Birthday Boy

 Cameron had his family party on May 26th the day before his actual birthday.  He was telling everyone it was his pretend birthday....and this was his practice party.  LOL  I decided to make the cake for the family party, I figured the friend party could have cupcakes ;)  When a cake takes this much time and effort I want the people eating it to appreciate it :)

Grammy and Grampy were the first to arrive, they kept the kids busy while I finished dinner and setting up.

They had fun on the bounce house....Cameron and Kenzie bonked heads going through the holes though.  She ended up with a black eye the next day!

Cameron got a lot of awesome presents from everyone.  He got a new motorcycle bike with shocks.  It's a little bit big but he was riding that thing all over the place without any problem!

He wanted the batman part....it was a huge piece

After everyone left and he rode his bike for an hour....they took baths and Cameron put on his new superman pajamas, he played with his superhero legos and built Gothem City.  Then it was bed time. He was too excited to fall asleep.  He knew he was turning 5 the next day and having another party.  I said to him "it's your last night to sleep as a 4 year old.  Tomorrow when you wake up you will be 5" and he said, "how does my body know I will be 5.  Does my brain just forget that I am 4?"  Deep thoughts by Cameron...he is a thinker!

Mackenzie loves her "brother" she always wants to hug him and be around him.  

Grammy T came to visit!

 There's nothing like having Grammy T come visit.  The kids had their trip to build a bear, which is a favorite for Cameron.  He got another Smurf and Mackenzie got a cute Zebra.  

 It's always an action packed weekend, trying to fit everything in in a few days before she heads home.  We wish she could stay longer, the time flies by too fast!  They rode the train at the mall, and the ferris wheel at Scheels (Grammy T took one for the team, she doesn't like Ferris Wheels).

 Who knew there were so many photo opportunities at Scheels?

 Mackenzie loves her cousin Macey.  She fell asleep on her at the movie "Return to Oz"

 They wore Grammy T out jumping on the trampoline.  Lot's of laughing going on...

 Hugs for Grammy T

  

 Grammy T came with us to church on Mother's Day and after we went down town to walk around temple square and go to the visitor center.  It was freezing cold!!  The flowers were beautiful and the kids enjoyed seeing everything tough.  We ate a yummy dinner at Cheese Cake Factory at City Creek.  Grammy T went home that evening.  It's always hard to say good bye.

a little get away

 We planned a little trip to St. George for the weekend.  On the way there we made a pit stop to gas up and go to this petting zoo (it's actually at the gas station!)

We saw a Zdonky....??  Zebra/donkey mix....who knew?

 We had a picnic and played at the park one day with Grammy and Grampy.  They came to our hotel to watch the kids swim....we did lots of swimming, enjoyed good weather and had a great time!

 We went out to dinner after a long day at the park and swimming.  Cameron swam his heart out.  He fell asleep at the restaurant before dinner even came! 

 awww cute picture of Kenzie and Grammy coloring :)

 Nothing like jumping on the hotel bed.  They were so excited to sleep in the "couch bed" that they didn't fall asleep for a few hours after they got in bed.

 seriously how could this be comfortable to sleep in this position? 

 Had to stop at the petting zoo on the way home!

 We had a fun trip.  The kids love the little get away to St. George.  Mackenzie was so sad to leave.  She realized half way home when we got back in the car from the petting zoo that we weren't going back to the "ho-tail" (how she says it, with an accent).  She started crying.  The next day she said the dinner prayer and she prayed that we could go back to the "ho-tail" and back to "St. George soon".  She actually prayed to go back to the "ho-tail" and on "our trip" 3 separate times the next day.  It was fun to have Grammy and Grampy down there with us too.  I wish I had taken some pictures of the kids swimming.  Cameron is quite the swimmer and Mackenzie loves to splash around in the water!