Fire Station

So another day this summer during play group we went to one of the local area Fire Stations to take a tour. Here is some pictures from that trip. After we toured the station we went to the park and had lunch there. I am a little sad that the pictures were a little blurry though. These were fun pictures.

Old Fashioned Fire Truck with Cute kids.
Fireman's Pole. Apparently they don't use this very often. But it is still cool.

One of the Firefighters got dressed into his fire fighting gear. In order to help the kids know not to be afraid if they are in a fire and see him coming.

They even got to sit in the truck.

At the end they all got a hat and a pencil for visiting. Aren't they cute!

As we left I noticed some firefighters doing some training. I think this looks fun. Even if I am a little afraid of heights.

May the Force Be with You

Temple Pageant

We haven't been to this Pageant put on by our church in a long time because it is a little far. But we love going there for 2 reasons. One for the atmosphere which is amazing and two for the Turkey BBQ. We love the story portrayed that goes through both the History of how the LDS church started as well as through the story of the Book of Mormon. Also it has a beautiful message of life after death and being with our loved ones again. The kids fell asleep during the pageant though which was nice because it gave us the chance to sit and enjoy it. I was worried that we would miss most of it because we would be chasing kids. Then we camped overnight at a nearby campground and it was wonderful. We haven't been camping since our daughter was 1 and I was pregnant with our son. It didn't work so well with our little girl. But this time they slept beautifully and it is encouraging. So we may try camping more often.

The glow stick necklace didn't last long she took it off and I had to hide it. I didn't realize how bright those really get.

Daddy and the little guy

Our friend that met us down there with my daughter. They are buddies.

Daddies learn so many things when they have little girls. One of them is learning how to fix a ponytail.

The Temple

Me and my son

Having fun in the tent

She really enjoyed her air mattress bed. She slept till 10 am. Of coarse she woke up on the way to the camping ground after the pageant. Decided that she wanted to be up for a while. But she finally fell asleep around 1 am. So 10 am was a good 9 hours of sleep.

After she woke up we went swimming for a while and then went home.

Aquarium

The local Aquarium just this year built a Penguin exhibit. So we went to go see the Penguins with the kids. Here are some of the fun pictures we took the last time we went.

These are so cool looking.
My husband and my son hanging out in this fun area for kids to crawl around in.

My daughter peeking through a rock.

I loved this. She was showing her brother Nemo.

The Penguins

Fun themed Park

We found this fun themed park thanks to a friend who invited us along with them one day. Our kids had fun going there a couple times.

She loved the sand box

He loved the letters that turned.

What we found at the Pond

So this summer we were a part of a summer play group. Once a week a friend who was in charge chose things that she wanted to with her kids and invited everyone along. One week we went to feed ducks and walk around the pond. At the end of the walk we stopped for lunch.

My daughter and her best friend and another friend playing.
My son eating some of his lunch.

Below are some of the fun things we saw on our walk.

I thought this was fun. It almost looks like snow. There was so much Cotton from the trees that was all over the ground.

We have been to this pond before and I had never known that the pond has a waterfall that feeds to a large stream.

Ducks

Feather

Messy Faces