Saturday, August 14, 2010

Family get together

We had a family get together with my mom's side of the family. We ate yummy desserts and listened to our cousin's son play the bagpipes. They just got back from Scotland where he went to a bagpipe festival and took lessons. We have Scotish heritage so that makes it all the more interesting, plus my moms dad (my grandpa) served his mission in Scotland and his son (my cousin and the father of the boy playing the bagpipes) also served his mission in Scotland. We have some pictures of my grandpa wearing his kilt.
We were all sitting on the lawn and in chairs watching him play. But not Cameron, he had to get up close and check it all out. It was so funny because he just kept walking around him and then would stand there and stare at him. Cameron really likes music he is always so interested in it.

We got Cameron to sit with Grammy for a few minutes and let Spencer play the bagpipes without stressing if he was going to yank on the instrument or look up his kilt :)

Me with my 2 handsome boys


This is a picture of most of the 2nd cousins....so my cousins kids. There were about 7 missing.

Then we got a picture of all the cousins, except one cousin is missing... It was a fun evening getting to visit with everyone and see all their kids grown up. The 2nd cousins had fun playing with each other and getting to know each other. Even though we all live in Utah now we rarely see each other. I think the last time I saw some of my cousins was at our grandmas funeral!

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Beautiful views....

I think I would have liked to be a scenic photographer. I love nature and amazed at all the different scenery and views we get to see! It seems like the last few nights I have taken some spectacular pictures and wanted to share them. God sure created a beautiful place for us to live in and I try to recognize it and appreciate it daily!
I took this picture of the full moon from our back yard.

Some beautiful sunset pictures I took tonight....by the time I got back inside and looked out the window it was gone. Had I not looked out when I did I would have missed it. It makes me think, how many times I have missed a sunset or something because I wasn't looking??




We were driving home from dinner last night and thought this was a pretty cool view. The sun's rays were breaking through the clouds. It was even cooler in person.


this rainbow picture was taken awhile ago, and I have actually posted it before but figured since I was posting beautiful pictures I would add this one again. I just think nature is amazing. I would love to catch a picture of a lightning storm...one of my favorite things!!

The Cunningham Reunion

Jeremy's whole family came to town for 2 weeks (some of them weren't here the whole time). This is going to be a lengthy post with lots of pictures. I actually didn't even take that many pictures either! I will try to make the naration brief :) The first day they were here we did a picnic up Little Cottonwood Canyon. Some of my family came too...


Jeremy, Aunt Alicia (Jeremy's brother's wife), my mom (Grammy J), my sister (Aunt Michele), and Jeremy's grandparents Herb and Genive (paw paw and maw maw).


Cameron giving Aunt Michele a big 'ol hug. He loves to give hugs now and is so cute and calm when he does it.

Grammy J making Cameron laugh

Grampy taking Cam for a wagon ride...


We took family pictures since everyone was all together in the same State, a rare occasion for the Cunninghams. The photographer wouldn't let us take pictures with our own cameras so these are the only ones I got before she began!






Cameron hitching a ride on daddy's shoulders....


.... then hitching a ride on Great Paw Paw's walker


Crazy Uncle Garry and daddy tossing Cameron around like a sack of potatoes


if he wasn't laughing his head off and loving every second of it, I might have put a stop to it. Instead I just took pictures :)





We had a great day at the Hogal Zoo. I hadn't been there for a long time and they have really changed it and made it a lot nicer. Cameron actually sat still for a few minutes to watch a bird show. It was pretty cool to see how they train the birds, hawks, and other animals to do tricks....very entertaining.


Cameron, cousin Trey, cousin Emma, and cousin Molly posing by some vicious tigers.




Cameron's first merry-go-round ride. I rode with him and even though it goes slow, I got a little motion sickness with the twirling of the whole thing and then the elephant going up and down while trying to watch Cameron and look at the other cousins.



Paw Paw (Jeremy's dad Garry) and Cameron looking at the elephants.


