Fun with Thomas

I'm behind on my blogging... but on Memorial Day Carson turned 2 and to celebrate we took him to Thomas the Train down at the Heber Valley Railroad. The kids had a blast and he loved all his presents. My birthday happens to be the day before Carson's and my sis-in law 4 days earlier, so Carson has been going around singing Happy Birthday to you for about the last 3 weeks. It seemed May was just one big Birthday Celebration around here.

Busy weekend

We have been super busy lately at the Thatcher household. We sold our camping trailer last week and bought a new trailer which we enjoyed an overnight stay with my family camping this past weekend. Hayden started T-ball, (I can't believe he's old enough to play recreational sports, sniffle! :) this past weekend and absolutely loved it. He takes it very serious and is a little dramatic while playing, he'll throw himself on the ground to get the ball like he's a big leaguer diving for a fly ball, so cute!
We had a joint b-day party while camping for Carson and my nephew Blake. Carson's actual b-day isn't for another week but we decided to kill two birds with one stone and combine the party! I tell ya it was the easiest b-day party yet! I just decorated a awning brought some pre-packaged icecream cups and my sis-in-law brought cupcakes for the kiddos to decorate, and abra cadabra instant b-day party and who cares about the mess when camping right! Also before we left for camping this weekend we managed to squeeze in the zoo, so yeah it was pretty crazy and a little stressful but worth it.

Vegas Baby!!!

So last weekend Derek and I took a trip to Vegas with his sis Aimee and her boyfriend Ben. We stayed at this hotel The Wynn which had a fabulous view of Vegas from our room! We went to Old Town and went to see a Country Tribute band, ate at a fabulous pub and grill called Henessey's (everyone loved their meals, totally recommend this place!) Saturday we hit the strip, and went and saw The Tournament of Kings at The Excalibur! Oh and my highlight was when I hit a quarter machine for $250 (cha-ching$$$!) We had lots of fun, but I won't tell all the details, as the saying goes "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!"

Shop til you drop

I spent this past Saturday shopping at the outlets in Park City with my mother-in-law Becky and sister-in-law Aimee. After nine hours of shopping this was the outcome...

We had such a great time, it was so fun to go shopping without kids and men! The only downside to not bringing the kiddos we could think of is that we didn't have strollers to haul all our loot around. Halfway through our shopping session Becky went to move the van so we didn't have to carry the bags to the otherside of the parking lot and Aimee and I were standing outside of Carter's and this group of women stopped to admire all our bags. They said, "Wow, that's impressive!" We replied, "Oh and this is after three trips to drop off bags to the car already." We decided that shopping for women is the same thing as hunting for men. There's a euphoric high that comes when you spot cute clothes and great deals just like men get when they spot a stupid deer. We haul all our shopping bags home and our proud and take pictures like men with their kill. Only difference is we don't have to spray deer pee on our shoes ... I kinda like being a woman! We were pretty enthusiastic about our shopping too, Aimee was hilarious because she told Becky there was this store called Bass that she was just going to love, (which we had some great coupons for.) So we go in and Aimee and I power shop and pick out a bunch of things for Becky to try on all of which were a success except for one and when we get to the register to hand over the coupon the saleswoman whispered, "Sorry but this isn't Bass." We laughed so hard, it was a riot! (Maybe you had to be there.) Anyhow, I won't bore anymore with details, but hell it was a great time, you gotta blog about those huh!

Hayden's Batman Birthday!

So it's been a crazy month that seems to just be flying by! Hayden celebrated his 4th Birthday this month, and it's crazy how big he is getting! He is super into Batman so we had a Batman themed party with his cousins. Hayden also got police dress-ups from his Grandma and I love the picture of him all decked out!

The Fib

So today Hayden told a whopper of a fib, and although we had a discussion about telling stories and he had to take a time out, I couldn't help but grab the camera to capture the moment because I found some humor in it all! My brother's family came over yesterday and my sis-in-law Emily left 2 cupcakes for my boys for later. This morning Hayden was the first one up and in the kitchen, when I went to check on him about 10 min later this is what I found...

I asked him what he was doing and he replied, "Um, I'm just cleaning up because Maddie (our dog) ate two cupcakes." I said, "Oh really, well thanks for cleaning up the mess Maddie made." He said, "Yep Mom, your welcome, I'm just cleaning up what Maddie did." A minute goes by and Maddie comes wandering by from her bed, and I said, "Hayd, it looks like Maddie just got out of bed." He replies "Um I guess a ghost must have eated the cupcakes." I said, "Buddy why is there frosting all over your face," he says "That ghost shoved that cupcake in my face and made me eated it." Anyways I finally got him to fess up to the truth and he apologized, but it started my morning with a laugh!

Maddie the accused, what did I do???

Spring Fever in January

I'm so ready for spring and to be able to go outside, not to mention my kids are also anxious. So today when the sun was out I threw on the kids jackets and we headed outside where they pulled out the tricycles, dump trucks and sand shovels and filled up the trucks with snow. Derek came home and decided to take advantage of the weather and wash his truck, and the boys had to get in on that. Carson loved the pressure washer, and Hayden was being helpful with the scrub brush! Anyway I don't have anything really exciting to blog about, what can I say... I'm a stay home mom, but I thought these pictures of the kids were fun so I thought I'd share.