Fire Engine Red Cake

Every year for as long as I can remember, Grandma Norma has made Fire Engine Red cakes for Valentine's Day.  It is a cake that she makes from scratch along with a frosting made from scratch.  She always makes quite a few of them too and takes them to various people.  We had her come make them with us this year. 

 We had a lot of fun.  She always has some good stories to tell and is almost always happy.  She is a hoot to be with!

 

 My mom had come down to help make them too!

For some reason the pictures that I have of Lydia and Brooke are of them both making angry faces.  They were really happy and good while we made the cakes, so these pictures make me laugh.

 

We had a lot of fun making the cakes.  They are the best cakes ever and a great Valentine's Day tradition.

Valentine's Boxes

My mom found these boxes for the girls to make for Valentine's Day.  Brooke's was a ladybug and Lydia's was a frog.

 I had brought of the bouncer for my niece to sit in when she came and Brooke instantly started sitting in it again.  She is getting so big.

 Lydia wanted her picture taken by the lady bug one too. 

Jungle Jims

We went to Jungle Jims with my mom, Cammie, Nathan, and Ashley.  It was a lot of fun.  We've been there before a few times, but it was when Brooke was still tiny.  Brooke had so much fun this time.  She loved going on all the rides and wasn't about to get left behind.

 Lydia got to ride with Nathan in the bumper cars and they both had a lot of fun.

 Brooke and I went on most of the rides together.  I was hoping that Nathan or Lydia would ride with her more, but they just wanted to go together.

 Brooke was able to go on the little jeep ride by herself though.  She thought she was so big.

 

 We tricked Cammie into going on the roller coaster type ride with them.  It is a horrible ride.  All it does is goes around in a circle and then stops and goes around backwards. 

 The kids all had a blast on the little lady bug rides.  The little bug spins while the whole ride spins.  They were so dizzy after.  It was funny watching them try to walk.

 I realized later that adults could go on the bumper cars too so I took Brooke and Lydia went with Nathan again.

 After awhile I was getting dizzy so I talked my mom into going with Brooke on the rockets again.

 

 

 Nathan and Lydia went to go on the swings and I wasn't going to let Brooke go because I thought she was too small, but she started to fuss and the worker said she could go so I let her.  She loved it!  She copied exactly what Lydia did the whole way through.  It was so funny watching her.

 I finally got Lydia to go on a ride with Brooke.  They are so cute together.

 My dad showed up after he was done working so we made him take the kids on the ride again.  Nathan went by himself (you can kind of see him behind my dad's arm) and Brooke and Lydia rode with my dad.

It was a perfect day to go there because it wasn't very crowded so the kids were able to go on the rides over and over again without waiting in line.  They loved it!

Pony Rides

My parents were down so we took them on a cart ride with Ivy.  Lydia loves going on the cart rides.  She calls it going on a parade.  She'll wave to everyone as we go down the street.

 Brooke loves getting to go for rides too.  She has a hard time waiting and not climbing into the cart as I am getting Ivy ready.

 This was just a cute picture of Brooke playing in the snow while she was waiting for her turn.

Circus

We went to a circus in Ogden with my family.  It was so much fun.  Justin's family was still here for the weekend and decided to stay and go with us.  We got to the circus early so that we could ride the elephant.  We weren't able to get an amazing picture of all of us, but Lydia is up front followed by Brooke, me, Justin, Arianna, and Michelle.

Lydia liked standing by the fence watching the elephants go around.  It was her second time riding the elephants and she is isn't three yet!  It was Brooke's and Justin's first time too.  My second time.

 

 Everyone wanted a chance to be a trapeze artist!

 

 Nathan and Lydia were pretty excited when my mom took them to buy them some cotton candy.

 Here we are with Justin's family, which included his parents, Michelle, and Arianna.

 

 Brooke waiting by the ponies at intermission.  We have a hard time paying money to let them ride the ponies when we have one at home, so they just go to watch them instead.

 Lydia and Brooke can be so cute together. 

My parents with all the grandkids.  My mom has Ashley and Nathan.  My dad has Brooke and then Lydia is sitting by Xander.

 The circus was pretty entertaining and a lot of fun.  It was fun watching the girls' reactions to different things.

Scheels Again

Justin's parent's came up for the weekend to go to one of his cousin's weddings.  We took them to Scheels because they hadn't ever been there.  Lydia was excited to get to ride the ferris wheel again.  She is so funny about it.  When you ask her what it does she says that it goes round and round and way up high.  She loves it.  Brooke isn't tall enough so she just gets to play in the shopping carts while we wait.

 Justin rode with Arianna and Michelle.  Lydia rode with Grandpa Ron.

 Lydia and Brooke both like Scheels.  They just want to go from place to place getting their pictures taken.  It is fun watching them try to pose at each place.

 Justin also has fun posing at each spot.

 

 

 

 The girls like the shopping baskets that look like cars.  They actually go around the store honking the horn and saying beep beep when people are in front of them.

 

 

Cowgirl Boots

Brooke and Lydia both got their first pair of cowgirl boots and they love them!  They wore them to church and everybody commented on them.  Lydia's flash when she walks which makes it even more fun for her.

 

Scheels

Justin was able to get off early from work one day so we headed off to a new store called Scheels.  It is a sporting goods/hunting store.  The girls got their picture taken by the elk. 

I had to post it because it is a pretty cute picture.