Monday, August 17, 2009

Mini Vacation...

One thing I left out. We rented a timeshare for a few days and had a great time relaxing. (It was while we were waiting to close on our house.) Max had a great time swimming everyday, all day long. They had a lazy river, a children's pool and 3 other pools for us to hop in and out of.



(these pics were from our balcony)

Relaxing a bit...
















(most of the pictures are self explanatory, except this one! For Max's birthday, I bought some silly string for the kids to have fun with. Well we did not end up giving it to the kids. So I let Max play with it in the back yard. I went outside with him so we did not make a mess indoors. Peter thought it would be funny to try to sneak up on us and get us covered. He soon found out that was a bad idea! I don't think I had an inch of silly string on me!!! lol What a fun time we had getting daddy! Even if we ended up making a mess indoors!!)




It has been very nice to have a few days at home to just relax. Here are a few snap shots from just hanging at our house...

Instead of unpacking one day, I decided to make this...



it was something on my "to do" list for a while.

Max's birthday and visit from Grandma Novak

For Max's birthday party we just had some friends over for some grub and cupcakes...and of course a pinata. Thanks for coming everyone and making Max's celebration so much fun!


Okay Kyle, remind me why your tooth fell out at the party? I can't remember...all I know is, this is a great picture!!





Peter's Mom came to visit us for a week. I was able to get so much accomplished while she was here! She was such a great help with unpacking and cleaning! I would still have boxes covering my walls and floors if it weren't for all her help! Thanks so much Gwen! Max and Sol also loved having Grandma around! (if you can't obviously tell in the pictures...Max LOVES his Grandma!)























Some more fun in Utah...




Hogle Zoo. Max's first time seeing a real Rhino' and Sol's first time on the carousel.



































Swimming at Grandma and Grandpa's with cousins.
























(splashing at Grandma's-can you tell who dominated?) :)


Playing at the park with Ginger.


















Max was watching this family release their butterflies. (They were nice enough to let him watch.) :)


Swimming at the Lehi pool.