There was a cute baby elephant Zuri...I think she is almost 1 years old now.


this is what a day in the hot sun at the zoo without a nap will do. Don't you just want to pinch those cute cheeks??


Cameron LOVES his new car. And I LOVE that he doesn't have to run to the neighbor's garage everytime we are outside to go play with their car!! Thanks paw paw for taking Cameron to get his birthday present while you were here.


This can keep him entertained for hours. He gets in and out, in and out, honks the horn, opens the gas cap, closes the gas cap, walks around it, pushes it and does the process all over!


Of course we spent one day up in Park City, shopping at the outlets, lunch, and riding the Alpine Slide. I love the Alpine Slide, but can't believe how the prices have gone up! I remember riding it all the time when I was a teenager and it was $4.50, then it went up to like $7.50 or something in high school and now it is $11.00!! Same Alpine Slide as 20 years ago, nothing new, nothing better, just more money. Isn't inflation great?!


Cameron can pass for a 2 year old right?? Apparently so because we got him on the lift and down the slide :) And technically I didn't even lie because when I was buying the tickets and I said "two adults and one passenger", all she asked me was "is the passanger under 48 inches?"and I said yes!


Cameron was too eager to get down and play with the cart, no time for pictures!


He was such a great helper pushing the cart....


Cameron got to ride with daddy because mommy goes too fast and honestly wasn't willing to give up the speed! I LOVE to catch air off of the jumps and see how far I can go before landing. I have a few battle wounds to show for it too, but that was back when it was a $4.50 ride :)



Aunt Alea (Jeremy's sister) and paw paw watching Cameron ride around.



It was so funny because we were at Uncle Garry's house and the kids were riding scooters and bikes. So Cameron goes in the garage and comes out with the helmet trying to put it on himself. After we got it on him, he hopped on Molly's bike and rode around like one of the big kids.


daddy wasn't too happy about the pink bike and purple helmet, but that's what happens when you have girl cousins!



After lunch at Pei Wei paw paw took all the gradkids to the petting zoo in Gardner Village. They all had fun on the pony ride and playing with the animals.


Cameron had fun getting to know his cousins and other set of grandparents. It's too bad they have to live so far away!! It was great to see all the kids having so much fun and getting along so well. Can't wait for next years reunion....where's it going to be?



Friday, August 6, 2010

Pucker UP

So Cameron's moto is "When life gives you limes....eat them!"

I don't want to lable Cameron as a "picky" eater because I don't want him to internalize that lable and use it as an excuse all his life. So I will change my choice of words to "cautious eater". Anyway, I was surprised that he ate the lime and kept gnawing on it since he is such a cautious eater :)


Thursday, August 5, 2010

24th of July

our morning started out with a drive up Emigration Canyon (a very slow drive...there was a marathon that day and lots of lanes were blocked and roads closed) to Ruth's Diner. It is a great place to eat, especially for breakfast! Jeremy's brother and his family hadn't been there before so we thought we would start off our morning with some delicious food. We had a big day ahead of us....

After breakfast we went to This is the Place Heritage Park. Cameron rode on his first horse and had lots of fun! There was also a little petting zoo where he checked out the animals. The sad thing is there was a fire a few weeks before and burned down the main barn and killed lots of the animals. So there weren't very many there this day :(

There was a cute little train ride that we rode over and over and over. Cameron thought it was pretty cool.


Daddy went with us once and had his fill of fun....so Cameron and I rode it without him a few times :)

There was this cute little play area with mini houses and a wooden train, the kids loved playing in this area and ran from house to house.

It was so cute to watch Cameron play and figure out things to do....like stick his head out the window!

"Hey guys I'm in here..."

Cameron and cousin Molly playing

Cameron loves to drive things and played train conductor for awhile.


Then the kids (and me) panned for gold. I found some! The best part is you can turn the gold in for candy :)


We had lots of fun exploring other parts of the park and getting a tour of the place on a big train. All the workers there dress in time period clothing, which is interesting to see, but I'm not sure I would want to work there in the summer heat!! We were hot and sweaty.