Thanksgiving Point

Yesterday morning we went to the Thanksgiving Point Animal Farm. Luckily there was no rain, just a little wind. It was fun to see Conrad run from animal to animal. He loved to stick his finger in, touch the animal, and quickly pull out his finger. He would do it over and over again. He thought he was pretty cool! He would laugh when an animal would give him kisses on his hand. The baby cow did give him a pretty big kiss on his face when he wasn't expecting it and that scared him a little bit. He loved running down this little hill that takes you to the milk cow. He would run down, stare at the cow, and then run back up. I think we spent most of our time there. His most favorite thing to do was ride the little pony. Ransom and I would take turns standing in line while the other one followed Conrad as he explored.  When it was finally his turn he sat on his pony like it was the coolest thing he had ever done. When it was time for the pony ride to end he was devastated and kept trying to run back to get on the pony. Needless to say we stood in the twenty minute line again so he could ride the pony again!

 

After, Amy Robison and I headed to Draper to see the Oh Sweet Sadie Art & Gift Show. It was a lot of fun to walk around and see everything they had to offer. It was a little disappointing because there was quite a bit of stuff that wasn't homemade. Our favorite finds were crocheted cowboy baby booties and delicious homemade salsa. Our next stop was Material Girls (a fabric store). They had a lot of cute fabric there, I just wish that I knew how to sew better!

We had to leave pretty quick to head back to Orem because my family was helping out with an Amazing Race Day Date for my cousin's prom group. We all were in charge of a different leg of the race, but we all stuck together as much as we could to watch the different activities they had to do. They had to make a toilet paper/newspaper/duct tape outfit, walk across state and university intersection and stop in the middle to spell their names with their bum, hit a bucket of golf balls, the boys got hit by paint balls (I think my mom had the best aim!), an obstacle course, etc. It poured rain the whole time.

We went home with our feet soaking wet. We decided to spend the night at home eating MiRanchito (I got a gift certificate for Easter!) and watching Yes Man while we all snuggled on the love sac under a warm blanket! -Katie

When is too much lotion?

Conrad loves lotion. Whenever he sees a bottle he goes right up to it and says "more". He will rub it in for a second and ask for more. For some reason he thinks it should be rubbed on his head so that is where most of the lotion ends up.

This morning I was getting ready for the day. Conrad was being really quiet so I should have known he was into something, but I was grateful for a few quiet moments. I walk out of the bathroom and into the family room and that's where I see him. He was covered in lotion. He had so much lotion that nothing could be rubbed in. I was laughing so hard and he was so happy that I just couldn't be mad at him. -Katie

Conrad's cousin!

Ransom was not quite with it all day yesterday. His sister, Anne, was being induced and that was pretty much all he could think about. There were quite a few funny things that he did, but this one was my favorite. He went and picked up his truck from the mechanic because it had broken down the other day. He was headed back to work when suddenly it died again. He called the mechanic and the mechanic felt so bad that it had broken down right after he had just fixed it that he drove to the truck to take a look to see what happened. Ransom got a call a little later and was told he was just out of gas! Luckily, the truck had stopped pretty close to a gas station! 

Ransom finally got a call a little before 4pm from Emily saying that Anne had a baby girl. She weighed 5lb. 13oz. They named her Andyn Elizabeth Miller. She is a beautiful baby and we can't wait to see her! 

-Katie

Ketchup

Before Conrad discovered ketchup it was hard to get him to eat much more than yogurt and snack foods. Now I think I can pretty much get him to eat anything as long as there is ketchup for him to dip into. You've never seen anybody get so excited to see a ketchup bottle! Ransom is disgusted that he loves ketchup and not KC Masterpiece!    

-Katie

Conrad and his monkey

Ransom and Conrad were at the dollar store together one day and they came home with a little monkey stuffed animal and he somehow became attached to it. You can usually count on him holding it everywhere he goes (except for the days when we can't find it anywhere!). When we ask, "Where's monkey?" he looks all around the house for it and makes a little happy grunt when he finds it and snuggles right up to it. I just wish he liked to snuggle with me as much as he likes to with the monkey! -Katie