and Grandpa. We were so happy that they came to celebrate Easter at our house.  Lucy is really good at finding eggs.

Grandpa even said the Easter bunny left some money eggs. Jensen found both of them. He always does. He shared some dollars with his sister on his own, such a good brother. 

The Easter bunny left baskets for the kids too. Jensen was super excited when he saw two new cars in his basket. Jeff Corvette and Miles Axelrod. He of course wouldn't put them down even to go to his Sunbeam class or even the pictures below. 

The Easter weekend went way too fast and my parents were on their way before I knew it. They repeated a quote my Grandpa Knudsen would say, "Guests and fish should be thrown out after three days." Well I didn't want to throw them out and I hope that doesn't apply to me and my kids when we visit because we are staying a week next time!

While the Grandparents Are Away. . .

. . . we will take over their house and eat all of their ice cream!

This past weekend we headed out to Logandale for a fun & relaxing weekend. Usually we go out there to visit Grandma & Grandpa Haworth but they had actually taken their trailer and went camping with friends. Uncle Kevin and Aunt Dianna encouraged us to come out and stay. So we packed our weekend bags and headed out to the Grandparent's house anyway (they said it was okay).

It was so nice to just get away from the city and my messy house. The kids had the most fun though playing with the cousins, eating ice cream, and just being outside all day. Sometimes I would forget that I needed to be a mother and watch them. Lucy came and knocked on the door once. When I answered it she had no shoes, no pants, and no underwear on. Yikes!

Jensen wanted to be outside the whole time. He liked to ride the tricycles, play on grandma's park, and even push around the stroller. He was one happy but dirty child when the day was over.

This time I found Lucy, Jensen, and Bryson outside sitting in a wheelbarrow laughing at everything.



Uncle Kev took them on a rhino ride. Jensen smiled the WHOLE time. He still talks about it. 

Our picnic out on the Mesa didn't turn out as planned. The wind showed up so we went home. We stayed long enough for the kids to go down the hill once and then come back up. We did have a fun adventure getting Di unstuck in the soft sand though. 

 We ate lots of good food though. Lion House cake (it was Di's birthday), homemade Cafe Rio salads, roast, cinnamon chip cookies, and LOTS of ice cream.

The best part about being at Grandma's house is the big bath. How could the cousins resist such a fun time!